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BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA 
APPENDIX I 
THE PRESENT METHOD OF ADMINISTERING BRITISH 
CENTRAL AFRICA 
C HAPTER IV. may be usefully supplemented by a brief statement of the present 
methods of administration. 
There are the following Civilian officials :— 
H.M. Commissioner and Consul-General : 
H.M. Deputy Commissioner and Consul : 
A Vice-Consul and Agent of the British Central Africa Administration at Chinde : 
An Assistant Agent and Head Postmaster at the same place : 
A Vice-Consul at Blantyre, and another at Fort Johnston : 
A Secretary to the Administration ; an Assistant Secretary and 2 clerks : 
A Judicial Officer at Blantyre, who is at the head of the Judicial Establishment: 
A Chief Accountant; 3 other Accountants; a Store-keeper and Commissariat 
Officer ; an Assistant ditto and a native assistant ditto ; a local Auditor : 
A Postmaster General; a head of the Scientific Department (Mr. Alexander 
Whyte); an Assistant and Forester in the same department: 
A Principal Medical Officer, and 2 other medical officers : 
A First Surveyor (European); 3 other Surveyors (Indian, lent by the Indian Govern¬ 
ment) ; a Superintendent of Road-making, and two Assistant Superintendents : 
A Superintendent of Public Works, with a European assistant and 6 Indian artisans : 
12 Collectors, 8 of whom hold Judicial Warrants: 
15 Assistant Collectors. 
Most of the Collectors and Assistant Collectors hold in addition the office of Post¬ 
master. There are further, besides the Postmaster-General at Blantyre, and the Head 
Postmaster at Chinde, 2 special Postmasters at Blantyre and at Zomba. 
The Armed Forces consist of the following officers and men :— 
A Commandant (Lieut.-Colonel C A. Edwards) : 
Second-in-Command and Staff Officer; Third Officer and Quarter-Master : 
Accountant, Clerk, Sergeant-Major of Artillery, and Transport Officer, and 2 Indian 
clerks. 
(The foregoing are specially attached to the Indian Contingent, though their control 
extends to the rest of the armed forces.) 
In the Contingent of Native troops there are :— 
6 British Officers; 2 native Sergeant-Majors; and a number of Police Corporals and 
Interpreters. 
The troops consist of 
180 Sikhs, with 20 followers and 2 Indian hospital assistants, and about 1,000 
native soldiers, armed porters and policemen. 
