Peace Handbooks Volume 16 British Possessions (2). The Congo. 96-99 Kenya, Uganda and Zanzibar; British Somaliland and Sokotra; Anglo-Egyptian Sudan; Belgian Congo. (Issued by the Historical Section of the Foreign Office)

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(E) GENERAL REMARKS Impediments to Development (i ) Expense of Communication .

(ii) Inadequacy of existing Railway System ( iii) Character of the Native (iv ) Lack of Capital (v) Financial Difficulties 104 104 106 108 109 .

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NOTE ON KATANGA ( 1 ) DESCRIPTIVE .

(2) SLEEPING -SICKNESS (3) MEANS OF COMMUNICATION ( a ) Roads (6 ) Railways (4) INDUSTRY (a) Labour Conditions (6) European Settlement (c) Agriculture (d) Mining Prospecting Licences (5) COMMERCE (a) Local Trade (6 ) Foreign Trade . (c) Elisabethville .

(6) FINANCE Capital invested 112 113 114 115 117 .

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APPENDIX 119 I A. Declarations exchanged between the Government of Her Britannic Majesty and the International Association of the Congo , December 16, 1884 I B. Convention between Her Britannic Majesty's Government and the International Associa tion of the Congo, December 16, 1884 . II. General Act of Berlin Conference, February 26,1885 III . Declaration signed at Brussels, July 2 , 1890 IV. Declaration, Portugal and the Congo , March 24 , 1894 120 124 .

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