LORD SALISBURY AS AN EMPIRE-BUILDER.
Tbn Empire over which the British flag has been raised under Lord Salisbury’s record Premiership is almost big enough rival the United Stales of America. Here * it is at a glance: S. Miles. Population. Central Africa Protectorate 38,000 850,000 East Africa Protectorate 1.000,000 2,500,000 Nigeria 500,000 35,000,000 New Guinea 88,460 550,000 Orange River Colony 48,326 210,000 Rhodesia ... 750,000 600,000 Socotra Island ... ... 1,382 10,000 Transvaal 119,139 1,094,090 Upper Buimah 83,475 5,000,000 Werhaiwei .. 20 350,000 Zanzibar ami Pemba ... 1,020 250, nun Totals 2,678,156 44,420,000 U is mu a mean achievemnt, even in these days of empire-building, and the Prime Minister will be able to quote the figures iu triumph if over a wicked Radical should call him a Little Englander.
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Lake County Press, Issue 982, 3 October 1901, Page 2
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