Colonies (advances by Imperial government). Returns of the colonies to which advances have been made by the Imperial government which are repayable wholly or in part by the said colonies, and of which any balance is still outstanding at the date of this order; giving the dates and amounts of such advances; the purposes for which the advances were made; the balance outstanding on 31 March 1830; and the debts due by each colony on the said 31 March 1880, other than to the Imperial government; and, of the cost of the several colonies of the British Empire at the expense of the British Exchequer, for each of the eleven years 1869-70 to 1879-80, to comprise the information supplied in Parliamentary Paper, no. 104, of session 1875 [electronic resource].