ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The West Indies, however, and the Pacific Islands, which to all of us possess a glamour of romance, such as is possessed by no other portion of the globe, are strictly germane to our subject matter, and it is only exigencies of space which make it necessary to concentrate on those Colonies and Protectorates in Africa and Malaya which most clearly show forth British methods in the government of backward races. In dealing with Africa and the Federated Malay States, it has been sought to lay stress on the all-importance of the question of the land. It has been impossible to dwell on the requirements of capitalist production in the way of railways, and so on, except so far as they affect the question of labour.
