according my appreciation of the interest you have manifested in my mission and of the series of personal courtesies contributing so acceptably to my sojourn on Ottoman soil. I bave, &c., WM. K. LIBBY. [Inclosure 2 in No. 147.-From the Advertiser, April 2, 1886, Constantinople.] PETROLEUM IN EGYPT. The recent discovery of petroleum wells in Egypt comes at an opportune moment for the fortunes of the country, always supposing that the supply should turn out to be as plentiful as it is well situated. When the news first arrived that oil had been "struck" near Suez, observes the Standard, some incredulity was-not unnaturally-expressed regarding the substantiality of the discovery. For some reason, probably because the great petroleum wells of America are, for the most part, in a carboniferous district, there is a popular notion that petroleum is intimately connected with coal; in reality there is no necessary relationship between the mineral and the liquid fnels. In Persia, China, Japan, Burmah, Baku, Galicia, and in various parts of Canada and the United States, not to mention the indications reported from Morocco, rock-oil occurs in all geological formations, from Silurian up to Tertiary, and the two epochs of the earth history with which it is most intimately connected are the Silurian and the lower half of the Tertiary systems, in which coal is either absent or very sparely distributed. The most productive region in the eastern hemisphere lies in the eocene and miocene of the Carpathians, Transylvania, and the Caucasus. Two years ago M. Debay, a Belgian explorer, was sent to examine the neighborhood. For many months he has been more or less engaged in developing the wells at the cost of the Egyptian Government, and has now succeeded in establishing a little colony to workmen on the spot. After penetrating through beds of sulphur, shale, clay, limestone, and sandstone, he "struck oil," and ascertained that it exists in considerable abundance all over the neighborhood. A single well yields about 2 tons a day of the high specific gravity of 850, water being 1,000; and as the district is easily accessible from a part of the coast where there is a good anchorage, there is a fair prospect of a productive industry which should not only make the navigation of the Red Sea more tolerable but also improve the chances of a paying railway from the Red Sea coast to Cairo and to Berber. Fuel is power; but a self-stoking fuel in the torrid zone should be power combined with luxury. ALPHABETICAL INDEX. A. Alcoholic liquors: international conference at the Hague to regulate sale of, Annexation of the Marshall, Brown, and Providence Islands by Germany extradition law of opening of Congress; message of President Roca; imports and exports; Arresures, Francisco. (See Mexico.) Asylum, right of, in United States offices in Hayti... Austria-Hungary: citizenship case of Friedrich de Bourry.. citizenship case of Albert Landau Authors, Belgian law concerning rights of.. Page. 752 333 1 530 7,12 10, 11 23 demonstrations in favor of granting amnesty to participants in riots at Charleroi and Liege labor commission appointed treaty of commerce and friendship with Liberia Bourry, Friedrich de. (See Citizenship.) Brazil: claim of James C. Jewett against, for guano discoveries; claim pro- nounced unjust Bureau of nationality in Turkey, law regulating Burmeister, C. H. G. J. F. (See Germany.) C. Caroline Islands: claims of Germany and Spain to sovereignty; decision of 776 .831, 832, 833, 834 Central America: election of President and Vice-President in Guatemala.... 50 48, 49 martial law proclaimed in Salvador.. neutrality of United States, alleged violation of, by filibustering expedi- report on the mining industry of Honduras settlement of differences between Nicaragua and Guatemala.. union of; causes of dissolution of original confederacy and attempts made 58,60 to restore union 50 56 60 63 871 Pages measures taken to suppress.. China: attack on Chinese at Rock Springs, Wyoming; claim of China for excitement at Shanghai caused by reported refusal of President to enter- attacks upon Chinese on Pacific coast. .... 101, 158 77 81 154-158 dredging of the Woosung bar to be resumed 91 floods in the province of Chihli 100 imposition of full duty on damaged tea exported from Foochow modification of likin tax and duties on foreign goods under transit passes. trade of Shanghai; removal of hindrances to; interview between cham- ber of commerce and British minister Chinese immigration: Hawaiian regulations concerning. Citizenship: case of Friedrich de Bourry in Austria-Hungary. case of A. C. A. Cranz in Belgium.. City of Mexico: American steamer, suspected of intent to violate neutrality Claim of James C. Jewett v. Brazil. D. W. Ostrander to an estate in Belgium Claims for damages suffered during conflict between France and Madagascar: Colombia: adoption and text of new constitution suppression of the Star and Herald and La Estrella de Panama, news- 303 ... 168, 171, 175 claim of Holland that United States discriminate against Sumatra to- customs acts of Canada.... 556,557 746, 749, 751, 760, 761 declaration concerning reciprocal freedom of, between German and Eng- 329 duties on food products of the United States in Mexico 567,568 duties on foreign goods under transit passes in China, modification of..... proposed increase of duty on petroleum in the Dutch colonies.734, 737, 740, 741, 748 trade of Shanghai, hindrances to; conference of chamber of commerce with Congo: Independent Free State of the; decree regulating shipping judicial system of; organization of the Government of; ordinance regu- loan of 100,000,000 francs and plan for reimbursement. postal service and registry of births and deaths to be established .13, 14, 15 provisions concerning real property schedule of export duties... 23 33 30 syndicate for the construction of a railroad around the Congo Falls.... 14 Constitution (new) of Colombia Copyright Convention, International, at Berne Corea affairs in; transmission of slavery and guilds for furnishing slave law of Belgium. : labor abolished attack upon Corean customs officers by Chinese.. 1. Page. 176, 179 .852,860, 861 23 214 210 207 207, 219 221 214 foreign settlement at Chemulpho; difficulties in the way of its organiza- 431 461 Cutting, A. K. (See Mexico.) D. Dahomey protectorate established over, by Portngal. Dalton estate in England: has no existence.. Desertions from Belgian vessels in United States ports; no law to punish Earthquake in the United States: telegram of sympathy from Queen of 412 telegram of sympathy from King of Hawaii. 529 Ecuador: arrest and imprisonment of Julio R. Santos, an American citizen.. 224-297 271 Estates in Belgium: law concerning inheritance.. 38 (unclaimed) in England.. 334 Expulsion of foreigners from Germany: case of C. H. G. J. F. Burmeister. 322, 323, 324, 326 case of Knud N. Knudson 323 cases of fifteen Americans expelled from the island of Föhr. 310, 311 315, 317 speech of Austrian premier admitting Germany's right of expulsion. 309 Extradition: from the Independent Free State of the Congo France: citizenship status of Victor Labroue; born in France of a naturalized 301, 303 claims for damages suffered during conflict between France and Mada- 308 negotiation of treaties by commander of French gunboat with native 298, 304, 305 treaty with Madagascar, assuming protectorate over that island. 290 G. George, Charles L. (See Germany.) Germany: annexation of the Marshall, Brown, and Providence Islands. declaration concerning reciprocal freedom of trade between German and 333 .317, 325, 327 329 350 310, 311 declaration concerning boundaries of English and German possessions in expulsion of foreigners: cases of fifteen Americans expelled from the |