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THE STATESMAN S YEAR-BOOK, 1899

VIC

Victoria, banks, 320

— births, deaths, and marriages,

312

— books of reference, 320

— commerce, 316

— constitution, 309

— crops, 315

— currency and credit, 320

— customs valuation, 317, 318

— debt, 314

— defence, 315

— emigiution, 312

— exports, 316-318

— finance, 314

— gold production, 316

— government, 309 local, 310

— ■ governor, 310

— immigration, 312

— imports, 316-318

— instniction, 312

— justice and crime, 513

— manufactures, 316

— mining, 316

— ministry, 310

— occupations of the people, 311

— population, 311

— posts and telegraphs, 320

— production and industrj^, 315

— railways, 319

— religion, 312

— revenue and expenditure, 314

— schools and colleges, 312, 313

— ship]iing and navigation, 319

— wealth, 315

— wool export, 318

Victoria, (British Columbia), 223 Victoria (Kamerun), 612 Victoria (Hong Kong), 121 Victoria Island, 332^ Victoria (Labuan), 171 Victoria, Queen and Empress, 3 Victoria (S. Africa), 213 Victoria University, 34 Vidin, 1096 Vienna, 373

— University, 376

Villa Rica (Paraguay), 852

Villenour, 547

Vilna, 915

Vinh-Long, 548

Virgin Islands, 247, 248, 250, 251

A'^istula, navigation, 961

WES

Vitebsk, 915

Viti Levu Island, 253

Vladikavkaz, 916

Vladivostok, 908, 916, 960

Volga, navigation, 961

Volo, 694

Vorarlberg, 370

Voronezh, 915

Vostok Island, 332

Vranya, 989

Vrijheid (S. Africa), 1004

Vryburg, 213

Vyernyi, 916

WADAl, 341-343 Wady Haifa, 1123 Wakayama, 764 Waldeck, 685-686 Wales, area and population, 14

— agricultural holdings, 70

— coal raised, 74

— middle- class education, 36

— trustee savings banks^ 98

— University, 34

{See also England and Wales) Walfish Bay (S. W. Africa), 184, 612 Wallachia, 896 Wallega (Abyssinia), 337 Wallis Archipelago, 571 Walsall, 19

Warri (West Africa), 209 Warrnambool, 312 Warsaw, 908, 915 Warsheikh, 195

— Island, 332 Waterford, 25 Watling's Island, 244 Waziristan, 338

Wei Hai Wei, 179, 458, 462 Weimar, 675

Welle (Congo State), 479 Wellingto^l (N.Z.), 275, 276

— trade, 285, 286 Wenchau, 465

Wensan (Wonsan), 778, 780 West African Colonies, British, 215

— customs valuation, 217

— troops at, 104 West Bromwich, 19

Western Australia, agriculture, 324

— area, 322

— banks, 326