NOTEBOOK “ξ”

(“XI”)

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HENNIG, WORLD COMMUNICATION ROUTES

Richard Hennig, World Communication Routes, Leipzig, 1909 (284 pp.).

For the most part simply an account, an enumeration of railways, maps, etc.

Africa: railways (1907) (p. 213)

		km.		“under construck- tion or definitely planned”
British colonies		13,117			15,113
Egypt		5,252			6,956
(Great Britain)	Σ=	18,369			22,069
French colonies		5,657			9,849
Portuguese ”		1,173			2,313
German  ”		1,398			1,988
Belgian  ”		642			—
Italian  ”		115			115
Total		27,354			36,334

There are interesting references to the unscrupulous struggle between the powers over concessions (for railways—e.g., in China), swindling, etc., etc.