number of distilleries working and the capacity for production of each one of them must not exceed the number and capacity certified on the 31st October, 1906.
The provisions of the present Convention are to hold good for a period of ten years.
At the end of this period, the import duty fixed in Article I shall be submitted to revision, taking as a basis the results produced by the preceding rate.
Each of the Contracting Powers shall, however, have the option of calling for such a revision at the end of the eighth year.
Such Powers as shall make use of this option must notify their intention six months before the date of expiry to the other Powers through the intermediary of the Belgian Government, who shall undertake to convoke the Conference within the six months above mentioned.
It is understood that the Powers who signed the General Act of Brussels or who have acceded to it, and who are not represented at the present Conference, preserve the right of acceding to the present Convention.
The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be deposited at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs at Brussels within the shortest possible period, and such period shall not in any case exceed one year.
A certified copy of the procès-verbal of deposit shall be addressed by the Belgian Government to all the Powers interested.
The present Convention shall come into force in all the possessions of the Contracting Powers situated in the zone defined by Article XC of the General Act of Brussels on the 30th day after the date of the termination of the procès-verbal of deposit mentioned in the preceding Article.
From that date, the Convention regulating the question of spirituous liquors in Africa, signed at Brussels on the 8th June, 1899, shall cease to have effect.
V. DECLARATION MODIFYING PARAGRAPH 5 OF THE DECLARATION ANNEXED TO THE GENERAL ACT SIGNED AT BRUSSELS JULY 2, 1890, SIGNED AT BRUSSELS JUNE 15, 1910.
The Powers which have ratified or acceded to the Berlin General Act of the 26th February, 1885, have agreed to make the following Declaration :
In modification of paragraph 5 of the Declaration annexed to the Brussels General Act of the 2nd July, 1890, the Powers which signed that Act or acceded thereto, and which have possessions or protectorates in the Conventional Basin of the Congo, are authorised, so far as such authorisation is necessary, to impose therein upon imported arms and munitions duties exceeding the maximum limit of 10 per cent. of the value at the port of importation, fixed by the aforesaid Declaration.
The present Declaration shall be ratified and the Ratifications shall be deposited at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs at Brussels within a period of one year or sooner if possible.
It shall come into force on thirty days after the date on which the Protocol recording such deposit shall have been closed.'
1 This took place on December 31, 1911 (Cd. 6037,
Ababuas, operations in 1900-2 a-
gainst, 115.
Abandas submit in 1892, 104.
Abercorn, proposal to connect with
Broken Hill by railway, 278.
Abir Company, 122, 149, 207, 251.
Aborigines Protection Society in-
vestigates action of Congolese
officials, 128, 129.
Abrogation of treaties by act of
war, clauses of Berlin Act to be
exempt from, 282, 305, 307, 312,
313, 315; Franco-German treaty
of 1911 annulled, 275.
Act of Navigation for the Congo,
59, 60, 306-12.
Act of Navigation for the Niger, 62,
313-15.
Additional Act of Cession of the
Congo, 142; disposal of grants
under, 232.
Administrative officers, appoint-
ment of, to judicial offices, 119,
124.
Administrators-General
Congo, 116.
Afghanistan, difficulties as to, in
1884-5 as affecting British policy,
37, 56.
Afrikaansche Handels-Genootschap,
38, 39, n. 2.
Afrikaansche Handels-Vereeniging,
28, 39, n. 2.
Aga Khan, H. H. the,supports Indian
settlement in German East Afri-
ca, 290, n. 2.
Agricultural Bank, necessity of, 264.
Agriculture, 160, 161, 243-6.
Akalunga, Cape, 87.
Albert I, King of the Belgians,
reforms in Congo instigated by,
5, 15, 146, 276.
Alberta, Messrs. Lever's factory at,
245.
Albertville, 85, 171.
Alima, 43, 45, n. 1.
Alvensleben, Count, German Minis-
ter at Brussels, note to Congo
State regarding freedom of trade,
164.
Ambriz, Portuguese claim to, 23,
Union, 128, 218, 219.
American Congo Co., 251.
American Indians in Canada, land
rights of, 204.
American Presbyterian Mission,
128, 219.
Anglo-French Declaration of March
21, 1899, 111, 282.
Anglo-German treaties of 1890 and
1893 recognize British claim to
control of the Nile, 113, n. 3.
