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derived hitherto from an uncertain tribute, were iixed on a fairly generous 

 scale, and were henceforth to be paid to them by the British Adminis- 

 tration of the Protectorate. ^Moreover, in return for the cession of rights 

 over waste lands, the king and some of the chiefs received an immediate 

 payment in money. 



As soon as this agreement had been approved by the British Govern- 

 ment and its provisions had become known to the more intelligent 

 amongst tiie natives of the Protectorate, there was very little difficulty, 

 except where Europeans had never penetrated, in inducing the natives of 

 other countries to accept a settlement on similar lines. The kings of 

 Toro and Ankole were dealt with by separate agreements similar to that 

 concluded with Uganda. The general provisions of these agreements as 

 regards land and native taxation were made to apply to the rest of the 

 Protectorate. Perhaps this settlement of the land question did more than 

 anything else to conciliate suspicious native tribes and chiefs and luring 



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about a friendly adhesion to the theory of native taxation. Satisfied that 

 they would not be turned out of the land which they occupied and had 

 under cultivation, the natives became very reasonable on the general 



