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in by Dr. Massey, made it plain that the disease was steadily gaining 
ground in the southern portions of the Congo hree State. Permission 
has been given to the Tanganyika Concessions, Limited, to recruit 
labour in British territory to transport the loads now lying at Madona 
(6,000 odd), and those actually in transit in the country, to the mines. 
We are of the opinion that this policy is mistaken, and that the 
Tanganyika Concessions should be required to take the loads across 
the Luapula and find the necessary carriers in the Congo Free State. 
On the West, Rhodesia is separated from the Congo Free State 
by a boundary which can be watched with comparative ease, viz., the 
Luapula river. With exception of fords at the Mombatuta Falls, at 
Madona and at the Johnston Falls, the river can only be crossed in 
canoes, and when the river is in flood these fords are impassable. 
The measures suggested, therefore, to protect the river are the 
confiscation of all canoes and the placing of patrols at the fords should 
this be found necessary. To render these measures absolutely 
effective, the co-operation of the Congo Government will have to be 
obtained, for if the villages on that side of the river are allowed to 
retain their canoes, it would nullify to a great degree the benefit 
derived by the confiscation of the canoes on the British side. If the 
mining companies in the Katanga refused to give work to any natives 
of Rhodesia who might get across the river, the general mass of 
natives would soon learn that it was useless to go to the mines, and 
the temptation to leave their villages would thus be removed. In 
addition any uninfected natives of British territory who are in the 
Katanga at present should be returned immediately. 
The operations of the Swahili traders are chiefly confined to the 
northern border. The obvious way of dealing with them is to refuse 
licenses and to require them to leave the country absolutely. 
Regulations to this effect have been passed. The control of a land 
boundary, especially in a country like Africa, cannot be perfectly 
effected, but by the stoppage of organised traffic much can be done. 
Eventually it may be necessary to establish a patrol along the border 
between Mweru and Tanganyika, but the utility of moving all the 
villages from a strip parallel with the boundary might first be 
considered. If practicable, it would do more to stop communication 
than any system of surveillance, however complete. Flere 
co-operation with the Congo authorities would be advisable. 
