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APPENDIX I.

STATISTICAL TABLES.

AFRICA.

Area, according to Behm and Wagner 11, 930,000 sq. miles.
Estimated population (1882) 205, 825,000
Total foreign trade, about £40, 000,000
Approximate area of the Nile Basin 1, 340,000 sq. miles.
""Congo 1, 280,000 "

EQUATORIAL LAKE REGION.

Approximate area 172,000 sq. miles.
Population (1885) 12, 000,000
Area of Lake Victoria Nyanza 26,500 sq. miles.

KINGDOM OF KARAGWE.

Area 6,000 sq. miles.
Population 350,000 (?)
Chief Town, Warahunje.

KINGDOM OF U-GANDA.

Area 20,000 sq. miles.
Area with dependencies 70,000
Population 2,775,000
Population, with dependencies 5,000,000
Chief Town, Rubaga.

ZERIBA REGION.[1]

Estimated area. 140,000 sq. miles.
Approximate population 10,000,00
  1. That is, the whole region between the Bahr-el-Jebel and Bahr-el-Arab. watered by the numerous streams flowing to the left bank of the Upper Nile between Lake Abert Nyanza and the Sobat confluence.