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In the following pages the various sections of the British Empire outside the United Kingdom are arranged in alphabetical order under the divisions of the world to which they belong :— 1. Europe; 2. Asia; 3. Africa; 4. America; 5. Australasia and Oceania.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Ceylon
1. Official Publications
Census of Ceylon, 1891. Colombo, 1892.
Colonial and Indian Exhibition. Official Handbook of the Ceylon Court. London, 1887.
Colonial Office List, 1891.
Report on the Revenue, Trade, &c., of Ceylon, in ‘Papers relating to H.M.’s Colonial Possessions.’ London, 1892.
Statistics of Ceylon ; in ‘Statistical Abstract for the Colonial and other Possessions of the United Kingdom.’ No. XXX. 8. London, 1892.
Trade of Ceylon with Great Britain ; in ‘Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions in the year 1891.’ Imp. 4. London, 1892.
Blue Book of Ceylon.
2. Non-Official Publications
Baker (Sir S. W.), Eight Years’ Wanderings in Ceylon, 8. London, 1855.
Cumming (Miss Gordon), Two Happy Years in Ceylon. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1891.
Ferguson (A. M. & J.), The Ceylon Handbook and Directory. 8. . Colombo and London, 1892.
Ferguson (John), Ceylon in the Jubilee Year. 3rd edition. London, 1887.
Haeckel (Dr. E.), Ceylon. London, 1883.
Tennent (Sir James Emerson), Ceylon: an Account of the Island, Physical, Historical, and Topographical. 5th edition. London, 1860.
Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning India. 1. Official Publications
Accounts relating to the Trade and Navigation of’ British India for J 891. Calcutta. 1892.
Administration Report on the Railways in India for 1891–92. Calcutta, 1892.
Administration Reports of the various Provinces. Annual.
Aitchison (Sir Charles U.), A Collection of Treaties, &c., relating to India and neighbouring Countries. 2nd edit. 7 vols. Calcutta, 1876.
Annual Statement of the Trade and Navigation of British India with Foreign Countries and of the Coasting Trade between the several Presidencies, together with Miscellaneous Statistics relating to the Foreign Trade of British India, from various periods to 1891–92. Imp. 4. Calcutta, 1892.
Colonial and Indian Exhibition, 1886. Special Catalogue of Exhibits. London, 1886.
East India : (1) Finance and Revenue Accounts, 1890–91, and. Estimate for 1891–92; (2) Financial Statement, 1891–92, 1892–93 ; (3) Home Accounts ; (4) Net Revenue and Expenditure ; (5) Public Works Expenditure ; (6) Loans raised in India. London, 1892.
Famine Commission, Report of. Calcutta, 1885).
Finance Commission, Report of. Calcutta, 1887.
Finance and Revenue Accounts ; and Miscellaneous Statistics relating to the Finances of British India. Part I. Revenues, Charges, and other Cash Transactions of British India. Fol. Calcutta, 1892.
Finance and Revenue Accounts : Part II. Revenues and Charges of each Presidency and Province. Fol. Calcutta, 1892.
Finance and Revenue Accounts : Part III. Revenues and Charges, Statistics for the Administration of Revenue, and Miscellaneous Statistics. Fol Calcutta, 1892.
Gazetteers, Provincial and District.
Hunter (Sir W. W.), Statistical Account of Bengal. 20 vols. London, 1877. Statistica Account of Assam. 2 vols. London, 1879.
Hunter (Sir W. W.), The Imperial Gazetteer of India. 2nd edit. 14 vols. 1886–87.
Indian Army Commission, Report of. Calcutta, 1879.
Indian Army and Civil Service List. Issued by permission of the Secretary of State for India in Council. 8. London, 1892.
Mackenzie (Sir A.), The North-Eastern Frontier. Calcutta, 1884.
Paget (Gen.) and Masen (Captain), Record of Expeditions against the Tribes of the North-West Frontier. London, 1885.
Public Service Commission of 1886, Report and Proceedings. Calcutta, 1888.
Report of the Census of British India taken on February 17, 1881. 3 vols. London, 1883.
The Census Returns for 1891. By J. W. Bathes. (In the Press,)
Reports of the Trigonometrical Surveys of India up to 1891–92. Calcutta, 1892.
Report of the Indian Education Commission. Calcutta, 1883.
