8 Boma -cont. British India Steam Navigation Co., 99 , 57 ; shipping, 99, 71 ; tele-98, 87 . graph lines, 99, 69 ; wireless British missions, East Africa Pro station , 99, 69 . tectorate , 96 , 52 . Bombay, High Court of, 96 , 56 . British Somaliland, see 97 Contents. Bombe, cultivation, 97, 38. Broken Hill, projected aerial route, Bomokandi river, 99, 8 ; minerals 98, 88 ; railway , 99, 106 , 112, near , 99, 87 . projection , 99, 105 . Bomu river, tribes, 99, 16 . Bromport line, 99, 71 . Bronchitis, 98 , 14 . Bongo language, 98, 19. Brooms , manufacture , 99 , 81 . Bongo river district, graphite, 98 , Brothers Islands, The (Darzi and 133 . Samneh ), 97, 18 . Bongo tribe, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan , Brussels, Agreement , 1890, 99, 84 , 98 , 18 , 135 ; Belgian Congo, 99, 16 . 98 ; Agreement , 1894 , cancelled Bonjak, fortified as military post, by Agreement of London , 1906 , 98, 40. 98 , 33 , 99, 25 ; cable communica Bookbinding, 97, 31 . tion, 99 , 72 ; conference, 1876 , Boots and shoes , manufacture, 96 , 24-5 ; Convention, 1906 , 99 , 124 ; 79 , 98 , 145 . courts , 99 , 54 ; declaration modi Bor, 98, 70 ; Dinka of, 98, 113 ; fying General Act of Berlin (Art. population, 98, 19. VI ) , 1890 , 99, 124-5 . Bor-Sobat canal , irrigation scheme, Buangoro , help afforded by carriers . 98, 120, 122-3 . to Great Britain during military Borana tribe, East Africa Prooperations, 1914-5, 96 , 39. tectorate , 96, 10 ; camels owned Bubonic plague, 97, 9 . by , 96, 75 . Bububu , railway, 96 , 89 . Borities, export, 96 , 81 . Bucknall Lines, 98 , 87 . Bornu , 98, 42 . Budama plains , 96 , 17 . Bornuese tribes , Anglo -Egyptian Buddu , forests, 96 , 15 . Sudan , 98 , 91 . Buganda, 96 , 18 , 19, 24 ; birth rate , Bourse du Travail du Katanga, 99, 96 , 24 ; climate, 96 , 19 ; venereal 112 . disease , 96, 20 . Brandy, import, 96, 83 . Buganda Province, 96, 15 , 16, 55 ; Brass and copper wire, import, 96, population , 96 , 22–3. 112 . Bugoma Forest , 96 , 17 . Brava , 96, 24 , 33 ; station , reten-Bugonga Forest , 96 , 17 . tion by Sultan of Zanzibar, by Buhamba, boundaries, 99 , 128 . Agreement of 1886, 96, 47 . Buhiga tribe, Ruhiga , 96 , 21 . Brawa station , 96 , 97 . Building materials , import, 96. 83, Brazil, forests, 99, 84 ; trade, 98 , 150 . 95, 105 ; manufacture, 96 , 79 . Brazza , P. S. de, establishment of Bukama, ccal , 99 , 60 , 85, 89 ; rail French influence in Africa, 99, 26 ; way, 99, 65, 66 , 105 , 113, project, leader of exploration expedition , 99 , 106 ; river communication , 99, 25 . 99, 106 . Brazzaville, projected railway, 99 , Bukedi, 96, 17 ; population , 96 , 23 . 68 ; wireless station , 99, 69 . Bukedi district, 96, 23 ; tribes in , Bricchetti, expedition to Italian 96 , 21-2 . Somaliland , 97, 33 . Bulhar, 97, 3, 4, 6 , 10 ; hospital, 97 , British ,Anglo -Egyptian Sudan , 98 , 9 ; port , 97, 27 ; schools. 97 , 25 ; 19 ; Katanga, 99, 118 . Somalis at , 97 , 11 ; trade, 97 , 36 , British and African Steam Navigaexport and import duties, 97, 35. tion Co. , 99, 71 . Bulls, 98, 69.

British Cotton Growing Association , Buluwayo, projected aerial route , 98, 102-3 . 98 , 88 ; trade, 99 , 112 . British East Africa , see also 96 , Bumba , 99, 66 , 88 ; projected rail . Contents ; forces from , for opera way , 99 , 67 . tions against Turkana, 98, 41 ; Bumbode, 98 , 3 . British East Africa Co. , see Im-Bunganda , climate, 96 , 20 . perial British East African Co. Bunyoro, 96 , 16–7, 19 ; climate, 96, British India Line, 96 , 71 . 20 ; population , 96 , 23 .