London via Bombay, 5th December.
It has been decided to send an expedition- consisting of 400 to 600 West African. troops against Kano: in Nigeria. The Emir has large forces and is making extensive preparations.
Kano is one of the. subordinate sultanates in the Sokoto Empire, now forming the greater portion of Northern Nigeria. The town of Kano is said to contain about 100,000 souls (The Statesman's Year-Book), and the funerals average ten per diem.—Ep.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.