Returns of the Agricultural Statistics of British India, 1890–91. Calcutta, 1892.
Review of the Accounts of the sea-borne Foreign Trade of British India for the year ending March 31, 1892. Simla, 1892.
Statement exhibiting the Moral and Material Progress and Condition of India during the year 1882–83 (including the decade of 1874–83). Two parts. Fol. London, 1883. The same for 1890–91. London, 1892.
Statistical Abstract for the several Colonial and other Possessions of the United Kingdom in each year from 1875 to 1891. No. XXVI. 8. London, 1892.
Statistical Abstract relating to British India from 1879–80 to 1890–91. No. XXII. 8. London, 1892.
Statistical Atlas of India. Calcutta, 1886.
Trade of India with Great Britain, in ‘ Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions in 1889.’ Imp. 4. London, 1890.
Watt (Dr. G.), Dictionary of the Economic Products of India. Vols. I. and II. Calcutta, 1885–88.
See ‘A List of the Principal Indian Government Publications on Sale.’ London, 1891.
2. Non-Official Publications
Arnold (Sir E.), The Administration of Lord Dalhousie. London, 1862.
Baden-Powell (B. H), Land Systems of British India. Oxford, 1892.
Balfour (Edward), The Cyclopædia of India. 3 vols. London, 1885.
Black (C. E. D.), Memoir on the Indian Surveys, 1875–1890. London, 1891.
Birdwood (Sir G.), The Industrial Arts of India. London, 1887.
Chesney (General Sir G.), Indian Polity : a View of the System of Administration in India. London, 1870.
Cunningham (Sir H. S.), British India and its Rulers. 8. London, 1881.
Dilke (Sir Charles Wentworth, Bart., M.P.), Greater Britain: a Record of Travel in English-speaking Countries in i866 and 1867. New edit. 8. London, 1885.
Duff (Grant), The History of the Mahrattas. London, 1826.
Dufferin (Marquis of), Speeches delivered in India. London, 1890.
Elliot (Sir H. M.), History of India as told by its own Historians. The Mussulman period. 8 vols. London, 1869–77.
Elphinstone (M.), History of India. London, 1866.
Fontpertuis (Ad. Frout de), L’Inde britannique. 8. Paris, 1878.
Forbes (C. J. T.), British Burma and its People. 8. London, 1880.
Griffin (Sir Lepel H.), The Rajas of the Punjab, being the History of the Principal States n the Punjab. 2nd edit. 8. London, 1872.
Hunter (Sir W. W.), The Indian Empire, its History, People, and Products. 2nd edit. London, 1886.
Hunter (Sir W.), Life of the Earl of Mayo. London, 1876.
Hunter (Sir W.) (Editor), Rulers of India Series. London, 1890–92.
Hunter (Sir W.), Bombay, 1885–1890. London, 1892.
Jacolliot (L.), Lois, prêtres, et castes dans l’Inde. 8. Paris, 1877.
Kaye (John William), The Administration of the East India Company : a History of Indian Progress. 8. London, 1853.
Keane (A. H.), and Temple (Sir R.), Asia. London, 1882.
Low (Charles Rathbone), The History of the Indian Navy. 2 vols. 8. London, 1878.
Lyall (Sir A.), The Rise of British Dominion in India. London, 1893.
Lyall (Sir A. C.), Asiatic Studies. London, 1882.
MacMahon (Gen. R.), Far Cathay and Farther India. London, 1892.
Mahon (Lord), Rise of our Indian Empire. 8. London, 1858.
Markham (Clements R.), Memoir on the Indian Surveys. 2nd ed. 8. London, 1878.
Marshman (John Clarke), The History of India, from the Earliest Period to the close of Lord Dalhousie’s Administration. 3 vols. 8. London, 1867–70.
Phayre (Sir Arthur), History of Burma. London, 1883.
Reclus (Elisée), Géographie universelle. L’Inde et l’Indo-Chine. Paris, 1883.
Rousselet (L.), India and its Native Princes. 4. London, 1876.
Saunders (Trelaunay), Atlas of India. London, 1889.
Scott (J. G.), Burma : as it was, as it is, and as it will be. London, 1886.
Sherring (Rev. M. A.), History of Protestant Missions in India. 8. 2nd edit. London, 1884.
