Bolgian ) RAILWAYS PROJECTED ; POSTS, ETC. 69 5,000 ft. ) and down the course of the Rusizi river to Lake Tanganyika. The only engineering difficulty of any consequence is in the last section, where, within the first 20 miles of its course from Lake Kivu , the Rusizi river falls 2,000 ft ., nearly to the level of Tanganyika.

( d) Posts, Telephone and Telegraph Lines, and Wireless Stations There are in the Colony 51 post offices, nearly 2,000 miles of telegraph lines, and 15 wireless stations. The Congo is included in the Postal Union.

There are telephone lines along all the railways, and each of the larger towns has its own telephone service.

The chief telegraph lines are : Banana to Coquilhat ville, 800 miles ; Boma to Chela, 85 miles ; Stanley ville to Ponthierville, 79 miles ; Kasongo to Uvira on Lake Tanganyika, 265 miles ; Kindu to Kongolo, 219 miles ; Kabalo to Albertville, 169 miles ; Sakania to Chilongo, 280 miles .

The wireless stations are Banana, Boma, Kinshasa, Coquilhatville, Basankusu , Lisala, Basoko, Stanley ville, Kindu, Kongolo, Lukuga, Kikonja, Elisabeth ville , Lusambo, and Kilo. It will be noticed that ten of these stations are at more or less regular intervals along the curve of the main river, forming an uninter rupted chain of communication between Boma and Elisabethville. A low-power installation is also men tioned as connecting Kabalo and Albertville.

The system in use is similar to that used at the Eiffel Tower, and known as the radio - électrique. The construction work has been undertaken by the Société Française Radio -Électrique. Many stations in French Africa, notably those at Loango, Pointe Noire, and Brazzaville, are on the same system .