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had no intention of taking on any
Central African
reaponcibilitieo, Lord Derby co=ented on the dangers of
a protectorate which could only be reached through
Portuguese territory, and Lord Kimberley remarked "I have
nov r seen map of thin district and have no distinct ideas
on the subject. "
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The humanitarians bi 1885 had bccoaze advocatea of
Imperial expansion$ By 1886 they had learnt fror their
previous failure not to oak the Government "... for any
impossible protectorate. "'" but for an arrangement with
Portugal ".. which shall leave the British community in
undisturbed possession of the fzwdom which'tbey now enjoy
and from interferenco in their attompta to develop the
country. "
(?
-) But the Lakeo Company had been hopefully
proceeding to make treaties with the native tribes as a
barrier against a Portuguese advance.
By 1888, the Portuguese expeditions to the Zarbosi
coincided with the äoop ate war which the miomiona and
Company were fightitg on Zyaoa against the Arab slave raiders*
C 1) !' 84/1735, op cit, 3oraor +ndum on British protectorate
in Nyasa 23rd March 1885.
ý2) MSS. of U. IL. C A. C4 Porturuene Ent Africa Waller to
(3) Ibids
Onneyi secretary of U. M. C,. A. 4th February 1886,,
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