Smith (Dr. G.), Short History of Christian Missions. Edinburgh, 1886.
Smith (Dr. G.), The Geography of British India, Political and Physical. London, 1882.
Smith (R. Bosworth), The Life of Lord Lawrence. London, 1883.
Stokes (Whitley), The Indian Codes. London, 1888–91.
Strachey (Sir John), India. London, 1888.
Straehey (Sir John), The Finances and Public Works of India, from 1869 to 1881. 8. London, 1882.
Temple (Sir R.), India in 1880. London, 1881. Men and Events of my Time in India-London, 1882.
Todd (Col. J.), The Antiquities of Rajasthan. London, 1823.
Townsend (M.), and Smith (G.), Annals of Indian Administration, 1856–75. 19 vols. Serampore and Calcutta.
Trotter (Capt. L. J.), History of India under Victoria. 2 vols. London, 1886.
Wallace (Prot. R.), India in 1887. Edinburgh, 1888.
Watson (J. Forbes), and Kaye (Jn. Wm.), The People of India : a Series of Photographic Illustrations, with descriptive letterpress, of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan. 4 vols. Imp. 4. London, 1866–70.
Wheeler (J. Talboys), The History of India from the Earliest Ages. 4 vols. 8. London 1874–76. A Short History of India. London, 1880.
Williams (Sir Monier), Modern India and the Indians. 8. London, 1879.
Williams (Sir Monier), Religious Thought and Life in India. London, 1883.
Yule (Sir H.), and Burnett (A. C.), A Glossary of Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases London, 1886.
Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning the Straits Settlements. 1. Official Publications
Colonial Office List. London, 1892.
Statistical Abstract for the Colonial and other Possessions of the United Kingdom in each of the years 1876 to 1891. No. XXVII. London, 1892.
Blue Book for 1891. Singapore, 1892.
H.M.’s Colonial Possessions. Straits Settlements. Administrative Reports for 1891. London, 1892.
Annual Reports on the Native States. Singapore, 1891.
Mr. Birch’s Report on the Keeling Islands, 1885.
Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions for the year 1891. London, 1892.
Perak Handbook and Civil List. Singapore, 1893.
2. Non-Official Publications
Account of Christmas Island, by Captain Wharton in Proceedings R.G.S., 1888.
Bird (Isabella L.), The Golden Cheronese. London, 1883.
Cameron (J.) Our Tropical Possessions. London, 1865.
Jagor (F. S.), Reiseskizzen. Berlin, 1866.
Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. Singapore.
Keane (A. H.), An Eastern Geography. London, 1887.
McNair. Sarong and Kris.
Wallace (A. R.), Malay Archipelago. London, 1869.
Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning the Cape Colony. 1. Official Publications
Blue-book on Native Affairs, 1891. Cape Town, 1892.
The various Blue-books and Correspondence relating to the Cape and South Africa generally, published at intervals by the Home Government.
Cape of Good Hope Statistical Register for 1891. Cape Town, 1892.
The Cape of Good Hope Civil Service List. Cape Town, 1892.
Results of Census of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, 1891. Report of Director. Cape Town, 1892.
Colonial Office List. London, 1892.
Educational Statistics to illustrate the Progress of the Aided School System. Cape Town, 1885.
Financial Statement for 1892–93. Cape Town, 1892.
Official Handbook. History, Productions, and Resources of the Cape of Good Hope. Cape Town, 1887.
Reports of the various Government Departments for 1891. Cape Town, 1892.
Report of Select Committee on Colonial Agriculture and Industries. Cape Town, 1883.
Statistical Abstract for the several Colonies and other Possessions of the United Kingdom. 8. London, 1892.
Trade of the Cape of Good Hope with the United Kingdom, in ‘Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions for the Year 1891.’ Imp. 4. London, 1892.
2. Non-Official Publications
Anderson (C. J.), Notes of Travel in South Africa. Edited by L. Lloyd. 8. London, 1875.
Argus Annual and South African Directory for 1892. Cape Town, 1892.
Chase (Hon. John Centlivres) and Wilmot (A.), History of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope. 8. London, 1870.
Chesson (F. W.), The Dutch Republics of South Africa. 8. London, 1871.
Fritsch (Dr. Gust), Die Eingeborenen Süd-Afrika’s ethnographisch und anatomisch beschrieben. 4. Breslau, 1872.
