INDEX
Aberdeen, 4th Earl of, statesman, quoted, 327
Aborigines, Parliamentary Committee on, 291
Acadia (Nova Scotia)—
Banishment of inhabitants of (1755), 153. I74-S
Boundaries of, question as to, 163 Cession of, to France, 84, 107 Phipps’conquest of (1690), 115, 122, 124
Restoration of, to France (1697), 115 Adams, John, Am. statesman, 231 ; quoted, 180, 199, 221 ; cited, 188, 189, 222
-Samuel, statesman, 215
Adderley, Sir C., statesman, 362 note 1 ; cited, 365
Administration, Colonial—
Governors, see that title Offices—
Corruption as to, 79-80 and note Deputy system as to, 232 Africa, British East, see British East Africa
- British South (for particular
Districts, etc ., see their names )— Afrikander aspirations, rise of, 420 Basutos, see Basutoland Boers, see that title British South Africa Company, see that title
Chamberlain’s visit to (1903), 519 Customs Union, 453 note 2 Extension of British territory in, Government attitude towards, 342- 4. 346-7. 471-2 Federation of—
Carnarvon’s efforts towards (1871- 7), 418-22, 424 Grey’s policy of, 352-4 Prospects as to (1905), 500-1 Wolseley’s view of, 432 Froude’s visits to (1874-5), 4 1 9- 20 Inter-colonial South African Conference (1903), 516
Africa, British South—
Jameson raid, 472, 478, 480 Liquor Laws in, 468-9, 481, 499 Majuba Hill, 433
Sand River Convention (1852), 347-8 South Africa Act (1877), 421 Telegraphic communication with, established, 525 note
Agents, Virginian, appointed in London (1672), 93
Agents-General, Colonial, as Privy Councillors, suggestion as to, 457, 460 Agra Pequena, 445
Aix-la-Chapelle, Peace of (1748), I44-5, 153. 163
Albemarle, Duke of, one of Carolina Proprietors, 86 Albert, Prince Consort, 354 Alexander, Sir W., grant of N. Scotland to, 43, 49
American Colonies, British—
Aristocracy in, suggested creation of, 187
British policy towards—
Difficulties inherent in, 133 Gnat and camel nature of, 157-8 Committees of correspondents, appointment of (1772-3), 215 Condition of, at close of Stuart period,
106-7, 112-13
Congress of 1754 at Albany, 170, 172
-of 1765, 201
-of 1774, 218-9—
Feeling of, 218-9, 221 Instructions to delegates to, 218 Invitation by, to Canada, 246-7 Protest by, against extension of Quebec, 245-6
Constitutions given to, nature of, 253 Convict transportation to, 17, 31, 39- 40,65,66; Statutes relating to, cited, 262 note 2
Currency question in—
Depreciation, extent and evils of, 149-51
Legal Tender Act (1712), 150 555