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[[Charles George Gordon]] succeeded Baker as Governor of Equatoria in 1874 and noting the unhealthy climate of Gondokoro, moved the administrative centre downstream to the town of [[Lado, South Sudan|Lado]].<ref>Middleton, pp. 169-170.</ref> Gordon assisted in the development of primary industry in Lado, with the start of commercial farming of [[cotton]], [[sesame]] and [[Sorghum bicolor|durra]] and the introduction of livestock farming.<ref>Cohen, p. 1660.</ref> His efforts to consolidate British control over the region were unsuccessful though and when he resigned as Governor in 1876, only Lado and the few garrison settlements along the Nile could be considered administered.<ref>Flint, p. 143.</ref>
Russian explorer [[Wilhelm Junker]] arrived in the Lado area in 1884, fleeing the [[Mahdist War|Mahdist uprising]] in the Sudan, and made it his base for his further explorations of the region.<ref name=m300>Middleton, p. 300.</ref> Junker wrote complimentarily of Lado town, in particular its brick buildings and neat streets.<ref
==Belgian rule==
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Lado was the largest town in the Enclave, while [[Yei, South Sudan|Yei]], a fortified military station on the [[Yei River]], was considered the second most important town.<ref>Gleichen, p. 279.</ref>
==Demographics==
===Health===
[[Tsetse fly|Tsetse flies]] were common in the Enclave and [[African trypanosomiasis]] (also known as sleeping sickness), the medical condition that can occur as a result of a tstetse fly bite, led to a number of fatal cases recorded in the Enclave.<ref>Gleichen, p. 159.</ref>
===Fauna and flora===
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