The years 1898-1901 were spent in travel abroad, mainly in the self-governing colonies.

Prior to federation each self-governing colony had operated its own naval force.

He pulled 20,000 soldiers out of self-governing colonies, like Canada, which learned they had to help defend themselves.

Even in a historical sense the differences between self-governing colonies and Dominions have often been formal rather than substantial.

Instead, the country became a self-governing British colony.

However, the term "self-governing colony" is not widely used by Canadian constitutional experts.

Jurong remained a sleepy rural area until 1959, when Singapore became a self-governing colony.

They were at first used relatively frequently, but as in other self-governing colonies the practice of overruling local legislation soon stopped.

In 1869, troops were withdrawn from self-governing colonies, which were encouraged to raise their own local forces.

These and other large self-governing colonies had become known as Dominions by the 1920s.