According to a statistical table in the twentieth volume of Meyer's Konversations-Lexicon (third annual supplement), based upon the latest data furnished by the boundary treaties between the Powers, it would appear that all but about one-seventh of the African continent is now (A. D. 1900) included in some "protectorate" or "sphere of influence." The French sphere is the largest, comprising about 3,700,000 square miles (about the extent of Europe) out of a total area of 11,600,000. England comes next with 2,400,000 (including the Boer territories). Then follow in order Germany, Belgium (Congo Free State), and Portugal, each with somewhat less than a million square miles. The Egyptian sphere (about 400,000 square miles) may properly be regarded as part of the British. The extent of the French sphere will appear less imposing on consulting the map of Africa here given, which shows that it takes in the greater part of the sands of the Sahara. The British sphere (including Egypt and her dependencies) is estimated to contain in round numbers about 50,000,000 souls; the French, 35,000,000; the Belgian, 17,000,000; the German, 9,000,000; the Portuguese, 8,000,000. AFRICA: A. D. 1900 (Ashanti). Revolt of the tribes. Siege and relief of Kumasai. See (in this volume) ASHANTI. AFRICA: A. D. 1900 (Togoland and Gold Coast). Demarcation of the Hinterland. Late in November it was announced from Berlin that conferences regarding the British and German boundaries in West Africa were then in progress in the Colonial Department of the German Foreign Office, their principal object being the demarcation of the Hinterland of Togoland and of the Gold Coast, and in particular the partition of the neutral zone of Salaga as arranged in Article 5 of the Samoa Agreement between Great Britain and Germany. See (in this volume) SAMOAN ISLANDS. AFRIDIS, British Indian war with the. See (in this volume) INDIA: A. D. 1897-1898. AFRIKANDER BUND, The. See (in this volume) SOUTH AFRICA (CAPE, COLONY): A. D. 1881-1888; 1898; and 1898 (MARCH-OCTOBER). AFRIKANDER CONGRESS. See (in this volume) SOUTH AFRICA (Cape Colony): A. D. 1900 (DECEMBER). AFRIKANDERS: Joining the invading Boers. See (in this volume) SOUTH AFRICA (THE FIELD OF WAR): A. D. 1899 (OCTOBER-NOVEMBER.). AFRIKANDERS: Opposition to the annexation of the Boer Republics. See (in this volume) SOUTH AFRICA (CAPE COLONY): A. D. 1900 (MAY). {6} AGRARIAN PROTECTIONISTS, The German. See (in this volume) GERMANY: A. D. 1895-1898; 1899 (AUGUST); and 1901 (FEBRUARY). AGRICULTURAL LAND BILL, The. See (in this volume) ENGLAND: A. D. 1896. AGUINALDO y FAMY, Emilio. First appearance in the Filipino insurrection. His treaty with the Spaniards and departure from the Islands.