Land Tenures of India and their Bearing on Indian Finance. George

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Norton, Esq...
The Formation and Objects of a British and American Association.
Dr. Lory Marsh

Third Annual Meeting

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57

75

76

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Propositions for the Reform of our Relations with the Colonies. Wm.
Westgarth, Esq.

Addresses to Her Majesty and H.R.H. the Princess of Wales
Manitoba. F. W. Chesson, Esq.

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The Financial Resources of our Colonies. Hyde Clarke, Esq.
Comparative Advantages of the Far West of Canada and of the States for

The Natural Distribution of Coal throughout the British Empire. C. W.
Eddy, Esq.
Influence of American Legislation on the Decline of the United States as
a Maritime Power. R. Grant Haliburton, Esq....

Appendix: Account of Dinner to celebrate the Completion of Telegraphic
Communication with Australia

131

149

167

194
210

213

225

Balance-Sheet of the Washington Treaty of 1872, in Account with the
People of Great Britain and her Colonies. Viscount Bury, M.P.
Adjourned Discussion
The Marine and Fisheries of Canada. J. G. Bourinot, Esq.
Social and Economic Position and Prospects of the West India Possessions.
Wm. Walker, Esq.

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187
211

217

Tasmania and its Wealth in Timber. Hugh Munro Hull, Esq.
The Forests of Tasmania. J. Erskine Calder, Esq.
The Three New Rules of the Washington Treaty as Affecting our Relations
with the Colonies. H. E. Watts, Esq.

Colonial Aids to British Prosperity. P. L. Simmonds, Esq.
Our Relations with the Ashantees.

Settlements of the Straits of Malacca. Leonard Wray, Esq.
Forests of British Guiana. Wm. Walker, Esq.

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160

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Economic Value of the Forests of Tasmania. Hugh Munro Hull, Esq.
The Woodlands, &c., of Tasmania. J. Erskine Calder, Esq.
New Zealand-Past, Present, and Future. Frederick Young, Esq.
Sixth Annual Meeting
Present State and Future Prospects of the Indians of British North

Best Means of drawing together the Interests of the United Kingdom and
the Colonies. The late C. W. Eddy, Esq.

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The Permanent Unity of the Empire. F. P. Labilliere, Esq.
Adjourned Discussion

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The Past and Present of Fiji. F. W. Chesson, Esq.
Great Britain and New Guinea. Archibald Michie, Esq., Q.C., Agent-General

for Victoria ...

South Africa. T. B. Glanville, Esq.
New Guinea Deputation .

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121

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189

American Protection and Canadian Reciprocity. Robert Grant Hali-
burton, Esq. ...

Forty Years Since and Now. H. B. T. Strangways, Esq.

South Africa and Her Colonies. Lieutenant-General Bisset, C.B....
Memorial to Her Majesty on Recognition of the Colonies in the Royal Title 124
Adjourned Discussion on "South Africa and Her Colonies"
Civilisation of the Pacific. Coleman Phillips, Esq. ...

Progress of Victoria. Right Rev. Dr. Perry, Bishop of Melbourne...
New Zealand. William Fox, Esq.

Colonisation of Central Africa. Lieutenant Lovett Cameron, R.N....
The Wines of Australia. J. T. Fallon, Esq.

Benefit to the Colonies of being Members of the British Empire. J. Dennis-

toun Wood, Esq.
Canada as I Remember it, and as it is Now. Rev. Donald Fraser, D. D. 45
Fallacies of Federation. Wm. Forster, Esq., Agent-General, N. S. Wales 79
Adjourned Discussion

The Colonies and English Labouring Classes. John Plummer, Esq.
Climates of the Various British Colonies.
Symons, Esq.

Mansion House

Imperial Museum for the Colonies and India.

Report of Meeting at the

Thoughts upon the Present and Future of South Africa and Central and

VOL. IX.-1877-8.

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Indian Famines, and how to modify the Causes that lead to them. Robert
H. Elliot, Esq.
Queensland and Chinese Immigration. Arthur Macalister, Esq., C.M.G.,
Agent-General for Queensland

Death of Mr. Edward Wilson

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84

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A Sketch of New South Wales-1788 to 1876.
Character of the Colonial and Indian Trade of
Her Foreign Trade. Dr. J. Forbes Watson
New Zealand and the South Sea Islands and their Relation to the Empire.
Sir Julius Vogel, K.C.M.G., Agent-General for New Zealand...
Canada, and its Undeveloped Interior. Sandford Fleming, Esq., C.E.,
C.M.G.

109

164

225

280

Angora Goat and its Naturalisation in British Colonies. Gavin Gatheral, Esq. 326
The Proposed Ramiseram Ship Canal between India and Ceylon.
S. McBean, Esq., C.E.

A Colonial Naval Volunteer Force. Thomas Brassey, Esq., M.P.
Fifth Annual Conversazione

Tenth Annual General Meeting...

