46 31 ; Upper Nile valley, 98, 33 ; Anglo Egyptian claim to, 98, climate, 98, 12 . Upper Sheikh, springs, 97, 31 . Upper Wells district, sleeping sick ness , 98, 163 . Uranium , 99 , 87 . Urundi, language used , 96 , 21 ; races in , 96 , 21 . Urunyoro language, 96 , 21 . Usagara , German protectorate acknowledged , 1885, 96 , 47 . Usambara Highlands railway , 96 , 62. Usumbura, projected aerial route 98, 88 . Utunguila, see Tungila . Uvira, port , 99, 63 ; telegraph lines, 69 .

99 , V. Vandervelde, M., complaints against Roman Catholic missions in Bel gian Congo, 1912, 99, 44 . Vanilla, 96 , 91 . Varnish , 99 , 75 . Vegetables, cultivation , 96 , 75, 97, 38 . Vehicles, import, 96 , 83 . Venereal diseases, 96 , 9 , 20 , 27 , 98 , 14 , 99 , 15 . Venzo river , 99 , 2 . Veveno river, 98 , 72 . Victoria , lake, see Victoria Nyanza . Victoria Vile river, 96 , 15 , 17 , 18 , 20 ; system , 96 , 18–9. Victoria Vyanza ( Victoria ) lake, 96 , 1 , 2 , 5, 6 , 12 , 13 , 14, 18 , 20 , 23 , 24 , 35 , 37 , 38 , 55 , 60, 98 , 99 , 98, 70 ; cotton cultivation , 96 , 74 ; description , 96 , 15 ; fishing, 96 , 77 ; marine services, 96 , 60-1 , 66 ; plague on , 96, 8 ; railway , 96 , 38 , 61 , 62 ; tribes on , 96 , 11 , 21 , 22 . Victoria province, leprosy, 96, 9 ; sleeping sickness, 96 , 9 . Vienna, Congress of, 99 , 28. Vilvorde , schools, 99, 58. Vissoke (Kishasha ) Mountains, 99 , 129 . Vivi, 99, 61 , 70. Voi, 96 , 3 ; railway , 96 , 62.

W Um Naji tribe, Anglo · Egyptian Sudan , 98, 15 . Um Ruaba, markets , 98, 139 . Um Semeima , iron works , 98, 135 . Umba river, 96 , 1 , 2, 3, 25 , 33, 48 , 98, 99 ; climate of district north of, 96 , 8 . Umbe river , see Wanga . Umbelasha river, 98 , 132. Umbrega, 98 , 37 .

Union Castle Line, 96, 71 , 98, 87 . Union Minière du Haut-Katanga, 99 , 92, 93 , 103, 112 , 115 , 116 . United Kingdom , see Great Britain . United States of America , com mercial treaty with Zanzibar, 1833 , 96 , 41 ; cotton , 98, 104 ; establishment of consulate at Zanzibar, 1837 , 96, 41 ; and jurisdiction on the Congo , 99 , 120 ; recognition of International African Association , 1884, 99, 30 note : representatives sent to Berlin Conference, 1884-5 , 99 , 28-9 ; trade , 96 , 43 , 82 , 83, 88 , 94 , 95 , 105 , 106 , 97 , 30, 31 , 34 , 98, 143, 145 , 146 , 99 , 97 . Universities' Mission to Central Africa in Zanzibar and Pemba , 96, 53, 58 . Unyoro , 98 , 26 . Uovo (Nuovo ), river, 99 , 125 . Upemba , lake , 99, 10. Upemba valley, 99, 10 . Upemba -Lualaba valley, 99 , 12 . Upholstery, 99 , 81 . Upper Egypt, attempted invasion of Anglo -Egyptian Sudan , 98, 37 ; labourers, 98, 94 ; road , 98 , 36 . Upper Nile basin , 96, 100.

Upper Nile district, 98, 2 note ; irrigation administration , 98, 124 ; manufactures , 98 , 136 ; rain fall, 98, 122 ; traders in , 98, 77 . Upper Nile province ( Fashoda), 98, 58, 71, 141 ; agriculture , 98, 96, 109 ; appointment of European Governors of, 1869-71 , 98 , 26 ; area, 98, 2 ; claims to , renounced by France , 1899, 99, 36 ; efforts to conquer, by the Khalifa , 98, 29 ; history, etc., 98 , 50--1 ; minerals, 98, 114, 133 , 134, 136 ; population , 98, 19 , 21 , 89 , 94 ; trade routes, 98, 68 . Upper Nile river (Bahr el-Jebel), 98, 1 , 2 , 3 , 6 , 9, 10 , 11 , 17 , 33, 40, 71 , 76, 114, 122 , 123, 137, 99 , 33, 34, 36 ; forests, 98, 127 ; sudd region, 98, 77 ; system , 98 , 7-8 , 70-1 ; tribes, 98 , 17, 18 , 135 .

Wad Gash , 98. 3 . Warl Kibish , 98 , 3 . Wad Medani, 98, 46 , 73 ; cotton ginnery and baling press at, 98 , 103; markets, 98, 139 ; popula.