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Port Louis, Mauritius. The Roman Catholic cathedral 

 of S. Louis 



logical. Exports include sugar, 

 aloe fibre, coconut oil, etc. Many 

 of the traders are Indians and 

 Chinese. Pop., with suburbs,50,100. 

 Port Macquarie. Inlet on the 

 coast of New South Wales, at the 

 mouth of the Hastings river. The 

 township of the same name is a sea- 

 side resort, 174 m. from Sydney by 

 sea, and exports cobalt. Pop. 1 , 1 00. 



Portmadoc. Market town and 

 seaport of Carnarvonshire, Wales. 

 It stands on Tremadoc Bay, 16 m. 

 from Carnarvon, with a station on 

 the Cambrian Rly. It has a com- 

 modious harbour, and exports 

 slates, which come by a narrow- 

 gauge rly. from Blaenau Festiniog. 

 Portmadoc stands upon land re- 

 claimed by a man named Madocks, 

 hence its name. Market day, Fri. 

 Pop. 4,400. 



Port Mahon. Spanish naval 

 station and seaport. It is the capi- 

 tal of Minorca, Balearic Isles, and 

 is the ancient Portus Magonis. At 

 the head of an inlet on the E. coast, 

 its harbour is one of the best in the 

 Mediterranean, and is fortified. It 

 was occupied by the British, 1708- 

 56 and 1762-82, and was ceded to 



county, was made 

 Baron Portman 

 in 1837, and 

 raised to the rank 

 of viscount in 

 1873. His de- 

 scendants still 

 bear the title. 

 The viscount 

 owns much valu- 

 able property in 

 London, includ- 

 ing Portman 

 and Bryanston 

 Squares. Bryan- 

 ston is the name 

 of his Dorset 

 seat. The second 

 viscount (1829-1919) was suc- 

 ceeded by his eldest son, Henry 

 Berkeley Portman (1860-1923). 



Portman Square. London 

 square. At the S.W. end of Baker 

 street, Marylebone, W., it is named 

 after William Henry Portman (d. 

 1796), owner of a large estate in 

 Marylebone. Begun about 1764 

 and completed about 1784, it has 



Portmanteau (Fr. porter, to 

 carry ; mantf.au, a cloak). Case or 

 receptacle of leather, canvas, cane, 



Portmanteau made of leather 



etc., usually consisting of two com- 

 partments opening on hinges at 

 the back, and secured when closed 

 by straps and locks. 



Port Melbourne. Seaside 

 suburb of Melbourne, Australia. 

 Situated at the head of Hobson 

 Bay, the N. portion of Port 

 Phillip, it has numerous docks 

 and wharves. It was formerly 

 known as Sand Ridge. Pop. 14,000. 



Port Moresby. Capital and 

 chief port of Papua. It is centrally 

 situated on the sheltered and 

 picturesque Fairfax Harbour, has 



Port Moresby, Papua. View of Fairfax Harbour and part of the native pile 

 village of Elavora 



always been a fashionable quarter. 

 Earl Nelson, elder brother of the 

 sailor, lived here, and Lord Nelson 

 himself is said to have resided at 

 No. 9. Mrs. Montagu held her 

 salons at Montagu House (q.v. ), 



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Port Mahon, Minorca. The harbour and fortifications 



Spain in 1802. The church of 

 Santa Maria has a remarkably fine 

 organ ; there are but few traces of 

 the ancient walls ; most of the 

 buildings are of stone. It has an 

 arsenal and a wireless telegraphy 

 station. Pop. 17.500. 



Portman, VISCOUNT. British 

 title held since 1873 by the family 

 of Portman. Edward Berkeley 

 Portman- (1799-1888), a Dorset 

 landowner, and an M.P. for that 



at its N.W. angle. At No. 32 

 Caroline of Brunswick stayed with 

 Lady Anne Hamilton, author of 

 The Secret History of the Court of 

 England. No. 15, once No. 12, was 

 occupied by the 10th duke of 

 Hamilton, and became the town 

 residence of the Princess Louise, 

 Princess Royal, who married the 

 1st duke of Fife. See History of 

 the Squares of London, E. B. 

 Chancellor, 1907. 



regular steamship communication 

 with Sydney, and has a wireless 

 station. Copper is mined close by. 

 It dates from 1873. Pop. 3,000. 



Port Natal. Harbour of Natal, 

 Union of S. Africa. On it developed 

 the chief port of the colony, Dur- 

 ban, and it is sometimes used as a 

 synonym for that city, although 

 strictly it is only its harbour. 



Port Nolloth. Port of Nama- 

 qualand, S. Africa. It is on the 

 N.W. coast of the Cape Province, 

 and is chiefly interested in the 

 shipping of copper, being the ter- 

 minus of the rly. line that runs to 

 the copper mines at O'okiep. There 

 are churches, clubs, library, etc., 

 and the place is visited by pleasure 

 seekers. A promenade has been 

 made, and there is some fishing. 

 The climate is dry with an average 

 annual rainfall of less than 3 ins. ; 

 water is brought in tanks by the 

 rly. from 5 m. inland. Sea fogs 

 are frequent and necessitate the 

 use of fog signals from the light- 

 house. There is regular steamer 

 communication with Cape Town. 

 Pop. 1,600. 



