by Various
Available in 585 free installments
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Settlement.
Victoria
1834
Separated from New South Wales 1851.
South Australia
1836
Settlement.
New Zealand
1840
Settlement and treaty.
Hong-Kong
1841
Treaties. Kowloon on the mainland added in 1860; additional area leased 1898.
Labuan
1846
Cession. Incorporated in Straits Settlements 1906.
Lagos
1861
Cession. South Nigeria amalgamated with Lagos, under style of Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria 1906.
Basutoland
1868
Annexation.
Fiji
1874
W. Pacific Islands, including including Union, Ellice, Gilbert, Southern Solomon, and other groups
1877
High commission created by order in council, giving jurisdiction over islands not included in other colonial governments, nor within jurisdiction of other civilized powers. Protectorates declared over all these islands by 1900.
Federated Malay States
1874-1895
Treaty.
Cyprus
1878
Occupied by treaty.
North Borneo
1881
Treaty and settlement under royal charter. Protectorate assumed 1888.
Papua
1884
Protectorate declared.
Nigeria
1884-1886
Treaty, conquest and settlement under royal charter. Chartered Co.'s territory transferred to crown, and whole divided into North and South Nigeria 1900.
Somaliland
1884-1886
Occupation and cession. Protectorate declared 1887.
Bechuanaland
1885-1891
Protectorate declared. Southern portion annexed to Cape Colony 1895.
Zululand
1887
Annexation. Incorporated in Natal 1897.
Sarawak
1888
Protectorate declared.
Brunei
1888
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British East Africa
1888
Treaty, conquest and settlement under royal charter. Transferred to crown 1895.
Rhodesia
1888-1893
Treaty, conquest and settlement under royal charter.
Zanzibar
1890
Protectorate declared.
Uganda
1890-1896
Treaty and protectorate.
Nyasaland
1891
Protectorate declared.
Ashanti
1896
Military occupation.
Wei-hai-wei
1898
Lease from China.
Pacific Islands?
?Christmas, Fanning, Penrhyn, Suvarov
1898
Annexed for purposes of projected Pacific cable.
?Choiseul and Isabel Is. (Solomon Group)
1899
Cession.
?Tonga and Niué
1900
Protectorate declared.
