EUROPEANS IN AFRICA.
Mr Stanley, (lie African explorer, is now engaged in making a road from the Lower Congo to the upper. We are told that “ the permanent station at the foot of the falls, called Yivi, was lately visited by the British Consul at Loanda. It is situated on an elevated plateau overlooking the the river, and has the appearance of a small town. It contains dwelling houses for Mr Stanley and his European assistants ; warehouses, workshops, and huts for labourers ; and a garden producing vegetables of almost every description. Thirty miles of waggon roads have been constructed. Already very considerable trade has sprung up on the Lower Congo River, where thirty or forty vessels call annually. When Stanley’s road is completed, connecting by land transpoitatinn the upper and the lower river, a magnificent waterway into the interior of Africa will be opened up to commerce. The upper river is navigable for 1000 miles. Next we may hear of railroads traversing the region noticed. They will follow as a matter of course.
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Patea Mail, 28 April 1881, Page 3
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