England and Her Colonies at the Paris Exhibition. Frederick Young, Esq.
New Guinea: Its Fitness for Colonisation. Signor L. M. D'Albertis
Canada: Its Progress and Development. Caldwell Ashworth, Esq.
British South Africa and the Zulu War. John Noble, Esq....
Native Taxation in Fiji. Hon. Sir Arthur H. Gordon, G.C.M.G., Governor
of the Fiji Islands
Jamaica: A Home for the Invalid, and a Profitable Field for the Indus-
trious Settler. Robert Russell, Esq., LL.D., and Logan D. H. Russell,
Esq., M.D.

On the Extinct Animals the Colonies of Great Britain. Professor
Owen, C.B., F.R.S....

Tasmania: Past and Present. J. L. Miller, Esq. M.D.

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Extended Colonisation a Necessity to the Mother Country. Stephen
Bourne, Esq., F.S.S.

The Past, Present, and Future Trade of the Cape Colonies with Central
Africa. Dr. Emil Holub...

The National Development of Canada. J. G. Bourinot, Esq.

An Empire's Parliament. A. Staveley, Hill, Esq., Q.C., M.P.
South Australia: her Laws relating to the Alienation of Agricultural
Land, and her recent Industrial Progress. Sir Arthur Blyth,
K.C.M.G., Agent-General for South Australia...
Jamaica: Now and Fifteen

Years

Since. Sir Anthony Musgrave,

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The Botanical Enterprise of the Empire. W. T. Thiselton Dyer, Esq.,
Assistant-Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew

The Leeward Islands: Their Past, Present, and Fature. Hon. T. B. H.

The Statistics of the Indian Empire. Sir Richard Temple, Bart.,

G.C.S.I., C.I.E.

The Right

134

The Future of the Dominion of Canada. Sir Alexander T. Galt, G.C.M.G.

The Union of the Various Portions of British South Africa.

Hon. Sir H. Bartle E. Frere, Bart., G.C.B., G.C.S.I.

Imperial and Colonial Partnership in Emigration. W. M. Torrens,

Esq., M.P.
Adjourned Discussion on Imperial and Colonial Partnership in Emigration 213
Queensland: Her History, Resources, and Future Prospects. Thomas

Archer, Esq...

The Principles which ought to Regulate the Determination of the Political

and Municipal Boundaries and Divisions of the Colonies. Sir

Charles Nicholson, Bart., D.C.L.

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The Political Organisation of the Empire. F. P. Labilliere, Esq.

Eighth Annual Conversazione

England's Colonial Granaries. Robert G. Webster, Esq.

Sierra Leone: Past, Present, and Future. Hon. T. Risely Griffith,

Colonial Secretary of Sierra Leone

Natal in its Relation to South Africa. James R. Saunders, Esq.,

M.L.C., of Natal

The Progress of Canada and the Development of the Great North-West.

Special General Meeting: "Royal Charter of Incorporation"

Attempt on the Life of Her Majesty. Address to the Queen

The Commercial Advantages of Federation. William J. Harris, Esq.,

F.S.S.

The Northern Territory of South Australia. Thomas Harry, Esq.

Imperial Defence in Our Time. George Baden-Powell, Esq., M. A.

Ninth Annual Conversazione

VOL. XIV.-1882-83.

Royal Charter of Incorporation...

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The Indebtedness of the Australasian Colonies in Relation to their
Resources. Sir F. Dillon Bell, K.C.M.G.

The North-West Territories of Canada. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop
of Saskatchewan

A Chapter in the History of New Zealand. The Treaty of Waitangi.
Sir William Fox, K.C.M. G....
South Africa: The Territories Adjacent to the Kalahari Desert. Parker
Gillmore, Esq.

Haidarábád. Colonel G. B. Malleson, C. S.I....
Postal Communication with the East. India in Six and Australia in

Sixteen Days. William Campbell, Esq. ...
Annexation of New Guinea: Correspondence

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160

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223

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250

Deputation to the Secretary of State for the

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Planting Enterprise in the West Indies. D. Morris, Esq., M.A., F.G.S.... 265
Special General Meeting: New Premises
Tenth Annual Conversazione

The Relations of the Colonies to the Empire, Present and Future. Two
Addresses delivered in Edinburgh and Greenock by Sir Alexander T.
Galt, G.C.M.G.

New Guinea and the Western Pacific. Wilfred Powell, Esq.
Building Fund: List of Donations and Debentures taken
Our Relations with Canada and Great Colonies. The Right Hon. the
Marquis of Lorne, K.T., G.C.M.G.
Result of the Essay Competition: Subject: The Australasian Colonies;
their History and Present Position-Geographical, Political, and Com-
mercial ...
Report on the Essay Competition

The Education of the South African Tribes. William Greswell, Esq., M.A. 68
The Australasian Dominion. R. Murray Smith, Esq., C.M.G.
Building Fund: Further List of Donations

The Mineral Wealth of Queensland. C. S. Dicken, Esq
Seventeen Years in the Canadian North-West. Alexander Begg, Esq.
Building Fund: Further List of Donations
Irrigation in Ceylon: Ancient and Modern. James R. Mosse, Esq.
M.Inst. C.E.
Death of H.R.H. Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, K.G. Address of
Condolence

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144

The Straits Settlements and British Malaya. Sir Frederick A. Weld,
K.C.M.G.