TABLE OF CONTENTS.

No.Name.Date. Subject.Page.
[1]Lord CromerJan. 21, 1903Visit to Congo stations of Kiro and Lado. Native relations with Congo officials. Few natives, to be seen in the stations1
[2]Sir C. PhippsSept. 19,Transmits note from Congo Government in answer to despatch of 8th August to Powers parties to the Act of Berlin2
[3]Mr. CasementDec. 11,Transmits report on his visit to interior of Congo State and on condition of natives21
[4]To Sir C. PhippsFeb. 11, 1904Transmits Memorandum in answer to note of Congo Government of 12th September inclosed in No. 282
[5]To His Majesty’s Representatives at Paris and other Capitals Feb. 12,Transmits papers on condition of affairs in Congo State84

Correspondence and Report from His Majesty’s Consul at Boma respecting the Administration of the Independent State of the Congo.

No. 1.
The Earl of Cromer to the Marquess of Lansdowne.—(Received February 9.)

(Extract.)

On the Nile, near Kiro, January 21, 1903

I have just visited the Belgian stations of Kiro and Lado, as also the station of Gondokoro in the Uganda Protectorate.

Your Lordship may like to receive some remarks on the impressions I derived as regards the Belgian positions on the Upper Nile.

I should, in the first instance, observe that Commandant Hanolet, who is in charge of the district, was absent in the interior of the country; but Sir Reginald Wingate and myself were most courteously received by the officers in command at Kiro and Lado.