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frontier, and the Lurio, is the Nyasa Company's 

 territor}- ; from the River Zambezi southwards to 

 the 22nd parallel is the territory of the Mozam- 

 bique Company ; the rest of the country, consist- 

 ing of the districts of Mozambique, Quelimane, 

 and Tete in the north, and of Inhambaue and 

 Lourenzo Marques in the south, is administered 

 by the Governor-General of the Province of 

 Mozambique, who resides in the town of Lourenzo 

 Marques. 



The following chapters arc devoted to that part of 

 the country administered directly by the Governor- 

 General, though reference will be made from time 

 to time to the Companies' territories. 



A word is necessary to explain the various de- 

 signations, five in number, for which the word 

 Mozambique serves. They may be set forth 

 thus : — 



1. The Province of Mozambique. 



2. The Mozambique Company's Territor)'. 



3. The district of Mozambique, of which 



4. The town of Mozambique is the capital. 



5. Finally, the word Mozambique by itself is 



often used for short when referring to 

 the whole Province. 



The recurrence of the same word for different 

 territorial applications leads to much confusion. 



