HISTORY

OF THE

COLONIES OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

IN THE

WEST INDIES, SOUTH AMERICA,

NORTH AMERICA, ASIA, AUSTRAL-ASIA, AFRICA,

AND

EUROPE;

COMPRISING THE

Area, Agriculture, Commerce, Manufactures, Shipping, Custom Duties, Population, Education,
Religion, Crime, Government, Finances, Laws, Military Defence, Cultivated and
Waste Lands, Emigration, Rates of Wages, Prices of Provisions, Banks,
Coins, Staple Products, Stock, Moveable and Immoveable Property,
Public Companies, &c.

OF

EACH COLONY;

WITH THE

CHARTERS AND THE ENGRAVED SEALS.

FROM THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE COLONIAL OFFICE.

BY

ROBERT MONTGOMERY MARTIN, ESQ.

LONDON:

W. H. ALLEN AND CO., LEADENHALL STREET;

AND

GEORGE ROUTLEDGE, 36, SOHO SQUARE.

1843.

JV

1025

M38

1843