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THE statesman's YEAR-BOOK, 1899

BEI

Beira (Portugal), 880

— (E. Africa), 892, 893

— railway, 213, 893 Bekes-Csaba, 391 Bela, 167

Belem, 436

Belfast, 25 ; Queen's College, 34

— port, 90 Belfort P.C., 536 Belgium, agriculture, 419

— area, 412

— army, 419

— banks, 425, 426

— births, deaths, and marriages,

413

— books of reference, 426

— budget, 417

— Chamber of Representatives, 410 ^ commerce, 421

— constitution, 409

— currency and credit, 425

— customs valuation, 422

— debt, 418

— defence, 418

— diplomatic representatives, 426

— emigration, 413

— exports, 421, 423

— finance, state, 417 ; local, 418

— frontier, 418

— government, 409 local, 411

— immigration, 413

— imports, 421, 423 — • instruction, 414

— justice and crime, 416

— king, 408

— mining and metals, 420, 421

— ministry, 411

— money, weights, and measures,

426

— occupation of the people, 413

— pauperism, 416

— population, 412

— posts and telegraphs, 425

— railways, 425

— religion, 414

— revenue and expenditure, 417

— royal family, 408

— schools, &c. , 415

— Senate, 409

— shipping and navigation, 424

— sugar works, 421

— towns, 414

— universities, 415

BIE

Belgrade, 988, 989 ; University, 989 Bellary, 135

Bell Island (Newfoundland), 243 Bell-town (Kamerun), 612 Belluno, 725 Benadii", 757 Benares, 135 Bender i Gez, 862 Bendigo, 312 Benevento, 725

Bengal, province, government, 127, 139

— area and jtopulation, 129, 136

— army, 145

— revenue, 143

— native states, 131 Benghazi, 1080, 1092 Benguella, 892 Beni (Bolivia), 429 Benin, 208, 209

— settlement, 564 Beni-Shangul (Abyssinia), 336 Benkulen (East Indies), 830 Berar, 129, 136, 148, 149 Berbera, 108, 1123

Berbice, 239, 838

Berdicheff, 915

Bergamo, 725

Bergen, 1044, 1052, 1053

Berlad, 897

Berlin, 580, 660 ; University, 583

— province, area and po^ndation, 658 crime, 663

emigration, 660

religion, 661

Berlinhafen (W. Pacific), 614 Bermudas, 219 ; troops at, 104 Bermudez (Venezuela), 1134, 1137 Bern (canton), 1058, 1060

— (city), 1062 ; University, 1063 Besan(on,513, 515

Besso, 336

Bessungen, 640

Beyrouth, 1080, 1092

Beziers, 513

Bhagalpur, 135

Bhartpur, state, 131 ; town, 135

Bhaunagar, 135

Bhopal, state, 131 ; town, 135

Bhutan, 427, 428

Biaka (Bhutan), 428

Bibundi (Kamerun), 612

Bida, 210

Bienne, 1062