PRINCIPAL STATES OF THE WORLD. 



BELGIUM. 

 Area end Population in 1900. 



Population of the Principal Towns in 1900. 



Brussels and 

 Suburbs . . 

 Antwerp . . 

 Ghent . . . 

 Liege . . . 

 Mechlin . . 



562,893 



278,093 



162,291 



160,246 



56,509 



Bruges , 

 Verviers . 

 Louvain 

 Ostend , 

 Seraing , 

 Touinai 



53,083 1 Courtrai . . 

 49,353 I Namur . . 

 42,824 St. Nicolas . 

 40,575 I Alost . . . 

 38,468 , Mons . . . 

 35,327 \ Charleroy . 



33,495 

 31,610 

 31,603 

 29,723 

 26,989 

 25.112 



The Belgian Army in time of peace numbers 51,219 men, and the total strength in 

 time of war is 147,693 men, besides the Civic Guard, 40,443. There is no Navy. 



Exports.— Cotton, woollen, and linen yarn, cereals and rice, machinery, coal and 

 coke, wool, iron, glass, sugar, raw hides, zinc, steel, dyes, chemicals, horses, &c. 



Land Ctdtivation.~Ot the total area 65 per cent, is under cultivation ; 6 per cent, 

 consists of meadows and pastures, 17 per cent, of forest. Rye, wheat, oats, potatoes, 

 flax, tobacco, hops, and beetroot are grown. 



BOLIVIA. 



Area and Population in 1900. 



Estimated. 



t Including about 402,694 wild Indians. 



The capital has been temporarily shifted to La Paz. 



