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    Is it fair to say that, on average, the African colonies of France & UK were money sinks & the Asian were profit-turners?

    There will always be exceptions but as a rule of thumb its a good guide. Exceptions in Africa would include S Africa - a white settler colony - albeit with natives still in the majority - with its good farmlands and great mineral wealth and Egypt with its strategic importance due to the canal...
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