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Table No. 16. Table showing the Area and Population of Countries belonging to, and the respective Dates of their Entry into, the Postal Union.

Country. Area in Square Miles. Population. Date of Entry into the Union. Country. Area in Square Miles. Date of Entry Population. into the Union. America (United States of) Argentine Republic Austria-Hungary Belgium Bolivia Bosnia-Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Canada Chili .. Colombia Congo (Independent State of) Costa Rica Denmark Danish Antilles Dominican Republic Egypt Ecuador France and Algeria French Colonies Germany German Protectorates — Africa East Africa South-west .. Cameroons Marshall Islands New Guinea Togo Territory Great Britain British Colonies— Australasia— Fiji New Guinea New South Wales New Zealand Queensland South Australia .. Tasmania Victoria "Western Australia Antigua Bahamas .. Barbadoes Bermuda British North Borneo Ceylon Cyprus Dominica Falkland Islands .. Gambia Gibraltar Gold Coast Grenada and Grenadines Guiana (British) .. Honduras (British).. Hong Kong Jamaica .. Labuan 3,557,019 1,077,033 241,599 11,374 515,156 19,734 3,219,130 37,322 3,385,351 290,829 513,873 865,383 23,001 89,771 139 18,756 383,915 118,632 461,794 525,807 208,665 368,826 332,446 10,039 160 96,917 23,167 121,483 62,982,244 3,793,800 41,394,072 6,136,444 1,434,800 1,336,091 14,002,335 3,154,375 4,829,411 2,817,552 3,320,530 14,000,000 243,205 2,266,778 32,786 417,000 6,848,000 1,204,000 42,531,196 27,058,130 49,428,470 2,900,000 200,000 480,500 16,000 387,000 2,250,000 37,879,285 1 July, 1875. 1 April, 1878. 1 July, 1875. 1 July, 1875. 1 April, 1886. 1 July, 1892. 1 July, 1877. 1 July, 1879. 1 July, 1878. 1 April, 1881. 1 July, 1881. 1 Jan., 1886. 1 Jan., 1883. 1 July, 1875. 1 Sept., 1877. 1 Oct., 1880. 1 July, 1875. 1 July, 1880. 1 Jan., 1876. 1 July, 1876. 1 July, 1875. 1 April, 1891. 1 July, 1888. 1 June, 1887. 1 Oct., 1888. 1 Jan., 1888. 1 June, 1888. 1 July, 1875. British Colonies — contd. Lagos Malta Mauritius and Dependencies Montserrat Natal and Zululand Nevis Newfoundland St. Christopher St. Lucia St. Vincent Sierre Leone Straits Settlements Tobago Trinity Turk's Island Virgin Islands Greece Guatemala Hayti Hawaiian Islands Holland Dutch Colonies— Dutch Antilles Dutch Guiana Dutch East India .. i Honduras (Republic of).. India (British) Italy .. Japan Liberia Luxembourg Mexico Montenegro Nicaragua Norway Paraguay Persia Peru Portugal Portuguese Colonies Roumania Russia Salvador Servia Siam South African Republic Spain.. Spanish Colonies . .. Sweden Switzerland Tunis.. Turkey Uruguay Venezuela (United States of) 1,069 125 1,086 32 26,314 45 42,731 68 237 147 3,000 1,544 114 1,754 222 64 25,143 48,303 11,072 6,543 12,742 436 49,848 723,219 46,264 1,876,255 110,679 147,657 14,363 999 751,584 3,500 47,859 124,559 97,726 635,161 439,014 35,745 850,738 50,589 8,660,590 8,135 18,761 308,893 113,634 194,990 165,644 173,974 15,964 44,905 1,150,511 72,173 85,607 177,225 397,637 11,762 6S6,465 13,087 202,100 30,876 41,713 41,054 74,835 506,984 18,335 208,030 4,744 4,639 2,187,208 1,452,003 960,000 89,990 4,564,565 45,162 68,873 32,174,600 381,938 291,351,000 30,355,491 40,353,461 2,000,000 211,088 11,885,607 200,000 312,845 1,988,664 330,000 7,500,000 2,980,000 4,708,178 14,213,000 5,038,342 112,915,520 777,895 2,161,961 9,000,000 768,700 J 17,571,432 9,490,000 4,784,981 2,917,754 1,500,000 22,075,000 706,524 1 Jan., 1879. 1 July, 1875. 1 April, 1877. 1 July, 1879. 1 July, 1892. 1 July, 1879. 1 Jan., 1879. 1 July, 1879. 1 Feb., 1881. 1 Sept., 1881. 1 Jan., 1879. 1 April, 1877. 1 Feb., 1881. 1 April, 1877. 1 Feb., 1881. 1 July, 1879. 1 July, 1875. 1 Aug., 1881. 1 July, 1881. 1 Jan., 1882. 1 July, 1875. 1 May, 1877. 1 May, 1877. 1 May, 1877. 1 April, 1879. 1 July, 1876. 1 July, 1875. 1 June, 1877. 1 April, 1879. 1 July, 1875. 1 April, 1879. 1 July, 1875. 1 May, 1882. 1 July, 1875. 1 July, 1881. 1 Sept., 1877. 1 April, 1879. 1 July, 1875. 1 July, 1877. 1 July, 1875. 1 July, 1875. 1 April, 1879. 1 July, 1875. 1 July, 1885. 1 Jan., 1893. 1 July, 1875. 1 May, 1877. 1 July, 1875. 1 July, 1875. 1 July, 1888. 1 July, 1875. 1 July, 1880. 8,046 88,460 308,586 104,640 668,260 380,603 26,215 88,451 975,825 170 5,390 166 19 31,005 24,702 3,707 67 4,839 69 2 38,685 121,180 489,000 1,133,153 668,353 393,938 315,048 146,667 1,140,405 49,835 30,699 47,565 182,306 15,013 120,000 3,008,239 209,291 26,841 1,789 14,266 25,775 1,500,000 1 Oct., 1891. 1 Oct., 1891. 1 Oct., 1891. 1 Oct., 1891. 1 Oct., 1891. 1 Oct., 1891. 1 Oct., 1891. 1 Oct., 1891, 1 Oct., 1891. 1 July, 1879. 1 July, 1880. 1 Sept., 1881. 1 April, 1877. 1 Feb., 1891. 1 April, 1877. 1 July, 1875. 1 July, 1879. 1 Jan., 1879. 1 Jan., 1879. 1 Jan., 1876. 1 Jan., 1879. 166 88,652 8,292 31 4,193 30 53,209 284,887 31,471 121,441 639,491 5,853 1 Feb., 1881. 1 April, 1877. 1 Jan., 1879. 1 April, 1877. 1 April, 1877. 1 April, 1877. 403,087 2,323,527 1 Jan., 1880. Totals 36,886,395 988,976,721