INDEX
1373
BEA
Beaconsfield (Cape Colony), 209 Bechuanaland (Colony), 209 Bechuanaland (Protectorate), 193 Bedford College, London, 29 Beglar Begi (rank) Kalat, 156 Behera (Egypt), 1325, 1326 Beira (Portugal), 1148
— (E. Africa), 1160 ; railway, 196,
1160 Beirut, town, 1306 ; vilayet, 1305 Beja (Portugal), 1148 Bekescsaba (Hungary), 641 Belem (Brazil), 689 Belfast, 12, 21 ; University, 29 Belfort, 778, 782 ; fort., 794 ; port,
806 Belgian Congo, area & pop., 674
— books of reference, 678
— boundaries, 674
— commerce, 676
— constitution & government, 674
— currency, 678
— debt, 675
— defence, 675
— finance, 675
— instruction, 675
— justice, 676
— pipe-line, 677
— posts and telegraphs, 677
— production, 676
— railways, 677
— religion, 675
— river navigation, 677
— rubber, 676
— shipping, 677 Belgium, agriculture, 667
— area and pop., 661 ct seq.
— army, 666
— banks, 672
— births, deaths, & marriages, 662
— books of reference, 673
— canals, 671
— Chamber of Representatives, 658-9
— coal, 668
— commerce, 669 et seq.
— constitution, 658 et seq.
— customs valuation, 669
— debt, 665
— diplomatic representatives, 672
— emigration and immigration, 662
— finance, state, 665 local, QQQ
— fisheries, 668
BEN
Belgium, forests, 667
— frontier, 666
— government, 658 local, 660
— import duties, 669
— instruction, 663-4
— iron, 668, 669
— ■ justice and crime, 664
— King, 658, 674
— live stock, 667
— mining and metals, 668
— ministry, 660
— money and credit, 672
— money, weights, measures, 672
— occupations of the people, 662
— pauperism, 664
— political parties, 660
— posts and telegraphs, 671-2 I'.
— production & industry, 667 et seq.'
— railways, 671
— religion, 663
— roads, 671
— royal family, 658
— Senate, 658-9
— shipping and navigation, 671
— sugar works, 668
— towns, 663
— universities, 663
— wheat, 667
Belgrade (Servia), 1239 ; Univ., 1240
Belize (3. Honduras), 278, 279
Bellary (India), 128
Bell Island (Newfndlnd), iron, 282
Bell-town (Kamerun), 892
Belluno (Italy), 979 ; town, 983
Benadir (Sonialiland), 180, 1004
Benares (India), 128
Bender Abbas (Persia), 1129, 1131,
1132 Bender-i-Gez (Persia), 1129, 1131 Bender Ziade, 1004 Bendigo (Victoria), 318 Bendin (R. Poland), 1192 Benevento (Italy), 980 ; town, 983 Bengal {see also Eastern Bengal and
Assam), agriculture, 138, 139
— area and population, 123, 138
— births and deaths, 127 — ■ education, 130
— finance, 134
— forests, 139, 140
— government, 121, 122
— justice, 131
