| 1st route.— | By Masai Land, march to Wadelai and return to coast 14 months.Reserve for delays 4 months = 18 months. | ||||||
| 2nd route.— | By Msalala, Karagwé, Ankori, and Usongora to Lake Albert.Land march to and return 16 months, delays 4 months = 20 months. | ||||||
| 3rd route.— | Viâ Congo. | ||||||
| Zanzibar to Congo | 1 | mth. | = | 1st | April | 1887 | |
| Overland route to Stanley Pool | 1 | mth. | = | 1st | May, | 1887 | |
| By steam up the Congo | 1½ | mth. | = | 15th | June, | 1887 | |
| Halt | 25th | June, | 1887 | ||||
| Yambuya to Albert Nyanza | 3 | mths | = | 25th | Sept., | 1887 | |
| Halt | 9th | Jan., | 1888 | ||||
| Albert Nyanza to Zanzibar, land march | 8 | mth. | = | 8th | Sept, | 1888 | |
| Delays | 3½ | mth. | = | 18 months. | |||
The actual time, however, occupied by the Expedition is as follows:—
| Arrive at Congo | 18th | Mar., | 1887 |
| Arrive at Stanley Pool | 21st | Apr., | 1887 |
| Arrive at Yambuya | 15th | June, | 1887 |
| Halt at Yambuya | 28th | June, | 1887 |
| Albert Nyanza | 13th | Dec., | 1887 |
| Return to Fort Bodo | 8th | Jan., | 1888 |
| Halt while collecting convalescents | 2nd | Apr., | 1888 |
| The Albert Nyanza, 2nd time | 18th | Apr., | 1888 |
| Halt until | 25th | May, | 1888 |
| Fort Bodo again | 8th | June, | 1888 |
| Banalya 90 miles from Yambuya | 17th | Aug., | 1888 |
| Fort Bodo again | 20th | Dec., | 1888 |
| Albert Nyanza, 3rd time | 26th | Jan., | 1889 |
| Halt near Albert Nyanza until | 8th | May, | 1889 |
| March to Zanzibar, 1400 miles, 6 months. | 6th | Dec., | 1889 |
| So that we actually occupied a little over | 10½ | months | |
| from Zanzibar to the Albert Nyanza, and | |||
| from the Nyanza to the Indian Ocean. | 6 | months | |
| Halt at the Albert | 1½ | months | |
| 18 | months |
I was formally informed by letter on the 31st of December, 1886, that I might commence my preparations.
The first order I gave in connection with the Expedition for the relief of Emin Bey was by cable to Zanzibar to my agent, Mr. Edmund Mackenzie, of Messrs. Smith, Mackenzie & Co., to engage 200 Wanyamwezi porters at Bagamoyo to convey as many loads of rice (= 6 tons) to the missionary station at Mpwapwa, which was about 200 miles east of Zanzibar, the cost of which was 2,700 rupees.
The second order, after receiving the consent of His Highness the Seyyid of Zanzibar, was to enlist 600 Zanzibari porters, and also the purchase of the following goods, to be used for barter for native provisions, such as grain, potatoes, rice, Indian corn, bananas, plantains, etc.
| Yards. | |||||
| 400 | pieces | (30 | yards each) | of brown sheeting | 12,000 |
| 865 | pieces | (8 | yards each) | of kaniki | 6,920 |
| 99 | pieces | (8 | yards each) | handkerchiefs | 792 |
| 80 | pieces | (8 | yards each) | taujiri | 640 |
| 214 | pieces | (8 | yards each) | dabwani | 1,712 |
| 107 | pieces | (8 | yards each) | sohari | 856 |
| 27 | pieces | (8 | yards each) | subaya | 216 |
| 121 | pieces | (8 | yards each) | Barsati | 968 |
| 58 | pieces | (24 | yards each) | kunguru | 1,392 |
| 48 | pieces | (8 | yards each) | ismaili | 384 |
| 119 | pieces | (8 | yards each) | kikoi | 952 |
| 14 | pieces | (4 | yards each) | daole | 56 |
| 27 | pieces | (4 | yards each) | jawah | 108 |
| 4 | pieces | (24 | yards each) | kanga | 96 |
| 4 | pieces | (24 | yards each) | bindera | 96 |
| 58 | pieces | (8 | yards each) | rehani | 464 |
| 6 | pieces | (30 | yards each) | joho | 180 |
| 24 | pieces | (4 | yards each) | silk kikoi | 96 |
| 4 | pieces | (4 | yards each) | silk daole | 96 |
| 24 | pieces | (4 | yards each) | fine dabwani | 96 |
| 13 | pieces | (4 | yards each) | sohari | 52 |
| 3 | pieces | (30 | yards each) | fine sheeting | 90 |
| 24 | long shirts, white | ||||
| 24 | long shirts, brown | ||||
| Total yards | 27,262 | ||||
Also 3,600 lbs. of beads and 1 ton of wire, brass, copper, iron.
The third order was for the purchase of forty pack donkeys and ten riding asses, which necessitated an order for saddles to match, at an expense of £400.