INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS DURING THE YEAR 1874. X cv 



Africa has, as usual, occupied a considerable share of the 

 public attention, and the remaining problems in regard to her 

 physical geography and general natural history are in a fail 

 way of being solved. After the death of Dr. Livingstone, 

 the special object of the British expedition under Lieutenant 

 Cameron no longer existed, but it was concluded to utilize 

 the opportunity of the party in conducting geographical ex- 

 ploration. So far, however, sickness in the party and the 

 death of some of its members have interfered with the work, 

 and it is not by any means certain that much is to be expect- 

 ed in the way of results. 



Mr. H. M. Stanley, well-known in connection with his dis- 

 covery of Dr. Livingstone's situation in Africa, has returned 

 to that continent at the conjoint expense of the New York 

 Herald and the London Daily Telegraph. At latest advices 

 he was still at Zanzibar, preparing for his journey into the 

 interior. He had, however,. made some interesting explora- 

 tions in the more immediate vicinity of Zanzibar, preliminary 

 to his further work. 



Nothing has been heard lately of the British expedition 

 for the exploration of Western Africa, and along the region 

 of the River Congo, under Lieutenant Grandy. A French 

 party, under Messieurs Compiegne and Marche, has been 

 working in the same direction, although the most important 

 is, perhaps, that under the charge of the German African 

 Exploring Society, of which the eminent Dr. Bastian, of Ber- 

 lin, is president. It will be remembered that this party was 

 wrecked on its first visit, although fortunately experiencing 

 no loss beyond that of its instruments. These have been re- 

 newed, and considerable progress has been made in moving 

 toward the interior. 



The expedition by Gerhard Rohlfs and his companions, 

 Dr. Zittel, Dr. Ascherson, and others, into the Libyan Des- 

 ert, at the expense of the Khedive of Egypt, concluded its 

 work, and returned to Cairo on the 17th of April, without 

 meeting with that entire success which had been hoped 

 for. The Oasis of Dakkel was thoroughly investigated, 

 and other objects of interest well examined. The principal 

 object of the mission, the Oasis of Kufarah, was not reached 

 however. According to a communication from Dr. Schwein- 

 furth to the British Association upon these oases, the first 



