The Sherbro and its hinterland . FisT. I.—The Surk at , Sherbro I THE COLONY OF SIERRA LEONE 5 factory at one time ; the river frontage being then simplya mass of all kinds of craft. In this case it was the oilpalm that had provided every one of these cargoes. Thevalue of the different lots was as various as the craft inwhich they were brought down, ranging from ^^150 to 5^. The first great extension of British territory in theSierra Leone Colony began in i860 with the cession ofthe Sherbro by the native chiefs to his Excellency thelate Sir Stephen Hill, who was then Governor
The Sherbro and its hinterland . FisT. I.—The Surk at , Sherbro I THE COLONY OF SIERRA LEONE 5 factory at one time ; the river frontage being then simplya mass of all kinds of craft. In this case it was the oilpalm that had provided every one of these cargoes. Thevalue of the different lots was as various as the craft inwhich they were brought down, ranging from ^^150 to 5^. The first great extension of British territory in theSierra Leone Colony began in i860 with the cession ofthe Sherbro by the native chiefs to his Excellency thelate Sir Stephen Hill, who was then Governor, In 1883,under Governor Sir A. E, Havelock, the chiefs ceded, forfiscal purposes only, the remainder of the seaboard asfar as the Mano River, which delimits the British andLiberian territories. But although we possessed thiscoast-line it was merely a fringe, our jurisdiction inlandbeing practically nothing. Beyond this fringe, the coun-try, to which the general term of Mendiland is now given,was ruled entirely by the native chiefs, who were con-tinually carrying on war with e
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