"It is a question (of native labour) which has engaged my most careful attention in connection with West Africa and ot…"

"Between July 1891 and February 1896, no fewer than 62 convictions admittedly representing a small proportion of offen…"

"We are all of us taxed, and taxed heavily. Is that a system of forced labour? To say that because we put a tax on the…"

"If that really is the last word of civilization, if we are to proceed on the assumption that the nearer the native or…"

"Before having had the opportunity to meet several officers and to visit the stations of the State of Congo, I am conv…"

"The method of obtaining men for military service is often but little different from that formerly employed to obtain …"

"There was no doubt that the administration of the Congo Government had been marked by a very high degree of a certain…"

"That the Congo State had done good work in excluding alcoholic liquors from the greater part of their domain, that th…"

"If The State has restricted the liquor trade it is scarcely possible to overestimate the service which is being rende…"

"The members of the Land Commission shall examine with special care the question whether the lands applied for ought n…"