Economic Development of Africa, 1880–1939
Editor: David Sunderland
Advisory Editor: Godfrey N Uzoigwe
Britain and Africa
978 1 84893 063 6: 234x156mm: £450.00/$795.00
One of the main motives for British imperialism in Africa was economic gain. This collection examines the ways in which Britain developed Africa, and, in so doing, benefited her own economy. In addition, it explores the impact development had on African societies and the economic roles of Africans. Topics examined will include: agricultural production of foods and non-foods; the marketing of produce; white settlement of farm lands; the emergence of trade, mining, industry and banking; African enterprise; and the supply of labour and working conditions.
Contents
Volume 1: Agriculture: Non-food Production
Cotton
CO 879/89/3. British Central Africa Protectorate, Report on the Cotton-Growing Industry, 1905; N M Penzer, Cotton in British West Africa, including Togoland and the Cameroons, London, 1920; Empire Cotton Growing Corporation, Report on the Cotton-Growing Industry of Uganda, Kenya and the Mwanza District of Tanganyika, Guildford and Esher, London, 1925; J S Addison and H C Jefferys, Cotton Growing in Southern Africa and Rhodesia. A Report of a Tour, Cotton Research Corporation, London, 1927
Cover Crops
William Lyne Watt, Green Manures, Shelter Belts and Cover Crops, Government Printer, Nairobi (Kenya), 1929
Indigo etc
Sir Alfred Moloney, West African Produce (Indigo etc.) Letters from His Excellency Sir Alfred Moloney ... to the Secretary of the Chamber, Lee and Nightingale, Liverpool, 1890
Jute
M Van Den Hoek, Jute and Jute Products with Special Reference to the High-Priced Grain Bags in South Africa, Pretoria, 1929
Palm Oil
W N Thomas, ‘On the Oil Rivers of West Africa’, Proceedings of Royal Geographic Society, xvii, 1873; West Africa: Palm Oil and Palm Kernels. Report of a Committee Appointed...to Consider the Best Means of Securing Improved and Increased Production, London, 1925
Rubber
Philip Lyttelton Gell, The Rubber Industry in the British South Africa Company’s Territories, British South Africa Company, 1900; J H Holland, Rubber Cultivation in West Africa, London, 1901
Sisal
E D Rutherford, Sisal in Kenya, London, 1924
Timber
JW Nicholson, The Future of Forestry in Uganda, Government Printer, Entebbe, 1929; F M Oliphant, Report on the Commercial Possibilities and Development of the Forests of Nigeria, Lagos, 1934
Tobacco
Report of the Tobacco Industry. No. 4, Pretoria (South Africa) 1924; Report of the Tobacco Advisory Committee, 1936, Government Printer, Entebbe (Uganda), 1936
Wattle
W G Leckie, The Growing of Wattle and Production of Wattle Bark in Kenya, Government Printer, Nairobi, 1932
Volume 2: Agriculture: Food production
Crops:
Chicory
C Neethling and C H Spaner, An Economic Investigation into the Chicory Industry, Pretoria, 1929
Citrus fruits
M Van Den Hoek and W J Pretorius, An Enquiry into the Factors of Production in the Citrus Industry of South Africa for the Year 1926, Pretoria, 1926
Cocoa
J H Harris, Cocoa Production in West Africa. The Labour Problem etc, London, 1911.
Coffee
Report of Proceedings of Coffee Planters’ Days and Coffee Conference held at the Memorial Hall, Nairobi, June 29th to July 2nd, 1932, Government Printer, Nairobi (Kenya), 1932.
