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 328 THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — FALKLAND ISLANDS

miles of railway in 1917, as compared with 91 miles in 1907, and 99 miles of telephone wire

Books of Reference.

The Yukon Act, 1919 (Consolidated).

Yukon Official Gazette.

History and Resources of Yukon Territory.

Cameron (Charlotte), A Cheecliako in Alaska and Yukon. London, 1920.

Deane(R. Burton), Mounted Police Life in Canada. London, 1916.

Ogilvie (W.), Early Days on the Yukon. London, 1913.

Sheldon (C), The Wilderness of the Upper Yukon. London, 1911.

Stewart (E.), Down the Mackenzie and up the Yukon in 1906. London, 1913.

Stuck (H.), Voyages on the Yukon and its tributaries. London, 1919.

See also nnder Canada.

NORTH-WEST TERRITORIES.

Constitution and Government. — The North-West Territories com- prise the- Territories formerly known as Rupert's Land, and the North- Western Territories, except such portions thereof as form the Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, and the Yukon Territory. The North-West Territories as now constituted have been divided into three Provisional Districts, namely, Mackenzie, Keewatin, and Franklin, this division coming into effect on January 1, 1920.

The Government is carried on under the direction of the Commissioner of the North-West Territories, who is also the Deputy Minister of the Interior.

Commissioner. — William Wallace Cory, C.M.G.

Secretary. — Jos. V. Dunne.

Area and Population, — The area of the Territories is 1,242,224 sq. miles, of which 1,207,926 sq. miles are land area and 34,298 sq. miles water area. The population in 1911 numbered 18,481 (9,346 males and 9,135 females) ; the number of houses, 3,733 and the number of families, 4,085.

Books of Reference.

Mclnnes (W.)and WiUon (A. W. Q.), Report on a part of the N.W. Territories of Canada. Ottawa, 1910.— Report on the Southern part of the N.W. Territories. Ottawa, 1909.

FALKLAND ISLANDS.

Governor.— J. Mi</<l/rlon, K.U.E., C.M.G. Salary 1.500Z. per an mini and fees. The government is administered by the Governor, assisted by an Executive Council and a Legislative Council.

Crown colony situated in South Atlantic, 300 miles E. of Magellan Straits. East Falkland, 8,000 square miles ; West Falkland, 2,300 square miles ; about 100 small islands, 1,200 square miles: total 6,500 square miles; besides South Georgia, 1,000 square miles (estimated). Among other Depen- dencies are the South Shet lands, the South Orkneys, the Sandwich group, and Graham's Land. Population : census of 1911, 3,275 (2,370 males and 905 females), exclusive of the Whaling Settlement in South Georgia. Esti- mated population, 1918, including South Georgia, 3,252 (2,270 males and 982 females). Pirth-rate (1918) 2581, death-rate 3'99 per 1,000. (Met town, Stanley, 950 inhabitants (estimated).

Education is compulsory : 1 Government school, with 139 on the roll, in 1918; 1 Roman Catholic school, with 98 on the roll; one school at Darwin,