INDIANA ranks second in wheat, fourth in corn, hogs and agricultural implements, sixth in coal and population, seventh in cattle and miles of railway. First settlement, by French, at Vincennes, 1730. Admitted to the Union, 1816. sisted by the Ministry of 7 members. Legislative, the Governor and the "General Assembly," composed of the Legislative Council of 54 members, and the House of Representatives with 95 members. Education-Compulsory, secular and free. In 1885, there were 3 colleges affiliated with the University of New Zealand, attended by 1,075 students; 23 grammar schools with 2,358 pupils; 288 private schools with 12,473 pupils; and 1,054 state schools with 105,234 scholars. NEW GUINEA is the largest island in the world, if we exclude Australia, and lies some 80 miles to the north of Queensland. All the land to the west of 1410 E. long. is claimed by the Dutch. East of this, New Guinea has been divided between Britain and Germany, the boundary line running in a direction from northwest to southeast, the northern portion belonging to Germany and the southern part to Britain. BRITISH NEW GUINEA. Area-86,457 square miles. Population-135,000 (total population of New Guinea, 2,500,000). Government-Special and Deputy Commissioners who reside at Port Moresby, the seat of administration and only port of entry for goods, etc. GERMAN NEW GUINEA. In 1885, Germany took possession of the northern part of New (Guinea, lying to the east of the Dutch, and north of the British possessions. This territory was called Kaiser Wilhelm's Land. Afterwards the New Britain Islands, and the islands of Bougainville, Choiseul, and Isabel, in the Solomon group, were annexed under the name of Bismarck Archipelago. Area-95,653 square miles. Population-318,000. The seat of administration is at Finschhaven, where the Governor resides. THE FIJI ISLANDS.-The Fiji or Viti Archipelago lies east of the New Hebrides, and comprises about 225 islands and islets, nearly 80 of which are inhabited. Area-8,048 square miles. Population-1887, 126,010, nearly all natives. Religion -In 1885, the Wesleyan Mission consisted of 976 churches, and 279 other preaching-places with an attendance of 104,866; the Roman Catholic Mission of 14 churches and 70 chapels with an attendance of 9,100. Government-Fiji is a Crown colony of Great Britain and its affairs are administered by a Governor and Executive Council of 4 members. Laws are prepared by a Legislative Council, consisting of 6 official and 6 unofficial members, of which the Governor is president. Native administration is carried on through the chiefs under the Governor's supervision. Education-Two public schools, state-supported, had an attendance, in 1885, of 267. 42,698 scholars are taught by the native teachers of the Wesleyan Mission. The Roman Catholic Missions conduct 84 native schools with 1,040 scholars. The chief exports are sugar, copra and cotton. AFRICA Forms the vast southwestern peninsula of the Old World, being joined to Asia by the narrow isthmus of Suez. Greatest length, 5,000 miles. Greatest breadth, 4,600 miles. No other land division on the globe has such a rounded and compact outline. Access to the interior is rendered difficult by the general absence of gulfs and large inlets. The coast line measures 16,000 miles, or 720 square miles of surface to each mile of coast. Area -About 11,000,000 square miles, being three times that of Europe, or one-fifth of the land surface of the globe. Population— No definite figures exist for the larger part of Africa, but the population is estimated at about 200,000,000, or over one-seventh of the inhabitants of the world. Climate-Only the northern shores and the southern extremity of the continent have a mean temperature of less than 68° F. with winter rains. From 180 N. lat. to 20° S. lat. extends the region of tropical rains; maximum temperature in Khartoum, 115° F. The rainless regions are the Sahara and the Kalahari. SOUTH AFRICA.-The southern extremity of Africa, washed by the Atlantic Ocean on the west and by the Indian Ocean on the south and east, comprises the colonies and protectorates of Great Britain, the Dutch republics, and various less important divisions. CAPE COLONY Is a British possession. Executive, the Governor and Executive Council. Legislative, the Legislative Council of 22 members and House of Assembly of 74 members. NATAL. The Government of Natal is administered for the British Crown by a Governor, assisted by an Executive Council and a Legislative Council of 30 members. SOUTH AFRICAN REPUBLIC. Government-Under the suzerainty of the British Crown. Executive vested in the President. Legislative in the Volksraad of 44 members. ORANGE FREE STATE. Government--Executive, the President assisted by an Executive Council. Legislative, the Volksraad of 56 members. CENTRAL AFRICA.-With the rapid advance which exploration has made in Central Africa within recent years, there has followed a great rivalry among European nations for colonies and protectorates. Since the founding of the Congo Free State, industries. Oklahoma was opened to white settlers in 1889. marriage with Indians. Grazing and agriculture are the leading held in common by the Indians, and whites can hold only through forms of government from the other Territories. The lands are vation for peaceful tribes. Organized in 1834, but under different THE INDIAN TERRITORY was originally set apart as a reser |