Ground Nuts
Archibald J Brooks, The Cultivation of Groundnuts with Special Reference to the Gambia, Government Printer, Bathurst, 1929; I Tribolet, Report on the Possibilities of Tree Nut Culture in Nyasaland, Nyasaland Protectorate, 1930
Maize
E Harrison, Maize in Kenya, Nairobi, 1926
Rice
Agricultural Survey of the Existing and Potential Rice Lands in the Swamp Areas of the Little Scarcies, Great Scarcies, Port Loko and Rokel Rivers, Government Printer, Freetown (Sierra Leone), 1931
Sugar
Sugar Inquiry Commission Report, Cape Town, 1922; Special Agricultural Correspondent, ‘Land attractions of Kenya: Sugar Growing’, East Africa, August 27, 1925
Tea
Harold H Mann, Report on Tea Cultivation and its Development in Nyasaland, London, Crown Agents for the Colonies, 1933; Tea Section of the Uganda Planters' Association, Tea in Uganda, Kampala, early 1930s
Wheat
G J L Burton, Wheat Growing in Kenya Colony, Nairobi, 1925
Animal Husbandry:
Sheep
Natal Land and Colonization Co., Sheep Farming in Natal and Plan of Emigration as proposed by the Natal Land and Colonization Company, Alabaster and Passmore, London, 1866; Eastern African Trade and Information Office, Sheep in Kenya, London, 1924
Pigs
Eastern African Trade and Information Office, Kenya Pigs and Bacon, London, 1924
Beef
O T Faulkner, Stock Breeding, Lagos (Nigeria), 1927; R A S Macdonald, Further Memorandum on the Economics of the Cattle Industry in Northern Rhodesia, with Special Reference to the Native Cattle Industry, Northern Rhodesia Veterinary Department, Lusaka, 1937
Dairy
Southern Rhodesia Committee of Enquiry into Certain Aspects of the Dairy and Pig Industries, Report, Salisbury, 1936
Volume 3: Agriculture: Other Aspects of Agriculture
Agriculture – Country Reports
H H Lardner, The Agricultural Question, A Letter to his Excellency Samuel Rowe ... and How to Double the Revenue and Trade and Improve the Sanitary Condition of the West Africa Settlements, Adams & Co., London, 1880; J A Barbour James, The Agricultural and Other Industrial Possibilities of the Gold Coast, St. Bride’s Press Ltd (Civil Engineering Press), London, 1911; Office of the High Commissioner of South Africa, Does Farming Pay? Pretoria, early 1920s; M T Dawe, Report on the Agricultural Conditions and Needs of the Gambia, London, 1921; A C Hunter, A Decade of Agricultural Progress in Kenya, An Address given by Hon Alex. Holm, Director of Agriculture, to the Rotary Club, Nairobi, Government Printer, Nairobi, 1931; S Milligan, Report on the Present Position of the Agricultural Industry and the Necessity or Otherwise of Encouraging Further European Settlement in Agricultural Areas, Livingstone (Northern Rhodesia), 1931; Southern Rhodesia Committee of Enquiry into the Economic Position of the Agricultural Industry, Report, Salisbury, 1934
Marketing of Produce
V Liversage, The Marketing of Potatoes, Government Printer, Nairobi, 1932; R H Fraser, A Report on the Marketing of Northern Rhodesia Tobacco in Great Britain, Government Printer, Lusaka, 1936; Native Produce: Inspection and Marketing Services, Government Printer, Nairobi, 1937; J G Kelly, Report of a Committee appointed in Nigeria to Examine Recommendations made by the Commission on the Marketing of West African Cocoa, Government Printer, Lagos, 1939
White Settlement of Farm Lands
Proposals for the Encouragement of Land Settlement and Immigration, British South Africa Company, early 1910s; E George Heaton Nicholls, Empire Settlement in Africa in its relation to Trade and the Native Races, London, early 1920s; Land for Settlers, Northern Rhodesia Department of Lands, Livingstone, 1925; J W Downie, Rhodesia. Development and Expansion with Special Relation to Markets and Migration, Address ... and Report of Proceedings ... at a Private Meeting on 15th May, 1928, London, 1928
Credit and Disease
