Looking at the other issues back in 1906, you can see the types and calibers of firearms returned to Mombasa by Akeley and W.D.M. Bell (pages 20 & 23) Fun reading anyway. Bell had just two 303 single barrel rifles.
Huvius, Fun reading indeed - you can searching all issues (check out this one on Mauser http://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=Mauser&tbs=,bkt:m,bkms:1168684103302644747 ). The returns come in two flavors - tax receipts for weapons and registrations (which *generally* have the serial numbers). If you've got a rifle that you suspect might have come 'out of Africa', it's worth the time poking around and potentially finding the name of one of the old owners.
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