This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ... and the Bey ileal princes £30,000. The Regency of Tunis lies almost midway on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa. Area, 44,920 square miles. Population. 1,800,00a Export: Barley, beans, blankets, bran, carpets, cork, dates, esparto grass, Fez caps, goats, hides, lead, oats, olive oil. sheep, silk goods, tan bark, tunny ftsh, wheat, wine, wool, zinc, vc. Import: Alcohol, boots and shoes, building material, clocks and watches, coal, cotton goods, cars and carriages, flour. glassware, hardware, milk (condensed), motors, rail and train cars, wronght-iron, and steel. The chief town, Tunis (pop. 176,500, composed of--Moslems 103,000, Jews 50,000, French 9,000. Italians 13,000, Maltese 5,000, Ac. 1,500), is an inland port, with a basin of 1,800 square metres with ai4 feet of water, 1,875 feet of quays. cranes up to 30 tons, connected with the sea by a canal 10 kilometres long, 98 feet wide, and dredged to % feet. Port dues x fr. per ton (phosphates 50 c), harbour dues 30 c, sanitary dues 18 c. N.E. of Tunis is the site of ancient Carthage (15 kilometres). There are 713 miles of railroad and 3,906 of telegraph. 1905 1906. 5even Jci.478:888 jCx.537.i59 Expenditure 1,183,436 1,374.808 Debt (Consolidated 1884)... 9,387.260 Imports 3.638,185 3.573-97 Exports s.33.3 3.3 8o5 Domestic imports from!. K. 306.830 353,703 Total exports to the U.K.... 368,530 371,766 Coivnil-General, E. J. L. Berkeley, C.B j£ooo V.-Cons., t.jC35 to 450 " R. Schemhri Blzerta--Vice-Cmul,ion.TcrencG Bourke Gabes--dm. Agent, F. Calieja Gerba, Cone. Agent, Giacomo Pariente... Mehdiah--CmiK Agent, G. Violante Monash''r, Con. Agent, Salvatore Diacono Sface--Vice-Conmu, Silvio Leonardi Sum--Vice-Coneul, William Galea Tunis, 1,350...