The making of Northern Nigeria . London^ Macmillaii *^ Stanford Geo^rap^SHabf COPYRIGHT. PREFACE On the ist of January 1900 the British nation assumed the responsibility of governing the inhabitants of a vast area in the African continent, and entrusted the task to a handful of British officials. Now that more than ten years have passed, it has seemed to me right that those on whom as administrators this task has been imposed, should render some account ot their stewardship. In this book, therefore, I have endeavoured to give a brief history of the manner in which the duty has been perf
The making of Northern Nigeria . London^ Macmillaii *^ Stanford Geo^rap^SHabf COPYRIGHT. PREFACE On the ist of January 1900 the British nation assumed the responsibility of governing the inhabitants of a vast area in the African continent, and entrusted the task to a handful of British officials. Now that more than ten years have passed, it has seemed to me right that those on whom as administrators this task has been imposed, should render some account ot their stewardship. In this book, therefore, I have endeavoured to give a brief history of the manner in which the duty has been performed, and to indicate some of the main problems which have demanded solution. I have spared no pains to se-t out the facts accurately, and with this object I have confined myself to official records, and have based myself mainly on the Annual Reports submitted by the High Commissioner to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, which are printed and presented each year to the Houses of Parliament. I owe a debt of gratitude to S
Size: 1474px × 1695px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookidmakingofnorthern00orrc
