Sierra Leone Under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports, 1893-1961
Sierra Leone Under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports, 1893-1961 contains papers from the colonial government in Sierra Leone. They reveal the approach the British took to colonial rule in this country. The reports are divided into nine distinct volumes for convenience. These are Administration, Finance, Judicial and Police, Natural Resources, Social Services, Transport and Public Works, Communications and Post Office Savings, Commerce, and Staff Lists and Miscellaneous.
The government reports contained in this collection cover several important developments and events in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including the First and Second World Wars, social services during colonial governance, and Sierra Leone achieving independence in 1961. The reports, therefore, provide students and academics with a unique insight into the history of Sierra Leone and the development and eventual dissolution of British colonialism in West Africa.
This collection is accompanied by a guide to the microfilm edition, by David C. Doward.
It was only after the establishment of the Sierra Leone Protectorate that British colonial administration and technical departments began to assume a complexity which warranted separate departmental reports
Insights
These reports are arranged by department. Comparison of reports over time yields insights into how each area of government developed throughout the period of British colonial rule.
These papers cover the First and Second World Wars, social services during colonial governance, and Sierra Leone achieving independence in 1961.
The contents page at the front of each report lists the departments which existed at that time. Comparison of these contents pages reveals how the structure of the colonial government changed over time.
Audits, Estimates, and other financial reports provide a wealth of quantifiable information and statistics on the allocation of resources by and within the Colonial Government. Detailed within the Finance collection is the introduction of income tax in 1944.
Given the period this collection covers, students and academics are able to use these resources to trace the gradual transfer of power from the British Empire to Sierra Leone, culminating in Sierra Leone achieving independence in 1961.
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Monuments and Relics 1947-1961
Annual Reports of the Monuments and Relics Commission for the years 1947 -61.
Date:1947-1961Contributor:British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Identifier:73082I-05
Meteorological observations 1924 -1960
Meteorological Observations 1924, 1947-49; and Meteorological British West African Meteorological Services 1950-60.
Date:1924-1924Contributor:British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Identifier:73082I-04
Staff Lists 1950-1960
Staff Lists Senior Service 1950-60.
Date:1950-1960Contributor:British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Identifier:73082I-03
Staff Lists 1940-1949
Colony of Sierra Leone, Staff Lists 1940-49.
Date:1940-1949Contributor:British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Identifier:73082I-02
Staff Lists 1927-1939
Staff Lists, Colony of Sierra Leone 1927-31 and 1936-39.
Date:1927-1939Contributor:British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Identifier:73082I-01
Co-op Dept, Report, Registrar 1948-1957
Reports on Co-operation 1949; Annual Reports of the Registrar of Co-operative Societies for the years 1948-52; and Reports of the Department of Co-operation 1952-57.
Date:1948-1957Contributor:British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Identifier:73082H-13
Produce Marketing Board 1949-1961
Sierra Leone Produce Marketing Board Annual Reports 1949-61.
Date:1949-1961Contributor:British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Identifier:73082H-12
Mines Dept Mines Dept 1939-1961
Consolidated Reports of the Mines Department 1939-61.
Date:1939-1961Contributor:British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Identifier:73082H-11