().\ Tin; i:.\i'i.(iUAri'iN oi- kimma-.n.i auo. 



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Rpfuh'f iif (In' Ci'iii III lllcr, coiislslliit/ of Sir .losKIMl ll(niK);|{, J)i'. 

 (liNTIIKH, IMr. JloWAIih Saimhiks, a ml Mr. P. I.. Sclatku 

 { Scrn'tdri/), (ii>i)oi nli'd for l/ie fni rjiuxe <if c.ritlorl in/ Kill iini-vjat'i> 

 ami tin' adjoi iiiiif/ im)" iilal us of Kaslcni h'<iH(i(orl(il Afi'ica. 



J. Tiir. CoriiiiiithM' liMVc I lie >!il i>f;u'(ioii of .'innoniR'iiifj;' that, tlicy Ii;i\o 

 made niTiiii^'ciiu'iils witli Mr. II. 11. .Inlmstoii (who has recently rLtiinieil 

 from the Coiifjo) to utidertakc an exploration of Kilima-njaro, and that 

 hois prohiibly by this time '"iicampcil upon that mountain. 



'J. 'J'lio Committee hav(> arran{»eil with !Mr. .Tohuston to undertako th(j 

 whoI(' cost of the expedition i'nr l,n()0/., without rcf'erenco to personal re: 

 mnncration. It is hclieved that the necessary expenditure will not be, 

 covei'eil by this sum, but .Mr. .lohnston lias agreed to make good any 

 deticiency. 



:1. Towards this sum of 1,0"IV., the Committee have apjjropriated a 

 sum of ."iOl /., yi-anicd to them l)y the Association at their last, meeting at, 

 S()Uth])ort. The Committee hav(> also recei.ed fronj the ( iovernment 

 Grant, Committi-e of tlu! Royal Society two sums of "J-'iO/. each, so that the 

 whole amount of 1,(I00/. required for the expedition is alretidy available. 



•l. lint looking forward to the risks of African travel, and to the 

 expouditur(! likely to be incurred on the transport to this country, and 

 on the working out of the collections obtained by !Mr. Johnston, tho 

 Committee trust that a further sum of fifty pounds may be placed at tlicir 

 disposal. 



•">. A copy of part of .Mr. Johnston's last letter to the Secretary of 

 the Conmiittee, containing au account of the progress of tho expedition, is 

 annexed to this Report. 



Extracts from a letter from .Mr. Johnston to ]\lr. Sclatcr, dated 

 British Residency, Zanzibar, :Mny I:!. 1S84:— 



'At last my expedition, thanks to the help of Sir J(din Kirk, is 

 organised and ready to stai't. 1 have engaged thirty-two men here (at 

 Ziin/.ibar), and have sent them off to IMombasa in a daw to await my 

 coming. I myself leave to-day for Mondiasa in the mail. At Mombasa, 

 through the Consul (Captain Gissing), I have engaged sixty mor'o men, 

 for it will need nearly a hundred porters to carry my goods and baggage 

 to Chagga. I hope to leave ^Mombasa in a fortnight's time. I anticipate 

 three weeks' easy travel to Kilima-njaro, and, as far as it is f)ossiblc to 

 foretell anght in Africa, no serious diflicuUies seem to stand in my way. 

 The expedition, however, will ytrove much more costly than I had antici- 

 pated 



' However, T thiidc I shall bo able to make both ends meet for si.v 

 months on Kilima-njaro, and if I stay longer, or make a dash at Kenia,it 

 will be on my own account. 1 s\v<\\\ pruhdJilij make Taiva or Teita (/•/(/(■ 

 map) a half-way liouKC, and go backwards and forwards Avith collections 

 !ind goods. ] shall tiy to forward collections addressed to you by evcrij 

 'iiKill if feasible. Then, if you judge of the value, and estimate that my 

 .share of the collections will realise a good amount, it will induce me to 

 devote more time to the country. 



' My health, notwithstanding a much more trying climate than I have 

 yet met with in Africa, has been very good, and I have not known an 



