Colonies. Return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 7 April 1848;--for, "return of all the colonies of Great Britain, specifying the date of their accession of plantation, whether they have legislative councils and representative assemblies; what amount of Her Majesty's troops have been employed in each during the last five years, and at what cost for pay, as well as commissariat expenses, to Great Britain; also, what amount of colonial military force, as far as it can be furnished from the latest colonial blue books." [electronic resource].