. Report of the fifty-fourth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science [microform] : held at Montreal in August and September 1884. Congresses and conventions; Science; Congrès et conférences; Sciences. 1^'m V |[ â ; 11 !. ailmliiislnilion. Tho ivmaiml-i- lias bet'ii (fur the most part) oillicv jartlallv 8iirvt'yo(l or partially exp'.orcil. A .small portion, however, remains hm i,â". ]ici-t'xtraordinary lenii'th, to be measured by iiliont ii8,r)()() miles, vhli 4S lar;.'e hailiours ; for llie whole of tliis lenfrth marine 'siir\(.\, have heen iirepared. In ae. em
. Report of the fifty-fourth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science [microform] : held at Montreal in August and September 1884. Congresses and conventions; Science; Congrès et conférences; Sciences. 1^'m V |[ â ; 11 !. ailmliiislnilion. Tho ivmaiml-i- lias bet'ii (fur the most part) oillicv jartlallv 8iirvt'yo(l or partially exp'.orcil. A .small portion, however, remains hm i,â". ]ici-t'xtraordinary lenii'th, to be measured by iiliont ii8,r)()() miles, vhli 4S lar;.'e hailiours ; for llie whole of tliis lenfrth marine 'siir\(.\, have heen iirepared. In ae. empire wliii'li lies on hoth sides of t]i(> lv|na1iir, and is scattered \.r botii iiemisplierpd, lliere are varieties of climate lonchinfr the extremes of lient imj cold. Of the whole ahout one-sixth is within the tropics, one-fhinl in the antipodes, one-third in North America, and tiie remainin;,' one-sivtli in th. temju-raie /one of l']iirope mid Asia. Bui i,'reatnes9 <loes not dejiend on area alone, and there is a vast raiiL'e in tlie scale of value for lands, I'"or inslancr, it has heen comjiuted that the avenw letting' value of in the int.'vior of I'ln^rland is several hnndreci times as ffvcat lis that in the interior of Siheria. So in tlu; Mritish Mmpire 'here art! wide tracts, which may he important politi of the .Moiifrolian, the remainder iHdinjriiifr to aborifrinal races. A cardinal distinction between the several nationalities is that, of it'li;.'iim. Christianity,the relin-ion of the dominant race, is professed by somewhat more than the millions of the fair races above mentioned, but tho total can hardly exceed 4G millions out of the -'{15 , that is, one-seventh of the whole, Thi' relif,no!i which includes the larjrest number is ITinduism, There are IS8 millions of Hindus, and it may indeed be said that the whole Hindu race subject to th: Uritish crown. The Hindus then form more than a half of the total pojailation in the empire.
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