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GREAT BKITAIN ANI> IKKLAND. 



English. The Governor is Lieut-Gen. Sir Ar- 

 thur J. I*. Kremant le. The revenue in 1893 was 

 ex,*.|iditurv. i'304,993. 



ineanisthe 

 H-iwi of Cyprus, administered by Great Britain 



I \\iili a 

 convention concluded at Constantinople on June 

 4, 1878. It was the compensation obtained for 

 KngUnd in the readjustment of the Kastern 

 question by the Treaty of Berlin. I xml Deacons- 

 JUld, who brought back M peace with hoi, 

 parted that the island an impor- 

 tant military post; but the climate proved 

 unhealthy for Eroopt,and the island ceased to 

 pOSSeM Strategic value for (treat Britain 



tbeoccuiiation of Kgypt. The British adminis- 



;!..' Mi- ient, and its e\pens,. 

 entshing to the inhabitants ami a burden to t In- 

 British taxpayer, for Parliament has granted 



. - :4 _!'_ at'oiit f.*UII,IMM for the 



of the Cypriots. and still contributes 80,- 

 000 to cover the deficit. The annual tribute 

 .e Turkish Govern ment ami guaranteed by 

 Great Brit a -IK>. The annual revenue 



previous to the British occupation \\ 

 Some of the Turkish taxes it was necessary to 

 abandon, they were so oppressive. The revenue 

 in 1894 was f. turned as 177,054, and local ex- 

 penditure as 117.654. After the $ood harvest 

 of 1892 no grant in aid was required for t wo 

 years. The revenue is derived from customs, a 

 salt monopoly, tithes, a land tax, excise, stamps, 

 dues, a tax on trade profits, military ex- 

 u fees, and taxes on sheep, goats, and pigs, 

 thes are paid in kind. Tne Governor is 

 Sir Walter Joseph S-ndall, appointed in 1892. 

 Fh Mt* Of OrpniS il -.>" s-juarc mile-. The 

 population in 'l 891 was 200,286, exclusive of the 

 garrison. The export* are grain, carobs. cotton, 

 linsnod olives, cocoons, raisins, fruit, wine, 

 cheese, live animals, wool, skins, vegetables. 

 sponges, and gypsum. The imjM.rts in isic; 

 10,872, and exports to 316,543. 

 i!iti..n* have been carried on with Tur- 

 ..f the tribute by its com- 

 mutation into a lump sum. To this Turkey 

 would not consent, because it would practically 

 extinguish her rights o\, -r the island and lead to 

 its annexation by Great Britain. The Greek in- 

 habitants protest against the payment of tribute 

 and demand relief from the heavy taxation that 

 b tending to their destruction, they ask for the 

 cession of the island to Greece. 



i .1. on th,. trade and military route to the 

 Britain possesses the fort' r.-ss and coal- 



1-n. with territory on th.- 

 site coast of Africa, which serves as a ba 

 supplies and a gateway for trad- Aden has a 

 ilation of 41,910. The island a has 



10.000. The Somali coast protectorate has an 

 area of r..OOO mile*. < > n u.th sides of the Afri- 

 can rontmont (treat Britain has more recently 

 asqnirvd or claimed by treaty arrangements or 



il 

 <s K 



occupation nnormr.us spheres of influence 

 *T AFEJCA and WEST An 

 At theootbern extremity .,f In.lia is the fer- 



:M was 8,008,466. The natives are Bsft 



<lhi>ts. Hindus. Mohammedans. Christian 

 (lagans. The revenu. m \w, \\ ., is.i 

 rupees, and the i-xpi-iidiiun- 1 ru P*Z 



The imports were valued ru P*M| 



and cxp<.rts at 7 1. !!:.. ::i'^ ni| 

 the products of commercial in<|>"itu! 

 cocoanuts, coflfee. r\<->. i-im-li'.i... 

 nanioi I'lumba^- 



pearls are valuable exports. The a !...!. 

 the obnoxious paddy tax has caused a <> m|K>reW 

 decline in the revenue. The export of tea in- 

 creased fn : ">o pounds 

 000 pounds in is:i:{ ; thai ,,f .-..i 1 

 55,0(H) hninlredwi-ii;hl. 



British North liornen. with Lalmaii in 

 sultanates of Brunei and >.n a\\.ik. constitute* 

 a recently ar.juiivd liritish pitsses>i,,n 

 i-laiiil of r.orneo. The dovenior is <'hajE| 

 Vandeleur ' Th.- total aiva is abfll 



85,000 Square mile-, and the population 475,QBJ 

 North I'.orneo produces t..l..-i.-.-.,. j..-p|.er, 

 woods, sago, gutta-fM-rcha, 



tan. pearls, and hirhc-<li >1 



have been found. The iwnme in I s !>3j 



$289,220. The import- were valued tit $1,79J 



d exports at $1,116,714. 



Beyond India, guarding the sea route to Chits! 

 and t"he protected states of the Malay | en in sub, 

 are the Straits Settlement-, a < P>\MI '."l-nyo^H 

 pri>ing Singapore, Malacca, and renanir. witli 

 the dependencies of the Co< 

 Christmas island. The (iovem 

 .Mitchell. The total white population in IS'.H \ V ;, 

 3,483, and the colored population -1 1 '..'." 

 the latter half were Malays and half Chinese 

 The revenue in isji:{ \\a- $8,706^08. and exj*n- 

 diture $3,915,482. Tlie forts lcfen,i 

 harbor at Sini:ap"re oosl I'KKMHMI to bd| 

 This expanse the colony had to b< 

 with an increased and ^rowin.L' burden for tin 

 support of the increased L':I!TI-' n and Sf^H 

 ments. The imports in 1M:'. were valued V 

 $160,148,960, and exports at $1-1 1 ; 



^laml of (Vykm. now largely given up to 

 thtcnltivmtion oftea on a commercial scale. It 

 ha. a partly representative government. The 

 Oomnor H Sir Arthur Klibank Havelock. The 

 " square railc% and the population 



exports are tin, sugar, pepper, 

 gambier. gums, copra, coffee, tobacco. 

 rattan, dye stutK and spiees. 



The colon i-ts have complained serioi. 

 the burdens they have been made i 

 themselves for ' imperial defence, which wen 

 doubly heavy on account of the fall in tin- vain- 

 of the nijK'e. The lirit i-h ( Jovern ment ; 

 that they should raise for that purp- 



r from 1894 till 1898. but afterward 

 that the contribution -hould be reduced tosfl 

 000 for the first year and 90,000 for the 



: lit ion that if the colonial finances^^^ 

 be more prosperous in subsequent years '}> 

 shouhl make up the sums remitted. They 

 to have the amount reduced ' 

 and instead of that were called upon 

 I'lKUMH) in lsj7and I' 120,000 

 to obtain anv better terms the best known/ 

 the nonoflicial members of th. 

 Council, together with the justices of it,. 

 and the members of the Chinese Ad-. 

 cil, resigned their places byway of pr 

 January. 1*!>r>. The entire, body of . 



i a petition setting forth that ti. 

 tion for the year amounted to 27 per < 

 the total revenue, and asking to have a reasoi 



