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Collection: Gambia Under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports, 1881-1966    Volumes    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.
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Progress report on Gambianisation 1956-1966

'Progress Report on The Gambianisation of The Civil Service' 1956/7-1964/5; and 'Statement on Gambianisation of The Civil Service' (SP9/62), 196[6/7].

Date:1956-1966
Contributor:British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Identifier:73044E-17

Report on the Civil Service

'Report of The Commission on The Civil Service of The Gambia', 1956. This report focusses on the wages of civil servants in the Gambia and which level of staff is...

Date:1956-1956
Contributor:British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Identifier:73044E-16

Gambia's Civil and Clerical Services, 1947-1952

Contains the 'Provisional Report of the Committee Appointed to Advise on The Correlation of Conditions of Service in The Clerical and Non-clerical Service of Government' (SP13/45), 1945; 'Gambia Civil Services:...

Date:1947-1952
Contributor:British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Identifier:73044E-15

Labour 1939-1962

Core concerns of these Labour Department reports include the roles of their staff members, the migration of women and children, and pieces of labour legislation passed. These records cover the...

Date:1939-1962
Contributor:British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Identifier:73044E-14

Development Fund 1963-1966

This fund was focussed on the development of infrastructure including schools and roads; the development of improved agricultural techniques was also a core issue. This document contains papers from 1963,...

Date:1963-1966
Contributor:British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Identifier:73044E-13

Farmers Development Fund 1951-1956

This document consists of two reports, the former is for the years 1951-1952, whilst the latter is for the year 1956. Established in 1951, one of the core concerns addressed...

Date:1951-1956
Contributor:British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Identifier:73044E-12

Development and Welfare 1943-1952

The primary component of these papers is the 1943 report on the development of Gambia. The 1943 report was significant because it was the one report on which development plans...

Date:1943-1952
Contributor:British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Identifier:73044E-11

Report on a Sample Medical Survey of The Gambia, 1947

In truth, this was an investigation into leprosy and how many people were affected by it; to call it such would have deterred potential participants, so it was given a...

Date:1947-1947
Contributor:British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Identifier:73044E-10
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