Show THE BRITISH COLONIAL SYSTEM THE extent of the british dependencies all over the world is in about square miles with an estimated population of people in india the queen queena Is authority la Is absolute though the country la Is ruled by a distinct ministry the british possessions in borneo in south and east africa and on the niger are under the protection of the queen but managed by chartered companies the self governing colonies col onlee under under the english flag are new south wales victoria queensland tasmania south australia new zealand zealond the cape good hope newfoundland and the eight provinces composing the dominion of canada the crows crown colonies are the bahamas barbadoes and bermuda western australia guinea mauritius and jamaica new guinea sierra leone ceylon gibraltar and st helena the self governing colonies are locally independent they have separate governments and their own legislatures ia la tures the governors are appointed by the crown they protect themselves by their militia their volunteers and their armed police the population of the self governing colonies will agit aggregate regate about in the crown colonies some have two legislatures one appointed by the crown and the other an elective assembly some have only one legislative council appointed entirely by the crown in gibraltar and st helena the governors make all the laws rules etc subject to the sanction of the queen prance Franc ehas has recently been making a study of the british colonial system in order that she may profit by it in governing her own colonies prance france has not one single self governing colony while all of england En glands a colonies except two are self supporting the french government has appointed a commission to give the colonial system special study and to outline improvements which would place the french colonies on a par with those of england |