THE PRINCIPAL COMMERCIAL 

 CENTRES. 



KILIXDIXI AND MOMHASA. 



The principal port of British East Africa, Kihn- 

 dini — said to be the finest harbour on the I{ast Coast 

 — is situated on the west side of Mombasa Island, 

 Mombasa harbour being on the north-east side. It is 

 connected with the town of Mombasa by a light tram- 

 way in addition to the Uganda Railway. A large 

 grant has been made by the Imi)crial Oox-ernment for 

 extensive harbour works at Kilindini to provide for 

 the rapidly increasing trade of the hinterland, and 

 when these are completed shipping facilities will be 

 greatly improved. In addition to being the head- 

 quarters of shipping and forwarding agents, Mombasa 

 possesses several well-e(]uii>ped stores, hosi)itals, 

 schools, hotels, churches, clubs and banks. 



The iMiropean iX)inilation is between three and 

 four hundred. Though tropical, the climate of 

 Mombasa is comparatively healthy. ICxcept in the 

 hot season, from November to February, travellers to 

 the Highlands thoroughly enjoy a break of a few 

 days at the Coast, exploring the orieiittd wonders of 

 the old town and visiting points of interest on the 

 Island. Kxcellent fish is obtainable at Mombasa, and 

 supplies are regularly sent to Nairobi and other 

 stations up the line, packed in ice. 



NAIROBI. 

 The administrative and commercial capital of 

 British Kast Africa is situate at an altitude of 5,450 ft. 

 about nu'd-distant between Mombasa and Kisumu, the 

 distance from the coast by rail being 327 miles. The 

 rapid development of Nairobi epitomises the progress 

 of European settlement in the Highlands. In the 

 course of a decade it has expanded from little more 

 than a collection of tin shanties into a progressive 

 conmiercial centre possessing most of the advantages 

 of older towns: — electric light, telephone service, 

 pipe borne water supply, banks, spacious hotels, 

 dailv and weekly newspapers, theatres, schools, 

 branches of the Y.W.C.A., and Y.M.C.A., wide, 

 well laid-out thoroughfares and so forth. The com- 

 mercial area boasts of many substantial buildings, 



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