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J. Bellamy (Proc. Roy. Geog. Soc., Sept., 1889) describes an ex- 
pedition to the Cockscomb Mountains of British Honduras. The 
highest peak, Victoria, is a little below 4,000 feet. The interior of 
this country is less known than Central Africa. 
In 1857 only 4,951 immigrants reached the Argentine Republic ; in 
1888 the number was 155,632. At the present rate of increase, the 
population by the end of the century will be 7,000,000. Sixty-five 
per cent, of the immigrants are Italians, fifteen per cent. Spaniards, 
and ten per cent, French. 
Europe.—lIn the immense empire of Russia, with a population of 
108,787,235 in 1885, there were at that date, according to Dr. Géhlert 
(Ausland, 1888), only 36 towns with more than 50,000 inhabitants, 
and only 13 with more than 100,000. The latter are: St. Peters- 
burg (861,303), Moscow (753,469), Warsaw (454,298), Odessa (240,- 
ooo), Riga (176,332), Kharkhov (171,426), Kiev (165,561), Kazan 
(139,015), Saratov (122,829), Tashkend eae Kicheney (120,- 
074), Lodz (113,413), and Vilna (102,845). 
According to the preliminary results of the census of Switzerland, 
taken Dec. 1st, 1888, the total population at that date was 2,934,055, 
as compared with 2,846,102 in 1880, The slightness of the increase 
is accounted for by the excessive emigration. During the eight years 
above, 160,000 Swiss left the country. 
Geographical News.—Africa.—The Germans have been active 
in the survey of the Cameroons and Gold Coast. Kund and Tappen- 
beck, with 240 men, started last year on a second expedition to the 
upper courses of the Sannaga and Njong. It was found that the lower 
course of the latter river lies seven minutes west of its position on exist- 
ing maps. Dr. L. Wolf has passed through the hitherto unknown Udjuti 
country. 
The most recent estimate of the population of Morocco places it at 
9,400,000, viz., 3,200,000 in Fez, 3,900,000 in Morocco proper, iy 
ooo in Tafia, and 1,450,000 in Sus, Adrar, and the northern Draa 
This estimate exceeds all previous ones. 
Dr. Colin has prepared a map of the district of Bambuk (Senegam- 
bia), and his survey has definitely fixed the topography of the country 
and proved errors in former maps. Thus the river Faleme, instead of 
running straight to Labe in Futa-Djallon, bifurcates into two streams 
of almost equal importance. 
