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 1202 PORTUGAL

On August 15, 1914, partial automony was granted by the Home Government to all Portuguese colonies, giving each the right to establish its own code of laws for civil and financial Government.

Portuguese India consists of Goa> containing the capital, Panjin, orNova- Goa, on the Malabar coast ; Damao, on the coast about 100 miles north of Bombay ; and Diu, a small island about 140 miles west of Damao. In 1915 there were 142 schools with 9,546 pupils (6,066 boys and 3,480 girls). In Goa there are 501 salt works employing 1,968 men, the annual production amount- ing to about 12,200 tons. In Damao there are 11 salt works, and in Diu 5. In 1906 deposits of manganese were discovered near Mormugao and about 6 concerns with about 20 mines are at work. The military force consists of not less than 1,082 men (786 natives). The Mormugao railway (51 miles) connects this port with the lines of British India. The estimated revenue of Goa, &c, in 1917-18 was 1,591,022 escudos ; expenditure, 1,810,977 escudos. The trade is largely transit. In 1919 the imports by sea and land amounted to 4,554,987 escudos, the exports to 1,626,647 escudos. Chief exports are : coco-nuts, fish (fresh and salted), spices, caju-nuts, salt, and copra. There are in Portuguese India 18 telegraph offices and 167 miles of telegraph line.

MacftO, m China, situated on an island of the same name at the mouth of the Canton River, forms with the two small adjacent islands of Taipa and Coloane, a province, the city being divided into two wards, one inhabited by Chinese and the other by non-Chinese, each having its own administrator, The population, according to the census of December 31, 1910, is 74.866 (42,263 males and 32,603 females). There are 2,171 Portuguese, 71,021 Chinese and 244 of various nationalities. Estimated revenue in 1917-18, 1,917,881 escudos and expenditure 1,783,072 escudos. The military force contains at least 488 men (164 natives). The trade, mostly transit, is in the hands of Chinese. Imports in 1919, 6,943,658 escudos ; exports, 6,398,176 escudos.

Portuguese Timor consists of the eastern portion of the island of that name in the Malay Archipelago, with the territory of Ambeno and the neighbouring isle of Pulo Cambing. By treaty of 1859 the island wa# divided between Portugal and Holland ; by convention of October 1, 1904, ratified in 1908, a boundary arrangement was made between the tun Governments, certain enclaves being exchanged and the possession of other territories settled. This possession, formerly administratively joined to Macao, was in 1896 made an independent province. Population in 1915, 377,815(201,121 males and 176,69-1 females). Estimated public revenue and expenditure for 1917-18, 480,064 escudos, Military force not less than 323 men (212 natives). Imports (1919) 987,026 escudos; exports, 549,271 escudos. Chief exports are : coffee, sandal wood, sandal-root, copra, and wax. The port is Dilly.

The Cape Verde Islands, fourteen in number, are administered by a Governor, whose seat is at Praia, the capital. The population acuording to the census of December 31, 1912, is 149,793 (69,001 males and 80,792 females) including 295 foreigners, and its distribution is as follows : whites, 4,799 ; coloured, 87,621 ; negroes, 51,609. Military force not less than 264 men (168 natives). The chief products are coffee, medicinal produce, hides, and millet. The estimated public revenues and expenditures in 1917-18, 776,799 escudos; imports in 1919, 8,493,802 escudos; exports, 749,709 escudos,