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COLONIAL POSSESSIONS.
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Year
Dec. 31
Vessels Tons Year
Dec. 31
Vessels Tons
1859 10,498 997,211 1864 12,235 1,475,761
1860 10,838 1,052,281 1865 12,477 1,562,295
1861 10,830 1,088,543 1866 11,941 1,518,647
1862 10,987 1,106,958 1867 12,169 1,523,125
1863 11,558 1,296,330 1868 11,855 1,455,172


The growth of the colonial empire of Great Britain, the result of three centuries of peaceful and warlike enterprise, is illustrated in the subjoined table:—

Colonies and dependencies Date and mode of acquisition
Europe :
Gibraltar Capture . . . 1704
Heligoland Cession . . . 1814
Malta and Gozo Capture . . . 1800
Asia :
Ceylon Capitulation . . 1796
Bengal Settlement and conquest at various periods from 1625 to 1849
Bombay
Madras
N.W. Provinces
Punjaub
Hongkong Treaty. . . . 1843
Labnan Cession . . . 1846
Africa :
Cape of Good Hope Capitulation . . 1806
Gambia Settlement . . . 1631
Gold Coast Sttlement 1661
Natal Sttlement 1838
St. Helena Sttlement 1651
Sierra Leone Sttlement 1787
Mauritius Capitulation . . 1810
America : Bermuda Settlement . . . 1609
British Columbia .
Canada, Lower Capitulation and cession 1763
Canada, Upper
New Brunswick Settlement . . . 1497
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Guiana, British Capitulation . . 1803
Falkland Islands Cession . . 1837
West Indies :
Antigua Settlement . . - 1632
Bahamas Settlement 1629
Barbadoes Settlement 1605