PRINCIPAL STATES OF THE WORLD. 



ITALY. 



Area and Population. 



Population of Chief Towns (Communes), ipoi. 



Naples .... 563,540 



Milan 491,460 



Rome 462,783 



Turin .... 335,656 



Palermo . 

 Genoa 

 Florence 

 Bologna . 



309,692 

 234,710 

 205,589 

 152,009 



Venice 

 Messina 

 Catania 

 Livorno 



151,840 

 149,778 

 149,295 

 98,321 



Forevjn Possessions.— The colony of Eritrea extends from Cape Kasar to Cape 

 Dumeirah on the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb ; area, 88,500 sq.aiiilcs ; population, Natives, 

 327,502; Europeans, 2014. Chief town, Massawah ; population, 7775. Somali Coast, 

 between Pdver Jub and Gulf of Aden, exclusive of the British territory ; area, 100,000 

 sq. miles ; population about 400,000. Sphere of influence : mouth of River Jub to 

 0° N., inland to 35° E., thence N. to the Blue Nile. 



The Army in time of peace, 1902, had 278,156 officers and men. The war strength 

 is 3,323.440.' 



The i^avii consists of 347 vessels of all kinds, manned by a strength of 25,416. 



i\r7)orf.s\— Silk, olive oil, hemp, cotton, marble, ores, animals, skins, sulphur, 

 chemical products, wine, and almonds. 



JAPAN. 



Area and Population. 



Population of Chief Towns in 1899. 



The Army on a peace footing in 1901 consisted of 640,701 officers and men ; but 

 military service is obligatory on all male citizens. 



The Navy contains 74 vessels and 54 torpedo-boats ; there are 35,355 officers and 

 men. 



Exports.— ^i\k, cotton, tea, tobacco, coffee, rice, copper, camphor, ])()ttory, 

 wax, &c. 



