6 107 ; -Beads, 99, 90 ; import, 96 , 79 , 95, 97 , rates , 99 , 112 . Beans, cultivation , 96, 65, 98, 103, 99, 79, 113 ; export , 96, 81 . Bedajat tribe Anglo - Egyptian Sudan , 98 , 16 , 36 , 48 ; raids from Darfur, 98 , 45 . Bedawi tribe, Anglo · Egyptian Sudan , 98 , 112 . Bedawiya language, 98, 18 .

Bedden Rapids, 98, 70, 137 Bedouins, see Bedous. Bedous, Sokotra , 97 , 16 , 17 ; lan guage , 97 , 16–7. Beer, import, 99 , 97, 107. Bees , 99 , 79 . Bees -wax , 99 , 79 ; export, 96, 81 , 82 , 115 ; transit trade, 98 , 154 . Beir tribes, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan , 98 , 17 , 39 , 40 , 51 . Beira , projected aerial route, 98, 88 ; railway, 99 , 65 , 66 note , 105, 106 ; trade, 99 , 112 , route , 99 , 112 . Beira and Mashonaland Railway Co., 99 , 112. Beja Country , under Egyptian power, 98 , 25 . Beja Hamites, Anglo - Egyptian Sudan , 98, 23 . Beja tribes, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan , 98, 15, 55 ; language, 98, 18 . Bekki river, 98, 135 . Belaso canal, 96 , 69 . Belgian Congo , see also 99 , Contents ; 96, 14, 98 , 1 , 3 , 77 ; boundaries, 96, 40 ; 98 , 3 , 33-4 , Customs Con vention , 1902, 98, 156 ; goods from , import duties, 98 , 155 ; Mahagi ” strip of land leased to, by Agreement of 1906 , 98, 34 ; mineral regions, 99 , 117 ; posts, 98, 85 ; produce, conveyance , 96 , 60 ; trade, 98 , 155–6 , routes , 98, 68 . Belgian Enclave Frontier, changes, 98, 32-3. Belgian language, 99, 58 . Belgian territory, frontiers, 98 , 32 . Belgian traders in Belgian Congo , 99 , 94 . Belgians in Katanga, 99, 113, 114, 118. Belgium , and administration of Belgian Congo, 99, 50-6.

Agreements and conventions, with France , 1884 , re recognition of International African Associa tion , 99 , 27-8, 1885, re frontiers of French Congo, 99 , 32–3, 1895 , re the Congo, 99 , 127 , reaffirmed , Belgium - cont. 1908 , 99, 127 , 1908 , re French rights of pre -emption in Congo Free State, 99, 39 ; with Germany, re boundaries in the Congo, 1910 , 99, 128-9 ; with Great Britain , 1894 , 99 , 34,35,125–6 , 1906, 99, 36 . Annexation of Congo Free State, 1908, 99, 36-8 ; cable com munications, 99 , 72 ; Charter formed 1912, for exercise of all re ligions in Belgiun Congo , 99, 44–5 ; commission appointed to survey frontiers in Belgian Congo, 1911 , 99 , 4 ; Congo Free State , ceded to , 1907 , 99, 38–9, as colony of, 1908 98, 34 ; currency , 99, 102 ; en croachments in the Congo, 1891-2 , 99, 33 ; interests, in the Cape to Cairo project , 99 , 105 , in Katanga , 99 , 113 ; islands in Lake Kivu , 99 , 4 ; loan to Congo Free State, 99 , 37 ; and Moham medanism in Belgian Congo, 99, 49 ; mining interests in Belgian Congo , 99 , 93, in Katanga , 99 , 115 ; negotiations with Great Britain re annexation of territory in the Sudan and agreement, 1906 , 99 , 36 ; occupation , in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan , 98 , 33 , of Congo Free State, 1908, 99 , 103, of Free State of Bangasso , 99 , 35-6, of Welle basin , 1894 , 99 , 33–4 ; recognition of Inter national African Association . 1885 , 99 , 30 ; representatives sent to Berlin Conference, 1884-5 . 99 , 28–9 ; schemes in the Sudan , and round River Nile , 99 , 33-4 ; trade 96 , 105, 98 , 143, 151 , 99 , 97 , 117 . Bell , Port, railway, 96, 62. Benadir, coast, 96 , 3 , 33 , 47 ; ports, British lease of, transferred to Italy by British East Africa Co. , 1889 , 96 , 36 , 48 , bought by Italy , January, 1905, and right of pre -emption granted to Great Britain , 96 , 48 . Benedictine monastery, 99 , 94 . Benguela, railway, 99, 65 , 105, 106 , 116 ; projected extension , 99, 66 . Benguela Railway Co. , shares, 99, 116. Beni Amor tribe, Anglo -Egyptian Sudan , 98, 38 . Beni Gerrar (Kawahla ) tribes , Anglo - Egyptian Sudan , 98 , 48 . Benniseed , cultivation , 99 , 79 .