11 SEPTEMBER 1926, Page 18

THIS WEEK'S BOOKS

The Proceedings of the Conference of Governors of the East African Dependencies (Waterlow and Sons, 2s. 6d.) is an imposing and rather forbidding report, of importance none the less to the public interested in African developments. It is impossible to summarize the report in a note, except to say that the importance of the East African railway problem was fully discussed, that it has been agreed that a combined research department to enquire into Sleeping Sickness and cognate matters should be established, and that an air survey is to be carried out between Khartum and Kisumu. Confer- ences will be held yearly at Nairobi in future, probably early in May.