I! 1ST \n;i< \. 



ernnd the other supporters >f t 

 iisnit who accompanied him to rise against tM 

 British. Mwanga, who felt aggrieved on account 

 of the prevention of his people fr.xi ivory 



and other produce into Gertnitn Kit-t Afrn -a. and 



willing to make common cause with the lluddu 



OnarrmiiK in the lluddu district \w ..ru'iin: 



1 marched out to me. t the British 

 force*. Alwttktool July 80^ when > 



.ui. the deput\ i'y means of his 



.itd trained soldiery .-n-iiy .1. i 



throughout I'pinda there was no other in- 



,ry movement. Mwanga escaped to (i.nnan 

 irrciiden.: - rman authori- 

 ties, bv'wl i he was detain..!. Tin- I'.ritish au- 



ie-s din-luring the t : mt. proclaimed 



as his successor the infant son of Mwanga, born in 

 July. 1800. and established a rep 



Xanxtbar is becoming more and m<>re the chief 



r ..f i-..iiunerce for East Africa, both f- : 

 transshipment of goods for the coast and the in- 

 terior and for the trade with the southern ports. 

 The port is beinc improved by tin- construction of 

 A wharf and a pier and drv dock will be mad. -. 

 The ini|Mirt8 for 1896. including produce from the 

 island- <-f Zanzibar and IVinba, amounted to more 

 than 1,250,000, and the exports to somewhat 1< . 

 'i India stands first among the importing 

 followed by (tcrnian Kast Africa, with 

 Min third. In addition to the imports 

 and exports large quant it ies of pxxls are trans- 

 in the jxtrt of Zanzibar from the 

 reamers to coasting steamers and dhows. The 

 articles of trade are piece goods, ivory, cloves, 

 rice, and < 



ti-h < cut ml Vfrica Protectorate. The 

 prot. I'.ritish Central Africa was consti- 



tuted <in May 14.1801. It is administered by an 

 Iiii|M-riiil OommlarioOOt under the direction of the 

 liritish Foreign Office. The Commissioner from the 

 i.een Sir Henry II. .'ohnston. The 

 population in 1895 was 280 BnropMIM, M8 I'.riti-h 

 Indians, and 844,905 natives, count in- * persons to 

 every hut paying a tax. lilantyn-. the chief town, 

 has a population of 100 Europeans and 6,000 na- 

 tives. In the Shire highlands where the KurojieHiis 

 live, good roads have been made and an efh< -ient 

 police service is maintained. Here rice is cultivated 

 and wheat, oats, and barley have been introduced. 

 m ports in 1896 were valued at 82,760, con- 

 sistin. i'-hiiiery. prvi>ions. har-i 



and agricultural implement >. The chief exports 

 are ivory of the value of I'l l.r>:K), coffee of the value 

 tobacco, and strophantlni-. The Portu- 

 guese Government has granted land at Chinde. on 

 the navigable mouth of the Zamb.-i. for a Ilriti-h 

 free port, where goods can be landed and r-hipp-d 

 tmbesi without nayin- the Portuguese 

 ostom duties. A naval force of 5 gunboats is 

 maintained on tin* Zambesi, the Shire, and Lake 

 -a. The military force consists of -.TiO Sikh 

 soldiers and 500 native police. ,\ telegraph has 

 been built to connect Zomba, the seat of u-'vern- 

 ment, and Blantyre with Teti. on the ZamM-si. and 



ape system at Salisbury, and it is I 

 tinned to Lake Tanganyika with tie 



Uganda and eventually joining the Ku: 

 ph nyvtf.ni in Kgypt, 



ry Johnston hasorgani/ed an administra- 

 tion in Central Africa that stand- in marked 

 trast to the system oi mi/.ed 



in most parts of Africa by Kuropcan officials who 

 seek to uphold slavery or. under various disguises, 

 to reintroduce it. Under his adn. .1, sec* 



oiided by the missionaries and traders in \\ 

 Intnl. the; educated and encouraged to 



become free lai i independent pro,. 



and i ined to become tin- eijuals and 



- in intelligence and wealth. 