Angola, occupation of, by the Por-
tuguese, 20, 22; liquor tariffs in,
81, 320; Portuguese efforts to
secure connexion with Mozam-
bique, 22, 54; diamond working
in, 247; only in part in free-trade
zone, 283; high tariffs and ex-
clusive land policy in, 300.
Angra Pequena, British attitude
as to, 55, 56.
Animism, prevailing religious view
in the Congo, 224.
Annexation of the Congo by Bel-
gium, 16, 137-44; conditions of,
145, 146.
Annexations on African Coast, prin-
ciples of Berlin Act affecting, 61,
62, 315.
Annual Report on the Congo, pre-
sented to Belgian Parliament,
178.
Antimalarial measures, 232.
Antwerp, ivory market at, 245.
Anzico, Great Makoko of the, 24, 25.
Apostolic Prefectures, 220.
Apostolic Vicarage of the Congo,
220; at Stanley Falls, 220; of
the Upper Congo, at Tanganyika,
220.
Apiculture on the Kasai, 244.
Arab influence on the Congo, 29,
225-7.
Arabisés, character of, 225, 226.
Arbitration in disputes under Ber-
lin Act, 284-5, 298-9.
Archbishop of Canterbury supports
movement for Congolese reforms,
145.
Armourers, corps of, 120.
Arms and ammunition traffic, 79,
80, 216-17, 293, 322; possession of
flint guns by the natives, 234.
Arrêté, signification of, 117, 175-6.
Arthington, Mr., supports British
Missionary Society, 217, 218.
Artomoroff, Russian officer, expedi-
tion from Abyssinia to the Nile
in 1897-8, 111.
Aruwimi, 75, 97, 121, 156, 225, 247.
Aruwimi, district of the Eastern
Province, 186.
Atrocities, committed on both sides
in anti-slave-trade campaign,
98; in German Colonies, 12, 16,
288, n. 2; on the Congo, 5, 131-
2, 147.
Austria-Hungary, participates in
the Berlin Conference, 57; in
the Brussels Conference, 78, n. 3;
treaty with the International
Association, 63; inaction in
Rabinek case, 89.
Baert, expedition to the Ebola and
Dua, 103.
Bahr el Ghazal, Belgian interests
in the, 101-2, 112-13, 131.
Balfour, Rt. Hon. A. J., Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs
(1915- ), on return of German
Colonies to Germany, 300.
Bamu, neutrality of island of, in
Stanley Pool, 110, 144.
Banana, 220, 231, 242.
Bangala, district of the Equator
Province, 186.
Bangalas, recruits raised from, for
Congolese army, 121.
Bangasso, ruler of the Sakaras, 103.
Bangi, French post at, in 1889, 105.
Bangweolo, Lake, 26, 86, 87.
Banjas submit in 1892, 104.
Bank of the Belgian Congo, 200.
Bankruptcy, law of, 268.
Banning, Emile, assistant to Bel-
gian delegation at the Berlin
Conference, 57.
Bantu tribes in the Congo, 18.
Banzyville, 76.
Baptist Missionary Society, 25, 217,
Barracouta, H.M.S., surveys estu-
ary of the Congo, 25.
Barristers not required in Congo-
lese courts, 194.
Barttelot, Major, death of, in charge
of Stanley's rearguard, 76.
Barumbu, 245.
Basankusu, market for copal at,
244.
Basoko, 97.
Bastian, Dr., rediscovers San Sal-
vador in 1857, 24.
Batetelas, revolt of the, 99, 100;
religion of, 226.
Beaconsfield, Earl of, refuses to
adopt active policy as to the
Congo, 27, n. 1, 35.
Beernaert, attitude of, on Congo
question, 139.
Beira, railway route via, 160, 239,
243, 263.
Beira and Mashonaland Railway
Co., 243.
Beit, Mr., negotiations with Mr.
Williams as to a railway through
the Congo, 240.
Beit Trustees aid connexion of the
Congo with the Rhodesian rail-
way, 91, n. 1.
Belgarde, Abbé, mission to the
Luango Coast in 1766, 21.
Belgian Anti-Slave-Trade Society,
86, 94.
Belgian citizenship not accorded
to natives of Congo, 178.
