BY ALBERT F. CALVERT AUTHOR OF “WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND ITS GOLDFIELDS” “THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA” “THE EXPLORATION OF AUSTRALIA,” “THE POLITICAL VALUE OF OUR COLONIES” ETC. ETC. The present conspicuous position which Northern Nigeria holds in the public eye is of very recent attainment, and its development has been, comparatively speaking, the work of a moment. The discovery of tin in paying quantities within its boundaries is the secret of its sudden leap to an eminence from which it compels interest, and attracts to itself more than ordinary curiosity and attention. It is with Northern Nigeria as it was with New South Wales and California, with the Malay Peninsula and Rho…
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