Affairs of West Africa

About this eBook

Author

Morel, E. D. (Edmund Dene), 1873-1924

Original Publication

London: William Heinemann, 1902.

Credits

Peter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa

Subject

Africa, West -- Politics and government

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 75580

Release Date

March 10, 2025

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.AFFAIRS OF WEST AFRICA
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.ILLUSTRATIONS
6. 6.FOREWORD MARY KINGSLEY
7. 7.PART I — CHAPTER I FIVE YEARS OF BRITISH TRADE WITH WESTERN AFRICA
8. 8.CHAPTER II THE OLD AND THE NEW
9. 9.CHAPTER III THE REAL AND THE IDEAL
10. 10.CHAPTER IV SOME NECESSARY REFORMS
11. 11.PART II — CHAPTER V THE DISCOVERY OF NORTHERN NIGERIA
12. 12.CHAPTER VI THE DISCOVERY OF NORTHERN NIGERIA—( cont. )
13. 13.CHAPTER VII THE HAUSAS AND THEIR EMPORIUM.
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII THE HAUSAS AND THEIR EMPORIUM—( cont. )
15. 15.CHAPTER IX THE NATIONAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTHERN NIGERIA
16. 16.CHAPTER X THE ADMINISTRATION OF NORTHERN NIGERIA
17. 17.CHAPTER XI THE FINANCES OF NIGERIA
18. 18.CHAPTER XII MOHAMMEDANS, SLAVE-RAIDING, AND DOMESTIC SERVITUDE
19. 19.CHAPTER XIII THE PRINCIPAL PRODUCTS OF NIGERIA
20. 20.CHAPTER XIV RUBBER-COLLECTING IN NIGERIA
21. 21.CHAPTER XV THE FULANI IN NIGERIA
22. 22.CHAPTER XVI THE FULANI IN WEST AFRICAN HISTORY
23. 23.CHAPTER XVII ORIGIN OF THE FULANI
24. 24.PART III — CHAPTER XVIII SANITARY AFFAIRS IN WEST AFRICA
25. 25.CHAPTER XIX LAND TENURE AND LABOUR IN WEST AFRICA
26. 26.CHAPTER XX A COTTON INDUSTRY FOR WEST AFRICA
27. 27.CHAPTER XXI THE MAHOGANY TRADE
28. 28.CHAPTER XXII ISLAM IN WEST AFRICA
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIII ISLAM IN WEST AFRICA
30. 30.PART IV — CHAPTER XXIV ANGLO-FRENCH RELATIONS IN WEST AFRICA
31. 31.CHAPTER XXV TEN YEARS OF FRENCH ACTION IN WEST AFRICA
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVI THE COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE FRENCH POSSESSIONS
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVII FRENCH AND BRITISH MANAGEMENT IN WEST AFRICA
34. 34.PART V — CHAPTER XXVIII THE CONCESSIONS RÉGIME IN FRENCH CONGO
35. 35.CHAPTER XXIX INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS AND MONOPOLY
36. 36.CHAPTER XXX THE HISTORY OF THE CONGO STATE
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXI THE DOMAINE PRIVÉ
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXII THE “TRADE” OF THE CONGO STATE — Table I — Table II Value of Produce (Ivory and Rubber) derived from the “Domaine Privé” in the shape of Taxes (Impôts de Nature).
39. 39.APPENDIX — SIERRA LEONE — EXPENDITURE, LOANS, EXPORT TRADE, RAILWAY — RAILWAY — LOANS FOR RAILWAY — FOR MILITARY PURPOSES — THE PROTECTORATE — GOLD COAST — EXPENDITURE, LOANS, EXPORT TRADE, RAILWAY — EXPENDITURE, GRANTS-IN-AID, AND REVENUE OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORIES AND ASHANTI 1897-1900 inclusive — RAILWAY — LAGOS — EXPENDITURE, LOANS, EXPORT TRADE, RAILWAY — EXPORT TRADE — EXPORT, LESS SPECIE — COMPARATIVE TABLES OF IMPORT DUTIES IN VOGUE IN LAGOS AND DAHOMEY — SILKS, VELVETS, COTTONS AND PRINTS — SPIRITS — THE DAHOMEY RAILWAY — LENGTH—ESTIMATED COST—FINANCE—PRESENT POSITION—GENERAL REMARKS — RESULTS AS FAR AS AT PRESENT KNOWN — FINANCE — GENERAL REMARKS — FRENCH GUINEA RAILWAY — LENGTH. ESTIMATED COST. FINANCE. PRESENT POSITION — RESULTS UP TO DATE, ACCORDING TO THE REPORT OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF FRENCH WEST AFRICA IN JUNE LAST — FINANCE — WEST AFRICAN MAHOGANY TRADE — IMPORTS OF WEST AFRICAN MAHOGANY INTO EUROPEAN PORTS IN THE YEARS 1898-1901 — DESTINATION OF IMPORTS IN 1901 — IMPORTS, IN SUPERFICIAL FEET, OF WEST AFRICAN MAHOGANY INTO LIVERPOOL FOR THE PAST 13 YEARS — IMPORT, CONSUMPTION AND STOCK OF WEST AFRICAN MAHOGANY INTO LIVERPOOL 1898-1901 — IMPORTS OF WEST AFRICAN MAHOGANY INTO LIVERPOOL FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1901 AND 1902 RESPECTIVELY — THE GOLD COAST MINING INDUSTRY — APPROXIMATE AREA AND POPULATION OF THE BRITISH WEST AFRICAN POSSESSIONS
40. 40.THE RABINEK CASE
41. 41.FOOTNOTES
42. 42.INDEX

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