British Columbia and Oriental immigration, 125, 144-146.
British Isles:
Ascendency, 170.
Colonies and federation, 189. attitude to Colonial question in the Cobden era and during the era of Gladstone, 163.
Constitution, 96 et seq.
Defined, 83 n.
Federal model for, the, 197.
Government, 62, 95, 111-115 passim, 193; weakness of unitary system in, 195, 224; executive office during the American Revolution, 114.
Naval defence, 157-159, 228; Big Fleet policy, 127, 128, 154.
Parliament. See below.