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EAST AFRICA. 



-, ; : ' . 



har iCalto await* fall sowrigntr owr the 

 or** fn*n ib* rral- 



aarlfc latltad*. and to establish a protaotorata 

 w ta. amhanau of Zairfbar, while England 



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g . <::,,: thi 



UMi ri The 







north of the J,,h had been ab 



iH-r of 

 .rge of 



immigration of thr n-iimining tern; 

 ta* Bnltati. /uinubar and Pcrnl*. and the smaller 



Mamla ami Patta. 



..Jtafc Bast Afrlra.-Thc territory which 

 Imperial British Rast A ..-any 



took to develop and administer, to which, 

 froai the initials of the coimtam name 



Ibaa was given, has a coast line of 400 mi: 

 extends inland an equal distance, to Uk 

 tnrta. The British sphere embraced besides 

 Uganda. Unjoro, Ankori. Mpororo. K<>ki. a part 

 of Kuanda; aim, according to Brit Mi claims 

 treement* made with Germany and Italy. 

 Pasha's Sanatoria! >nd a part 



rtlofan and Darfur. all of which were 

 former)? subject to Egvpt, as well as a 

 pan of Somali land. The total area is over 

 1.000,000 w|uare miles. The company, whose 

 capital wast2.000.000. of HK).000 were 



improved the harbor at 

 Imilt a nul to Ki-w.-/i. half way to 

 Victoria. The customs were collected, 

 amounting lo 214.872 rupees in 1891, 239.* rj in 

 189t and 261..VM in 1893. Aft.-r the sunerses- 

 ; he Sultan ' government in /unziluir by 

 uh wlministrators the company sought to 

 the annual payment of $80,000 to the 

 The fear that tin- Km- of Uganda 

 Dcept a German protectorate led the 

 ipany in 1890 to or<Mi|.v tlmt country with a 

 roilil* \t t) ..... n'd of March. Nli:i. th.- 



company's forces evacuated that country, li.-iiii; 

 ameosaded by British troops, an. i i\ June 19, 

 18M. a British protectorate o\ i.i was 



proclaimed. The administration of \Vn 



flttaoui^i^l in July. 1893. and the authority of 

 the Mohammedan Sultan was restored under a 

 British protection and supervision. T 

 madeby the 



oompany with Somali chi< N 

 la the north, and commercial intercourse with 

 Oallaland establish*). A railroad route, 657 

 miles loag. from Mombasa to Lake Victoria, was 



rbald Uganda, 



TW hjport* of British East Africa in 1898 

 r- IJOtJOB ruees in value aainst 208809 



IJOtJOB rupees in value, 

 im tiu ware 



, , 



to im }*i? ti er u ware W7^99 rupees, 

 faJaat U047t7Ybe shipping entered at Mom- 

 l~ 10 1W had an aggregate tonnage of ion.- 

 clmml, lOoSfe tons. 



, . 



Th BritMi KaC Africa Company, w 

 i br*KU at 2 per cent for 4W,00 



hich had 



tt 





,000 an 



> iviiuvrvu itH iianT 



tranfmd it* i. - 



1 on Jalv |. \wk the Government paid 

 for the sai-reader of the charter and 

 behind the 10-mile strip, and Par- 



liaraent voted 30,00() for tin- adinini<1 ration of 

 the country, which includes the 10 mil 



leaSfd fr.-iii I In- Sultan of /an/.iliar and the 



mainland between it and rpmda. ThcSuiian 



Was liuidc to pay t"J(M).(XKI to the coiiij... 



redeem the concessions granted t<> the ,-,,< 



I'm the i ntrrest at 3 per i- sum, aj 



;- the annual rent of I'l l.CMMI for lh< 

 of coast territorv, the l',nti-li (iovernment . 

 to pa\. mile strip and the comr 



tween it an ...n-.li.lat'-d in 



single admn.M ratn.ii. leavin- the /;m/i 

 lands and the 1'pin.: 



I he sejmratc | 



d wa plac'cd in charp- of olVtcial.s s 

 to the authority of the consul p-neral at 

 bar, who al^o controls the 

 bar and of Uganda. The coast ^trip li.-i. 

 t-i /an/il-ar i* still under the Sultan 

 ty. and Mohammedan la\v> and P-li 

 establishexl. The cost of administration f.-r the 

 protectorate, including the sultanate of \Vitn, 

 wasestiniai. -.1 . : rear, The > 



from customs amounted to about ' 



The Mritish (iovcrnmeni decided t<> luiild a 

 railroad from the coast to Uganda. Tl 

 po^.-d route is (M? miles in length. Tin- 

 e>timatcd at 2.7(M) a mile. I 1 1 .Wtt.OOO in all. in- 

 eluding four y.-ar-' in!.-re>t durinu' e.-n-ti 

 The revenue is estimated, on tl. 

 ton between M>ml>asa and Lake \ 

 60,000, besides l':{:t.500 saved mi G 

 transport, which would make the income at tin- 

 start nearly equal to the expenditure-. < ..untinj; 

 the working exp- !,- - '. l'>.MMii;md '' i 

 terest on the debt 66,000. Th 

 mons on Aug. 31 granted a jin-liminary 

 20,000 to start the line, which is to be i.uilt and 

 manap-d directly by the (Jovernnient. 



In the early part of ls!.-| the Ma-ai lici-ame 

 troublcM.m,- n'ear the coast. They murd. i 

 Kolb and Dr. Kutchner. memliers of tli> 

 triiin Fredand expedition, which intended t 

 found a .-(.mmunistic settlement near Mount 

 Kilimanjaro. This expedition broke up h.-f'-n- 

 reaching its destination, the leader aceii- 

 Mn^'li-h officials of delilerately thwarting theb 

 obj.-<-t bv detaining their arms and neglecting 

 to provide the promised steamer and by h 

 ting the natives to withhold sujiplie-. i 

 malis also made raids on the I'ana riv- 

 May an Arab chief. Mbaruk bin llashid. \\\\ 

 had a -tron^'hold near Mombasa and a well 

 following of 1.200 runaway slaves, be^ 

 defy the British authorities, attacking ". 

 arv" stations and capturing Kuro|K-ai; 

 he'l.l for ransom. Sir Lloyd M. .Mat hews and 

 the British consul general proceeded t 

 spot with v M from Xan/ibar. 1<" 



danese from Witu. and a naval f. 

 ing of 4 gunboats. On .lun- Hi the 

 troops and 350 blue jackets Ian-led, an.. 

 taking possession of the town of 'I at 

 burned 5 villages ami destroyed crop-, n 

 only sli^lit opposition, ('apt. Itaik- 

 with a L'arri-on of UK) Xanxibari-. The Arab^ 

 attacked on July 7, killing and wound! ni: ' "111- 

 cersandTmen.in coraeqnenoe of which 

 ond punitive expedition went out und' 

 miral Ilawson and Gen. Mat hews. The 

 took Mwele, the native stronghold, by 



