THE

STATESMAN'S YEAR-BOOK

STATISTICAL AND HISTORICAL ANNUAL OF

THE STATES OF THE WORLD

FOR THE YEAR

1899

EDITED BY

J. SCOTT KELTIE, LL.D.

ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY

SECRETARY TO THE
HONORARY CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETIES OF PARIS, BERLIN,
ROME, LISBON, AMSTERDAM, BRUSSELS, BUDA-PEST, GENEVA, NEUCHATEL, PHILADELPHIA,
AND OF THE COMMERCIAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF PARIS

WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF

I. P. A. RENWICK, M.A., LL.B.

THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL PUBLICATION

REVISED AFTER OFFICIAL RETURNS

London

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