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for trade in coffee, tont ivory$ grountnuts, palm oil,
rubber, cotton and tobacco, and claimed that there was
an abundance of iron ore and gold throughout Central
Africa.
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In return large British exports of cotton
goode, woollen gooda$ iron and brass articles would
be exchanged. The Royal Geographical Society and the
Associated Chambers of Commerce saw no reason to disagree
with this prospectus when it was put before thou.
Jephcon had clone linke with the Company. A paper which
he put out to the Chambers in January on trade prospects,
contained a brief history of the Company, and according to
a note on the back of the Foreign Office copy, was written
by Mackonzie.
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Rocolutione were sent to the
Government from Chambers at Edinburgh, Blackburn, Leads,
Birmingham and Aberdeen, - not from Manchester although
Jephmon spoke there. All mentioned the neeý1or new
markets in view of foreign tariffe and referred to the
slave trade as a minor argument,
(1)Anti-Slavery RoLorter# Fovember-D©cember 16919
(2) `. O. 84, "241, Africa, Slave Trade, Domestic & Varioun
Februr ry-iiaarch 1892, Copy of Jophoon's papor.
(3) L. 0,84/P243, Africa, Slave Trade! Domestic & Vcriouo1
March-April 1892, resolutions from Chambers of Cormorce.
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