and engineering journal . ensive tcur in Central Africa, has written for the Bulawayo Chronicle the following article, whichgives an account of the celebrated Kilo goldfields in theBelgian Congo, and an interesting description of ajourney through the heart of Africa. A glance at a good map will show that the Kiln goldfieldsare situated in the north-east corner of the Belgian Congo,just west of Lake Albert Nyanza. They can be reached vial-Jisabcthville and the Congo River to Stanleyville, bu1 bjthis route one has a 42-day safari through the 750 miles ofequatorial forest which lies bet
and engineering journal . ensive tcur in Central Africa, has written for the Bulawayo Chronicle the following article, whichgives an account of the celebrated Kilo goldfields in theBelgian Congo, and an interesting description of ajourney through the heart of Africa. A glance at a good map will show that the Kiln goldfieldsare situated in the north-east corner of the Belgian Congo,just west of Lake Albert Nyanza. They can be reached vial-Jisabcthville and the Congo River to Stanleyville, bu1 bjthis route one has a 42-day safari through the 750 miles ofequatorial forest which lies between Stanleyville and quickest and easiest route is by rail from Mombasa boLake Victoria Nyanza. Having received an invitation fn mthe Government authorities to visit this little-known gold-field, I at once decided tomake-what looked like being a moslinteresting trip, and left Bulawayo for Beira in June, sailingby a very comfortable boat, the * Kama, for Mombasa—a six days trip—calling at Mozambique, Dar-es-Salaam. On the way to the Kilo Goldfield. and Zanzibar. I found these old East Coast ports mostinteresting, especially Zanzibar with its old Arab buildingsand mixed population of Arabs and natives, making it a per-fect microcosm of the East Tanganyika Territory, with its principal port Dar-es-Salaam, swarms with its new Civil Servants busily engagedtrying to restore it to its pre-war condition. Here the Indianappears to be taking the place of the white man very rapidhAlready the principal buyers at the Government enemjproperty sales have been mostly Indian firms, who have alsopurchased a number of the principal buildings, includingthe Kaiserhof Hotel at Dar-es-Salaam. Indian penetrationon the Last Coast is a very real thing. Trade of all kindson the coast is dead, and will no doubt remain so until theHome markets revive. The Germans apparently fully realisethe position and do not appear to be in any hurry to returnto their old haunts. In fact, I was told th
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