Belgian Commission of Enquiry in-
to maladministration of the
Congo, 132-4; on abuses in edu-
cational system, 221, 222.
Belgian Courts, relation to Congo-
lese courts, in civil matters, 268,
269; in criminal matters, 271,
272.
Belgian priests, early missions of,
to the Congo, 21.
Belgian soldiers may not serve in
the Congolese forces, 178, 189.
Belgian trade with the Congo, de-
velopment under the concession-
ary régime, 127, 128, 251, 252,
285, 286.
Belgians not liable to conscription
for service in the Congo, 189.
Belgium, relation to International
African Association, 33-5; takes
part in Berlin Conference, 57;
recognizes the International Con-
go Association, 63; permits Leo-
pold II to assume sovereignty,
66; subsidizes Congolese railway,
71; loan to Congo, 76, 77; trade
gains from Congo, 127, 128, 251,
252; annexes Congo, 137-44 ;
dispute with United Kingdom,
145-58; relations with Germany,
162-74; control of Congo, 175,
176; in the matter of concessions,
205, 206; arms traffic, 216; rela-
tion of Belgian to Congolese
courts, 268, 269, 271, 272; moral
claim to government of Congo,
273-81; disadvantages of neu-
trality, 295, 296; support from
France and United Kingdom,
301, n. 1.
Bentley, George, Baptist mission-
ary, driven from Stanley Pool,
44; linguistic studies, 218.
Béon, Capt., captures Zinga in
1914, 172.
Berbers separated from negroes by
Sahara, 283.
Berlin Act, 57-65; proposals for
revision of, in light of history,
282-301; text of, 302-16; and see
Free Trade, Liquor traffic, Mono-
polies, Neutralization, Treatment
of natives.
Bia, successful expedition in 1891-
2 to the Katanga, 86.
Bio, his territory occupied by
Lemaire, 113.
Bismarck, Prince,
French opposition to British
interests on the Congo, 53-6;
nominal President of the Berlin
Conference, 57, 62, 66.
Bissing, Count von, testament of,
regarding Belgium, 143, n. 2.
Bitima, 104.
Boards of Health, 231.
Bodson, Lieut., kills Msiri, 86.
Böhm, German explorer, travels in
the South Congo basin, 53.
Bokusu (Bakusu), 226.
Boma, 25, 100, 181, 209, 228, 242
Bomokandi, 103, 104.
Bonalia, 247.
Bonchamps, abortive expedition
from Abyssinia to the Nile, 111.
Bonga captured by French forces
in 1914, 172.
Bopoto, 121.
Botanic Garden at Eala, 229, 246.
Botha, Gen. Rt. Hon. L., supports
claim of Union to German South
Africa, 283, n. 5.
Boundaries of the Congo, 64, n. 4,
67, n. 2, 73-4, 105-10, 162-3.
Bourne, H. R. Fox, on misgovern-
ment of the Congo, 129.
Bourse du Travail du Katanga, 255.
Brasseur, commandant at Lofoi, 87.
Brazza, Savorgnan de, rivalry with
Stanley, 42-5, 48, 49.
British East Africa Company, 33,
n. 1; informal agreement as to
territorial exchanges with Leo-
pold II, 102; proposed Indian
settlement in, 290, n. 2.
British South Africa Co., 84, 255;
native land policy, 14, 290;
assists railway connexion with
the Katanga, 91, n. 1.
British trade, decline of, in Congo
in comparison with that of
Germany, 252-3; hampered by
concessionary régime, 127-8,285-
6; disadvantages to, of protec-
tionist régime in the French
Congo and other French posses-
sions, 282-3; of concessionary
régime in the French Congo,
285-6.
Broken Hill, railway communica-
tion with, 239-40; proposal to
connect with Abercorn, 278.
Brusciotta, Giacinto, Apostolic Pre-
fect of the Congo, compiles
vocabulary of Congolese words,
21.
Brussels Conference, 1889-90, 77-
80, 286, 317-18; Brussels Con-
ference, 1899, 81, 321; Brussels
Conference, 1906, 81, 292, n. 2,
320-1; Declaration, 1910, 322.
Budget of the Congo, 196.
Bujas, revolt of the, 100.
Bukama, 174, 237, 239, 248.
Bumpa (Bumba), 121, 245.
Bunkeia, Msiri's capital, 85-6.
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