7 .

Bentley , missionary work on the Biscuits, import, 99, 97 . Congo, 99, 40 , 41 . Bisharin tribe, Anglo - Egyptian Berber, 98 , 9 , 69, 74 , 75 , 132 ; Sudan , 98 , 15 , 45 . climate , 98, 12 ; occupied by Bismarck, Prince, and Berlin Con British , 1897 , 98, 30 ; population , ference , 1884–5 ,99,28-9 ; colonial 98 , 20, 21 ; railway, 98, 81 ; road , policy, 96 , 46, 99 , 27-8 ; on sur 98 , 67 ; schools, 98 , 62 ; sugar render of territories to Germany cane , 98 , 110 ; telephone service, in East Africa , 96 , 33 . 98 , 85 ; tribes, 98 , 16 . Biya Anot , 97 , 1 . Berber province, 98 , 43 , 113 , 139 ; Biya Kaboba, 97 , 1 . agriculture, & c ., 98 , 91, 103-4 , Blackwater fever, 96 , 8 , 20 , 27 , 98 , 109, 110 ; area , 98 , 1 ; boundary 13 , 99 , 15 . disputes, 98 , 46 ; climatic condi-Black -wattle plantations, 96 , 75. tions, 98 , 90-1 ; history, 98 , 44 , Blankets, import duties, 99 , 98 , 112 . 46 ; livestock, 98, 112 ; popula-! Blantyre, projected aerial route , 98 , tion , 98 ,20 , 91 ; telephone service, 88 . 98 , 85 .

Blemmyes - Beja tribes , Anglo Berber- Suakin road , tribes , 98 , 15 . Egyptian Sudan , 98, 23 ; religion , Berbera, 97 , 3 , 6 , 10 , 20, 27 , 32 ; 98 , 24 . frankincense , 97 , 29 ; hospital, Blue Nile division , irrigation ad 97 , 9 ; oil , 97 , 33 ; port , 97 , 27 ; ministration , 98 , 124 . projected railway , 97, 26 ; road , Blue Nile Province (Khartum and 97, 26 ; schools, 97 , 25 ; shipping, Gezira ), 98 , 42 , 62 , 102 , 133 , 139 ; 97 , 27 , 28 ; , Somalis at , 97 , 11 ; agriculture, 98 , 93, 94 ; area , 98, trade, 97,35,36 , water supply , 97, l ; climatic conditions, 98, 93 ; 31 . construction of railway, 1911 , 98 , Berberine tribes, Anglo -Egyptian 80 ; grain markets, 98 , 139 ; Sudan , 98 , 90 ; Dongola district, history, 98 , 44 , 46 ; labour, 98, 98 , 27 . 96 ; population, 98, 21, 93, 94 ; Beri-beri, 96 , 9 , 27 . timber, 96 , 136 , 98 , 127 ; tribes , Beringa , Darfur army defeated at, 98 , 15 . 1916 , 98, 37 . Blue Nile River (Bahr el Azrak ), Berlin , 99 , 28 . 96 , 36 , 98 , 1 , 3 , 6 , 7, 8 , 10 , 11 , Berlin Conference , 1884-5 , re affairs 20, 24 , 38-9 , 47 , 67 , 69, 70 , in Africa , 99 , 28-9 ; extracts re 73 , 74 , 88 , 103, 114 , 118, 119, trade in Belgian Congo, 99, 121-3 ; 121 , 122 , 135, 138 , 169 , 170 ; General Act of, 1885 , 96 , 46 , 84 , bridge , 98 , 81 , 83 ; irrigation 98 , 99 , 97 , 21 , 99, 34 , declaration scheme, 98 , 120--1 ; railway , 98, signed Brussels modifying 81 , 82 ; steamer service , 98, 78, Art . VI , 1890 , 99 , 124-5 , relation 82 ; system , 98 , 8 , 73 ; tribes, 98 , to history of Africa, 99 , 29 ; re 15 , 16 , language, 98 , 18 . missionary efforts, 99 , 49 . Blue Nile valley, population , 98, 19 . Berner, road , 98 , 30. Boat-building industry, 98, 136, 140 . Berti tribes, Anglo - Egyptian Sudan , 98 , 39 , 48 . Bogoro , road , 99, 60 . Bia Mountains, 99 , 9, 9-10 . Bogos, taken from Abyssinia , 1872 Biano plateau , 99, 9, 114 . 5 , 98, 27 , ceded back , 98, 27 . Big game, 96, 76 . Bohotle , road , 97 , 26 . Bihendula , road , 97 , 26 ; springs, Bokusu tribe, Belgian Congo , 99, 48 . 97 , 31 . Bihira , boundaries , 99, 129 . Bollossat, Lake , 96, 7 .

Bilharzia , 96 , 9, 20 . Bolonge, missionary station at, 99, Bir, religious society in Anglo 41 .

Egyptian Sudan , 98 , 58 ; dis-Boma, 99, 11 ; administration , 99, turbances by, 1916 , 1917, 98 , 52 101 note ; banks, 99, 101 ; cable Bir Natrum , road , 98, 36. communication , 99, 72 ; Court of Bir Shalatein , 98, 2, 6 . Appeal at , 99, 53, 56 ; plateau, Birth and death rates , Anglo . need of fortified post , 98, 40 ; Egyptian Sudan , 98 , 21 ; Pemba port, 99, 70 ; railway, 99 , 65 ; Island , 96 , 28–9 ; Uganda , 96 , 24 ; Roman Catholic Mission estab Zanzibar, 96 , 28-9 . lished at, 1881 , 99 , 4 ?; schools, at