uganda protectorate - Palgrave Connect

10.1057/9780230270305 - The Statesman's Year-Book, Edited by John Scott-Keltie
SOMALI COAST 223
tweun the Cape and S. America, in 37° 6' S. hit. 12 J 1' \V. Ion. Until the
death of Napoleon I. they were occupied by a garrison. Besides Tristan
da Ouulia ami Gough's Island, there are Inaccessible and Nightingale Islands,
the former two and the latter one mile long, and a number of rocks. The
population consists mainly of the families of shijiwrecked sailors and wives
from St. Helena, and numbered about 64 in December, 1897.. There are about
800 head of cattle and about 500 sheep on the island, and both beef and
mutton are excellent. Pigs and geese are plentiful. Beans, potatoes, and
apples are grown. The only dwellings are a few cottages on one side of
the mountain. An annual visit is paid to the island by one of Her Majesty's
ships.
Colonial Report. Annual. London.
Brooke's History of St. Helena.
Ellis (A. B ). West African Islands. K. London, 188;).
Morris (D.), Agricultural Resources of St. Helena.
Mellixa's Physical and Topographical Description of St. Helena.
Correspondence and Further Correspondence relating to LUe Island of Tristan da Cunha.
London, 1887 and 1897.
Sierre Leone. See WEST AFRICAN COLONIES.
Sokotra. See ADEN.
SOMALI COAST.
The Somali Coast' from Lahadu, west of Zeyla, to Bandar Ziyada, 49° E.
long., became a British Protectorate in 1884, and is administered by a Consul-
General. The area is about b'8,000 square miles; no trustworthy estimate
can be formed of the population, which is Mohammedan and mostly
nomadic. By an arrangement with Italy in 1894, the limits of the British
Protectorate were defined ; but in 1897, by an arrangement with Abyssinia,
a fresh boundary as required by that country was determined, and certain
tracts were ceded to Abyssinia thus reducing the area of the Protectorate
from 75,000 to 68,000 square miles. The chief town. Berbera, has about 30,000
inhabitants in the trading season ; Zeyla, 15,000 ; and Bulhar, 12,000. At
these three ports there are British officers. The revenue in 1899-1900 was
Rs. 3,85,884 ; the expenditure, lis. 3,40,092. Imports (1899-1900), Berbera,
and Bulhar, 33,15,651 rupees; Zeyla, 34,73,904; exports, Berbera and
Bulhar, 28,71,962 rupees; Zeyla, 30,12,712 rupees including treasure.
Ad valorem duties are levied of 5 per cent, on imports, at Berbera, Bulhar,
and Karam, and at Zeyla of from 3 to 1 per cent. ; 1 per cent, is levied on
exports with the exception of cattle, sheep and goats, and horses which
have special rates of duty ; civet being free. The imports are ohieHy rice,
picee-goods, shirtings, and dates; the exports, skins and hides, ostrich
feathers, gum, cattle and sheep.
Transport is by camels and donkeys ; there are no porters. On the 1st
October, 1898, the control of the Protectorate which had rested with the
Government of India since its formation in 1884 was taken over by her
Majesty's Government.
Consul-General.—Lt.-Colonel J. Hayes Sadler.
Consul at Zeyla.—Arthur L. Keyser.
Vice-Consul at Berbera. — Lt. H. E. S. Cordeaux.
District Officer at Ualhai:—Malcolm Jones.
BOOKS OF UKKEUENCF..
Ghika (Prince Nicolas de), Cinq Mois au Pays des Sonialis. Geneva, lS'JS.
Pearce (V. B.), ltambles iu Lion Land : Three Months in Sonialiland. London, lS'J'
P«I(C. V. A.), Somalilaud. London, 189!).
Potocki (Count J.), Sport in Somaliland. [Trans], from tin: Polish.] Loudon, 18'JU.
Swayne (H. G. C), Seventeen Trips through Somaliland. 2 Ed. Loudon, 19U0.
Vaunutelli (L.), and Citerui (C), Secouda Spediziunc Bottego. Milan, 18U9.
Copyright material from www.palgraveconnect.com - Trial Access - PalgraveConnect - 2014-03-13