Crown colony Sentence Examples

Consequently, in 1884, Basutoland ceased to be a portion of the Cape Colony and became a British crown colony.

The conversion of Basuto A land into a crown colony contributed alike to the Y pros perityof the Basuto,the security of the property of neighbouring colonists and a peaceful condition among the natives of South Africa generally.

Immediately following the conclusion of peace Milner published (June 21) the Letters Patent establishing the system of crown colony government in the Transvaal and Orange River colonies, and exchanging his title of administrator to that of governor.

In the latter part of 1904 and the early months of 1905 Lord Milner was engaged on the elaboration of a scheme to provide the Transvaal with a system of "representative" government, a half-way house between crown colony administration and that of self-government.

Its constitution was that of a crown colony in association with Queensland; but in 1901 the federal government took control of the territory and in 1906 a proclamation by the governor-general of the commonwealth gave it the name of the Territory of Papua.

Despite the many obstacles it had to meet, including drought, commercial depression and the hostility of many of the ex-burghers, the crown colony administration had achieved remarkable results.

The Bechuanaland Protectorate, the northern part of the country, governed on the lines of a British crown colony.

That portion lying to the south of the Molopo river was described as British Bechuanaland, and was constituted a crown colony.

Administration and Trade.--As Singapore is the chief administrative most important part of the crown colony of the Straits town.

The island of Labuan (q.v.) was occupied by the British as a crown colony in 1848, and this may be taken as the starting-point of renewed British relations with that portion of northern Borneo which is situated to the north of Brunei.

These troubles were finally ended in 1884, when the country was given up by the Cape and became a crown colony (see Basutoland).

The two new colonies of were for the time governed on crown colony lines.

In the meantime the Jameson ministry 1 A number of members of the Transvaal administration during the Crown Colony period had worked steadily, in private, to promote closer union.

Government, Revenue, &c. - Seychelles is a crown colony administered by a governor, assisted by nominated executive and legislative councils.

Shortly afterwards, British Kaffraria was made a crown colony.

Administration, &c. - Swaziland forms a crown colony under the government of the High Commissioner for South Africa.

Until 1898, when the Crown Colony system was adopted, the legislative council was partly elected, partly nominated.

In 1888 it was again made a separate government, administered as a crown colony.

Griqualand West on its incorporation with the colony in 188 0 became a separate province, and when the crown colony of British Bechuanaland was taken over by the Cape in 1895 it also became a separate province (see Griqualand and Bechuanaland).

The Straits Settlements - Singapore, Malacca and Penang - were ruled from India until 1867, when they were erected into a crown colony under the charge of the Colonial Office.

A month later (10th March I 882) Rubattino made over his establishment to the Italian government, and on the 12th of June the Chamber adopted a bill constituting Assab an Italian crown colony.