Excerpt from Australia and New Zealand, Vol. 1 of 3 When we make mention of colonies we should I understood to signify countries outside our own, whic by our energies we have made fit for the occupation c our multiplying race. India is the possession of whic we are most proud; - but India is in no respect a colon It should be our greatest boast respecting India that it hold that populous country to the advantage of the mi lions by whom it is inhabited; but we do not hold it ft the direct welfare of our own race, though greatly t the benefit of our own country. The Europeans who a1 spread over India, exclusive of the military, are lo. Numerous that the inhabitants of Tasmania. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.