INDEX THis Index contains no reference to the Introductory Tables which pre­ sent a summary of the Finance and Commerce of the United Kingdom, British India, the British Colonies, the various countries of Europe, the United States of America, and Japan, and various other matters, as well as Additions and Corrections. AAC AFR ACHEN (Prussia), 1016 Aconcagua (Chili), 631 A Aalborg (Denmark), 895 Acre territory (Brazil), 819 Aalesund (Norway), 1312 Adana (town), 1563; trade, 1573 Aargau (canton), 1540, 1546 - (vilayet), 1562 Aarhus (Denmark), 895 Adelaide, 356; University, 363 Abaco Island (Bahamas), 308 Aden, 116; boundary, 1567 Abbas Hilmi, Khedive, 1594 Adis Ababa, 701, 703 Abdul-Hamid II., 1557 Adjame (Ivory Coast), 961 Abeokuta (W. Africa), 269 Admiralty Island (W. Pacific), 1057 Ahercorn (Rhodesia), 248 Adolf Friedrich (Meeklenburg-Stre- Aberdeen, 22; University, 35, 36 litz), 1088 Aberystwith College, 36 Adrar (Spanish Sahara), 1518 Abeshr(Wadai), 974 Adrianople (town), 1563 Abo (Finland), 1418, 1435, 1463 - (vilayet), 1561 Abomey, 992 Adua (Abyssinia), 701 Abruzzi e Molise, 1162 JEtolia, 1129 Abyssinia, area, 7 01 Afghanistan, area, 705 - books of reference, 704 -army, 707 - commerce, 702-3 - books of reference, 709 - education, 702 - commerce, 708 -minerals, 702 -currency, 708 -money, 702 -government, 706 -population, 701-2 -justice, 706 - reigning king, 701 -land cultivation, 707 - religion, 702 -manufactures, 708 -roads, railways, 703 -mining, 708 - tillage, 702 -origin of the Afghans, lOG - towns, 701-2 -population, 706 - weights and measures, 703 - products, 707-8 Abuna (Coptic), 702 -reigning sovereign, 705 Acajutla (Salvador), 1476 - revenue, 708 Acamania, 1129 - trade routes, 708-9 Accra (Gold Coast), 270 Africa, Centrnl, Protectorate, sec Achaia, 1129 N yassaland Proteetorate Achole (Uganda), 219 Africa East (British), 216-7 et seq. Acklin's I~laml (Bahamas), 308 --(German), 1051, 1055 1640 THE STATESMAN'S YEAR-BOOK, 1908 AFB ALG Africa East Italian, 1192-3 Alabama, representation, 413, 472 --Portuguese, 1376, 1378-80 - rice crop, 442 - South (British), troops in, 112 .A.lafi. Island (Pacific), 1004 -South-West (German), 1051, 1053 Alagoas (Brazil), 819 -(Turkish), 1562, 1577-8 Alajuela (Costa Rica), 880 -West (British), 266 Alaska, area and population, 418, 684 -- (French), 954, 971 -boundary, 283 -- (German), 1051 - finance, 684 - colonies in, British, 201 - fisheries, 453, 685 - - French, 978 -gold, 685 -- German, 1051 -government, 416, 684 -- Italian, 1192-3 - instruction, 684 -- Portuguese, 1376, 1377-8 - justice, 684 --Spanish, 1505, 1518 - mining, 685 Agai'ia (Ladrones), 696 - production, 685-6 Agdencs, fort: (Norway), 1315 - public land, 440 Agone (Dahomey), 992 Alawi College, Tunis, 996 Agra (prov.), see United Provinces Albany (N.Y.), 423, 598, 600 Agra (town), 148 Albany (W. Australia), 367 Agram (Zagrab), 761, 764 Albert, Prince (Monaco), 1248 -University, 766-7 Alberta (Canada), 280, 281,282, 289, Aguascalientes (Mexico), state, 1237 ; 290 town, 1238 Albury (N.S. W.), 333 Ahmadabad (India), 148 Alcoy (Spain), 1507 Aimaks (tribe), 706 .A.ldabra Islands (Seychelles), 252 Ain Sefra (Algeria), 970 Altlerney, government, 103; pop., 26 Ainus (Japan), 