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PAGE III . SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CONDITIONS ( 1 ) RELIGIOUS (a) Christianity 40 Protestant Missions 40 Operations of the Baptist Missionary Society 40 The Livingstone Inland Mission 41 American and Swedish Missions 41 Roman Catholic Missions 41 Early Efforts : Lavigerie 41 Creation of Apostolic Vicariates 42 Apostolic Vicariate of the Congo 42 Missionary Developments 42 Charges against the Roman Catholic Mis sionaries 42 Educational Work 43 Commission of Inquiry, 1904–5 43 Attitude of King Leopold 44 Present Position of the Missions 44 Question of Land for Missions 44 Numbers of Missionaries 44 Numbers of Converts 45 Attitude of the State 45 (6) Paganism 45 (c) Mohammedanism 46 Arab Influence 46 Lord Mountmorres' Comments 47 Consul Mackie's Report 48 Future of Mohammedanism in the Congo 49 (2) POLITICAL The Central Government 50 The Local Government Native Administration 52 The Judiciary 53 The European Courts 53 The Native Courts 54 The Rights of the Subject 55 The Commission for the Protection of the Natives 55 (3) MILITARY ORGANIZATION (4) EDUCATIONAL .

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