Abbreviations
| aic | Association internationale du Congo |
| atc | African Trading Company |
| BoT | Swedish Board of Trade (Kommerskollegium) |
| DfI | Norwegian Department of the Interior (Departementet for det Indre) |
| dti | Norwegian Department of Trade and Industry |
| mccs | Mission Covenant Church of Sweden (Svenska Missionsförbundet) |
| mfn | Most Favoured Nation |
| nms | Norwegian Missionary Society (Det Norske Misjonsselskap) |
| obe | Order of the British Empire |
| sea | Swedish Export Association (Sveriges Allmänna Exportförening) |
| UD | Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Utrikesdepartementet) |
| U.S. | United States (of America) |