AN IMPORTANT NEW WORK ON THE CONGO. 



THIRD IMPRESSION. 



The Curse of Central Africa; 



Or, THE BELaiAN ADMINISTRATION OF 

 THE CONGO ''FREE" STATE. 



By CAPTAIN QUY BURROWS, 



Late District Commissioner for the Ariuvimi District of the Congo ; 

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\_See next page. 



The success of the First Edition of this book has led the Author 

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Shots from a Lawyer's Gun. By NICHOLAS EVERITT, 

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Dedicated to The Right Hon. Richard Seddon, 

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