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Area, 955 square miles; population (1881), 270,000. Trade of Ponta-Delgada (1883), £140,000. Shipping, 166,000 tons. Shipping of Horta (1882), 142,000 tons.

Chief towns: Ponta-Delgada, population 17,000; Ribeira-Grande, 11,800; Alagoa, 10,750 ; Angra, 11,000 ; Horta, 7,570.

Area, 325 square miles; population (1882), 134,000. Wine exported (1884), 353,000 gallons; value, £132,000. Trade of Funchal (1885), £420,000; shipping, 748,000 tons; population, 19,750.

Area, 2,850 square miles; population (1883), 301,000. Yield of cochineal (1871), 4,970,000 lbs. Mean annual value of the exchanges, £3,747,000.

Islands. Population (1877). Chief Towns. Population.

Lancerote 17,500 Arrecife 2,700

Fuerteventura 11,590 Puerto de Cabras 520

Grand Canaria 90,000

Las Palmas 17,800 Telde 9,200 Arucas 8,000 Santa-Cruz 16,600

Tenerife 105,000 Laguna 11'000 Orotava 8'200

Gomera, 12, San-Sebastian 1,8000

Palma 12,000 Santa-Cruz 6,600 Los Llanos 6,000 Valverde 54,00

Area, 1,450 square miles; population (1886), 105,000. Exports (1886), £66,000; imports £177,000. Shipping of St. Vincent (1880), 1,560,000 tons. Shipping of Praia (1880), 140.000 tons.

Islands Area. Population Chief Towns.

Santo-Antão 255 sq20,500 | Ribeira-Grande (4,500) St. Vincent 80 sq4,900 | Mindello (4,200) S. Nicolau 150 sq8,700 | Ribeira-Brava (4,000) Sal 90 90 sq1.000 Bõa-Vista 155 sq2,600 | Salrey Maio 80 sq1,600 S. Thiago 410 sq41,000 | La Praia (4,000) Fogo 180 sq12,000 | S. Filippe Brava 20 sq8,200 |S. Jão-Batista

Tristam, area 20,000 acres; pop. (1886), 112. St. Helena, area 47 square miles; pop. (1883), 5,000; imports (1885), £100,000; exports 12,000. Ascension, area 35 square miles; pop. (1881), 200. Annobon, area 7 square miles; pop. 3,000. S. Thomé, area 370 square miles; pop. (1878), 18,000. Prince's Ísland, area 60 square miles; pop. 2,500. Fernando Po, area 830 square miles; pop. 30,000 (?).

Area, 280,000 square miles; population, 2,594,000. Basin of the Senegal, 176,000 square miles. Trade of Gorée and St. Louis (1883), £1,900,600. Shipping of Gorée and St. Louis (1883), 260,000 tons.

Chief towns of French Senegal: St. Louis, 19,000; Dagana, 5,000; Rufisque, 4,200; Dakur, 2,000; Gorée, 1,960 ; Bakel, 1,250.