Gambia Under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports, 1881-1966 - Volumes
Volumes
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Public Services - General
An eclectic mixture of reports relating to the Government's provision of various services to the Gambian people. The core concerns covered are: education policy; health, including combatting leprosy; development and welfare; helping farmers eradicate pests, the pests being monkeys; the development of schools and roads; the management of labour; and the running of Gambia's civil service as Gambia transitioned towards home rule. Read more →
Public Services - Public Works
These records, relating to public works from 1930 until 1937, were very much focussed upon the business in-hand. The two core prioties were maintenance of staff records, including movements or changes and ensuring that staff had the supplies with which to complete their work. Read more →
Communications and Financial Services
Communications via post and telegraph occupied an important role for the non-native staff of the Gambia. These reports reveal the extent to which such service provision was used by non-native workers from the late 1950's until the early 1960's. In addition to managing interntional communications, the Colonial Government also ran its own bank via the post office, the records of this bank from 1941 until 1964 are also included here. Read more →
Trade, Co-operatives, and the Oil Seeds Marketing Board
The focal point for this group is upon trade and shipping, whether through trade and shipping reports, through trade reports, or via customs reports; the core concern is the keeping of statistics on what is entering or leaving the country and whether it is increasing or decreasing the country's revenue. The records of the Registrar of Co-operative Societies monitor the growth of the groundnut co-operatives initially established by the Government.... Read more →
