Brown, Reverend George, 107

Bryce and Rusden libel case, 140

Bryce, John, 124–126, 132–138, 140

Buckingham, duke of, 48, 56

Buddhists, 146

See also Ceylon

buli (mbuli), 89, 96–98, 100–101

Bulwer, H. E., 39

Bushe, J. S., 38

Cakobau (Thakombau), Seru Ebenezer, 86, 90–92, 95, 99, 101, 103, 114, 117, 177, 184, 188, 194

Cameron, Sir Donald, 7, 179, 226n24

Campbell, George Douglas, duke of Argyll, 10

Canada

Charlottetown conference, 27

confederation, 25–27, 32

Quebec conference, 27–28

Quebec resolutions, 28

railways, 31

See also New Brunswick; intercolonial railway

Cardwell, Edward, 11, 24–30

relations with Gordon, 26–27, 205n48

Carew, Walter, 87, 92–94, 100–101, 184, 197

Carnarvon, earl of, 39, 47, 86

relations with Gordon, 86–87, 91, 95–96, 102, 108, 110, 117, 177, 196

Carter, Sir James, 34, 204n18

“Central Native Council,” 183, 227n42

Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

caste and clientelism, 141–142, 144–145, 153–154, 191

population and society, 141–142

Ceylon administration

Buddhist temporalities, 160

bureaucratic, 153

civil service, 142–144, 148, 152, 154–157, 160–161, 190–192

clientage, 152

historiography, 146–147

indirect rule, 162–153

location of political power, 153

“Native Department,”, 144

provincial agents, 142–145, 148–149, 152–153, 159–160, 191

railways, 159

village councils, 143, 150, 154, 190

See also Gordon, governorships

Chapman, J. K, 4–6, 51, 53, 136–138, 147, 152, 160, 174–175, 179, 181–182

Chartered Mercantile Bank, 158

Chasteauneuf, A., 61, 65

chiefs

abuse of authority, 99

as administrators, 96–99, 101

in Cape Colony and Natal, 181, 198

and Deed of Cession, 169

in Lagos Colony, 183

as lawmakers, 90–91, 102–103

legitimation, 90, 97–98

and politics, 100, 117, 184

in pre-cession Fiji, 194–195

and resources, 95, 97, 103, 105, 168–169, 178, 195

in Samoa, 109–110

as second-level patrons, 97

services to, 87, 95, 98

stipended, 91