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of employment. but in the course of tin- di-pute 

 other trades wrrv involved and many 



The funds of the uui.'n and 



T - : ' 



'I- ..: 



money contribute*! fn.m other quarter-, though 



husbanded, al length ran low. Then oil 

 mediation, previously rejected, were rscviv -I with 

 favor by the men, but the employers wm- not dis- 

 posed to accept anv compromise either in sub- 

 stance or in form, the struggle ga\ m -w f: 

 the political demand for the compul-,.r\ and uni- 

 versal enforcement by law of the eight-hours sys- 



.-iH upheld by theTnide rnioi. 

 ,g in Birmingham in September, by the 



1,000. 



trade unioni*i4 confessed to no fears of the 

 it ions of capital again-t them, for 

 wn nowpp* of federation were unlimited, 



"tigress, besides the legal eight - 



hours day. put forth demands for the payment f 

 . the inclusion of workingmen in jury 

 panels, the pay men J of memU>rs of Parliament, the 

 il of eisil disabilities consequent on the n- 

 >f t*>or n-lief. : J taxation of ground 



values, the limitation of the time during which 

 shops are kei.t .-illation of the hours of 



labor for girls ami women employed as dome-tic 

 servants, the abolition of child labor under the age 

 of fifteen and of night lalior under the age of 

 the prohibition of repairs in paper and 

 ^aturday afternoon and Sunday, an 

 amendment of the conspiracy acts setting forth the 

 right- ,-f worker- in term- that it would he imp--- 

 sible to misconstrue, the insertion of the fair-\v 

 clause in all (iovernment contracts, a bill for the 

 regular in- .:u bojlcrs by qualified ex- 



perts, the recognition of waiters as members of a 

 regular tra mn empowering school hoards 



to supply food to starving and underfed children, 

 the abolition of half time, and the raising of the 

 school age to sixteen, the provision by the state of 

 maintenance as will brine secondary educa- 

 ti 'ii within the reach of all, better training for 

 teachers, the democratic administration of educa- 

 tional grants and endowments, a graduated in- 

 come tax on all incomes al>ove i'3(X) a year, and 

 graduated death duties. 



Colonies and Dependencies. Th, Briti-h Km- 

 p in- has a total area of 1 1.:;:: J.::'.M -quare miles and 

 a total population of 383.4*8,469. Notices of the 

 minor colonies and naval stations not elscwln i 

 scribed are given below. 



raltar has an area of 2 square miles, with 

 80.528 inhabitants: revenue. 01,998; expendi- 

 tures, 55,411 : registered tonna.e. :>.:>r_>; tonnage 



The area of Malta and (io/o j< 11> square miles. 

 and the population 176.231. excluding the military. 



!*! amounted to 88531.".. < ,,n-i-t- 

 ing inniidv of articles of food. The revenue, which 

 rived largely from customs, was 3i:t.ffHl in 

 1897, the largest ever collected. T iiture 



was 908.903. The language of the court- i- Ital- 

 ian, but in 1896 an exception was made for Brit Mi 

 meets, not native or naturalized Maltese, who on 

 application may be tried in Kngli-h. The public 

 debt is 79.168. The registered tonnage is ! 

 ,-nnage entered and d.-ared in l96was 7.' 

 807. There is a railroad in Malta H miles long. 



nally a Turki-h island, and is ad- 

 fcriatfnd bv <in-at Britain under a convention 

 concluded with the Sultan on .June 4. 1878. 

 area is 8.580 square miles; population, 209.286. 

