ABSTRACT
Origin of the Niger Company—Treaties by Company—Negotiations for the Charter; Monopoly refused—Charter of 10 July 1886—Practical Monopoly—Sir Claude Macdonald’s Report—Boundaries and Customs Duties—Brass men’s grievances; they take and burn Akassa—Kirk’s inquiry into Brass grievances—The Monopoly—Lieut. Hourst—Bida and Ilorin Expedition—Secretary Chamberlain sends Lugard to raise 2,000 frontier force—Convention with France 1898—Revocation of the Charter.
