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STATISTICS OF ZINDER. 
what influenced by the great number of foreigners. 
En-Noor and Lousou have both houses in Zinder, 
which the people dignify by the name of belad, or 
" villages," but which are simply enclosures of a few 
huts. 
I have been endeavouring to collect materials 
for the statistics of Zinder. The following note 
exhibits a partial result : — 
Various persons give the population of Zinder 
at 25,000 or 30,000 souls. Let us take the number 
at 20,000. 
The military force consists of cavalry and foot — 
two thousand cavalry having swords, spears, and 
shields ; and eight or nine thousand bowmen, having 
only bows and arrows. This force is commanded 
by one Shroma Dan Magram, who receives the 
enormous pay of half the land taxes of some fifty 
towns and villages in the circle of the province of 
Zinder. The officers of the Sultan of Zinder are 
mostly slaves. 
The principal personages are Shroma Dan 
Magram ; the Kady, Tahir ; the Bash Kateb, or 
Secretary, Dang Gambara ; the chief of the Treasury, 
Nanomi; of the Custom-house, Fokana. There 
are four officers of the Treasury, and four of the 
Custom-house ; and, moreover, four Viziers, the 
principal of whom is Mustapha Gadalina. 
The Arabs do not pay any custom duties, but 
all the blacks and the Kailouees and Fullans pay as 
follows : — 
