A somewhat singular French expedition has juit been despatched to North-western Africa. Some twenty years ago, it seems the French Government purchased, for the sum of £2200, it small tract of country near the Gulf of Aden and some twenty-fire mils* from Oback, the vendor being the Sultan of Aussa. The Franco-Ethiopian Company has now determined to take possession and develop the resources of the territory in question } and the party referred to, consisting «{ twelve Frenchmen voder M. Aroaud, has accordingly been tent out with presents and official letters lor the Sultan
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6501, 28 December 1881, Page 5
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92Untitled Lyttelton Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6501, 28 December 1881, Page 5
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