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Area of the basin, 20,000 square miles; of European possessions, 70 square miles. Population of the British possessions, 14,650. Imports (1884), £200,000; exports £198,000; shipping 151,000 tons.

Area, 6,000 square miles; population, 100,000; exports (1883), £60,000.

Area, 17,000 square miles; population, 150,000. Chief towns: Bolama, population 3,700; Castreo, 1,880.

Area, 24,000 square miles; population, 200,000. Total value of exchanges (1883), £400,000.

Area, 28,000 square miles; population (1881), 1,000,000.

Area of British territory, 1,160 square miles; population, 60,500, of whom 40,000 Protestants, 16,000 Pagans, and 5,000 Mohammedans. Schools (1880), 82; attendance, 8,540. Exports (1885), £300,000.

Area, 60,000 square miles; population, 1,050,000. Exports (1883), £200,000; imports, £150,000 shipping, 260,420 tons. Chief towns: Monrovia, 3,500; Buchanan, 5,000; Harper, 3,000; Baporo, 3,000; Ziga Porah Zue, 5,000; Fessabue, 6,000; Bokkasah, 7,000; Musardu, 7,500; Billelah Kaifal, 6,000. Revenue (1883), £38,000; expenditure, £34,000; debt, £316,000.

Area of British possessions (Gold Coast), 17,000 square miles; population, 408,000. Exports (1882), £667,000; imports, £527,000. Revenue (1884), £126,000; expenditure, £53,000. Provinces: Amanatua, Wassaw, Ahanta, Elmina, Assin-Dankira, Tafol, Fanti, Akini, Accra, Adangme, Akwapem, Krobo, Awuna. Chief towns: Axim (3,500), Dixcove (1,000). Elnina (3,000), Shamai (3,900), Cape-Coast (10,700), Anamaboe (4,200), Accra (10,000), Christiansborg (6,000), Ada (3,000), Aki'opong (3,500), Aburi (6,000), Odumassi (5,000).

Area, 60.000 square miles; population, 3,135,000.

German territory (Togo): area, 500 square miles; population, 40,000. Trade of Togo (1884), £73,000. Trade of Little-Popo (1884), £146,000. Trade of Great-Popo (1884), £84,000.

French territory (Porto-Novo): area, 760 square miles; population, 150,000. Trade of Porto-Novo (1884), £361,000.

British territory (Lagos): area, 1,070 square miles; population, 87,000. Trade of Lagos (1884), £1,210,000. Shipping: 681 vessels of 353,000 tons. Receipts (1884), £58,000; expenditure £44,700.

Chief towns: Adangbé (7,000), Porto-Novo (30,000), Ajuda (20,000), Abomey (10,000), Lagos (65,000), Badagry (10,000), Ibadan (100,000), Ogbomosho (60,000).

Chief towns: Kano (35,000), Gerki (15,000), Tessawa (12,000), Gassawa (10,000), Katsena (7,500), Wurno (15,000), Bida (90,000), Ilorin (70,000), Saraki (40,000), Egga (25,000), Egobbi (14,000), Gurin (12,000), Yola (12,000), Yakoba (50,000), Duku (15,000), Akum (10,000), Keffi Abd es-Sega (30,000), Lokoja (3,000), Idda (10,000), Witcha (16,500), Ebo (8,000), Bonny (5,000), Creek Town or Old Calabar (6,000).

Wadai, area 178,000 square miles; pop. 2,600,000 (?). Kanem, area 32,000 square miles; pop. 150,000 (r). Bornu, area 56,000 square miles; pop. 5,000,000 (?). Baghirmi, area 60,000 square miles; pop. 1,000,000 (?).

Chief towns: Kuka (60,000), Ngomu (20,000), Gujba (20,000), Mashena (12,000), Khadeja (12,000), Gummel (12,000), Sinder (10,000), Kawa (10,000), Doloo (30,000), Dikoa (15,000), Karnak-Logon (15,000), Masseña (20,000).

Area of German territory, 11,000 square miles; population, 480,000 (?). Exports (1884), £755,000; shipping 138,480 tons.

Area of Spanish territory, 96,000 square miles; population, 30,000 (?)

Area of French territory, 250,000 square miles; population, 2,000,000 (?) Exports of the Gaboon (1884), £180,000; imports, £160,000; shipping, 100,000 tons.

Area, 1,056,000 square miles; population, 27,000,000 (?) of whom 254 whites. Expenditure, £70,000; army, 2,000 natives; ivory exported (1879 to 1884), £600,000.