

rom the _ 

 ih*n aawirtnd bv the latN-r t->er over Abvaaii 



ir 



! 



: ! 





n an 



oin|Minr from the Hultait of Xaiui- 

 lr. having an area of , 



thr l-!at; ,nal- 



iKiUr, with an area of 986 *M 

 *IO,OOU inhabitants. German Kat Africa ha an 

 rwi of 880,000 square miles sn 



<* 1,000. Italian 

 1 lia an area of IDO.Oli" 



lam I. with an an*a of 73,000 *|iiare mile*, i* attached 

 nadepfi. 



MM,., 



tin- ltriti-.h 



t ii-liniiii-- 



coast and Uganda, m< lining \Vitu. thr tuinnnistra- 

 tion of which had been transferred from the com- 

 pany to f i .Inly :tl. 1-1KI. 



1 ommtssioi nsul general is A. II. 



Manlin-r. Mombasa, the capital, has a good har- 



itm! in connected i 

 icgrapn with 1 jtmu and by a cabl. 



revenue from customs in 1888 was 

 161,554 rupees. The imports at Mombasa were 



rupees. The impor navn. the ,mrt ami 



uf of .lulinlnml. amount- 



104.138 rupees in 1W ports t,, iiNi.tni rn- 



peei, The s! ... : ,, u . .;-.:.. ,- M ;,-, [fl >'..; 



was 100,608 tons; cleared. 100.888 tons. The im- 

 ports are Manchester cottons, Bombay cloth, brass 



i leads, and provisions. The exports are i 

 caoutchouc, cattle, copra, cereals, gum co(>al. hides, 

 etc. 411 trade is conducted by Banian 



merchant* from Bombay. The rel Muba- 



rak ! in the *.uth.-rn j^trt ,.f 



thr protectorate until it was anppressed, in Jane, 

 1806. The stta *i on caravans in t 



have UT and are becom 



>(!-. raising on thr n< h irra- lands of 

 r plateaus M 



raged )> tl, 







ami nnn A railntad i being built 



ia, on the Victoria 



oonstru< >:m.la Railway was 



begui il. 1889. Prom M 



The flnu 100 miles 

 were completed ami ' >r trafflo 



if a short* i 



lees costly route to Victoria N'Tansa, the onginal 

 estimates have been conid. rl.i\ n<luccd. Before 



plet*Ml to Kikuyu, 800 miles from Mombasa. The 

 railroad has been considered neceesary even for the 

 present and novwwary tralDc. which can not lie car- 

 ried on longer by human porterage, which costs 



a ton. The building of this line is expected 

 to give the deathblow to ihr sieve tra*l. 



^lifting 



.'n laW only was em- 

 ployed at first. l>ul gradual h uatlt. 

 were altraeted by wagwi paid to coin. In the mm- 



ibe _, 



-- him,,* 



- 



' ' , :- 



' ' . ' - 



were miutrrd to prove 

 itias. Tb. BritW, (ior . 



. 



Afri 



iakhi 



en tat ires coejtiae)ed to award fu^- 



k irt in 



them and eviied then wherever they wrm 

 just es the company'* oArials had <iooe for eight 

 yean with ih<- approval and by the eiprees com- 

 maiiil <.f th.- K.rriifn offloe. The 



;i. | mA I iff, ; -' .' 



status of ulavrnr was abolished in Xanztbar. hrn 



Alfr. r. raised the question. The A 



.eneral of the lat LiU-ral Cabtnrt ha 

 pressed the opinion that 

 in thr Kntish protectorate was absolutely 

 I- t h by common law and by special acts of 



n>ont Him fnummmm ml i. . 



iiieni. MIS vuuafi lame successor uavwise coneMi* 



tl,,- Boaji Mr,,.. Btifl t!.,- RmE 01 

 >ixr, t,, beanWd i.> Hnti-h nEban 



ners by the decrees of British courts. 



-h law and the special 

 ments undertaken by the powers under the ' 



.nderdiiw* British ada 



although it Was no longrr l.-gal in the raltanale 

 /n/ ;rial CbmmiawioneT ceased to 



December. 18M, to issue warrants allowing the for- 

 ire of runaway slave*, but the ad minis- 

 t nit or at Mombasa, who Kad author 

 each ease according to discretion, continued to 

 hand 



any stipulation again* their beii 

 iahed. Tl ^ a* that runaway* i 



ry. where the 

 liver them u, 

 Inti 



^igniavd. 'The 



im|Mirtatioti of Maves overland into the const atrip 

 wa maile illegal by the Suit an 'decree to 1686. and 



a* ,-!! .-* in ti,- intend* I 

 condition of slaves on the mainland was lea* anlu- 

 one than on the islands. Laboring on the coroannt 

 and mace plantations, they received a share of the 

 produce. The Government was reluctant t< free 

 the slaves in this ter ' the qaae- 



f oompenaation. When in June the question 

 







wa brought up in Parliament and the practice off 

 arrwtin*. ^^*'^ and iMtorinc slaves was men- 



by Zaniibar law 



any Bri 



