38 (No. 96 HISTORY At the same time, according to Sir G. Portal, An evacuation of Uganda means practically the renuncia tion of the whole of that vast territory reserved by the Anglo German convention for the sphere of British influence. The country lying between Lake Victoria and the east coast is chiefly valuable as being the road to Uganda , and the evacua tion of the latter wouldsoon be recognized as being equivalent to the restriction of British influence and British commerce to the coast line . " 1 On May 29, 1893, Sir G. Portal had concluded a pro visional agreement with Mwanga, the King of Uganda, binding him to make no treaty or agreement of any kind with any European without the consent and approval of the British; and a Protectorate over the kingdom of Uganda was declared on June 18, 1894. In 1895 the Imperial British East Africa Company, being bought out by the Government, surrendered their charter, and a British Protectorate was proclaimed over the territories in East Africa ( June 15, 1895 ). The name “East Africa Protectorate was officially given to it (Aug. 31, 1896). In 1896 theUganda Protectorate was extended over Unyoro, and in 1900 and 1901 , by agreements with native kabakas or chieftains, its area was further enlarged . Some 800 miles of difficult country separatedthe kingdom of Uganda from the nearest port, Mombasa; whilst in 1894 the route to Khartum and Egypt, by the Nile, was completely closed. It becamemanifest, therefore, that , if Uganda was to be held with any certainty against a native uprising or an invasion from the Sudan or Abyssinia, a railway must be constructed from Mombasa to the east coast of the Victoria Nyanza . The railway was begun in 1896 and was completed in 1903 .

Sir H. Johnston says that “ the railway, telegraph , and steamers had entirely altered the conditions of European life in Uganda, and had made the country relatively easy to administer.'» Since the end of last ܕ 1 Africa , No. 2 ( 1894) [C. 7303 ].

? Africa, No. 7 (1901 ) , Sir H. Johnston's Report [Cd. 671 ] , p . 6 .

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