tfl 



that calling within the 



..r. ,.r. f, ,.- 





of thr 



and the precautions for the M 



i4y!ar WM 28^000* tons larger than ever b*- 



Ml. 



I v nualrrj..rt ..f theftah 



WOBMT s%OW* that thr 



-ah ':a*4MjOttt 



.'.361 case* in 1MM. The increa>r m 

 imam*. 



I-T . ,.' 'I ';., , , 



\M M Ift'RICJ viou* to 



('. 



north 



815 



judicial 

 bv an Imnsfial nnmaitaiiM 



--^ ^VWMVVW**. 



1. ttalph Mo^r*. Theexp. 

 and kernel*. ru 



_.-.-. 



JMporu in It* 



,, ,., 



*r.nuwtaf 

 er 55 bk a far * the junction of 





 monooly which tkf 



h growth* 



break down the trading 



' 



.Ma eoasfcUd merv 



< '. I raa*tand 



CMMt 



power. havo taken possession of the whole COM! 



m from UM We* IndUTand thl 



thr rhlrf .\'ai,u 



!. " . I'. I A '.' % - 



;.-.'-.. \ . 



rapital the Jnj<n 



tral - and Ka., 



.-h PMMMtoM. The total M..J 



t il.H.Y 

 i,h pn.luo,. and maniif.i 



area of about 2,700 square mile* and a (M.pula- 



' 

 lit, with a iioptilatioti in 1HU4 of 



:>n. Th- - ground nnta, hidee, 



beeswax, rice, cotton. . ruU,. r . Th.- reve- 



ti 1805 was 20,561: .-\| i.-liitire*. 28307. 



The value of tho import* was 97,899. and of tho 



. f im|.ort*of all tho 



Jjiiiu ATOIM has an area of 15,000 square mile*, 



i <*K>!M,uare milesi. ha 

 f whom 224 were white*. Tl 

 ernor trdow. The revenue in 



.WO. 



t ho neighboring French colo- 

 ;.n- 



kornoN .u. . I nl. rubU-r. kola nut-, gum. 

 .....I ' 



::..:.::.., I of th- export* UYJ^.J }>.. 



which has 80.088 inhabitant*, i* a Ilr 



the beadi|uariop. of tho ltntih 

 Africa, consisting of a regiment 

 in thr W,-.- 



There i*alM> a t 



I^.H;. a pnlerl orate wa 



c-laimoil <i\i>r aldilional t- Uraring .' 



ni:ir.- nui. -. with a |M>|NI lat inn estimated al ' 



\ railroad i* being const met etl 

 fnun Kn-ftiwn 



- IIAA an an*a of about 1..W) |itarr miles 

 and a |Mpulititou i-iimatol at 100,000. The mint- 



t.-.-t.-mio has 



. ith an arra of about 



The 



rhlef 



it>pnl. nil- 1 -a-ao. nnd coffee. The ' 



i? Major II. K. Mi-4'alltim. The T 

 1805 was CUS.049: Thr 



value of import* was 815^15. and of exports 



restraint. The King refused to rersive thennssJosV 

 ooo**lng of y RngUsh ottom. with 280 K ru mm, 



SHMH!! Phill'.^-.^ head, and ihr^W KngUslv 



M.. ;.. - v i v-v ' i- ' i: .. 



msmf* by h, 



which adranod through 

 poba. 



liately 



id lagoons, 



arr iMil 





ii 



stabaUn 

 ptanl. 1; 



man- he* I J 



on Feb. IM. after a I- mliardmriil. The IIA 

 offerrl a drterminrd resistance, but could not stand 

 .'tin*. Thr llnti*h II 1? Ku- 

 roneans and 28 natiren kille<l or wounded. The 

 > surrendered aft. r a few <lars. and on Aug. 7 

 th.- Kin^. who bad escaped into the back <xx. 

 gave himm-lf up and wa tak.-n a* a (-Iiltral pHs- 

 ItrituhgafTJsMnsaBJiFd 

 in the canital. 



Tkf -rtf* were taken under Bril- 



i*h pr..t.-.-iion in 1W6 an.l intrusted to th* admin- 

 i -i n.tion of the Itoyal Nip-r (Vmpanr that during 



year* had negotiated with t 



chiefnn<! trilv* tn-atir* uu.i.r huh thr country 

 tii- to the I end of the Niger ami eastward t<> l-Lr 

 Chad wa* claimed A* Hritish, including thr 

 lories known a Sokoto ami Hcrgu. On Aug. 5. 

 18BO. the Prvtx-h Government agreeil to a linr de- 

 man-atintr thr llrr 'hr French sjlhlilll, 



drawn fr.m Xi iUrua. on l^akr 



i 'ha.!, in nuch 'a mann. >rapri*e in the 



sphere of UM Niger Ctenpanv -all that fairly be- 



to." the line in be 



Th- ''KlW /Vo/rr/or. 



trirt fonnorlv known a> md a part 



of tl ..Immistered by the Niger 



commissionen to be appointed. 

 nan sphere* are divided by an 



agrrrd linr drawn from the rapid* in the On* n r 



to a i-.int on the Benur 80 mile* eat ..f Y-la. and 



the southern shore of Uke Chad. The 



ho region, claimed by thr company is 



an/000 st|uare miles, with a population estimated 



variously fmm 20,000.000 to 85.OOO.OOa Tl 



consbting of gums, hides, palm kernel* and 

 1 vegetable butter, were valued 

 at i*4Ott.(HM in IHJI.; 



into the cuntry north of T of ..: b 

 iled. Thr i-m'|anv imro*rn hravy dutie* n im- 

 ports of spirit* am) giini*owd< r. >aooo. and alt. 

 and on all export*, the efl h i* to S0CUT* 



.t m..no|i|y of the t ni> lr>f these regions which 

 tho men I- antagonistic to the 



company, ooce share.) i nd latterly also 



with German mercha 'he 



Lirorpool merchant*, on whow behoof the 



