8. Describe the rise of Maha Sing. What was the character of his son? What did he achieve? What occurred after the death of his successor ? What events occurred in the Sikh war of 1846? How did the war break out again? How was it brought to a termination? What territory was annexed to British India? What change has been made in the Indian Government? What happened in 1864? 9. What extent of country is under the control of the English Government? What are its natural boundaries? What are its productions? Mention some remarkable things about the people. Give an account of the progress of our communication with India. 10. Where is Ceylon? What are its productions? What is the nature of its climate? Where is Hong Kong? How was it acquired? Where is Labuan? What is to be expected from our intercourse with Borneo? What possessions have we in connexion with the Malay peninsula? 11. What is remarkable about Australia and our knowledge of it? How did the practice of transporting criminals thither begin? Where was the penal settlement first established? To what places was it afterwards restricted? Give an account of the later settlements in Australia. Results of the gold discoveries. What are the chief exports from our Australian colonies? What has been the progress of the settlement in New Zealand, and the nature of our intercourse with the inhabitants? Which are the principal settlements? How was the last Maori war ended. THE END. סיטה UNIN PRINTED BY OLIVER AND BOYD, EDINBURGH. TY |