Froude (J. A.), Oceana. London, 1886.
Greswell (W.), Our South African Empire. 2 vols. London, 1885.
Hall (H.), Manual of South African Geography. 2nd ed. 8. Cape Town, 1866.
Holub (Dr. Emil), Seven Years in South Africa. London, 1881.
Johnston (Keith), Africa. London, 1878.
Mackenzie (John), Austral Africa ; Losing it or Ruling it. 2 vols. London, 1887.
Meidinger (H.), Die südafrikanischen Colonien Englands, und die Freistaaten der holländischen Boeren in ihren jetzigen Zuständen. 8. Frankfurt, 186l.
Noble (John), South Africa, Past and Present. Cape Town, 1878.
Noble (John), The Cape and South Africa. Cape Town, 1878.
Silver (S. W.), Handbook to South Africa, including the Cape Colony, Natal, the Diamond Fields, &c. 8. London, 1880.
Silver (S. W.), Handbook to the Transvaal. 8. London, 1877.
Statham (F. R.), Blacks, Boers, and British. London, 1881.
Theal (G. M.), History of the Boers in South Africa. London, 1887.
Theal (G. M.), South African History and Geography. London, 1878.
Trollope (Anthony), South Africa. 2 vols. 8. London, 1878.
Wilmot (G.). An historical and descriptive Account of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope. 8. London, 1863.
References
Travels of Speke and Grant, Sir Samuel Baker and Stanley.
Thomson (J.), Masailand.
Reclus, Universal Geography, English Edition, vols. x. and xii.
Rev. R. P. Ashe, Two Kings of Uganda. 1889.
Rev. R. F. Clarke, Cardinal Lavigerie and the African Slave Trade. 1889.
The Annual Reports of the Company.
White (A. Silva), The Development of Africa. London, 1890.
Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Mauritius. 1. Official Publications
Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions in the Year 1891. Imp. 4. London, 1892.
Colonial Office List. 1892.
Correspondence on ecclesiastical and educational questions in Mauritius. London, 1884.
Correspondence relating to the Constitution of the Council of Government of Mauritius. London, 1884.
Despatch of Governor Sir John Pope Hennessy enclosing Report of Mr. H. N. D. Beyts, C.M.G., in ‘ Papers relating to H.M.’s Colonial Possessions.’ London. 1885.
Reports on Mauritius, and on Seychelles, Rodrigues, and Aldabra, in Colonial Reports for 1890 and 1891. London, 1892.
Statistical Abstract for the several colonial and other possessions of the United Kingdom. London, 1892.
2. Non-Official Publications
Decotter (N.) Geographie de Maurice et de ses Dépendances. Mauritius, 1891.
Flemyng (M.), Mauritius, or the Isle of France. 8. London, 1862.
Martin (R. Montgomery), The British Possessions in Africa. Vol. iv. History of the British Colonies. 8. London, 1834.
The Mauritius Almanac for 1892. Mauritius, 1892.
The Mauritius Civil List for 1892. Mauritius, 1892.
Statistical and other Books of Reference. 1. Official Publications
Annals of Natal, 1495 to 1845, by John Bird, late of Civil Service of Natal. Published by sanction of the Colonial Government. Pietermaritzburg, 1888–90.
Colonial Office List. 1892.
Correspondence relating to the proposal to establish responsible government in Natal. [C. 6487]. Folio. London, 1892.
Natal Blue-book for 1891–92. Pietermaritzburg, 1892.
Natal Official Handbook to the Colonial and Indian Exhibition. London, 1886.
Peace (Walter), Our Colony of Natal. Published by permission of the Natal Government. London, 1884.
Russell (R.), Natal, the Land and its Story.
Statistics of Natal, in ‘ Statistical Abstract for the several colonial and other possessions of the United Kingdom in each year from 1876 to 1891.’ No. XXVIII. 8. London, 1882.
Trade of Natal with Great Britain, in ‘ Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions in the year Î891. ‘ Imp. 4. London, 1892.
2. Non-Official Publications
Brooks (Henry), Natal : a History and Description of the Colony. 8. London, l887.
Cullingworth’s Natal Alumnac. Durban, 1892.
Dunn (E. J.), Notes on the Diamond Fields. 8. Cape Town, 1871.
