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Taylor & Francis The Government and Administration of Africa 1880-1939 2013 Edition by Andrew Cohen
This collection makes available rare sources on the aims, functions and effects of British administration in Africa. Topics examined include: land and urban administration, law and jurisprudence, taxation and administration of natural resources. Table of contents :- Volume 1: Recruitment and Training The British administration in Africa was carried out using a relatively small number of specially trained officials. In 1937 when numbers reached their peak, the average single British civil servant was responsible for more than 37,000 Africans. Training and guidance for the Colonial Service came in a variety of forms. Included in this volume are speeches, training manuals, pamphlets, reports, despatches, private papers and memoirs, journal articles, conference proceedings and memoranda. Texts include: Colonial Service Regulations (1911), the Warren Fisher Report (1930) and Bronislaw Malinowski, Memorandum on Colonial Research (Manuscript). W H Mercer and A E Collins, The Colonial Office list for 1900, 'Information as to Colonial Appointments' (1900); Sir John Harding and G E R Gent, The Dominions Office and Colonial Office List for 1939, 'Information as to Colonial Appointments' (1939); Regulations for His Majesty's Colonial Service (1911); Ernest Eiloart, The Land of Death (1887); 'The Medical Services of West African Colonies and Protectorates', British Medical Journal (1902); 'The Organization of the Colonial Medical Service', British Medical Journal (1902); The West African Pocket Book. A Guide for Newly-Appointed Government Officers, 2nd edn (1906); Lord Elgin, Colonies (General), Circular Despatch. Dated 15th February, 1907 (1907); Colonial Nursing Association, Tenth Annual Report of the Executive Committee of the Colonial Nursing Association (1906); H B Arber, Unpublished Memoir of the Sudan Political Service (1928-54), excerpt; Sir Ralph Furse, 'Liaison with Universities in the Self-Governing Dominions' (1929); 'Memorandum Showing the Progress and Development in the Colonial Empire and in the Machinery for Dealing withC olonial Questions from November 1924, to November, 1928' (1928); R D Furse, 'Recruitment and Training of Colonial Civil Servants' (1927); Gordon Guggisberg, Confidential Memorandum By the Governor of the Gold Coast (1927); Colonial Office Conference, Summary of Proceedings, 'Recruitment and Training of Colonial Civil Servants' (1927); W Ormsby-Gore, Speech for Meeting with Vice Chancellors and Headmasters at Board of Education (1928); Colonial Agricultural Service, Report of a Committee Appointed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1928); [Warren Fisher], Report of a Committee on the System of Appointment in the Colonial Office and the Colonial Services (1930); 'Recruitment in Colonial Service' (1930); Colony and Protectorate of Kenya, Pensions Committee, Interim Report (1928); B Malinowski, 'Memorandum on Colonial Research' (1927); Margery Perham, 'A Re-Statement of Indirect Rule' (1934); Oxford Summer School on Colonial Administration (1938); Colony of Nigeria, 'Life and Duties of an Administrative Officer in Nigeria' (Draft Pamphlet) (1933); L S B Leaky, 'Colonial Administration in East Africa from the Native Point of View' (1930) Volume 2: Governance and Law Following the model used in India, Britain initially established its rule in Africa through a series of mercantile companies. However, this proved no match for the state-supported protectorates of other colonial powers and the territories were transferred to direct British governmental control. The administrative structure established by Lord Lugard in the north of Nigeria was then adopted in other areas under British dominion. After a period of amalgamation, local governance gradually moved towards more indirect rule, and some power eventually devolved to a native administration. Documents in this volume cover: Cameroon, Egypt, the Gold Coast, Kenya, Matabeleland, Natal, Nigeria (north and south), Rhodesia (north and south), Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanganyika Territory, Togoland, Uganda (including some on Buganda) and Zanzibar. Royal Niger Company (1899); Royal Niger Company, Regulations (1886); Imperial British East Africa Company, The Settlement of Uganda and British East Africa Company (1894); 'Memorandum on the Constitution of the Native Government of the Buganda Kingdom' (n.d.); Harry Johnston, Uganda Protectorate, Ordinance No 8 of 1902, 'King's African Rifles' (1902); British Mandates for the Cameroons, Togoland and East Africa (1923); 'Agreement between Her Britannic Majesty's Government and the Government of Her Highness the Khedive of Egypt, relative to the Future Administration of the Soudan' (1899); D Gwyther Moore, 'Notes on the Legislation of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan' (1924); Frederick D Lugard, 'Correspondence relating to the Amalgamation of Northern and Southern