GT, BRIT BOARD OF TRADE) AREAS STATISTICAL ABSTRACT Presented to botb bouses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. PRINTED FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE, And to be purchased, either directly or through any Bookseller, from JOHN MENZIES & Co., 12, HANOVER STREET, EDINBURGH, and HODGES, FIGGIS & CO., LIMITED, 104, GRAFTON STREET, Dublin. [C. 8993.] Price 1s. 3d. 1898. COAL AND COKE METEOROLOGY IMPORT DUTIES EXPORT DUTIES . Imports and Exports of Abstract of Statistics: Temperature and Rainfall TARIFF VALUATIONS Value fixed for Articles by Indian Tariff - 212 - 214 216, 220 216, 220 218, 220 218, 220 221 222 224 228, 234 237 - 267 - 269 NOTE.-The figures for the year 1897, having been furnished at the earliest possible date by the colonial authorities, are subject to future revision. Commercial, Labour and Statistical Department, Board of Trade, Whitehall, October 1898. A. E. BATEMAN. (a) Census figures, so far as available. (b) Estimated population on 31st December. (t)278,328 149,926 129,616 (c) Exclusive of the Feudatory Native States, 595,167 sq. miles in area, with a population of 66,050,479 persons, according to the Census of 1891. (d) Exelusive of the Military population. (e) Exclusive of Seychelles and other dependencies of Mauritius with a population in 1891 of 19,664 persons (males 10,206, females 9,458). (f) This Territory was declared a British Possession on 4th September, 1888. The population given for 1891 is exclusive of natives, estimated to number about 350,000. (9) Exclusive of Aborigines. (h) Exclusive of Maoris, estimated at 44,097 in 1881, 41,993 in 1891, and 39,854 in 1896. (i) Including 3,130 coolies and 4,367 natives, sex not distinguished. (j) Exclusive of Zululand, annexed to Natal on December 30th, 1897. (k) Inclusive of the territories annexed to Cape Colony proper. (D) Census of 1875, but exclusive of Basutoland, Transkei, and Griqualand West, area 40,158 sq. miles, population 327,984. (m) Exclusive of the population (239,000) of Pondoland and British Bechuanaland, annexed to Cape Colony proper in September, 1894, and November, 1895, respectively. (n) Exclusive of the Protected Districts of Pokra, Okeodon, Ilaro, Addo, Igbessa, Awori Country, Jebu Remo, Mahin, Ogbo, and Jakri. (P) Estimate, including total area under British jurisdiction. (9) Exclusive of Tenderbah, Bai, Kansala, Erefet, and Bajɛn 1. (r) Exclusive of the area of the great lakes and St. Lawrence river. (8) Exclusive of Labrador, estimated area 120,00 sq. miles, population (1891) 4,106. (t) Inclusive of 7,€56 Aborigines in 1881, and 7,463 in 1891. (u) Census of January 11666. A 3 |