We had occasion to refer not long ago in these columns to the Konakry-Niger way, which the French Governments pushing forward with much activity. Another project, hardly less important, has now een set on foot for a railway from Kotonou to Abomey, the old capital of the Dahomoyan dynasty. It is said that a well-known firm of West African merchants, Messrs. Manto Freres et Bordelli de Regis Ame, of Marseilles, have undertaken to build the line, and have obtained a concession for the land from the government. TheSuperior Council for the Colonies under the presidency of M. Lebon is reported to have unanimously pronounced itself in favour of the scheme, so that it may be considered to have entered the domain of practical politics,
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