Gibraltar, taken from Spain 1704 (218, 228, 235, 244, 245),*

15,000

Singapore, purchased 1819,

Malacca, given in exchange by the Dutch, 1825,

Penang, settlement 1786,

278,000

Province Wellesley,

Four Settlements on the Gold Coast, Sixteenth Century,

151,000

Lagos, annexed 1861, .

6,000

Islands of St Helena and Ascension, 1600 and 1815, taken,

7,000

Mauritius and the Seychelles, taken 1810 and 1794, .
Cape Colony and Natal, taken 1806 and 1845,

322,000

817,000

IN AMERICA.

The Canadas, taken 1759-60,

3,000,000

New Brunswick, settlement 1713,

252,000

Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, settlement 1621 and 1781,
Prince Edward's Island, taken 1745, .

394,000

85,000

Newfoundland, settlement 1536,

123,000

Manitoba (formerly Red River Settlement), founded 1812,

*The figures within parentheses refer to the pages in the History.

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