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LOURENCO MARQUES , See also:

capital of Portuguese See also:

East See also:

Africa, or See also:

MOZAMBIQUE [Sao Sebastiao de Mocambique]

Mozambique, on the See also:

north See also:

BANK

bank of the Espirito Santo or See also:

ENGLISH

English See also:

RIVER

river, Delagoa See also:

BAY

Bay, and 396 M. by See also:

RAIL

rail via See also:

PRETORIA

Pretoria from See also:

JOHANNESBURG

Johannesburg. Pop. (1904) 9849, of whom 4691 were Europeans and 1690 Asiatics. The See also:

TOWN

town is situated See also:

close to the mouth of the river in 25° 53' S. and 32° 30' E., and is built upon a See also:

low-lying See also:

SPIT

spit of See also:

sand, formerly surrounded by swamps. The streets are regularly laid out and adorned by several See also:

FINE

fine buildings. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal thoroughfare, the Avenida Aguiar, 2 M. See also:

long goes from the centre of the town to See also:

REUBEN

Reuben Point. The See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour is well equipped with piers, quays, landing sheds and electric See also:

CRANES (so called from the resemblance to the long neck of the bird, cf. Gr. 'y pavor, Fr. grue)

cranes, which enable large steamers to See also:

DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge cargoes See also:

DIRECT

direct into the railway trucks. The See also:

DEPTH

depth of See also:

WATER

water at low See also:

TIDE (O. Eng. lid, cf. Ger. Zeit, time or season, connected with root of Sanskrit a-diti, endless)

tide is 18 ft. The streets are lit by See also:

ELECTRICITY

electricity and there is an electric See also:

TRAMWAY

tramway See also:

SYSTEM

system 7 M. in extent. At Reuben Point, which marks the snot where the English river enters the bay, the See also:

LINE

line if the frontier should be traced farther inland than shown on the 1883 maps. The See also:

LISBON (Lisboa)

Lisbon See also:

government required the See also:

EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension to See also:

KOMATI

Komati Poort to be completed in eight months (five of which were in the See also:

RAINY, ROBERT (1826-1906)

rainy See also:

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season), an impossible stipulation. The railway not being finished, the Portuguese seized the line on the 25th of See also:

JUNE

June 1889 and cancelled the concession.

See also:

PORTUGAL

Portugal in so doing acted, to all See also:

APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance, under pressure from the See also:

TRANSVAAL

Transvaal. See also:

GREAT

Great See also:

BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain and See also:

AMERICA

America at once protested, Portugal admitted the illegality of her See also:

ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act and consented to refer the amount of See also:

COMPENSATION (from Lat. compensare, to weigh one thing against another)

compensation to the decision of three Swiss jurists. This was in 189o, when Portugal paid £28,000 on See also:

account. It was not until the 29th of See also:

March 1900 that the See also:

AWARD (from O. Fr. ewart, or esguart, cf. " reward ")

award was made known. The arbitrators ordered Portugal to pay—in addition to the £28,000–a sum, including See also:

INTEREST

interest, of 950,000. The See also:

DAMAGES (through O. Fr. damage, mod. Fr. dommage, from Lat. damnum, loss)

damages were promptly paid. Meantime the railway had been continued from Komati Poort and was opened for through See also:

TRAFFIC

traffic to Pretoria on the 8th of See also:

JULY

July 1895. In 1906–1910 another railway (47 M. long) was built from Lourengo Marques due See also:

west to the See also:

SWAZILAND (native name Pungwane)

Swaziland frontier, being a See also:

LINK

link in a new line to shorten the distance by rail between the See also:

RAND

Rand and the See also:

sea by some 6o m. See also DELAGOA BAY and the authorities there cited. The See also:

TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text of the railway See also:

arbitration award was published in See also:

French at Berne in 1goo. See also:

ANNUAL

Annual reports on the See also:

trade of Lourenco Marques are issued by the See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

FOREIGN

Foreign See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

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