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the Africa Orders in Council of 1891 and 1893 ; and to the natives by such native chiefs 
as are authorised to hold Courts of Justice ; or more ordinarily by the judicial officers in 
the district, acting in the name and by the authority of the native chiefs. Capital 
punishment on Europeans can only be carried out after the Minutes of the Trial have 
been submitted to a Supreme Court 1 which revises the sentence, and if it is confirmed 
sanctions the execution. Capital sentences on natives of the Protectorate, imposed by 
the native Court, cannot be carried out until they have received the sanction of the 
Commissioner of Zomba, to whom Minutes of the case are submitted 2 by a provision 
under the Africa Orders in Council. Additional laws, governing the Protectorate and 
the Sphere of Influence, can be made by the issue of “Queen’s Regulations,” which, 
after receiving the assent of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, are promulgated 
by the Commissioner for British Central Africa. Special legislation of this kind is chiefly 
directed to the establishment of Customs Duties and Taxation, to the protection of Big 
Game, to the regulation of native labour and of navigation on the rivers and lakes. 
These Regulations and other announcements of a Governmental kind are published 
in the British Central Africa Gazette , which is the official organ of the Administration 
and appears fortnightly, issued by the Government Press at Zomba. 3 
Government land is sold by public auction, and its upset price at present varies from 
2 s. 6 d. to 5 j. o d. an acre. 
There is a central Hospital at Zomba for the treatment of the European servants of 
the Administration, and a native hospital. 
For Administrative purposes the Protectorate is divided into the following districts:— 
Lower Shire (Capital, Port Herald). 
Ruo (Capital, Chiromo). 
Mlanje (Capital, Fort Anderson). 
Zomba (Capital, Zomba). 
Blantyre (Capital, Blantyre). 
West Shire (Capital, Chikwawa). 
Upper Shire (Capital, Liwonde). 
South Nyasa (Capital, Fort Johnston). 
Central Angoniland (Capital, 4 Tambala). 
Marimba (Capital, Kotakota). 
West Nyasa (Capital, Nkata). 
North Nyasa (Capital, Karonga). 
1 Which at present is the High Court of Cape Colony. 
2 There have only been four executions for murder amongst the natives since 1891. One was 
the execution of a native of Kotakota, who killed a Makua soldier ; the second, the execution of Mlozi; 
the third, the execution of Saidi Mwazungu, who killed Dr. lloyce and Mr. McEwan ; and the fourth the 
•execution of the Angoni Chief, Chikusi. 
Where there are 1 European superintendent and 6 native printers. 
4 It is probable that the capital will be removed to Chiwere. 
THE RESIDENCY, ZOMBA 
