AFRICA. 



$6,929.31. The Association publishes two 

 papers, the Advent Herald and the Youth's 

 IV.vV'/r, and a number of books and tracts, 

 and has the care of the Harrisburg and Snow- 

 shoe missions. A general camp-meeting of the 

 KvaiiLvlical Adveutists is held annually at 

 Hebron, and is the chief bond of the Society. 

 A* tin-ir name implies, they hold the ordinary 

 ' cv.-tngelical " doctrines respecting the immor- 

 tality of the soul and kindred subjects. They 

 ditler I'rom other evangelical denominations, 

 chiefly in that they are expecting the second 

 coming of our Lord Jesus Christ at a day not 

 tar distant. 



AFRICA. Egypt is yearly becoming in a 

 hi- her decree the most powerful among the 

 native states. Although the Government stu- 

 diously avoids any open rupture with the Sul- 

 tan of Turkey, no one doubts its intention to 

 seize the first favorable opportunity to assert 

 its entire independence. The plans of the 

 Khedive for the annexation of the adjacent 

 countries are still more apparent ; but no im- 

 portant progress was made during the year 

 ls7:>. The exploring expedition of Sir Samuel 

 Baker did not fulfil the anticipations which 



had been entertained of it, and a complication 

 with the ruler of Abyssinia had not in Septem- 

 ber, 1872 (the time of our latest dates), ripened 

 into an open war to which the country ap- 

 pears slowly yet steadily to approach. 



In Abyssinia, Prince Kassa, of Tigre, was 

 crowned with great solemnity as emperor; 

 but only a small portion of the country is act- 

 ually subject to his rule. 



According to a report from the English con- 

 sulate, of October 29, 1869, the Turkish Gov- 

 ernment has separated the district of Barca 

 (or Cyrenaica) from Tripoli, and changed it 

 into a mootasarefia of Bengazi, which is di- 

 vided into seven mooderships, and is under 

 the direct administration of the Government 

 of Constantinople. Eohlfs, in his work " Von 

 Tripoli nach Alexandria" (Bremen, 1871), es- 

 timates the population of Barca at 302,000. 



The area and population of the divisions 

 and subdivisions of Africa,* according to the 

 latest explorations and calculations, are as fol- 

 lows (Behm and Wagner; "Bevolkerung der 

 Erde," Gotha, 1872). 



The indented names of the following table 

 indicate subdivisions. 



* Inclusive of the inland lakes, the desert Kalahari, etc. 



