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DATES OF RECENT HISTORICAL EVENTS.

Aguinaldo captured, March 23, 1901. Alaska boundary award made, Oct. 17, 1903. Alfonso III. ascended throne of Spain, May 17, 1902; attempted assassination of in Paris, June 1, 1906.

Anarchists pardoned by Altgeld, June 26, 1893. Andree began arctic balloon trip, July 11, 1897. Anglo-American arbitration treaty signed, Jan. 11, 1897.

Anglo-Boer war began, Oct. 10, 1899; ended, May 31, 1902.

Anglo-Japanese treaty signed, Jan. 30, 1902.

Armenian massacres began in 1890; culminated in 1895, 1896 and 1897.

Australian commonwealth inaugurated, Jan. 1. 1901.

Baltimore fire, Feb. 7, 1904.

Bennington gunboat disaster, July 21, 1905.
Bering sea seal treaty signed, Nov. 8, 1897.
Bismarck resigned chancellorship, March 18, 1890;
died, July 30, 1898.

Borda, president, assassinated, Aug. 25, 1897.
Boxer outbreak in China began, May, 1900.
Brazil proclaimed a republic, Nov. 15, 1889.
Cable, Pacific, laying of begun at San Francisco,
Dec. 14, 1902.

Campanile in Venice fell, July 14, 1902.
Carnot, president, assassinated, June 24, 1894.
Caroline islands bought by Germany,

Oct. 1,

1899. Cholera epidemic in Hamburg, Germany, August, 1892.

Christian IX., king of Denmark, died, Jan. 29, 1906.

Coal (anthracite) strike began, May 12, 1902; ended, Oct. 21, 1902.

Corinth ship canal open, Aug. 6, 1893.
Cronin murder, May 4, 1889.

Cuba under sovereignty of United States, Jan. 1, 1899.

Cuban constitution signed, Feb. 21, 1901.
Cuban-United States reciprocity treaty

ratified

March 19, 1903; bill to carry treaty into effect passed by congress Dec. 16, 1903. Cuban republic inaugurated, May 20, 1902; President Palma and cabinet resigned and American control established Sept. 29, 1906. Cuban revolt began, Feb. 24, 1895.

Czolgosz, McKinley's assassin, tried and sentenced, Sept. 24, 1901; executed, Oct. 29, 1901. De Lesseps, Ferdinand, convicted of Panama fraud, Feb. 9, 1893.

Delhi coronation durbar began, Dec. 29, 1902. Delvannis, Grecian premier, assassinated June 13, 1905.

Dewey's victory at Manila, May 1, 1898. Dingley tariff bill signed, July 24, 1897. Dom Pedro exiled from Brazil, Nov. 16, 1889. Dreyfus, Capt., degraded and sent to Devil's island, Jan. 4, 1895; brought back to France, July 3, 1899; new trial begun, Aug. 7; found guilty, Sept. 9; pardoned, Sept. 19, 1899; restored to rank in army, July 12, 1906, by decision of Supreme court of France; decorated with cross of Legion of Honor, July 21, 1906. Earthquake in India, April 4, 1905; in Calabria, Italy, Sept. 8, 1905. (See also San Francisco and Valparaiso.)

Edward VII. proclaimed king, Jan. 24, 1901; crowned, Aug. 9, 1902.

Elizabeth, empress of Austria, assassinated, Sept. 10, 1898.

Emmanuel III., king of Italy, crowned, Aug. 11, 1902.

Fallieres, C. A., elected president of France, Jan. 17, 1906.

Field, Marshall, died, Jan. 16, 1906.
Formosa transferred to Japan, June 4, 1895.
Frederick VIII. succeeded to throne of Denmark,
Jan. 29. 1906.

Galveston tornado, Sept. 8, 1900.

General Slocum disaster, June 15, 1904.

Gladstone resigned premiership, March 2, 1894; died, May 19, 1898.

Goebel, Gov. William, shot, Jan. 30, 1900; died, Feb. 3.

