WEALTH OF THE CONGO

Grey River Argus, 2 March 1908, Page 4

WEALTH OF THE CONGO

Mr G. B. Beak, late acting British Vice-Consul for the. .Congo Free State bas returned to England after a 5000---niil e journey across Africa, from Banana, at the mouth of the Congo River, to Mombasa, British East Africa The journey was made at the instance of the Foreign Office, Mr' Beak collecting details of the life and customs of the ? nativos of the districts through whicb he passed. Th c Kaanga district, at the south of the Congo Free State, .and immedi alely north of British Central Africa, •was Mr Beak's particular objective. He traversed ihis region for over 1400 miles, and reports that it is intensely rich in copper mjnes, which arc at present tmdevclope<T for want of* railway communication. "When this is established," said Mr Beak, "Kambove and Ruwe, the two chief . towns of th c district, arc confidently expected to develop into -second Johannesburgs."