1202 Alemtejo (Portugal), 1365 Aitutaki Island (Cook Islands), 396 Aleppo (vilayet), 1562 Aix (France), faculties, 928 -town, 1563 Ajmere-Merwara, agriculture, 160-3 Alessandria (Italy), 1161 ; town, -area and population, 142, 147 1167; fort, 1178 -forests, 161, 163 Alexandria, 1596, 1597; town, 1598; - government, 140 shipping, 1610-ll - land tenure, 160 - Patriarch of, J 599 -religion, 149 Alexandropol, 1418, 1429 Ajmer, town (India), 148 AlexandrovskGrushevsk, 1418 Akassa (Nigeria), 268 Alfonso XIII. (Spain), 4, 1500 Akita (Japan), 1203 Algarve (Portugal), 1365 Akkerman (Russia), 1418 Algeciras (Conference at), 1256 Akron, Ohio, 423, 613 Algeria, 942, 961, 970-7 Aksu (Turkestan), 862 - agriculture, 973-4 Aksum (Abyssinia), 701 - area and pop., 961, 970-2 Akuse (W. Africa), 270 - army, 936-8, 973 Alabama, area and pop., 418, 472-3 -bank, 976 -constitution and government, 472 - births, deaths, marriages, 971 -cotton crop, 443, 474 -books of reference, 977-8 -defence, 474 - commerce, 963, 97 4-6 - finance, 473 -crime, 972 -justice and charity, 467 - finance, 972-3 - instruction, 426 - government, 970 -production and industry, 474-5 - intlustry, 973-4 - public land, 440 - instruction, 928 - religion, 473 - mining, 97 4 INDEX 1641 ALG APIA Algeria, money, weights,measures,976 Amsterdam, 1270 ; shipping, 1283 ; - posts and telegraphs, 976 university, 1271 -railways, 976 Amsterdam Island, 987 - religion, 972 Amur prov. (Manchuria), 860 - shipping, 976 Anchorite Island (West Pacific), 1057 Algiers (Alger), 942, 972, 973, 976 Ancona (Italy), 1162 ; town, 1167 - schools, 928, 972 Andaman Islands, 140, 142, 149, 163, Alhucemas Islands, 1259, 1506 186-7 Ali binHamoud, Sultan of Zanzibar, Andijan, 1418 222 Andorra, 960-1 Alicante (Spain), 1506 Andros Island (W. I.), 308 Aligarh (India), 143 Aneeho (Togoland), 1052 Allada (Dahomey), 992 Angdaphorang (Bhutan), 808 Allabli.bB.d, 148; University, 150 Angeles (Chile), 831 Allegheny (Pa.), 421, 423, 627 Angers, 920 ; faculties, 928 Almeria (Spain), 1506 Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, 1614 Alost (Belgium), 792 Angola, 1876, 1377-8 Alphonse Island {Seychelles), 252 Angora {vilayet), 1562 Alsace-Lorraine, area and population, Angoulmne, 920 1011, 1061 Angra (Azores), 1366 -constitution, 1061 Angra Pequefia (Ger. S. W. Africa), -emigration, 1015 1054 -finance, 1062 Anguilla Island (W.I.) 311, 312 -instruction, 1018, 1062 Anhalt, area and pop., 1011 -justice and crime, 1062 - constitution, 1064 - live stock, 1034 -finance, 1064 - manufactures, 1036, 1063 -Imperial representation, 1009 - matricular contribution, 1024 - matricular contributions, 1024 -occupations of the people,1013 - occupations of the people, 1013 - production and industry, 1062 - rei~ning duke, 1063 -railway, 1044, 1063 Anhm or Ngan-hwei, 844, 851 -religion, 1017, 1062 Anjouan (Comoro Is.), 986 -representation {Imperial), 1009 Ankober (Abyssinia), 701 - Statthalter, 1061 Ankole (Uganda), 219 Altenburg, 1108 Ann Arbour (Mich. University,) 660 Alto-Caqueta, Tor. (Colombia), 868 Annabon (Span. Africa), 1618 Altona, 1016, 1105 Annam, 961, 964, 966 Alwar, 144, 159 ; town, 148 Annapolis (Md.), 547, 548, 550 Amapala (Honduras), 1150 Antalo (Abyssinia), 704 