Greco-Turkish war began, April 16, 1897; ended, May 11, 1897; peace treaty signed, Sept. 18, 1897. Harrison, Benjamin, died, March 13, 1901. Harrison, Carter, Sr., assassinated, Oct. 28, 1893. Hawaii made a republic, July 4, 1894; annexed to United States, Aug. 12, 1896; made a territory, June 14, 1900.

Hay-Pauncefote isthmian-canal treaty signed, Nov. 18, 1901.

Homestead (Pa.) labor riot, July 6, 1892.
Hugo, Victor, centenary celebration begun in

Paris, Feb. 26, 1902.
Humbert, King, assassinated, July 29, 1900.
Idaho admitted as a state, July 3, 1890.

Irish land-purchase law in force, Nov. 1, 1903.
Iroquois theater fire, Dec. 30. 1903; lives lost, 575.
Isthmian canal bill signed by president, June 28,
1902.

Italian army routed in Abyssinia, March 1, 1896. Italian prisoners lynched in New Orleans, March 14, 1891.

Jamaica earthquake and fire, Jan. 14, 1907. Jameson raiders in Transvaal routed, Jan. 2, 1896. Japan, battle of Sea of, May 27-28, 1905.

Japan declared war on China, Aug. 1, 1894; war ended, April 17, 1895.

Japan-Russia

war began, Feb. 7, 1904; ended Sept. 5, 1905.

Johnstown flood, May 31, 1889.

Ketteler, Baron von, killed in Pekin, June 20, 1900.
Kishinev massacre, April 20, 1903.

Koch's lymph cure announced, Nov. 17, 1890.
Kossuth, Louis, died, March 20, 1894.
Lawton, Gen. H. W., killed, Dec. 19, 1899.
Leiter wheat deal collapsed, June 13, 1898.
Liliuokalani, queen of Hawaii, deposed Jan. 16,
1893.

Madagascar annexed to France, Jan. 23, 1896.
Maine blown up, Feb. 15. 1898.

Marconi signals letter "S" across Atlantic, Dec. 11, 1901.

Meyerbeer centenary celebrated in Berlin, Sept. 5, 1891.

Morocco conference began, Jan. 16, 1906.
Mukden, battle of, Feb. 24-March 12, 1905.
McKinley, President, shot by anarchist, Sept. 6,
1901; died, Sept. 14, 1901.

Nansen arctic expedition started, July 21, 1893; returned Aug. 13, 1896.

Nicholas II. proclaimed czar of Russia, Nov. 2, 1894; crowned, May 26, 1896; attempted assassination of, Jan. 19, 1905.

Norge disaster, June 28, 1904.

Norway dissolved union with Sweden, June 7, 1905. Omdurman, battle of, Sept. 4, 1898.

Panama canal property bought by the United States, Feb. 16, 1903.

Panama fraud trials in Paris, Jan. 10 to March 21, 1893.

Panama revolution, Nov. 3, 1903.

Pan-American congress, first, began, Oct. 2, 1889; second, Oct. 23, 1902.

Peace congress called by czar, Aug. 24, 1898, opened at The Hague, May 18, 1899; closed, July 29, 1899.

Pekin captured by the allies. Aug. 15, 1900. Philippine-American war began, Feb. 4, 1899; ended, April 30, 1902.

Philippines ceded to the United States, Dec. 10, 1898.

Pope Leo XIII. died, July 20, 1903.
Pope Pius X. elected, Aug. 4, 1903.

Port Arthur captured by the Japanese from Chinese, Nov. 21, 1894; from Russians, Jan. 1, 1905. Porto Rico ceded to the United States, Dec. 10, 1898.

Porto Rico hurricane, Aug 8, 1899.

Pretoria captured by the British, June 4, 1900. Pullman strike began, May 11, 1894; boycott began, June 26; rioting in Chicago and vicinity, June and July; strike and boycott ended, August. Rhodes, Cecil, died, March 26, 1902.

Roentgen ray discovery made public, Feb. 1, 1896. Russia-Japan war began, Feb. 7, 1904; ended, Sept. 5, 1905.

Salisbury, Premier, resigned. July 13, 1902; died, Aug. 22, 1903.

St. Louis cyclone, May 27, 1896.

