[54] Lord Randolph Churchill 2,576 Rev. J. Page Hopps 769 [55] Wrongly stated in the Annual Register of 1886 as the Board of Trade. [56] An expression quoted from Mr. Gladstone. [57] 'Lord Randolph as an Official,' Nineteenth Century, October 1896, by the Right Hon. Sir Algernon West, K.C.B. [58] Scale of 1886, still in force:— s. d. Where the packet, box, bottle, pot, &c., did not exceed the price or value of 1s., the duty was 0 1½ Exceeded 1s., but did not exceed 2s. 6d. 0 3 " 2s. 6d. " 4s. 0 6 " 4s. " 10s. 1 0 " 10s. " 20s. 2 0 " 20s. " 30s. 3 0 " 30s. " 50s. 10 0 " 50s. 20 0 Lord Randolph Churchill's proposed scale:— s. d. Not exceeding 2d. in value 0 0½ " " 6d. " 0 1½ " " 1s. " 0 3 " " 2s. " 0 6 " " 4s. " 1 0 " " 8s. " 2 0 " " 12s. " 3 0 " " 20s. " 5 0 " " 40s. " 10 0 Exceeding 40s. " 20 0 [59] The exact figure is 291,666l. 13s. 6d., but some reduction would probably occur in practice. [60] Lord Ashbourne. [61] Viscount Curzon, M.P. for South Buckinghamshire. [62] Viscount Curzon, February 21. Hansard, 311, 179. [63] Secretary to the Treasury. [64] Times, April 20, 1887. [65] See his letter to Mr. Arnold White, p. 459. [66] No. 119, Egypt No. 8, 1888, published January 12, 1889. [67] Letter to Birmingham Daily Post, April 18. [68] Life of Gladstone, Book X., chapter iii. [69] Hansard, March 1890. [70] See Appendix, Mr. Jennings's Memorandum and Lord Justice FitzGibbon's note thereupon. [71] Appendix VIII. [72] Local Taxation Bill, June 17—228 to 224. [73] Addison, Spectator, No. 68. [74] Men, Mines and Animals in South Africa. [75] The Hon. Lionel Holland. [76] Life of Pitt. [77] Abridged. MY AFRICAN JOURNEY By The Right Hon. Winston Spencer Churchill, M.P. CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE THE UGANDA RAILWAY 1 CHAPTER II AROUND MOUNT KENYA 19 CHAPTER III THE HIGHLANDS OF EAST AFRICA 45 CHAPTER IV THE GREAT LAKE 66 CHAPTER V THE KINGDOM OF UGANDA 86 viii CHAPTER VI KAMPALA 104 CHAPTER VII 'ON SAFARI' 127 CHAPTER VIII MURCHISON FALLS 148 CHAPTER IX HIPPO CAMP 168 CHAPTER X DOWN THE WHITE NILE 188 CHAPTER XI THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT RAILWAY 209