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WEST AFRICA.

CAPE VERD ISLANDS. 95 combines in his own person the civil and military functions, and when absent is represented by a secretary-general. Each concelho has its ordinary tribunal, two courts of appeal being also established iii Santo- Antam and Sam-Thiago. Although forming a remote colonial possession,^the archipelago is represented in the Lisbon Cortes by two deputies, elected by a limited suffrage in the two provincial districts. For a table of the islands, with their areas, populations, and chief towns, see the Statistical Appendix.