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San Juan and El Caney, battles of, July 1, 1898. Santiago de Cuba, naval battle of, July 3, 1898. Santiago de Cuba surrendered, July 17, 1898. Schley inquiry ordered, July 26, 1901; began, Sept. 20; ended, Nov. 7; verdict announced, Dec. 13. Schurz, Carl, died, May 14. 1906.

Sergius, Grand Duke, assassinated, Feb. 17, 1905. Servia, king and queen of, assassinated, June 11, 1903.

Shah of Persia assassinated, May 1, 1896. Simplon tunnel completed, Feb. 25, 1905. Spanish-American war began, April 25, 1898; peace protocol signed, Aug. 12, 1898; Paris peace treaty signed, Dec. 12; peace treaty ratified, Feb. 6, 1899.

Date-Jan. 14, 1907.
Lives lost-1,100.
Persons injured-2,000.
Property loss-$25,000,000.

Buildings destroyed-6,000.

Steel workers' strike began, Aug. 10, 1901.
Stone, Ellen M., captured by brigands, Sept. 3,
1901; released, Feb. 23, 1902.
Transvaal republic annexed to Great Britain, Sept.
1, 1900.

Utah admitted as a state, Feb. 4, 1896.
Valparaiso earthquake, Aug. 16, 1906.
Venezuelan blockade by England, Germany and
Italy began in first part of December, 1902;
ended, Feb. 13, 1903.

Vesuvius, great eruption of April 1-10, 1906.
Victoria, queen of England, died, Jan. 22, 1901.
Wilhelmina proclaimed queen of Holland, Aug. 31,
1898.

Windsor hotel, New York, burned, March 17, 1899. World's Fair in Chicago opened, May 1, 1893; ended, Oct. 30, 1893.

Wyoming admitted as a state, July 10, 1890.
Yalu, battle of, Sept. 17, 1894.

THE KINGSTON EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE.

Area of ruined district-50 acres.

Area affected by earthquake-300 acres.
Beginning of destructive shock-3:35 p. m.
Duration of first shock-38 seconds.

Duration of fire after earthquake-40 hours.

Kingston, Jamaica, was almost entirely destroyed by a heavy earthquake on the afternoon of Jan. 14, 1907, the ruin caused by the shock being completed by a fire which followed immediately and lasted nearly two days. The main facts of the disaster are as given in the above summary obtained from official sources two months after the earthquake. Most of those killed were natives, less than 100 white persons losing their lives. The most prominent of the victims was Sir James Fergusson of London, who was on a visit to Jamaica. Few tourists, of whom there were many in the city, were killed or injured, though the principal hotels were badly damaged. The lighthouse at Port Royal was thrown into the sea by the shock and the fine steamer Prinz Waldemar ran on the rocks near the harbor and was wrecked for lack of lights.

Knowing that there was need of immediate assistance, President Roosevelt ordered the naval vessels at Guantanamo, Cuba, to proceed at once to Kingston with food and medical supplies. Con. gress also passed a bill authorizing the use of naval supplies for the relief of the victims of the earthquake. The battle ships Missouri and Indiana, the destroyer Whipple and the supply ship Celtic went at once to Kingston, with Rear-Ad

miral C. H. Davis in command. On their arrival marines were landed, with the permission of the colonial secretary and the inspector of police, to protect property and prevent a threatened outbreak of prisoners in the penitentiary. The governor-general of Jamaica, Sir James Alexander Swettenham, took offense because a salute was fired by mistake in his honor after he had asked that it be omitted. Rear-Admiral Davis apologized and further explained that he had landed troops and supplies from purely humanitarian motives, but the governor-general refused to be placated and sent a letter beginning as follows:

"Dear Admiral: Thanks very much for your letter, your kind call and all the assistance given or offered us. While I most heartily appreciate the generous offers of assistance, I feel it my duty to ask you to re-embark the working party and all parties which your kindness prompted you to land."

The letter, which was sarcastic in tone, was practically an order for the American ships to leave. It was so accepted. The war vessels immediately took their departure and relief movements in the United States stopped. Gov. Swettenham's action caused much adverse comment both in Jamaica and England and a few weeks later led to his resignation.