Elton (Capt.), Special Reports upon the Gold Field at Marabastadt and upon the Transvaal Republic. 8. Durban, 1872.
Fritsch (Dr. Gust.), Die Eingeborenem Süd-Afrika’s ethnographisch und anatomisch beschrieben. 4. Breslau, 1872.
Gillmore (Parker), The Great Thirst Land. A Ride through Natal, Orange Free State, Transvaal, and Kalahari Desert. 8. London, 1878.
Hall (H.), Manual of South African Geography. 8. Capetown, 1866.
Natal Almanack, Directory and Yearly Register. Pietermaritzburg, 1892.
Payton (Ch. A.), The Diamond Diggings of South Africa. 8. London, 1872.
Robinson (Sir John), Notes on Natal. 8. Durban, 1872.
Silver (S. W.), Handbook to South Africa, including the Cape Colony, Natal, the Diamond Fields, &c. 8. London, 1891.
Statham (F. R.), Blacks, Boers, and British. London, 1882.
Trollope (Anthony), South Africa. 2 vols. 9. London, 1878.
Books of Reference
The Annual Blue Books of the various Colonies, and Reports thereon by the Colonial Office.
The Colonial Office List. Annual.
Statistical Abstract for the Colonies. Annual.
Sir A. Moloney’s Forestry of West Africa.
Sibthorpe’s History of Sierra Leone.
Dr. Blyden, Christianity, Islam, and the Negro Race.
Dr. Blyden Sierra. Ieone and Laberie
Dr. Horton, Climatology and Meteorology of West Africa.
Dr. Poole, Sierra Leone and the Gambia.
Rev. Mr. Brown, Among the Palms.
A. B. Ellis, Sketches of West Africa.
G. A. Banbury, Sierra Leone ; or, The White Man’s Grave.
J. R. Maxwell, The Negre Question.
Sierra Leone. Report and General Statistics of Census of 1891.
References
Foreign Office Reports on British Central Africa, and Annual Report of the British South Africa Company.
Mathers (E. P.), Zambesia. London, 1891.
Murray (R. W.), South Africa. London, 1891.
White (A. Silva), The Development of Africa. London, 1890.
Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Zanzibar and the neighbouring Mainland. 1. Official Publications
Anti-Slavery Decree by Sultan of Zanzibar. Africa, No. 1 of 1890–91.
Correspondence respecting Sir Bartle Frere’s Mission to the East Coast of Africa, 1872–73. London, 1873.
Hertslet’s Treaties.
Correspondence relating to Zanzibar. London, 1886.
Further Correspondence relating to Zanzibar. London, 1887 and 1888.
Reports on the Slave Trade of the East Coast of Africa (Africa, No. 7), 1887–88, and Africa, No. 6 of 1890–91.
Correspondence respecting Germany and Zanzibar. 1888 and 1889.
Correspondence respecting the Anglo-German Agreement relating to Africa and Heligoland. London, 1890.
The German White Books.
Report on the Trade of Zanzibar in ‘ Reports of the Consuls of the United States,’ No. 45. Washington, Ï884.
‘Report by Consul-General Kirk on the Trade and Commerce of Zanibar for 1881 in Reports of H.M.’s Consuls,’ Part XIII London, 1882.
Reports on the Trade of Zanzibar, Nos. 982 and 991 in “Diplomatic and Consular Reports,” 1892.
Annual Statement of the Finance of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions, for 1890. London, 1891.
East Africa Pilot.
2. Non-Official Publications
Burton (R. F.), The Lake Regions of Central Africa. London, 1860. Zanzibar. 2 vols. London, 1862.
Decken (Baron C. C. von der), Reisen in Ost-Afrika. Leipzig. 1869–70.
Deutsche Kolonial-Zeitung. 1888–90.
Fischer (G. A.), Mehr Licht im dunkein Weltteil. Hamburg, 1885.
Johnston (Keith), Africa. London, 1878.
Johnston (H. H.), Kilimanjaro. London, 1885.
Krapf (J. L.), Travels during an Eighteen Years’ Residence in East Africa. London, 1860.
Owen (Capt. W. F. W.), Narrative of Voyage to Explore the Shores of Africa, &c. 2 vols. London, 1833.
Schmidt (K. W.), Sansibar. Leipzig, 1888.
Stanley (H. M.), Through the Dark Continent. 2 vols. London, 1878.
