. In darkest Africa; or, the quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria . ppu-Tib. He informed me that he held thesum of £10,600 in gold, which was paid to him forand in behalf of Tippu-Tib by the Government ofthe Congo Free State for ivory purchased by from Tippu-Tib in its name. Jaffar Tarya hadthus unwittingly put the means in my hands to enableme to bring Tippu-Tib some day before the ConsularCourt at Zanzibar to be judged for alleged offencescommitted against British subjects—the gentlemen ofthe Emin Relief Committee—and to refund certainexpenses which had been
. In darkest Africa; or, the quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria . ppu-Tib. He informed me that he held thesum of £10,600 in gold, which was paid to him forand in behalf of Tippu-Tib by the Government ofthe Congo Free State for ivory purchased by from Tippu-Tib in its name. Jaffar Tarya hadthus unwittingly put the means in my hands to enableme to bring Tippu-Tib some day before the ConsularCourt at Zanzibar to be judged for alleged offencescommitted against British subjects—the gentlemen ofthe Emin Relief Committee—and to refund certainexpenses which had been incurred by the declara-tions he had made before Acting Consul-Genera] Holm-wood, that he would assist the Emin Pasha ReliefExpedition with carriers. Thus, in consideration ofhis signed agreement that he would furnish the Expe-dition with 600 carriers, he had been granted freepassage and board for himself and ninety-six of hisfollowers from Zanzibar to Banana Point, River Congo= £1940, and from Banana Point to Stanley Falls =£1940. At Yambuya he had received forty-seven bales. Zanzibar. CLAIM FOB DAMAGES AGAINST TIPPU-TIB. 477 of cloth, about fifty cases of gunpowder, as many cases fixed ammunition, Remington rifles, elephant guns, ^^^ ^revolvers, and £128 worth of stores for his sub-chief,Muini Sumai, on the promise that he would supplycarriers to escort Major Barttelot until the Major wouldeither meet me or Emin Pasha, which he did not dofurther than for about ninety miles, and therefore causedus a delay of nearly a year, and a further expense ofnearly twelve months pay extra to about 250 bill of claims that we could legitimately presentamounted in the aggregate to .£10,000. Whereupon Ipleaded for an injunction that such moneys should notdepart from the hands of the British subject JafiarTarya until an English court of justice should decidewhether the Emin Relief Committee was not entitled inequity to have these expenses and moneys
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