Show BRITAIN S GROWTH vast development of the empire dur lug tl e century an english writer contributes some interesting facts relative to the great growth of great britain and her col onles during the century now closing during 1800 1900 he says the british empire has increased at the rate oi two acres per second in 1800 the unit ed kingdom had a colonial area equal to sixteen times its own area in 1901 the united kingdom has a colonial area equal to ninety six times its own area roughly the increase has been from 2 to 12 square miles it the orange river colony and the transvaal be taken into account the colonial area Is now more than 97 times that of the home country the french colonial area is only eighteen times the size ot france the german colonial area only alve times the size of germany in population the brit ish empire has risen from in 1800 to in 1900 in tha same interval the united kingdom has risen from to trance from 27 to 39 and the states now germany from 21 to 55 the population of the british empire outside of tha united kingdom was in 1800 about of whom only 2 were white now it numbers of whom 12 are white then one person in 50 was white now one person in 28 Is a white the brit ish empire Is peopled at the rate of 33 persons to the square mile |