[463] A.J. Wauters, L'État indépendent du Congo, p. 52.
[464] Stanley, In Darkest Africa, vol. i. pp. 60-70.
[465] The Fall of the Congo Arabs, by Capt. S.L. Hinde (London, 1897).
[466] On August 1, 1890, the Sultan of Zanzibar declared that no sale of slaves should thenceforth take place in his dominions. He also granted to slaves the right of appeal to him in case they were cruelly treated. See Parl. Papers, Africa, No. 1 (1890-91).
[467] H.R. Fox-Bourne, Civilisation in Congoland p. 277.
[468] M. Cattier, op. cit. p. 88.
[469] L'Afrique nouvelle, by E. Descamps (1903), chap. xv. Much of the credit of the early railway-making was due to Colonel Thys.
[470] Ibid. pp. 589-590.
[471] Parl. Papers, Africa, No. I (1904), p. 26.
[472] The number of whites in Congoland is about 1700, of whom 1060 are Belgians; the blacks number about 29,000,000, according to Stanley; the Belgian Governor-General, Wahis, thinks this below the truth. See Wauters, L'État indépendant du Congo, pp. 261, 432.