Nigeria' (1913); 'Series "A" Minutes. Conference of Governors of the East African Dependences Possibility of Further Co-ordination of Policy in the East Africa Dependencies' (1926); Devonshire Declaration, Indians in Kenya (1923); Letter from the Kabaka of Buganda to Sir G Archer (27 September 1926); Letter from Sir G Archer to Sir S Wilson (5 January 1927); Native Courts Regulations, East Africa (1903); Tanganyika Territory. Native Administration Memorandanda No II. Native Courts (1930); J L Maffey, Minutes from the Governor-General of Sudan, 'Devolution in Native Administration' (1 January 1927); Petition Against the Appointment and Deposition of Chiefs Bill (1930); Uganda Secretary of Native Parliament: Dismissal of Yusufu Bamuta, Dispatches and Correspondence (1929); Sir Donald Cameron, Address by his Excellency the Governor (6 March 1933); Instructions Passed to the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Uganda Protectorate (1920); Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Administration of Justice in Kenya, Uganda and the Tanganyika Territory in Criminal Matters (1934); East Africa Protectorate. Correspondence relating to the Flogging of Natives by Certain Europeans at Nairobi (1907); Colony of Natal. Report of an Official Enquiry into the Prison System of the Colony (1907); Despatch from the Governor of Sierra Leone Reporting on the Measures Adopted to Deal with Unlawful Societies in the Protectorate (1913); Letter from Herbert J Taylor, Chief Native Commissioner's Office, Bulawayo (4 November 1904); Letter from Sir W H Milton to H Fox-Wilson (22 July 1904); 'Police. Ordinance No 6 of 1894. An Ordinance relating to the Civil Police of the Gold Coast Colony' (1894); Lord Hailey, 'Law and Justice in Africa' (1937) Volume 3: Taxation and Revenue Together with advantages of trade, the British were able to collect revenues from its dominions. These revenues included customs duties, land duties, commodity taxes and poll tax. Taxation led to friction amongst poor Africans, leading to uprisings such as the Hut Tax War of 1898. Territories represented by texts in this volume include: British South Africa, Egypt, the Gambia, the Gold Coast, Kenya, Nigeria (the north and coastal regions, including Abeokuta and Ibadan), Nyasaland, Rhodesia (south), Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanganyika Territory and Uganda (districts of Bugwere, Budama, Bugishu, Teso, Lango, Karamoja, Gulu, Chua, West Nile, Buganda, Busoga and Bunyoro). Report on the Administration of the Niger Coast Protectorate, August 1891 to August 1894 (1895); Southern Rhodesia Custom Management Ordinance (1906); British South Africa Company, Administration Revenue and Expenditure in Southern and Northern Rhodesia (1914); 'Customs Tariff. An Ordinance to Consolidate and Amend the Duties of Customs, Ordinance No. 4 of 1899' and 'Ground Nuts. An Ordinance to Regulate the Import and Export of Ground Nuts into and from the Colony and Protectorate, Ordinance No. 5 of 1899' (1900); Harry L Stephen, 'Rebellion in Sierra Leone' (1899); Edmund Dene Morel, The Sierra Leone Hut-Tax Disturbances (1899); Confidential Despatch to Colonial Office on Toll Collection in Abeokuta and Ibadan (1903); Frederick D Lugard, Administration of Tropical Colonies (1906); Frederick D Lugard, Memorandum on the Taxation of Natives in Northern Nigeria (1907); Percy Girouard, 'Political Memo No 26. Directions for Taxation and Land Revenue' (1908); Donald Cameron, Tanganyika Territory, Native Administration Memoranda No III: Native Treasuries, 2nd edn (1930); Sir Bernard Bourdillon, Appointment of Revenue and Duties as between the Central Government and Native Administrations (1939); Earl of Cromer, Reports by His Majesty's Agent and Consul-General on the Finances, Administration, and Condition of Egypt and the Soudan in 1902 (1903), excerpt; 'The Local Taxation Ordinance 1912', Sudan (1912); Report on the Administration, Finances and Condition of the Sudan in 1936 (1937), excerpt; High Commissioner of Swaziland, Proclamation Consolidating and Amending the Laws relating to the Taxation of Natives in Swaziland (1916); C K Dain, Instructions for the Use of Administrative Officers in regard to the Collection of Native Poll Tax (1927); Income Tax Uganda Protectorate Despatch and Petitions (1932); Alan Pim, 'Colonial Finance and Native Administration', Oxford Summer School on Colonial Administration (1938); Alan W Pim, Report of the Commission Appointed to Enquire into and Report on the Financial Position and System of Taxation in Kenya (1936), excerpt; W J A, Jones, Memorandum on the Introduction of Direct Taxation in the Gold Coast Colony (1931); Minutes of the Meeting of the Joint Conference of the Provincial Councils held at Saltpond in April, 1932 (1933) Volume 4: Rural and Urban Land With its growing territories, Britain had to establish new systems of land tenure and exploitation. With this came a divergence between rural areas and rapidly expanding urban centres. Provision had to be made for new types of land