Outside of Jamaica little damage was done by the shock. In Port Antonio some of the buildings were damaged. but there were no casualties. After the first heavy shock many lighter ones occurred at intervals, more than 100 being recorded in the course of the following few weeks. The weather was good, and the thousands of homeless people who were encamped on the Kingston race course and other open places suffered less than they might otherwise have done.

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DEATHS OF NOTED MEN AND WOMEN (1890-1906).

Alexander III., Nov. 1, 1894.
Allen, Grant, Oct. 25, 1895.
Altgeld, John P., March 12, 1902.
Andrassy, Count, Jan. 30, 1900.
Anthony, Susan B., March 13, 1906.
Armour, Philip D., Jan. 6, 1901.
Arnold, Edwin, March 25, 1904.
Astor, John Jacob, Feb. 22, 1890.
Audran, Edmond, Aug. 19, 1901.
Barnum, P. T., April 7, 1891.
Bartholdi, F. A., Oct. 4, 1904.
Beit, Alfred, July 16, 1906.
Bellamy, Edward, May 22, 1898.
Belmont, August, Nov. 24, 1890.
Besant, Sir Walter, June 9, 1901.
Bismarck, Prince, July 30, 1898.
Black, William, Dec. 10, 1898.
Blackie, J. S., March 3, 1895.
Blaine, James G., Jan. 27, 1893.
Blavatsky, Madame, May 9, 1891.
Blouet, Paul, May 24, 1903.
Bonheur, Rosa, May 25, 1899. '
Booth, Edwin, June 7, 1893.
Brahms, Johannes, April 2, 1897.
Breton, Jules A., July 5, 1906.
Bristow, Benj. H., June 22, 1896.
Brooks, Phillips, Jan. 23, 1893.
Bulow, Hans von, Feb. 13, 1894.
Butler, Gen. B. F., Jan. 11, 1893.
Carnot, President, June 24, 1894.
Carte, D'Oyly, April 3, 1901.
Childs, George W., Feb. 3, 1894.
Christian IX., Jan. 29, 1906.
Constant, Benjamin, May 26, 1902.
Cooke, Jay, Feb. 16, 1905.
Corbin, Austin, June 4, 1896.
Corning, Erastus, Aug. 30, 1896.
Croke, Archbishop, July 22, 1902.
Crook, George, March 19. 1890.
Cummings, Amos J., May 2, 1902.
Curie, Pierre, April 19, 1906.
Curtis, George W., Aug. 31, 1892.
Curzon, Lady, July 18, 1906.
Daly, Augustin, July 7, 1899.
Dana, Charles A., Oct. 17, 1897.
Davis, George R., Nov. 25, 1899.
Davis, Mrs. Jefferson, Oct. 16, 1906.
Davis, Winnie, Sept. 18, 1898.
Davitt, Michael, May 31, 1906.
Dingley, Nelson, Jan. 13, 1899.
Donnelly, Ignatius, Jan. 2. 1901.
Douglass, Frederick, Feb. 20, 1895.
Drexel, Anthony J., June 30, 1893.
Drummond, Henry, March 11, 1897.
Du Maurier, George, Oct. 8, 1896.
Dumas, Alexandre, Nov. 27, 1895.
Dunbar, Paul L., Feb. 9, 1906.
Dvorak, Antonin, May 1, 1904.
Edwards, Amelia B., April 15, 1892.
Eggleston, Edward, Sept. 3. 1902.
Emmett, "Fritz," June 15, 1891.
Elizabeth, Empress, Sept. 10, 1898.
English, William H., Feb. 7, 1896.
Evarts, William M., Feb. 28, 1901.
Fair, James G., Dec. 28, 1894.
Fairchild, Lucius, May 23, 1896.
Faithfull, Emily, June 1, 1895.
Farjeon, B. L.. July 23, 1903.
Field, Cyrus W., July 12, 1892.
Field, Eugene, Nov. 4, 1894.
Field, Kate, May 18, 1896.
Field, Marshall, Jan. 16, 1906.
Field, Richard M., Nov. 11, 1902.
Field, Stephen J., April 9, 1899.
Fisk, Clinton B.. July 9, 1890.
Florence, Wm. J.. Nov. 19, 1891.
Flower, Roswell P.. May 12. 1899.
Forbes, Archibald, March 30, 1900.
Fremont, John C., July 13, 1890.

