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THE STATESMAN'S YEAR-BOOK, 1921

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Beehuanaland Protectorate (South Africa), area& population, 202

— books of reference, 203

— currency, 203

— education, 203

— finance, 203

— gold, 203

— live stock, 202, 203

— posts and telegraphs, 203

— railway, 203 Bedford, population, 17 Bedford College, London, 31 Bedouins, Arabia, 1347 ; Tunis,

904 Beersheba (Palestine), 1352, 1353 Beglar Begi Khan, of Kalat, 1 60 Beheira (Egypt), 258, 259 Beira (Portugal), province, 1195

— (Portuguese East Africa), 205,

1204, 1205

■ railway, 205, 1205

Beirut (Syria), 1335, 1352

— tobacco, 1359

— town, 1358, 1359, 1360

— university, 1359

' Beit-el Mai ' (Nigeria), 244

Beja (Portugal), 1195; town, 1195

— (Tunis), 905 Bekaa (Syria), 1358 Bek^scsaba (Hungary), 994 Bektashi sect (Moslem), 667 Bela, Las, see Las Bela Belem (Brazil), 716, 716

Belfast, 13, 23, 24 ; port, 80;

university, 31 Belfort (France), 841, 844 ; fort, 855 Belgian Congo, 182, 699 sqq

— agriculture, 701

— area and population, 182, 700 — banks, 703

— books of reference, 704

— boundaries, 182, 273, 700

— cattle, 700, 701

— coal, 701

— cocoa, 701

— coffee, 701

— commerce, 702

— constitution h government, 182,

699

— copper, 701, 702 '

— cotton, 701

— currency, 703

— debt, 701

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Belgian Congo, defence, 701

— diamonds, 701

— districts, 700

— education, 700

— finance, 701

— gold, 701, 702

— Governor-General, 700

— imports and exports, 702

— ivory, 701, 702

— justice, 700

— King, 699

— languages, 700

— mandate, 700

— mining and minerals, 701

— mission work, 700

— palm-oil, 701, 702

— pipe-line, 708

— ports, 702

— posts, telegraphs and telephones,

703

— production, 701

— pygmies, 185

— railways, 700, 703

— religion, 700

— river navigation, 702, 703

— roads, 703

— rubber, 701, 702

— shipping, 702, 703

— tobacco, 701

— wireless stations, 703 Belgium, 688 sqq

— agrieul ture, 694

— area and population, 690, 694

— army, 693

— banks, 697, 698

— births, marriages, k deaths, 69]

— books of reference, 698

— canah, 697

— Chamber of Rep., 688, 689

— charity. 692

— coal, 695, 696

— commerce, 695 coniiiiiuiiiTitioiis, 697

— constitution and g^wrUEfeestt III

— crops, 694 currency, 697, 698

— debt, 68»

— defence, 693

— diplomatic representatives, 698 distilleries, 695

— education, 691

— emigration aud iminigt'atii"

— finance, 692