Soldiering and Sport in Uganda 



Victoria, and four of the existing boats adapted to 

 oil fuel. Two stern-wheel steamers and a dredger 

 are being supplied for Lake Kioga, and the remark- 

 able and promising production of cotton is to be 

 dealt with effectually. 



A large expenditure is to be made on the 

 Uganda Railway, and although this is not in 

 Uganda but in British East Africa, anything that 

 improves the main line of communication between 

 Uganda and the sea is for the benefit of the 

 Protectorate. Feeding lines are being or to be 

 constructed to the main line — one to the Magadi 

 Soda Lake, ninety-three miles long, and another 

 from Fort Hall, in the direction of Mount Kenia, 

 thirty miles long, and traversing a rich and fertile 

 country. These cannot fail to be of advantage to 

 both colonies. 



The general improvement of the railway, with 

 connections and extensions, is to be taken in hand, 

 and wharves and piers on the lakes are to be 

 renovated and added to. The construction at 

 Kilindini, the ocean terminus of the railway and 

 the harbour of Mombasa, of a deep-water pier, so 

 that steamers can load or discharge their cargoes 

 alongside it instead of lightering, will materially 

 affect the cost of transport of goods for export 

 from or import to Uganda, which is at present 

 very high. 



In a country like the colonies of British East 

 Africa and the Uganda Protectorate the most 

 important consideration is the construction of com- 



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