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GIFTS AND BEQUESTS. 



ivory, 267,000 marks; corn, 43,000 marks. In 

 1891 the number of vessels which entered and 

 cleared the portsof Togaland was 167, of 161,820 

 tons ; of which 72, of 74,847 tons, were German. 



The Carneroons, on the Bight of Biaf ra, has an 

 estimated area of 130,000 square miles, and a 

 population of about 2,600,000. The protector- 

 ate was established in 1884, and the country is 

 governed by an imperial governor, assisted by a 

 chancellor, two secretaries, and a local council of 

 three representative merchants. The country is 

 fertile ; cacao and tobacco are cultivated advan- 

 tageously, and ivory and palm oil form the chief 

 articles of trade. The revenues and expendi- 

 tures for 1893 amounted to 566,000 marks. The 

 imports for 1891 amounted to 4,547.406 marks, 

 while the exports amounted to 4,306,625 marks. 

 The principal articles of export and their values 

 were : India rubber, 1,234,000 marks ; palm oil, 

 1,181,000 marks; palm seeds, 1,155,000 marks; 

 ivory, 597,000 marks ; tobacco, 53,000 marks. 

 In 1891 there were 82 vessels of 92,832 tons, en- 

 tered and cleared at the ports of the Cameroons. 

 In the beginning of 1893 Baron von Stetten was 

 sent on a mission into the Hinterland of the 

 Cameroons. He set out from Balinga on March 

 23, and went to Kin, whence he was sum- 

 moned by the Emir of Adamawa to Yola. In 

 his report of this interview Baron von Stetten 

 states that the Emir of Adamawa expressly ac- 

 knowledged the predominant German influence 

 over his territory, and that only Germans would 

 be allowed to acquire any rights or build any 

 stations in his territory. This declaration on 

 the part of the Emir is important, on account of 

 the endeavors of the French to gain influence 

 over that section of the country ; and when 

 Lieut. Mizon. in behalf of the French Govern- 

 ment, arrived at Yola some six weeks later, an 

 interview with the Emir was denied him ; and, 

 furthermore, Baron von Stetten communicated 

 to him the results of his negotiations with the 

 Emir. Lieut. Mizon gave a written acknowl- 

 edgment of the receipt of the communication. 

 Baron von Stetten returned to the coast in Oc- 

 tober. The frontier question between Germany 

 and Great Britain, regarding the frontier be- 

 tween the Cameroons and the Oil Rivers Pro- 

 tectorate, was finally settled by an agreement 

 signed by the two powers on April 30, 1893. 

 By the Anglo-German agreement of 1886 the 

 boundaries between the British and German 

 spheres of influence gave to Germany both 

 banks, of the Rio del Rey, which was then be- 

 lieved to be a river. Since then it was dis- 

 covered that the so-called river was nothing but 

 a creek about nine miles long, and a new de- 

 limitation became necessary. In 1890 a pro- 

 visional boundary was established, running from 

 the northernmost point of the Rio del Rey creek 

 to the rapids of the Cross river, and thence to 

 Yola, on the Benue. The new agreement is of- 

 ficially declared to be for the settlement of vari- 

 ous questions affecting the fiscal interests of 

 Germany and Great Britain in their respective 

 territories in the Gulf of Guinea. 



The agreement consists of the three following 

 articles : 



I. That the point named in section 2, Arti- 

 cle IV, of the Anglo-German agreement of July 

 1, 1890, as the head or upper end of the Rio del 



Rey creek, shall be the point at the northwest 

 end of the island lying to the west of Oron, 

 where the two water ways named Urifian and 

 Ikankan on the German Admiralty chart of 

 1889-'90 meet, 



II. From this upper end of the Rio del Rey to 

 the sea that is to say, to the promontory marked 

 West Huk on the above-mentioned chart the 

 right bank of the Rio del Rey water way shall 

 be the boundary between the Oil Rivers protec- 

 torate and the colony of the Cameroons. 



III. The German colonial administration en- 

 gages not to allow any trade settlements to exist 

 or be erected on the right bank of the Rio del 

 Rey creek, or water way. In like manner, the 

 administration of the Oil Rivers Protectorate 

 engages not to allow any trade settlements to 

 exist or be erected on the western bank of the 

 Bakassy peninsula from the first creek below 

 Arsibon's village to the sea, and eastward from 

 this bank to the Rio del Rey water way. 



This agreement was made mainly for the pur- 

 pose of enabling the German and British ad- 

 ministrations to cope with the widespread smug- 

 gling which was carried on in the district. 



German Southwest Africa extends for about 

 930 miles along the coast. It has a total area 

 of 340,000 square miles, and the population 

 is estimated at 250,000. The southern half of 

 the territory is called Deutsch Namaland, and 

 the northern half Deutsch Damaraland. The 

 budget for 1893 places receipts and expenditures 

 at 297,000 marks. On July 10, 1893-, an engage- 

 ment took place near Naos in Damaraland, be- 

 tween the German colonial troops and the fol- 

 lowers of the chief Hendrick Witbooi, who had 

 been engaged in destroying German property 

 since the storming of his stronghold Homkranz, 

 on April 12, by Capt. von Francois, the German 

 Imperial Commissioner for Southwest Africa. 

 Witbooi's followers were routed, but the troops 

 were unable to capture the chief. The German 

 Government decided to adopt strong measures 

 to free the country from the depredations of 

 Witbooi and his followers. 



(For German East Africa, see EAST AFRICA.) 



The German possessions in the Pacific are : 

 Kaiser Wilhelm s Land, the Bismarck Archi- 

 pelago, the Solomon Islands, and the Marshall 

 Islands, altogether with an area of about 251,420 

 square kilometres, and a population of about 

 400,000. 



GIFTS- AND BEQUESTS. The following 

 list comprises the most notable gifts and be- 

 quests for public purposes, of $5,000 each and 

 iipward in amount or value, that were made, 

 became operative, or were completed in the 

 United States during the year 1893. The known 

 value of all exceeds $29,000,000. 



Alexander, Mrs. Charles, of New York city, gift to 

 the College of New Jersey, a new commencement 

 hall, cost more than $300,000, completed in 1893. 



Alumni and Friends of the College of New Jersey, 

 gift to the college, a hospital, to be known as Isabella 

 McCosh Infirmary, completed in 1893. 



Alumni Association, School of Mines of Columbia 

 College, gift for establishment of a Trow bridge fel- 

 lowship in engineering, $10,000. 



Alumni of Yale University, gift of a gymnasium, cost 

 $220,000, formally -presented Jan. 23, 1893. 



Anonymous Mend, through Prof. Hewett, gift, to 

 Cornell University, the library of 18,000 volumes on 



