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• Eric Bentley to William Mackinnon. - BISN Co. Box 2. The letter has as an enclosure the Precis of Mail sent to Mombasa on 10 March 1892 from the Head office; initialled as seen by William Mackinnon ; from bookkeeping to proficiency pay for Swahili; road & rail making to Kilimanjaro boundary, leadmine plans to disinterest in petroleum springs. Points made concern William Mackinnon 's fears on cost of Jelori Plantation, sending copies of Railway Survey Plan; question regarding mentions of Bentley in IBEA Co. Handbook.
• Gerald Walker to William Mackinnon. a covering letter for Gordon quotations about elephant usage; arrangements regarding meeting of his brother Horace Walker & William Mackinnon ; cuttings appended from Telegraph of 15 July regarding London visit of Sultan Barghash & a French proposal for a trans-Saharan railway; enclosed, the Gordon extracts - stopped elephant export, crushed slave trade, long training required; Indian elephants tractable, wild African formidable; mahouts untrustworthy & dishonest, Sudanese askaris better handlers; marched from Cairo to Lake Albert; very useful in road-making. Also enclosed G.W.'s letter of May 27, 1879, regarding Beardall's road report (missing). Zanzibar instructions, Sultan's dealings with Mr. Bradshaw & his land concession; post-script refers to Beardall's plan of elephant-catching, & Gordon's resignation in the Sudan. See miscellaneous files (1-4) on Zanzibar matters.
• 12) Letter by C.S. Leresche (20 May 1881) with statement of Banks dealings in Rail bonds & financial benefits therefrom
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