These men have charge of the king until he attains his majority at the age of eighteen years. There is a native council of representatives who constitute a sort of parliament, in which all native laws are drawn up and then submitted for the approval of the commissioner, and this council discusses affairs once a week with an officer of the Administration. The king presides over the council at times, and always on state occasions sits on his chair attired in his regal robes. Chiefs of high rank may sit on a chair or a bench in the council, but the majority sit on the ground, which is always covered with a plentiful supply of fresh grass.
In Mwanga's days, certainly up to 1888, no one but Europeans dare sit on a chair in his presence, and no native dare let it be known that he had a chair in his possession. One or two daring spirits tried this, but their heads were cut off. When the king visited any chief he was invariably shown