 ,ly one of the uneoiii|Ucivd Aii^oni 



ntinued to raid the country round the 



li settlements, pive up the st r little against 

 civili/.ation in 1*'.7 and removed his people to the 

 Itua river, within the protector 



P.I iti-h i entnil Mrica. The llriti-h sphere 

 of influence in Central Africa wrest,.,) from Portu- 

 gal was committed to the care of the II nil -I i South 



ptioli of the d. 



IxiiiL' ;he southern and \v . 



Lake Nyassa and the Zambesi. \\in-r-- Scottish mi- 



Homines had labored for lift. 



made a separate prte< i <>r the 



sphere of influence is about "(MI.(MMI -ijiiare miles. 



and the population is estumil. d The 



an population is over :'"". T. 1 

 conn 1 i he upper Zambesi, is populous. | M 



<>t her partsslave-rai'lei-s ha\. e\tenuinated the peo- 

 nle. A few Indian traders have settled on tin 

 Zambesi, and settlements have been b.^un on : 

 Mweru, Lake Tanganyika, ami the upper Luapula 

 river in the neighborhood of Ban^weolo. About -10 

 Aral> chic!- '1 by the I'.ritish (iovern- 



inent. They have their seats near the lakes ,,f Tan- 

 ganyika and Nyassa. The represent at i\e of the 

 British South Africa Company i- Major P. Forbes. 



Th- are the ruling tribe, each ineml 



which is accounted a chief by birth. 'I 

 fine physiijue, dignified and courteous in demeanor, 

 and skillful in WO.K| carving, while t he Mabunda are 

 clever in making mats and baskets, the Matutda 

 supply their neighbors with assegai-, knives, and 

 other inm implements, and build all t: 

 which are paddled mostly by the Masubia. a hunt- 

 ing tribe ..f strong phvslque. The Matoka culti- 

 vate cereals and furnish |,orters. The Mankoja. a 

 small race, hunt with poisoned arrows, which arc 

 used also by the indolent and treacherous Ma-hiko- 

 lombwe in their predatory warfare. The |;.. 

 country is an alluvial plain, supporting larirc herds 

 of cattle. Lewanika is t he paramount chief, 

 eldest sister, Mokwai. exercises LTeat pou.ralid is 



at liberty to wed or depose a husband at will, which 

 she has 'made use of by having six successive hus- 

 bands put to death. 



(.crniiiii Past M'rica. i ' . rman protecto- 

 rate is administered by a (Jovernor. Major II. \on 

 NVi mann held thisofVice at the be^inni: 

 but Lieut. -Col. von Trot ha acted in hi- 

 deputy Governor and commander of the im; 

 troops. The native |opulation consists of liantu 

 negroes mainly, much intermixed with Arab 

 thec-oa-t. There are forests of man-p 

 nut palms, baobab, tamarind, etc.. in the coast dis- 

 tricts, and of a. . lian- 

 \ans. etc.. in the higher region- of the interi<.r. In 

 the more settled districts the nati\es |, ; ,\, 

 nana plantations and cultivate pulse and corn. 

 of goats and -oinc sheep 

 od cattle. The <;o\ernment ha- established 

 perimental stations for rai-injr cattle and planting 

 and other tropical pro<luc-e. and jrrant- -ub- 

 sjdiesto-i. 1 railroads. The railroad from 

 i 'oiiejwe. 10 miles, is beinj; carrierl through 



_ra|ih line joins thecoa-l ' 



and !> extended by cable to Zan/ibar. Coal, iron, 

 malachite, salt, and gold have been found. The 

 chief article of export i- ivory. The total value of 

 the impor 096 rupees, and of th 



:W rupees. The value of ivoi 

 in 1894 was $873,467; caoutchouc, $247.470; 

 $80,100; cocoauuts, $44,140; copra, $24,- 