development and administration, including the establishment of mining towns. As a result, policies surrounding issues of white settlement, racial segregation and the relationship between Indian immigrants and local African populations increasingly occupied those tasked with administering the colonies. Sources include: official memoranda, correspondence, reports, speeches and manuscript documents covering Bechuanaland, the Gold Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Rhodesia (north and south), Sudan and Zanzibar. Report of Land Committee, East Africa Protectorate (1905); Settling Farmers in the Matopo Valley, Southern Rhodesia (1904); Henry Wilson Fox, The British South Africa Company Memorandum: Containing Notes and Information Concerning Land Policy (1912); W J Simpson, Report on Plague in the Gold Coast in 1908 (1908); Nairobi Sanitary Commission, Report, Evidence &c (1913); Papers relating to the Southern Rhodesia Native Reserves Commission (1917); Correspondence on the Subject of Grants of Land in the East African Protectorate to Men who have Taken Part in the War (1917); J W Barth, Report of the Land Settlement Commission (1919); W H McLean, 'Town Planning in the Tropics. With Special Reference to the Khartoum City Development Plan' (1913); Prof. W J Simpson, 'Segregation and Town-planning in Northern and Southern Nigeria' (1920); Norman Leys, 'Memorandum on the Land Question in Tropical Africa' (1922); Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Affairs of the Free Town Municipality, May-July, 1926 (1926); 'Interview Granted by the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs to Tshekedi Khama' (1930); 'The Mine Townships Ordinance, 1932' (1934) Volume 5: Health, Labour and Other Issues of Administration British administration in Africa relied on a large indigenous labour force. The Colonial Medical Service was charged with keeping these people in good health, and was of great importance in the smooth running of British interests in Africa. In addition to medical and nursing assistance, the administration helped to develop new systems of sanitation. Education, missionary activities, the control of alcohol consumption and slavery are among the other issues covered in this volume. Documents presented here include: official reports, conference proceedings, papers from missionary societies, despatches - including one from Winston Churchill -, letters, memoranda, journal articles and pamphlets. This volume contains the largest proportion of manuscript material. Health Report of the Departmental Committee on the West African Medical Staff, with a Despatch from the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1909); Colonial Recruitment Regulations No 3, Information Regarding the Colonial Medical Service (1935), excerpt; 'The Colonial Medical Services: Regulations for the East African Medical Service' (1926); Nursing Sisters in Uganda: Pensions and Permanent Positions, Letters and Memoranda between Nurses Employed in Uganda and Chief Medical Officers concerning Terms of Employment (1927-8); 'Quarantine. Ordinance No 3 of 1899. An Ordinance to Amend the Laws relating to Quarantine' (1900); 'Decree by His Highness Seyyid Ali Bin Hamoud, Sultan of Zanzibar. No 4 of 1919. Public Health' (1909); Andrew Balfour, 'Some Aspects of Tropical Sanitation' paper presented in 1910 (1911); N M Macfarlane, A Record of Medical Work and of the Medical Service in Basutoland (1934); Uganda Protectorate, Annual Report of the Medical Department for the Year Ended 31st December, 1938 (1939) Labour First Annual Report of the Rhodesian Native Labour Bureau (24 September 1904); Secretaries of the Conference of Missionary Societies in Great Britain and Ireland: [Randall Thomas Davidson], Labour in Africa and the Principle of Trusteeship (1920); 'Documents Relating to East Africa Protectorate. Lord Milner's Despatch to the Governor of the East Africa Protectorate relating to Native Labour' (1920); Despatch to the Officer Administrating the Government of Kenya Colony and Protectorate relating to Native Labour (1921); Colin Scott Moncrieff, Note on the Corvee in Egypt (1886); Report on Slavery and Free Labour in the British East Africa Protectorate (1903); Papers relating to Slavery in the Sudan (1927) Other Issues of Administration 'Christian Education in Africa Conference at High Leigh, Hoddesdon' (1924); 'Educational Policy in Africa. A Memorandum Submitted on Behalf of the Education Committee of the Conference of Missionary Societies in Great Britain and Ireland' (1924); Educational Policy in British Tropical Africa. Memorandum Submitted to the Secretary of State by the Advisory Committee on Native Education in the British Tropical African Dependencies (1925); F Buxton, 'British Administration in West Africa' (1891); Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Liquor Trade in Southern Nigeria (1909); Ethel Tawse Jollie, 'Native Administration in Southern Rhodesia' (1935); Trade Union Congress and the Labour Party, Labour and the Empire: Africa ([c.1920s])show more