Bonglan] MANUFACTURES ; WATER -POWER 89 to 3,000 natives, for whom it has built a hospital. The establishment of these factories has not only created a new industry, but has appreciably stimulated the cultivation of the oil-palm .

(6) WATER-POWER The water -power available in the Congo is un doubtedly very great, though no survey has as yet been made of the total supply which might eventually be utilized. In all the regions bordering the central basin, where the courses of the rivers are frequently broken by falls and rapids, power could easily be generated. The Lualaba above Bukama and the Luvua above Kiambi have a succession of falls which might supply all the power required by the mines and railways in these districts ; the falls of the Congo on the reaches between Kongolo and Kindu and between Ponthierville and Stanleyville could be used to electrify the railways which connect those places ; the numerous rapids of the Welle lie upon the track of the proposed railway from Buta to Rejaf on the Nile.

In the central basin there is little water-power, but there the rivers make railways less necessary. Where the Congo leaves it, however, to descend to the coast the Livingstone Falls supply an enormous amount of power in a district where it is needed for railways and mines .

The mechanical difficulties which have to be sur mounted in each instance before the power can be utilized are very great, and the execution of any such project would involve the expenditure of much capital.