No. | Name. | Date. | SUBJECT. | Page. ----+-------------------+-------------+--------------------------------+------ 1 | Lord Cromer |Jan. 21, 1903|Visit to Congo stations of Kiro | | | | and Lado. Native | | | | relations with Congo officials.| | | | Few natives, to be | | | | seen in the stations | 1 | | | | 2 | Sir C. Phipps |Sept. 19, |Transmits note from Congo | | | | Government in answer | | | | to despatch of 8th August | | | | to Powers parties to | | | | the Act of Berlin | 2 | | | | 3 | Mr. Casement |Dec. 11, |Transmits report on his visit | | | | to interior of Congo | | | | State and on condition | | | | of natives | 21 | | | | 4 | To Sir C. Phipps |Feb. 11, 1904|Transmits Memorandum | | | | in answer to note of Congo | | | | Government of 12th | | | | September inclosed in No. 2 | 82 | | | | 5 | To His Majesty’s |Feb. 12, |Transmits papers on condition | | Representatives | | of affairs in Congo State | | at Paris | | State | | and other Capitals| | | 84 ----+-------------------+-------------+--------------------------------+------ 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. From the point of view of appearance, the two Belgian stations contrast favourably with any of the Soudanese stations on the Nile, and still more favourably with Gondokoro in the Uganda Protectorate. The principal dwelling-houses are of brick. They seem to be well built. The stations are kept scrupulously clean. The troops are well housed. Flourishing gardens have been created. I counted the graves of nine Europeans at Kiro, all of whom died of fever, but I am informed that the health of the place is now greatly improved. I had heard so many and such contradictory accounts of the Belgian Administration that I was very desirous of ascertaining some concise and definite evidence on this subject. During a hurried visit, and with opportunities of observation confined to the banks of the river, I scarcely anticipated that I should be able to arrive at any independent opinion on the point at issue. I saw and heard, however, quite enough to gain an insight into the spirit which pervades the Administration. It must be remembered that the 1,100 miles of country which I traversed between Khartoum and Gondokoro has, until recently, been the prey of slave-dealers, Egyptian Pashas, and dervishes. Under the circumstances, it might well have been expected that much time would be required to inspire confidence in the intentions of the new Government. It is, however, certain that, with the exception of a portion of the Nuer tribe, who live in a very remote region on...