FORESTRY OF WEST AFRICA. 



with a population (1873) of 9,282 ; Prince's and St. 

 Thomas Islands, area 454 square miles, with a popu- 

 lation (1878-9) of 21,037 ; Ajuda (Whydah), area 15 

 square miles, with a population (1873) of 4,500 ; the 

 countries of Angola, Ambriz, Benguela, and Mos- 

 samedes, situated between Rivers Loge and Cape 

 Frio, with an estimated area of 312,509 square miles, 

 and an estimated people of 2,000,000 ; and the Congo- 

 districts, of an estimated area of 382,683, with a 

 population of 350,000. 



From the 'Statesman's Year Book, 1886,' I extract 

 as follows : — 



"At the Berlin Congress, 1884-5, the claim of 

 Portugal was admitted to the territory from Ambriz 

 to the mouth of the Congo — along the river to nearly 

 opposite Vivi, eastward to the River Kwango, and 

 south along the river to beyond 10° S.L. : also to a 

 small stretch of coast north of the Congo, including 

 Cabinda and Landana." 



According to the Census of 1878, the Cape Verde 

 Islands, ten in number — the most important Portu- 

 guese Colonial possession — divided into windward and 

 leeward groups, with an area of 1,650 square miles, 

 situated abreast of Senegambia, about 320 miles from 

 the Western Coast of Africa, contained a population 

 of 99,318. In 1881 the British subjects were 89. 



The Cape Verde Islands lie so approximately, viz. 

 between 17° 13' and 14° 45" N.L., and 22° 45" and 25" 

 25" W.L., to our Possessions on the Gambia, that I 



