The White Elephant, Punch 103
In 1892, the British East Africa Company (as the explorer), which was the administrator of British East Africa (including the territory of Uganda, as the white elephant), was becoming increasingly ineffective in its venture as a commercial company with colonial administrative rights – amidst conflicts between rival factions, including the Kingdom of Buganda, French Catholic, and British Protestant missionaries. By 1894, the British government (as the wealthy man) had assumed administration rights of the territory and established the Uganda Protectorate, effectively dissolving the company.
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THE WHITE ELEPHANT.
PRESENT PROPRIETOR (loq.). "SEE HERE, GOVERNOR! HE'S A LIKELY-LOOKING ANIMAL,—BUT I CAN'T MANAGE HIM! IF YOU WON'T TAKE HIM, I MUST LET HIM GO!!"
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