BASSA

Forty-four cases were tried in the provincial court (24 in 1904), of wbich 10 were slavery cases and 16 personation and extortion. Suromonses are generally disregarded, arrests difficult to enforce, and witnesses bard to procure and anxious to obstruct justice. The five native courts reported a total of 104 cases. There is a great deal of slave-trading in this province, whicb cannot be checked until the Okpotos are coerced. Among purely Pagan communities sucb as tbese tbere is no reason wby siavery (domestic or otherwisej sbould not be entirely eradicated with a sirong hand. Fifteen slaves were freed during Ihe year.

du grand marché d'esclaves de Mao Kalai, immédiatement au delà de la frontière allemande, au sud de Yola» vers la Benue, qui n'en est distante qu'à deux jours de marche; aussi de grandes précautions sont- elles prises pour empécber les captures. J'espère qu'il sera possible, grâce à l'augmentation du personnel , de prendre des mesures efficaces pour mettre un terme aux opérations des traitants.