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speak of one apart from the other. By the efforts of Sir Bartle Frere great 

 restrictions had been placed upon the conveyance of slaves, and only a few 

 months ago the Sultan of Zanzibar issued a proclamation which far exceeded 

 the most sanguine expectations, for it made the conveyance of a slave caravan 

 a criminal act, and destroyed the traffic by the land route. They owed this 

 mainly to the untiring efforts of Dr. Kirk, the Consul-General at Zanzibar. 

 Would this proclamation be carried out ? So far as the Sultan was concerned, 

 there was no reason to doubt that he was prepared to carry this out, but at 

 the same time it was a very unpopular measure with his subjects, who saw in 

 it a warning that their trade was coming to an end. It rested with the Go- 

 vernment and the people of England to see that the proclamation did not 

 become a dead letter. 



There were several things wanted in order to ensure proper travelling 

 through the country — steam, and the construction of roads in the interior 

 among them. The bad roads were a very great obstacle, and he believed 

 that waggon transports would be of little good except with practicable roads. 

 An important movement had been lately set on foot by the King of the Bel- 

 gians to open up the continent of Africa, and he trusted in some way or other 

 to confer upon the people the blessing of Christian life and civilisation. He 

 did not know that the measure decided upon would secure this, but he learned 

 that mission stations were to be established along 1 the main lines of route for 

 the benefit of European travellers. He advised them to be very careful as to 

 the men they sent out on this great work. They should not send out any 

 men who had an antipathy to their fellow-creatures to whom it had pleased 

 God to give black skin and woolly hair ; men who knew how to keep their 

 temper, combining firmness with gentleness; men who would speak the truth, 

 and men of Christian character who would have honesty of feeling and unsul- 

 liedness of life ; men who would maintain the good name of Englishmen, ar>d 

 make it possible for other Englishmen to follow in their path. He believed 

 in the possibility of regenerating Africa. Though her children had sunk very 

 low, and were in an evil case, she was not so low that God's arm of mercy 

 could not reach them and the blood of Christ save them. He believed a good 

 day was dawning for Africa, and when he saw so many agencies at work he 

 regarded them not with distrust or jealousy, but with unmixed pleasure, be- 

 cause he believed that God's time for rescuing Africa had come — yea, that the 

 set time had arrived. 



Sir J. KennawaYj Bart., M.P., thought they might consider themselves 

 fortunate, in having heard two able papers representing the views of men so 

 well qualified to tell them what had been done in the past, what was doing in 

 the present, and the road they ought to travel for the future. He had no claim 

 to their attention as the administrator of a province, the maker of treaties, 

 the traveller, or the missionary j the only reason he could give for asking 



