Contains: Permission to fly the German flag Circular letter of the Imperial Governor of D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a concerning the birthday celebration of the Empress Postcards

Yushi V. Musinga (Mzinga), King of Rwanda, next to the flag of the German Empire in German East Africa / Photographer: Scherl

The volume contains, inter alia, documents on measures against the slave trade under the French flag and bans on arms exports from other countries.

Contains among other things: Slave trade under French flag

Contains among other things: Kommissarium Wilhelms II. for Hauptmann Wissmann as Commissioner of the Reich for East Africa of 8 Febr. 1889 Bismarck's instructions for Wissmann's activity as Reich Commissioner in East Africa of 12 Febr. 1889 Wissmann's memorandum on the military programme and the organisation of the police force of 5 Jan. 1889 (excerpt) Statute of the German East African Society of 26 Febr. 1887 Discussion in the raising of the German flag in East Africa

Contains among other things: Wissmann's arrival in East Africa Beginning of military action, in particular against Chief Buschiri

Contains among other things: Instructions of the German East African Society for its General Representation in Zanzibar of 22 Feb. 1889 Dispute over the raising of the German flag in East Africa