The first order I gave in connection with the Expedition for the relief of Emin Bey was by cable to Zanzibar to my agent, Mr. Edmund Mackenzie, of Messrs. Smith, Mackenzie & Co., to engage 200 Wanyamwezi porters at Bagamoyo to convey as many loads of rice (= 6 tons) to the missionary station at Mpwapwa, which was about 200 miles east of Zanzibar, the cost of which was 2,700 rupees. The second order, after receiving the consent of His Highness the Seyyid of Zanzibar, was to enlist 600 Zanzibari porters, and also the purchase of the following goods, to be used for barter for native provisions, such as grain, potatoes, rice, Indian corn, bananas, plantains, etc. Yards. 400 pieces (30 yards each) of brown sheeting 12,000 865 " (8 " " ) of kaniki 6,920 99 " (8 " " ) handkerchiefs 792 80 " (8 " " ) tanjiri 640 214 " (8 " " ) dabwani 1,712 107 " (8 " " ) sohari 856 27 " (8 " " ) subaya 216 121 " (8 " " ) Barsati 968 58 " (24 " " ) Kunguru 1,392 48 " (8 " " ) ismaili 384 119 " (8 " " ) kikoi 952 14 " (4 " " ) daole 56 27 " (4 " " ) jawah 108 4 " (24 " " ) kanga 96 4 " (24 " " ) bindera 96 58 " (8 " " ) rehani 464 6 " (30 " " ) joho 180 24 " (4 " " ) silk kikoi 96 4 " (4 " " ) silk daole 96 24 " (4 " " ) fine dabwani 96 13 " (4 " " ) sohari 52 3 " (30 " " ) fine sheeting 90 24 long shirts, white 24 " " brown ------- Total yards 27,262 Also 3,600 lbs. of beads and 1 ton of wire, brass, copper, iron. The third order was for the purchase of forty pack donkeys and ten riding asses, which necessitated an order for saddles to match, at an expense of £400. Messrs. Forrest & Son received a design and order for the construction of a steel boat 28 ft. long, 6 ft. beam, and 2 ft. 6 in. deep. It was to be built of Siemens steel galvanized, and divided into twelve sections, each weighing about 75 lbs. The fore and aft sections were to be decked and watertight, to give buoyancy in case of accident.