Thomson (Joseph), To the Central African Lakes and Back. 2 vols. London, 1881.
Thomson (Joseph), Through Masai Land. London, 1885.
White (A. Silva), The Development of Africa. London, 1890.
Wilson (Rev. C. T.) and Felkin (R. W.), Uganda and the Egyptian Soudan 2 vols. London, 1882.
Meyer (G.), Across East African Glaciers (G. Philips & Son).
Boumann Usegura.
Peters (Dr.) Emin Pasha Expedition.
Colomb (Capet) Slave Catching in East Africa.
Sullinan (Capt)
Chrisetie (Dr.),Cholera Epidemic in East Africa.
Cutblains (Capt.), Voyages en Afrique orientale
Elton (Capt.), Lakes and Mountains of Africa.
Note.—Dr. Meyer’s book contains an excellent Bibliography on this subject.
Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Canada and British North America. 1. Official Publications
Annual Reports of the various Government Departments or the year ending June 30, 1891. 8. Ottawa, 1891.
Census of Canada, 1880–81. 14 vols. Ottawa, 1882–83. Census Bulletins, 1891.
Correspondence relating to the Fisheries Question, 1885–87. Ottawa, 1887.
Correspondence relative to the seizure of British American vessels in Behring’s Sea by the United States Authorities in 1886. Ottawa, 1887.
Estimates of Canada for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892. 8. Ottawa, 1891.
Finances of Canada : Budget Speech delivered in the House of Commons of Canada by Hon. G. E. Foster, Minister of Finance. 8. Ottawa, 1892.
Fisheries Statements for the year 1890. Ottawa, 1892.
Public Accounts of Canada, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1891. Printed by order of Parliament. 8. Ottawa, 1892.
General Report of the Minister of Public Works from June 30, 1867, to July 1, 1885. With Maps. Ottawa, 1887.
Railway Statistics of Canada, 1890–91. 8. Ottawa, 1892.
Report on the State of the Militia for the year 1891. 8. Ottawa, 1892.
Reports (Annual) of the Geological Survey of Canada.
Report, Returns, and Statistics of the Inland Revenues of the Dominion of Canada, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891. 8. Ottawa, 1892.
Special Report on the Fisheries Protection Service of Canada, 1886. Ottawa, 1887.
Statistical Year Book of Canada for the year 1891. Ottawa, 1892.
Tables of the Trade and Navigation of the Dominion of Canada, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891. Ottawa, 1892.
Report of the Auditor-General on Appropriation Accounts for the year ending June 30, 1891. Ottawa, 1892.
Sessional Papers relating to the Canadian Pacific Railway, 1885–87. Ottawa, 1888.
Statistical Abstract for the several Colonial and other Possessions of the United Kingdom. No. XXVII. 8. London, 1891.
Trade of the Dominion of Canada with Great Britain ; in ‘ Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions for the year 1891.’ Imp. 4. London, 1892.
2. Non-Official Publications
Adam (G. M.), The Canadian North-West : its History and its Troubles, with the Narrative of Three Insurrections. Toronto, 1885.
Adam (G. M.), Life of the Right Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald, G.C.B. Toronto, 1891.
Bell (Robt., M.D., LL.D.), The Northern Limits of the Principal Forest Trees of Canada. With a Map. Ottawa, 1882.
Bryce (Rev. Prof.), Manitoba : its Infancy, Growth, and Present Position. London, 1882.
Canadian Almanack for 1892. 8. Toronto, 1891.
Chapais (J. C.), Guide Illustré du Sylviculture Canadien.Montreal, 1883.
Chapleau (Hon. J. A.), Report on the Constitution of the Dominion of Canada. Ottawa, 1891.
Collins (J. E.), Life and Times of Rt. Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald, K.C.B. Toronto, 1883.
Calmer (J. G.), Recent Developments in Canada. London, 1887.
Cumberland (Stuart), The Queen’s Highway. 2nd ed., London, 1888.
Dent (J. Chas.), The Last Forty Tears, or Canada since the Union of 1841. Toronto 1883.
Dilke (Sir Charles), Problems of Greater Britain. London, 1890.
Faillion (Abbé), Histoire de la Colonie française en Canada. 2 vols. Fol. Montreal, 1865.