Frederick, ex-Empress, Aug. 5,

1901.

Froude, James A., Oct. 20, 1894. Gary, Joseph E., Oct. 31, 1906. George, Henry, Oct. 29, 1896. Gilmore, Patrick S., Sept. 24, 1892. Gladstone, Wm. E., May 19. 1898. Gladstone, Mrs. W. E., June 13, 1900.

Goode, George B., Sept. 6, 1896.
Gould, Jay, Dec. 2, 1892.

Gounod, Charles F., Oct. 18, 1893.
Gray, Elisha, Jan. 21, 1901.
Gresham, Walter Q., May 28, 1895.
Hamilton, Gail, Aug. 17, 1896.
Hampton, Wade, April 11, 1902.
Hanna, Marcus A., Feb. 15, 1904.
Harper, William R., Jan. 10, 1906.
Harrison, Benj., March 13, 1901.
Harrison, Carter, Sr., Oct. 28, 1893.
Hatch, Rufus, Feb. 23, 1893.
Hay, John, July 1, 1905.
Hayes, Rutherford B., Jan. 17,

1893.

Hearn, Lafcadio, Sept. 26, 1904. Henderson, David B., Feb. 25, 1906.

Herne, James A., June 2, 1901.
Hewitt, Abram S., Jan. 18, 1903.
Hitt, Robert R., Sept. 20, 1906.
Hoar, George F., Sept. 30, 1904.
Hobart, Garret A., Nov. 21, 1899.
Holman, W. S., April 22, 1897.
Holmes, Oliver W., Oct. 7, 1894.
Humbert, King, July 29, 1900.
Huxley, Thomas H., June 29, 1894.
Ibsen, Henrik, May 23, 1906.
Ingalls, John J., Aug. 16, 1900.
Ingersoll, Robert G., July 21, 1899.
Irving, Henry, Oct. 13, 1905.
Jefferson, Joseph, April 23, 1905.
Jokai, Maurus, May 5, 1904.
Johnson, Eastman, April 5, 1906.
Joubert, Gen., March 27, 1900.
Judd, Orange, Dec. 27, 1892.
Judge, Wm. Q.. March 22, 1896.
Kjelland, Alexander, April 6, 1906.
Kossuth, Louis, March 20, 1894.
Kruger, Paul, July 14, 1904.
Langley, Samuel P., Feb. 27, 1906.
Larcom, Lucy, April 17, 1893.
Lawton, H. W., Dec. 19, 1899.
Leo XIII., July 20, 1903.

Li Hung Chang, Nov. 7, 1901.
Lorimer, George C., Sept. 8, 1904.
Lossing, Benson J., June 3, 1891.
Lowell, James R., Aug. 12, 1891.
Manning, Cardinal, Jan. 14, 1892.
Maratzek, Max, May 14, 1897.
Marryatt, Florence, Oct. 27. 1899.
Marsh, O. C., March 18, 1899.
Maupassant, De, July 6. 1893.
Medill, Joseph, March 16, 1899.
Meissonier, Jan. 31, 1891.
Menzel, Adolf, Feb. 9, 1905.
Michel, Louise, Jan. 9, 1905.
Millais, Sir John, Aug. 13. 1896.
Most, Johann, March 17. 1906.
McArthur, John, May 15, 1906.
McCosh, James, Nov. 16, 1894.
McKinley, William, Sept. 14, 1901.
McVicker, Jas. H.. March 7, 1896.
Nye, Edgar W., Feb. 21, 1896.
Ochiltree, Thos., Nov. 26, 1902.
Oliphant, Mrs. M., June 25, 1897.
O'Reilly, John Boyle, Aug. 11,
1890.

Palmer, John M., Sept. 25, 1900.
Palmer, Potter, May 4, 1902.

