Colonial Policy of Lord John Russell's Administration

Full leather, TWO VOLUME SET, by Earl Grey. First Edition, Published 1853 by Richard Bentley, London. Bound in full tan leather with gilt borders on covers, gilt decorations on spines, marbled edges & endpapers. Volume I is xii, 473pp; Volume II is iv, 414pp. The author states in his preface that "It is the object of the following Letters to give some account of the Colonial Policy of the Administration in which I held the office of Secretary of State for the Colonial Department." Contents: Colonial Policy, Preliminary Remarks, Effect of Free Trade on the Colonies; Sugar Colonies Generally; Mauritius, St. Lucia, Trinidad; Guina, Jamaica, Barbadoes; British Norht America, Canada; Lower Provinces of British North America: Newfoundland; Australian Colonies: Sale of Land, Emigration. Appendix of List of Officers appointed to the Government Colonies by Lord Grey; Correspondence relative to reduction of the Military Force; Recapitulation of measures related to Sugar Colonies; Tables of Import & Consumption of Sugar; more. Volume II: Australian Colonies: Transportation, Constitution, General Condition of the colonies; New Zealand; Ceylon; Cape of Good Hope, Natal; Hong Kong, Labuan, Falkland Islands, West Coast of Africa; Malta. Appendix includes the New Zealand Bill: Earl Grey's Speech in House of Lords; Report of Privy Council: Constitution of Cape of Good Hope; more. A nice set of this valuable historical document of British Colonial policy in the mid 19th century