There are at present over four hundred commercial establishments carrying on trade in the Belgian Congo, among which are the following:
Société Anonyme Belge pour le Commerce du Haut-Congo, 31 establishments; Abir, 28; Nieuwe Afrikaansche Handels Vennootschap, 28; Société Anversoise du Commerce au Congo, 22; Comité Spécial du Katanga, 21; Hatton & Cookson [Liverpool], 16; Comptoir Commercial Congolais, 13; Valle & Azevedo, 12; Magasins Généraux, 12; Compagnie du Congo Portugais, 10; Compagnie du Lomami, 9; Freitas & Barreira, 9; Produits Végétaux du Haut-Kasai, 8; Plantations de la Lukula, 7; Crédit Commercial Congolais, 7; L’Enterprise Africaine, 7; Société Isangi, 7; La Helgika, 6; Shanu, 6; L’Equatoriale Congolaise, 5; La Congolia, 4; La Loanje, 4; Produits du Mayumbe, 4; La Lulonga, 4; Comptoirs Congolais Velde, 4; Les Produits du Congo, 4; Samuel, 4; Shanusi Agbabiaka, 4; Les Plantations Lacourt, 3; Société Forestière et Commerciale du Haut-Congo, 3; Plantations du Lubefu, 3; Ferreira Viegas, 3; La Djuma, 3; Syndicat Commercial et Agricole du Mayumbe, 3; Mouture et Panification, 2; Ikelemba, 2; Société d’Agriculture et de Plantations au Congo, 2; Compagnie Agricole du Mayumbe, 2; Ferreira Frères, 2; Traffic Congolais, 2; Société Africa, 2; Société l’est du Kwango, 2; Dana Bernabe, 2; Carrico Frères, 2; Ribiero, 2; Ferreira & Figueiredo, 2; Vicoso & Martins, 2; A. N. Figueiredo, 2; Plantations Coloniales la Luki, 1; Compagnie Sucrière Européene et Coloniale, 1; La Mayumbienne, 1; L’Urselia, 1; La Kassaïenne, 1; Citas, 1; Compagnie Française du Haut-Congo, 1; Compagnie Bruxelloise pour le Commerce du Haut-Congo, 1; La Centrale Africaine, 1; Harms & Marcus, 1; D’Heygere, 1; Lemos et Irmôo, 1; Compagnie Franco-Belge, 1; Rocha Santos et Cie., 1; Agme, 1; Docteur Villa, 1; Messageries Fluviales, 1; Folgosa, 1; Joao da Fonseca, 1; Rebello Luiz, 1; Felgueiras, 1; Branca da Giovanni, 1; Gomez, 1; Nogueira, 1; Shanu, 1; Sabaï Smith, 1; Thomas, 1; Disu Aremu, 1; Smithe, 1; Adiolo Balawao, 1; John Andrew, 1; Mana, 1; Somano Fayamo, 1; Radji Ibadan, 1; Davidson Williams, 1; Macole, 1; Georges Southey, 1; Lania, 1; Abondu Ramano, 1; Mamadu Adejene, 1; Moses Williams, 1; John Sani, 1; J. W. Davis, 1; John David, 1; John Uriah, 1; Toki, 1; Adekule, 1; Mabadu Vango, 1; N’chiama Lello, 1; Choko Malo, 1; Mafonda N’Baka, 1; Simpson, 1; Sacra Mancoga, 1; Latete Bako, 1; Peto N’Foa, 1; Malenda Longo, 1; Chioma Moundoungou, 1; Sacra Shimbanda, 1; Hall Chamberlain, 1.
PRINCIPAL CONGO OFFICIALS IN BRUSSELS, CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION
| Ministers of State: | Baron van Eetvelde, Chevalier Descamps. |
| Treasurer-General: | M. H. Pochez. |
| Secretaries-General: | M. le Chevalier A. de Cuvelier, Department of Foreign Affairs and Justice; M. H. Droogmans, Department of Finances; Commandant C. H. Liebrechts, Department of the Interior. |
| Directors: | M. A. Baerts, Chef de Cabinet; M. N. Arnold, Auditor; M. Ed. Kervyn, Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs; M. de Keuzer, Director of the Department of Finances; Le Major Lombard, and Commandant F. Lebrun, Directors of the Department of the Interior. |
| Chief of Division: | M. G. Olyff, Chief of Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs. |
OFFICIALS OF THE LOCAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE CONGO FREE STATE
| Governor-General: | Général Baron Wahis. | |
| Vice-Governors-General: | Fuchs, Wangermée, Costermans. | |
| Secretary-General: | Van Damme. | |
| Directors: | Of Justice: A. Gohr. | |
| Of Finance: Delhaye. | ||
| Of Agriculture: Brohée. | ||
| Of Public Works: Itten. | ||
| Court of Appeal: | President, Interior Administration: Baron G. Nisco. | |
| Judges: Horstmans, A. Gohr. | ||
| Court of First Instance: | Judge: T. Beeckman. | |
| Prosecuting Attorney: | F. Waleffe. | |
| Magistrates (Territorial Judges and Substitutes): See Chapter XXII. | ||
| Public Force: | Commander-in-Chief: Major Warnant. | |
| Chief of the District of | Boma, | Costermans. |
| Banana, | Dr. Cassé. | |
| Matadi, | Derache. | |
| The Cataracts, | Delhaye. | |
| Stanley Pool, | Mahieu. | |
| Lake Leopold II., | Storms. | |
| The Equateur, | Stevens. | |
| The Bangalas, | Gérard. | |
| The Ubanghi, | Bertrand. | |
| The Uelle, | Wacquez. | |
| Chief of the Zone: | Rubi Uelle, | Pourbaix. |
| Uere Bomu, | Holm. | |
| Bomokandi, | Saroléa. | |
| Gurba Dungu, | Samaes. | |
| Enclave of Lado, | Seresche. | |
| Chief of the District of the | Aruwimi, | Pimpurniaux. |
| Lualaba, | Chenot. | |
| Kwango, | Duvivier. | |
| Oriental Prov., | De Meulemeester. | |
| Chief of the Zone of | Haut-Ituri, | Engh. |
| Ponthierville, | Cordella. | |
| Manyema, | Verdick. | |
| Stanley Falls, | Federspiel. | |
| Ruzizi-Kivu, | Tombeur. | |
THE BELGIAN MINISTER TO THE UNITED STATES
Baron Ludovic Moncheur, Belgian Legation, Washington, D.C.
Baron Moncheur graduated at the University of Louvain (Belgium) in philosophy, letters, and law, with the highest honours. He entered the diplomatic service of Belgium at the age of twenty-five, and was successively Attaché to the Belgian Legation at The Hague in 1883; Second Secretary, Belgian Legation at Vienna, 1885; First Secretary, Belgian Legation at Berlin, 1887; Counsellor of the Belgian Legation at Rome, 1892; Chargé d’Affaires at Luxembourg, 1897; Minister Resident of Belgium to Mexico, 1898; Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Belgium to the United States, 1901. He is a member of the Geographical Society of Antwerp, and author of La Terre chaude Mexicaine and From Tampico to the Pacific.
The Baroness Moncheur is a daughter of the Hon. Powell Clayton, United States Minister to Mexico.