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Uganda Under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports, 1903–1961 - Volumes
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9 volumes in Uganda Under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports, 1903–1961
Administration, 1909-1961
This volume includes a range of government reports related to administration in Uganda dated between 1909 to 1961. From the early 1900s the native authorities (and the Buganda Government) were responsible for the maintenance of certain services, with the Commissioners playing a more supervisory role in those areas. District Commissioners had from the earliest times submitted annual reports surveying district work during the previous year, but these were not published, nor were copies of them normally transmitted to the Colonial Office. The series of Provincial Commissioners' Reports on Native Administration included in this collection begins with the reports for 1935. These reports were based on those that the provincial commissioners had received from their district commissioners. The titles of the reports changed with the 1939-1946 publication, from 'Uganda Protectorate Reports' to 'Reports on the Kingdom of Buganda, Eastern Province and Western Provinces'. These reports focus on the native administration in general and on the police service in particular. Read more →
Finance, 1929-1962
This volume includes a range of government reports related to finance in Uganda dated between 1929 to 1962. The Treasury Department Reports and the Credit and Savings Bank records were held within Uganda, whilst the Auditor General and his Department were accountable to the Secretary of State for the colonies. These records include a statement of the financial position of the Protectorate, the estimates of revenue and expenditure as passed by the Legislative Council, a statement of the financial position of the Protectorate by the Department of the Auditor General, estimates of revenue and expenditure and reports upon the Uganda Credit and Savings Bank post-1950. Read more →
Judicial and Police, 1912-1960
This volume includes a range of government reports related to the police and crime in Uganda dated between 1912 to 1960. The nature of the judicial authority passing judgement in Uganda depended on both the year and the location within Uganda of the offender. In the early years, African offenders were tried in native courts for most crimes, whilst non-Africans were tried under colonial laws imported from India. Circuit Courts soon proved impractical for less accessible areas, so those area magistrates were given powers to act as the High Court for those areas as well. The High Court system and the Native Court system would not become wholly integrated until 1964. The prison system, like the court system, was split between services for natives and services for non-natives. Native prisons were supervised by the district officers and colonial prisons were run by the colonial authorities. Read more →
Natural Resources, 1903-1961
This volume includes a range of government reports related to natural resources in Uganda dated between 1903 to 1961. The development of the natural resources of Uganda, with a view to financial self-sufficiency, was one of the primary concerns of the Protectorate Government in its early years, It is hardly surprising that one of the first departments to be established was a Botanical, Forestry and Scientific Department, which was to be the parent of the Agricultural, Forestry and Veterinary Departments. During the first decade of the century the Department experimented with crop after crop and project after project; the advice of experts from outside was sought; and reliance was placed successively, or simultaneously, upon, inter alia, tobacco, rubber, beeswax, wheat and rice. Many of the schemes proved abortive, but in their choice of cotton and coffee the Government were pre-eminently successful. By 1907/8 the value of the export of cotton amounted to £147,028 and, realising the importance of this crop, the Government appointed a Cotton Inspector and a Department of Agriculture was set up. Reports relating to various types of Land Surveys are also included within this grouping. Read more →
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