 Over a fifth of tho inhabitants are Mohamnu 

 and the rest belong to the <; r .ek chun-h. 



ie in 1896 wa- exjn riditure. jli:J.- 



851. Revenue is deriv<-l mainly from tithes, which 

 are paid in kind, and taxes 'on buildings, trade 



profits, military exemption, domestic animal-. 

 ill monopoly. The sum of I' 1 .' 

 i- paid annually to the I', rie. The imports ii 



riO; -hipping ci 



and cleared, 598.295 ton-. The dm!' exports an- 

 wheat, bar ba, win--, cotton, raisins, -ilk, 



cocoons, hides and skins. \\..ol. cheese, li\e animals. 

 fruit, and vegetables. t'n.ler linti-h admii 



:ris has been made in i . 

 tiou. The linti-h (Jovei nmnit has contributed 



,000 a year toward th, Turkish trib- 

 ute. The silk culture was carried fully 

 till 1SU4. wh.-n the silkworm- 

 fatal : ation \\ork- arc in contempla- 

 tion, which will promote tin- growth of cotton. Hn. 

 seed, and anise, for which the soil i- p.-ci, 



: Hritish (iuiana i- claimed an area of ]<< 

 square mile-, wit h *J?i. ',':;:{ inhaliitani-. Th, 

 line in l*!Mi was I'.'.f,;.: j!i. a iil I lie xpendilure 



The deb' ,MJ. The import- Ml 



..mounted to 1'i.n :;.:.:.:;. and the , 



I, The regi-tered tonnage of the col 



The Teasels entered and d.-an-d during 



had al itl tonnage of ,":{., l.Vi. 'I 



mil.'- of rai 



The area of British Hon.l uare 



miles and the population :5:i.:{."i:{. 



i.en.lituiv I The public 



d.-bt The imports in isjc, were \alued 



at lir.l.-JCti. and the exports al The ton- 



ered in the colony is ".:: I. The toi 

 cnlcreil and cleared in ls:> ua- :\\:> 



The area of tin- I-'alkland I-lands and South 

 ?,.">()() square miles, with a population of 

 1.953. The n venue i- IT.'. ."!!: .-xpemlituri-. ' 

 ISA Imporl> in is'C, we; 



988: registered toniia_-> . 248; lonn i and 



cleared, 70,212. 



.riliu- ha- an an-a of 7<>-" squ . with 



11 population. The revenue in 1895 was 

 expenditure, 1>-K*M. The debt is 

 ,-.:.:',."). The imports in ls!H5 amounted to 

 I'l. 111. 1!0. and export- to jl.:,ii J.:;MM. The i 

 tered toniiau'e i- 7.'1 t. The tonnaire entered and 

 cleared in 1 Him was 687,01-4. The,. .miles 



of railroad. This colony has suffered likcth> 

 In. lies fnun the depression (f the sugar in.lu-try. 



Helena is 47 square mile- in extent, with 

 3,921 inhabitants The revenue jv < 

 p.-ndit ure 8,068. The import- in IS!M; wen- L 



;id cxp'-rt- Jl.:;i:',. The tonnage entered and 

 1 in 1896 was 73,888. 



n-ion ha- an area of 35 square miles, with 

 1 10 inhabitant-. 



Aden and IVrim have an area of 80 'square 

 and 41.1MM inhabitants. The imports wen- valued 



M is'.Ci. and exnorts at .fT.l i 

 The \ i red and cleared had a tonna. 



!on has ai -fjuare m 



population of 8^298,842. Th.- revenue in I*'.).! was 

 l'l.l.>. |-,MJ. and the expenditure El, 187, 

 debt amount- The inn 



in value, and th. r8,401. 



Ther- : miles of railway. The 



tonna-' i- i::. .'::!. The tonnagi 

 cleared in isj^i was 6,543. 1!7. The militan 

 triliutions from Ceylon \i:\* been fixed 

 cent, of fir eiiuc. Trade and n-venu. 



steadily increased. Tea export- have risen t" 

 nearly * 1.000.000 hundredweight, and coffee , 

 int position among the ex] 

 The -ettlements ha. 



square miles and .VVi.Mo population. The p 



1>5 was $4,260,064. and expenditure 

 The imports were valued at $21,000.01^, and ex- 



