"This book is the result of an attempt to get ... an answer to the q uestion: Do colonies pay?"--p. vii.

"The statistical tables and other detailed documentary material whic h are the foundation of the statements made ... [are] being published s eparately by the Columbia University Press, under the auspices of the C arnegie endowment for international peace, in a volume entitled The bal ance sheets of imperialism."--p. x.

"Errata" slip mounted on p. 159.