Amazonas (Brazil), 819 Antanlmarivo, 981 Amazonas (Venez.), 1630 Antequera (S}lain), 1507 Ambado (Somali Coast), 987 Antigua, 311, 312 Ambato (Ecuador), 907 Antioquia (Colombia), 868, 869 Ambeno {Timor), 1377 Antipodes Islands (N. Z. ), 397 Amberg (Bavaria), 1072 Antivari (Montenegro), 1251, 1253 Ambriz {Port. W. Africa), 1378 Antofagasta (prov.), 831 America, British colonies in, 282 - (town), 831 ; port, 837 - French colonies in, 1000 An-tung, 860 Amhara (Abyssinia), 701 Antwerp, province, 790 Amiens, 920 - town, 792, 797 Amirantes (Seychelles), 252 Apeldoorn, 1270 Amoy, 843, 854 Api Is (Pacific), 405 Amritsar (India), 148 Apia (Samoa), 1058-9 1642 THE STATESMAN'S YEAR-BOOK, 1908 APO .AST Apolda, 1112 Arizona (Ter. ), defence, 477 Apolima (Samoa), 1059 - finance, 4 77 Appenzell (cantons), 1540, 1543 -government, 475 Apnlia, 1162 -instruction, 426 Aqua-town (Kamernn), 1053 -justice and charity, 476-7 AquiladegliAbrnzzi,1162; town,1167 - precious stones, 447 Arabia, 1562 -production and industry, 477-8 Arad, 730, 764 - public lands, 440 Aragua (Venezuela), 1630 -representation, 475 Arauco (Chile), 831 Arkansas, area and pop., 418, 479 Arcadia, 1129 -constitution & government 478-9 Archipelago (Turkish), 1562 - cotton crop, 443, 481 Arendal (Nor\\·ay), 1312 - defence, 481 Arequipa (Peru), 1352; Univ., 1352 -finance, 481-2 Arezzo (Italy), 1162; town, 1167 - instruction, 426, 480 Argao (Philippines), 691 - justice and charity, 480 Argentine Republic, agriculture, 716 - production and industry, 481-2 -area and population, 711-712 - public land, 440 -army, 715 - representation, 413, 479 -banks, 720 - rice crop, 442 - births, deaths, marriages, 712 Armenia, 1560, 1562, 1564 - books of reference, 722-3 Armenians (in Persia), 1340 ; (in - boundary disputes, 712 Turkey), 1563, 1564 -cattle industry, 716-7 Arnhem, 1270 -commerce, 717, ct seq. Amstadt, 1120 -constitution, 710 Arolsen (Waldeck), 1121 -crime, 713 Arts, 1129 -currency and credit, 720-1 Artigas (Uruguay), 1621 -debt, 715 Aruba Island (W. Indies), 1298, 1299 -defence, 715-6 Aruwimi (Congo State), 874 - diplomatic representatives, 721 Ascension Island, 201 -emigration, 712 Aschaffenburg (Bav.), 1072 -finance, 713-5 Ascoli Piceno (Italy), 1162 ; town, - government, 710 1167 -- local, 710-11 Ashanti (W. Africa), 270-1; goltl in, -immigration, 712 270 -instruction, 712-3 Asia, British colonies in, 111 -Jewish Colony, 717 - French colonies in, 963, ef. seq. -justice, 713 -Portuguese colonies in, 1376-7 - money, weights, and measures, 721 - Russian dependencies in, 1467 -navy, 716 - Turkish, 1562 - posts and telegraphs, 720 Asia Minor, 1562 - president, 710 Asmar (Afghanistan), 705, 707 - production and industry, 716-7 Asmara (Eritrea), 1192 - railways, 720 Asnieres, 920 -religion, 712 Aspinwall (Colon), 1329 - shipping and navigation, 720 ARsab (Eritrea), 1192 -universities, 713 Assam, see Eastern Bengal & Assam Argolis, 1129 Assinie (Ivory Coast), 991 Arica, 813, 1353 Assiut, 1596, 1597,1607; town,1598 Arikis (of Cook Islands), 397 Assuan or Aswan, 1596, 1597, 1607 Arizona (Tor.), area and pop., 418 Assumption Island, 252 419, 476 Astara, ]lost (Persia) 1344 INDEX 1643 ABT
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