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Pingree, Hazen S., June 18, 1901.
Playfair, Lyon, May 29, 1898.
Poole, William F., March 1, 1894.
Porter, Noah, March 4, 1892.
Pullman, George M., Oct. 19, 1897.
Randall, Samuel J., April 13, 1890.
Reclus, Elisee, July 4, 1905.
Reed, Thomas B., Dec. 7, 1902.
Remenyi, Edouard, May 15, 1898.
Renan, Joseph Ernst, Oct. 2, 1892.
Rhodes, Cecil, March 26, 1902.
Ridpath, John C., July 31, 1900.
Ristori, Adelaide, Oct. 9, 1906.
Robson, Stuart, April 29, 1903.
Root, George F., Aug. 6, 1895.
Rosewater, Edward, Aug. 21, 1906.
Rubinstein, Anton G., Nov. 20,
1894.

Ruskin, John, Jan. 20, 1900.

Russell, Sir Chas.. Aug. 10, 1900.
Sagasta, Praxedes M., Jan. 5, 1903.
Sage, Russell, July 22, 1906.
Sampson, Wm. T., May 6, 1902.
Salisbury, Lord, Aug. 22, 1903.
Salvini, Alexandre, Dec. 14. 1896.
Schliemann, H., Dec. 25, 1890.
Schurz, Carl, May 14, 1906.
Seidl, Anton, March 29, 1898.
Sherman, John, Oct. 22, 1900.
Sherman, Gen. W. T., Feb. 14,
1891.

Sigel, Franz, Aug. 21, 1902.
Smiles, Samuel, April 16, 1904.
Spencer, Herbert, Dec. 8, 1903.
Stanford, Leland, June 20, 1893.
Stanley, Henry M., May 10, 1904.
Stanton, Elizabeth C., Oct. 26,

1902.

Stockton, Frank R., April 20, 1902.
Strakosch, Max, March 17, 189zZ.
Strauss, Johann, May 3, 1899.
Sullivan, Sir Arthur, Nov. 22, 1900.
Suppe, Franz von, June 21, 1895.
Sutro, Adolph, Aug. 8, 1898.
Swing, David, Oct. 3, 1892.
Taine, Hippolyte A., March 5,

1893.

Talmage, T. DeWitt, April 12, 1902.
Tennyson, Alfred, Oct. 6, 1893.
Terry, A. H., Dec. 16, 1890.
Thaxter, Celia L., Aug. 27, 1894.
Thurman, Allen G., Dec. 12, 1895.
Tisza, Koloman de, March 23, 1902.
Tourgee, Albion, May 21, 1905.
Tschaikowsky, Nov. 5. 1893.
Tuley, Murray F., Dec. 25, 1905.
Tyndall, John, Dec. 4, 1893.
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, Sept. 12,
1899.

Verdi, Giuseppe, Jan. 27, 1901.
Verne, Jules, March 24, 1905.
Victoria, Queen, Jan. 22, 1901.
Villard, Henry, Oct. 12, 1900.
Virchow, Rudolph, Sept. 5, 1902.
Voorhees, D. W., April 10, 1897.
Wheeler, Joseph, Jan. 25, 1906.
Whitney, Wm. C., Feb. 2, 1904.
Whittier, John G., Sept. 7, 1892.
Wilde, Oscar, Nov. 30, 1900.
Willard, Frances E., Feb. 17, 1898.
Windom, William, Jan. 29, 1891.
Yates, Edmund H., May 20. 1894.
Yerkes, Charles T., Dec. 29, 1905.
Zola, Emile, Sept. 29, 1902.

DEATH OF THE SHAH OF PERSIA.

Muzaffereddin, shah of Persia, died in his palace at Teheran Jan. 8, 1907. He was born March 25, 1853, and succeeded to the throne on the assassination of his father, Nazreddin, in 1896. He was

one of the wealthiest and most learned of oriental monarchs and was liberal in his views. Muzaffereddin was succeeded by Mohammed Ali Mirza.

Foreign Governments.

Rulers and cabinets of the leading countries, with the latest statistics of their area, population, exports and imports.

GREAT BRITAIN.

GOVERNMENT-King, Edward VII.; heir-apparent, George Frederick, Prince of Wales.

Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury*Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman.

Lord Chancellor-*Lord Loreburn.

