The British colonial library, [comprising a popular and authentic description of all the colonies of the British empire, their history--physical geography--geology--climate--animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms--government--finance--military defence--commerce--shipping--monetary system--religion--population, white and coloured--education and the press--emigration, social state, &c.]

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Published in 1834-35 under the title: History of the British colonies. ; Each vol. has also special t. p. ; Castle, &c., &c. 1837. ; v. 1. Upper and Lower Canada. 2d ed. 1838.--v. 2. Austral-Asia:comprising New South Wales, Van Diemen's Island, Swan River, South Australia, &c. 2d ed. 1839.--v. 3. Southern Africa: comprising the Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, Seychelles, &c. 2d ed. 1843.--v. 4. West Indies: comprising Jamaica, Honduras, Trinidad, Tobago, Grenada, the Bahamas,and the Virgin Isles. 1836.--v. 5. West Indies: comprising British Guiana, Barbadoes, St. Vincent's, St. Lucia, Dominica, Montserrat, Antigua, St. Christopher's, &c., &c. 1837.--v. 6. Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, the Sable Islands, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, the Bermudas, Newfoundland, &c., &c. 1837.--v. 7. British possessions in the Mediterranean: comprising Gibraltar, Malta, and the Ionian Islands. 1837.--v. 8-9. Possessions of the honourable East India company. 1837.--v. 10. British possessions in the Indian & Atlantic oceans: comprising Ceylon, Penang, Malacca, Sincapore, the Falkland Islands, St. Helena, Ascension, Sierra Leone, the Gambia, Cape Coast ; Mode of access: Internet.