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that the expeditions against Makanjira would have to be annual unless we 
permanently occupied his country. 1 therefore decided to leave Major Edwards 
behind with a large force of Sikhs to build a strong fort near the place where 
Captain Maguire had been killed. This fort was then named “ Fort Maguire.” 
Having chosen the site and seen the British flag hoisted with great ceremony 
I returned to Zomba and spent the winter in attending to the civil organisation 
of the Protectorate. At the beginning of 1894 Makanjira attacked Fort 
Maguire and the surrounding villages with a large force of men, but was 
defeated with great loss by Captain Edwards, who soon after succeeded 
Captain Johnson as the senior officer in command of the B.C.A. forces. 
ONE OF MAKANJIRA’s CAPTURED DAUS AT MONKEY BAY 
Early in this year Mr. Harrhy, who had been lent by the Postmaster-General 
of Cape Colony (Mr. French) for a year to organise our Postal Service, returned 
to Cape Town, and his place was taken by Mr. J. E. McMaster (now Vice- 
Consul at Chinde), who has been a most efficient Postmaster-General. 
In April, 1894, I returned to England for a much-needed holiday, Mr. 
Sharpe conducting the administration of the country during my absence. 
Besides reasons of health which necessitated this return, the time had come 
when the development of the Protectorate required its administration to be 
placed on a thoroughly sound basis, and the period during which the South 
Africa Company had agreed to contribute towards the cost of its administration 
being near expiration it would be necessary for Her Majesty’s Government 
to consider the financial provision which was needed for the future maintenance 
