Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2008 with funding from IVIicrosoft Corporation http://www.archive.org/details/congoreportofcomOOcongrich THE CONGO A REPORT OF THE COMMISSION OF ENQUIRY APPOINTED BY THE CONGO FREE STATE GOVERNMENT A TRANSLATION G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS NEW YORK AND LONDON Ube Tftnicfterbocher press 1906 Th^^ TJI'to A Copyright,1906 BY JAMES H. GORE Ubeftniclierbocfcer pvcM,flewJQotfi ———————— CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGB Introductory i I The Land Regime and the Freedom OF Trade 17 II Taxation 26 ... .87 III Military Expeditions IV The Concessions 104 V Depopulation 115 VI The Abandoned Infants .120 . . VII Recruiting of Soldiers and Workmen 130 VIII ^Justice 146 Institution of a Committee 169 . . . , 328318