96 ITALIAN SOMALILAND - AGRICUI^TURAL KCOXOMY IN GENERAL 



and 5 May 1914, and with respect to Ethiopia by the treaty of 16 May igo8 

 which estabhshed the Italico-Ethiopian frontier in Somahland. 



As regards the area and population of this vast region, we will omit the 

 figures given in the Statesman's Year Book and the Almanach de Gotha, by 

 Ghisleri in his Atlas of Africa, b}'^ Supan (i), and others — figures which agree 

 little with each other — and merely note that the last Annuario statistico 

 italiano (2nd. series, Vol. IV, 1914) stated that the interior of the colonj^ 

 had an area of 357,000 square kilometres and a population of 300,000. In 

 the Relazione sulla Somalia italiana — the report of the governor, G. De 

 Martino, senator of the kingdom, for the years 1911 and 1912 (2) — the fol- 

 lowing specific data are given with regard to the area of Italian Somali- 

 land : 



Area of the colony in May 1910 30,000 square kilometres 



after the new occupation 



in March 1912 .... 25,000 

 " " " after the projected occupa- 

 tion 80,000 



" " " zone of influence — in wliich gov- 

 ernment nominates and 

 pays chiefs — in 1912. 17,000 

 " remaining territory in which chiefs 



have not yet been nominated . . 37,000 



Total area of colony 189,000 



Area of Protectorate 168,000 



Total area of Italian Somaliland 357,000 

 Area of Italy 286,000 



B. Administrative Organization. 



At present Italian Somaliland is placed under an administration di- 

 rected by the State and regulated by the law of 5 April 1908 no. 161 (3). 



The whole colony is ruled by a civil governor, nominated by roj^al de- 

 cree on the proposal of the Minister of the Colonies advised by the Council 

 of Ministers. 



The governor is represented in the various districts bj' Italian residents 

 who act in his name and on whom the troops of their resiDCCtive districts 

 depend politically. 



(i) Die territoriale Entwichlung der Europdischen Kolonien (The Territorial Development of 

 the European colonies). Gotha, J. Perthes, 1906. 



(2) Presented to the Chamber of Deputies at the session of 4 December 1912. 



(3) lyiw of .5 April 1008 no. i6i on the organization of Italian Somaliland. Gazzetta iifficiaJe 

 del Regno 30 April 1908, no. 102. 



