54 PRESENT CONDITIONS (No. 96 Legislative Council was to consist of the Governor and such persons, not being less than two , as might be ap pointed during His Majesty's pleasure. It should be noted that the Governor of British East Africa acts also as High Commissioner for Zanzibar. By the 1902 Order in Council a High Court of East Africa was created , and by another Order in Council, passed at the same time, a Court of Appeal was established for the East Africa , Uganda, and Nyasaland Protectorates.

(6) Uganda The Uganda Protectorate, after being taken over by the Government from the Chartered Company, was under the control of the Foreign Office till 1905 ,when, together with East Africa, Nyasaland, andSomaliland, it was transferred to the charge of the Colonial Office. The Protectorate includes provinces which are not all on precisely the same footing ; Uganda proper, for in stance, is a native kingdom ,whose kingis fully recog nized by the British Government . But both the ad ministrative and the legislative authority on the spot are,under the Uganda Order in Council of 1902, vested in the principalBritish officer ,at first known as Com missioner, now as Governor. The courts of justice and the judicial procedure are regulated by this Order in Council , as amended by a later Order in Council of 1911 . The system of administration by means of native chiefs has given excellent results. Under the Land Settlement , introduced by Sir H. Johnston, the ruler of the kingdom and his chiefs were paid fixed allow ances and received definite estates. Sir C. Eliot writes of the Uganda Protectorate: * In few parts of the world inhabited by dark races will the missionary, schoolmaster, and engineer find so good a recep tion, for it has a large and unusually intelligent native popula tion, who show a striking readiness to adopt European ideas and inventions . For the same reason it offers an extensive market for European goods, and the prospects of creating a considerable trade are encouraging. Though it is not as un