Fleming (Sandford, C.M.G.), England and Canada, a summer tour between Old and New Westminster. London, 1884.
Garneau (F. X.), Histoire du Canada depuis sa découverte jusqu’à nos jours. Montreal, 1882.
Grant (Very Rev. Principal), Picturesque Canada. 2 vols. Toronto, 1884.
Greswell (W. P.), History of the Dominion of Canada. London.
Greswell (W. P.), Geography of the Dominion of Canada. London.
Gunn (Hon. D.), History of Manitoba. Ottawa, 1880.
Hayden (Prof. F. V.), and Selwyn (Prof. A. R. C), North America. London, 1883.
Hurlburt (Dr. J. B.), The Food Zones of Canada. Montreal, 1884.
Lovell (John) Gazetteer of British North America. Montreal, 1881.
Macoun (Prof.), Manitoba and Canada. London, 1882.
Macpherson (Lieut.-Col. J. P.), Life of Sir John A. Macdonald, G.C.B. Toronto, 1892.
Morgan (Henry J.), The Canadian Parliamentary Companion for 1891. Ottawa, 1891.
Morgan (Henry J.), Dominion Annual Register and Review, 1878–91. Ottawa.
Morgan (Henry J.), Bibliotheca Canadensis, or a History of Canadian Literature Ottawa, 1867.
Morgan (Henry J.), The Relations of the Industry of Canada with the Mother Country and the United States. Montreal, 1864.
Morris (Hon. Alex.), Nova Britannia ; or, Our New Canadian Dominion Foreshadowed Toronto, 1884.
Bat (W. Fraser), Columbia and Canada. Notes on the Great Republic and the New Dominion. 8. London, 1878.
Rae (W. F.), Newfoundland to Manitoba. London, 1881.
Ryerson (Rev. E., D.D., LL.D.), The Loyalists of America and their Times. 2 vols. Toronto, 1880.
Selwyn (A. R. C.) and Dawson (G. M.), Descriptive Sketch of the Physical Geography and Geology of the Dominion of Canada. Montreal, 1884.
Silver and Co.’s Handbook to Canada. London, 1881.
Todd (Dr. Alpheus, C.M.G.), Parliamentary Government in the British Colonies. Boston, 1880.
Tupper (Sir Charles), The Canadian Confederation defended. London, 1868.
Tuttle (C. R.), Our North Land : being a full account of the Canadian North-West and Hudson’s Bay Route. Toronto, 1885.
Books of Reference.
Annual Blue Book and Colonial Office Report.
Calvert and Williams, Fiji and the Fijians.
Cooper (H. Stonehewer), Coral Islands of the Pacific. 2 vols. London, 1880.
Cumming (Miss Gordon), At Home in Fiji. London, 1882.
Gordon & Gotch, Australian Handbook for 1891. Melbourne, 1891.
Seeman (Berthold), Government Mission to the Fijian Islands. London, 1862.
Smythe (Mrs.), Ten Months in the Fijian Islands. London, 1864.
Waterhouse, Fiji : its King and People.
Books of Reference
Annual Report of Administrator.
British New Guinea (Queensland) Act of 1887. Brisbane, 1888.
New Guinea, Further Correspondence respecting. London, 1883 and 1890.
Chalmers (J.) and Gill (W. Wyatt), Work and Adventure in New Guinea. London, 1885.
Stone (O. C.), A Few Months in New Guinea. London, 1880.
Romilly (H. H.), The Western Pacific and New Guinea. London, 1886.
Romilly (H. H.), From my Verandah in New Guinea. London, 1889.
Moresby (Capt. J.), Discoveries in New Guinea.
Books of Reference. 1. Official Publications
Census of New South Wales, taken April 3, 1881. Fol. Sydney, 1882.
New South Wales Blue Book for the Year 1890. Fol. Sydney, 1891.
New South Wales Government Gazette, January 1891.
Railways of New South Wales. Report of their Construction and Working annually.
Report on the Vital Statistics of Sydney and Suburbs. Published monthly by T. A. Coghlan, A.M.Inst.C.E., Government Statistician.
Seven Colonies of Australasia. Published annually by T. A. Coghlan, A.M.Inst.C. E. Government Statistician.
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Keltie, J.S. (1893). India, the Colonies, Protectorates, and Dependencies of the British Empire. In: Keltie, J.S. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230253223_2
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