Excerpt from Address of Mr. H. M. Stanley: On England and the Congo and Manchester Trade, and the Work and Aims of the International Association There are now about 40 Europeans altogether. Between Boma and Viva, in 1877, there were four Europeans, two of Whom were Portuguese clerks. There are now 63 Europeans. Below Boma there are about 60, and the total number of Europeans on the Lower Congo is now 163, apportioned among the various nations nearly as follows: Twenty-four Dutch, 25 English, one Italian, six Germans, twelve Swedes, 22 Belgians, eight French, and 67 Portuguese. Above Vivi, on the Upper Congo, are 29 English, four Germans, nine Swedes, 14s Belgians, 11 French, one Austrian, one American, and one Pole; total, 70 Europeans. All the Europeans on the Congo, Upper and Lower, number 233, divided as follows: 67 Portuguese, 541 English, 36 Belgians, 24 Dutch, 21 Swedes, 19 'french, 10 Germans, one Italian, one Austrian, one American, one Pole. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.