An Agricultural Credit System for Cape Colony. Correspondence is Invited. Letters should be Addressed to the Treasurer of the Colony, Argus, Cape Town, 1907; G R Clifton, Report of the Committee on Locust Menace Crop Insurance, Government Printer, Nairobi, 1929; Kenya, Agricultural Indebtedness Committee, Interim Report, Nairobi, 1936
Volume 4: Non-Agricultural Development
Mining:
Asbestos
D Landale Frew, Asbestos Mining in Rhodesia, George S Ikin & Son, Bolton, 1936
Bauxite
F Dixey, Bauxite Deposits in Nyasaland, 1925
Coal
Drummond Chaplin, Address Delivered by ... President of the Transvaal Chamber of Mines at the Annual General Meeting of Members held at Johannesburg on 22nd February, 1906, Johannesburg, 1906; R C Wilson, Brown Coal in Nigeria, Lagos, 1924
Copper
Sir A Geddes, Auckland Memorandum Prepared by the Rhokana Corporation Limited on the Copper Mining Industry of Northern Rhodesia, London, 1932
Diamonds
Agreement for the Grant of a Licence for a Term of 99 years from the 1st July, 1933 for Diamond Mining in the Colony and Protectorate of Sierra Leone, Electric Law Press, London, 1934
Gold
The Past, Present and Future of the Gold-Mining Industry of the Witwatersrand, Transvaal, Being the James Forrest Lecture Delivered at the Institution of Civil Engineers, Session 1910-1911, Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1911; Sir Albert Ernest Kitson, The Gold Resources of the Gold Coast, McCorquodale & Co. Ltd, London 1932
Limestone
G H Gethin Jones, Memorandum on the Lime Resources of Kenya Colony with Special Reference to Future Requirements and the Economy of Transportation, Government Printer, Nairobi, 1932
Tin
The Report of a Committee Appointed at a Meeting of Companies, Firms and Individuals Interested in the Production of Tin in Nigeria and Convened by the Nigerian Chamber of Mines (Incorporated) on Thursday, the 15th day of December, 1932, Turner & Dunnett, London, 1933
General
Nigeria Mines Department, Nigerian Minerals and Mining, Lagos, 1924; An Address...by N R Junner on the Gold and Other Mineral Resources of the Gold Coast and Sierra Leone, Accra, 1933; Report of the Committee on Mining Legislation, Governmnet Printer, Nairobi, 1933
Industry
R N Kotze, Memorandum re Iron and Steel Industry, Transvaal, Department of Mines, Pretoria, 1909; Union of South Africa, Office of Census and Statistics, No. 31. Report on the Engineering Industry of South Africa 1915/6 to 1923/4; Union of South Africa, Office of Census and Statistics. Manufacturing Industries. No. 7. Printing and Publishing 1924; L Speight, ‘Big Game Hunting in South Africa’, South African Railways and Harbours Magazine, Christmas 1926; Report on the Hides and Skins Industry of the Northern Provinces of Nigeria, Government Printer, Lagos, 1927; Hides & Skins Section of the Mombasa Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture, A Memorandum on the Hide and Skin Trade in East Africa, Mombasa, 1928; V Liversage, The Manufacture of Egg Products, Government Printer, Nairobi, 1934; W J Megaw, Report on the Flax Industry in Kenya, Government Printer, Nairobi, 1939
Banking
Cape Government Saving Bank Accounts for the Year ended 31 December 1881 under Act 4 of 1875; Bank of British West Africa, Annual Report and Balance Sheet, 1902 and Annual Report and Balance Sheet, 1939; Report of the Land and Agriculture Bank of Southern Rhodesia for the Year 1925; Anon, ‘Banking in West Africa’, Elder Dempster Magazine, June 1926; Analysis of Bank Statistics for British East Africa 1927 to 1931. Part. 1, Nairobi, 1932; A Brief summary of the History of Banking in South Africa and An Outline of the History of the Netherlands Bank of South Africa, London, 1938
Trade
CO 879/20/9. Trade on the Niger and actions of the French in that area; memorandum, minutes and correspondence 1882–3; Monthly Trade Report. No. 54, 30th September 1921, National Bank of South Africa, Pretoria, 1921; H F Gurney, Memorandum on Trade with the British Dependencies in West Africa: The Gambia, Sierra Leone, The Gold Coast and Nigeria. Hints for Commercial Visitors and Notes on Methods of Training, London, Department of Overseas Trade, London, 1937