Lord President of the Council-*Earl of Crewe. Lord of Privy Seal-Marquis of Ripon.

President of the Board of Education-Reginald McKenna.

Chancellor of Exchequer-*H. H. Asquith.
Home Secretary-*Herbert J. Gladstone.

Foreign Secretary-*Sir Edward Grey.
Colonial Secretary-*Earl of Elgin.
Secretary for War-*R. B. Haldane.
Secretary for India-*John Morley.

First Lord of Admiralty-*Lord Tweedmouth.
Lord Chancellor of Ireland-*Samuel Walker.
Chief Secretary for Ireland-*Augustine Birrell.
Secretary for Scotland-*John Sinclair.

President of the Board of Trade-*D. LloydGeorge.

President of the Local Government Board-*John Burns.

President of the Board of Agriculture-*Earl of Carrington.

Postmaster-General-*Sydney C. Buxton.

Lord Lieutenant of Ireland-Lord Aberdeen.
Chancellor of the Duchy-*Sir Henry Fowler.
Lord Advocate-Thomas Shaw.
Attorney-General-Sir J. Lawson Walton.
Solicitor-General-Sir M. S. Robson.
Solicitor-General for Scotland-Alexander Ure.
Attorney-General for Ireland-R. R. Cherry.
Solicitor-General for Ireland-Redmond Barry.
*Members of the cabinet.

The British parliament, in which the highest legislative authority is vested, consists of the house of lords and the house of commons. The former in 1906 had 613 members and the latter 670. The sessions usually last from February to August.

AREA AND POPULATION-The total area of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, the Isle of Man and the Channel islands is 121,391 square miles; the total for the British empire is 11,391,036 square miles. The total population of the empire in 1901 was 383.165,494. The population of the united kingdom April 1, 1901, when the last census was taken, was: England and Wales, 32,527,843; Scotland, 4,472,103; Ireland, 4.458,775; Isle of Man, 54.752; Channel islands, 95,618. Total, 41,976,827. The cities of England and Wales having more than 100,000 population each were in 1906:

.4,721,217 | Bolton 739,180 Cardiff

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The Dublin figures are for the metropolitan police district. Belfast and Londonderry have increased in population in the last ten years at the rate of 27.8 and 20.1 per cent respectively. Dublin city shows an increase of 7.6 per cent in the same period.

EXPORTS AND IMPORTS-The total exports of the British empire in 1906 were $4,458,500,000; of the united kingdom (1907), $1,854,553,956; total imports of the empire, $5,075,149,000; of the united kingdom (1907), $3,094,138,414.

The total exports of the united kingdom to the United States in 1907 were $246,112,047; imports, $607,783,255.

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London

180,502

Madras

509,346

Cawnpore

197.170

Liverpool

183,823

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Agra

188,022

Manchester

637,126 Sunderland

154,385

Lucknow

264,019

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Birmingham

548,022 Oldham

140,969

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Leeds

463,495 Croydon

151,011 Benares

209,331

Allahabad

172,032

Sheffield

447.951 Blackburn

134,015

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DOMINION OF CANADA.

GOVERNMENT-The Canadian parliament consists of 87 life senators and a house of commons of 214 members, there being one representative for every 22,688 of population, based upon the census of 1901. The governor-general is Earl Albert Henry George Grey, appointed in 1904, and the council is made up of the following: Premier, Sir Wilfrid Laurier; secretary of state, R. W. Scott; minister of trade and commerce, R. J. Cartwright; minister of justice, A. B. Aylesworth; marine and fisheries, L. P. Brodeur; railways and canals,

; militia and defense, F. W. Borden; finance, W. S. Fielding; postmaster-general, Mr. Lemieux; agriculture, S. A. Fisher; interior, Frank Oliver; public works, Charles S. Hyman; customs, Wil liam Paterson; inland revenue, W. Templeman. The governor-general gets a salary of $50,000 a year, the premier $12,000 and the other ministers $7.000 each.

AREA AND FOPULATION-The total area of Canada is 3,745,574 square miles, of which 3.619,818 is land area. According to the fourth census. taken March 31, 1901, the total population is

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