Volume 5: Non-Agricultural Development: Labour and Other Aspects of Development
Labour:
Mining
The London Secretary of the Transvaal Chamber of Mines, Notes on the Labour Position in the Transvaal, London, Crowther & Goodman, approximately 1900; Chinese Labour, Cape Town, 1903
Indian
L W Rich, An Outline of the Case of the British Indians in the Transvaal, London, 1909; Indian Overseas Association, Indians in East Africa. Is the Segregation Policy to Prevail? Views of the Government of India, London, early 1920s
African
Aborigines Protection Society, Native Labour in South Africa. A Report of a Public Meeting Jointly Convened by the Aborigines Protection Society and the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, London, 1903; J E Barnes, The Economic Value of the Native Races of Africa in Relation to the Development of the Resources of that Continent, London, 1908; United Committee for the Taxation of Land Values, More Jobs than Men. Remarkable Conclusions of a Famous Army Surgeon, who made the Panama Canal Possible, together with Labour Problems in British East Africa. Evidence and Report from East African Protectorate, Native Labour Commission, 1912-13, London, c.1914; W M Leggate, Southern Rhodesia. Some Problems of Native Development and Trade etc, Empire Parliamentary Association, London, approximately late 1920s; Report on the Native Labour Census Taken on 15th January, 1930, Government Printer, Zomba (Nyasaland), 1930; Report on Employment of Nigerian Labour in Fernando Poo, Government Printer, Lagos, 1939
Wages and Working Conditions
Reports of the Special Commissioner Appointed to Enquire into the Boycotting of Rand Storekeepers by Natives, of the Cost of Living Commission on the Investigation of Accounts of Mine Storekeepers on the Witwatersrand, and as to the Fixing of Prices of the Chief Articles of Native Trade in the Witwatersrand Area, Cape Town, 1919; South Africa Department of Labour, Wages Act 1925, Tea, Coffee and Chicory Industrie, Bespoke Tailoring Industry, Hairdressing Industry, Furniture Manufacturing Industry; The Housing of African Natives on Farms and Estates. With Special Reference to (a) The Prevention of Disease:- Plague, Pneumonia, Tuberculosis, Cerebrospinal Meningitis, Relapsing Fever (Tick Fever), (b) The Economical Use of the Available Labour Force, Nairobi, 1926; Labour: The Recruitment, Employment and Care of Government Labour, Government Printer, Dar es Salaam (Tanganyika), 1930
African Enterprise
G B Ollivant, Interest: Is It Just, or Not? A Letter Addressed to the Native Traders of West Africa, Manchester, 1889; The Native in Industry, Johannesburg, 1929; H V Meyerowitz, A Report on the Possibilities of the Development of Village Crafts in Basutoland, Lesotho, 1936; Anti-slavery and Aborigines Protection Society, The Industrialization of the African, London, 1937
Aspects of Development
William Geoffrey Bouchard De Montmorency, The Commercial Possibilities of West Africa. Being a Paper read at the Royal Colonial Institute, Liverpool, 1907; Sir Albert Ernest Kitson, The Possible Sources of Power for Industrial Purposes in the Gold Coast, British West Africa, London, 1924; Index Numbers of Retail Prices of Commodities in Nairobi, 1924 to June 1930, Nairobi, 1930; Production and trade of the Gambia, London 1931; Harold N Carvalho, The Manufacturing Industries of the British Empire Overseas. Part 6, Africa, West, East and Central: Kenya, Cambia, Nigeria, etc, Erlangers, London, 1932; C F Strickland, Report on the Introduction of Cooperative Societies into Nigeria, Lagos, 1934; Development Committee, Report, Government Printer, Entebbe (Uganda), 1936