Book/Printed Material Nyasaland.
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Image 41 of Nyasaland. WATERWAYS 27 Of the other rivers of Nyasaland the Ruo is navi gable by canoes only for some 12 miles above its junc tion with the Shire at Chiromo while the Songwe… -
Image 42 of Nyasaland. 28 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS So 95 and was subsequently destroyed There are two other steamers of smaller tonnage and a number of sailing vessels Of the lake ports the chief are Karonga Kasweras… -
Image 43 of Nyasaland. 29 Wyasaland WATERWAYS RAILWAYS subsequently owing to the difficulty of navigating the Shire River from Port Herald to Chiromo pro vision had to be made for adding 30 miles to the length… -
Image 44 of Nyasaland. 30 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS No 95 line for all the traffic likely to offer itself for many years to come The whole line 174 miles long is managed by the Shire Highlands Railway… -
Image 45 of Nyasaland. N yasaland RAILWAYS CONSTRUCTION ETC 31 and the Imperial Government at last made provision for this extension in the East Africa Loans Bill which was passed by Parliament in 1913 Under this… -
Image 46 of Nyasaland. 32 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS o95 a view either to remedying these defects or to opening np new channels of access are the following i Blantyre or Luchenza to Lake Nyasa ii Lake Nyasa… -
Image 47 of Nyasaland. RAILWAYS 33 iii The connexion with the coast would be most naturally and advantageously effected by extending the existing line southward from Chindio to Beira Beira is better equipped than any other… -
Image 48 of Nyasaland. 34 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS No 9 the port of Quelimane are not such as to be likely to draw away from Beira any considerable portion of Nyasaland traffic v A line starting from… -
Image 49 of Nyasaland. Nyasaland POSTS TELEGRAPHS ETC 35 d Posts Telegraphs and Telephones The postal establishment in recent years has com prised 19 post offices and 7 suboffices and the total number of letters and… -
Image 50 of Nyasaland. 36 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS No 98 2 External a Ports Though Nyasaland has no coastline it has para doxically an ocean port of its own for in 1892 the British Government anxious to… -
Image 51 of Nyasaland. Nyasaiand PORTS CABLES AND WIRELESS 37 importance for Nyasaiand trade as soon as the railway is completed from Chindio to Beira though it may still retain a fraction of its trade with… -
Image 52 of Nyasaland. 38 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS No 95 Chinde and thence by the Eastern Telegraph Companys cables This company has cables to Aden India and China Mauritius and Australia Wireless stations for military use were… -
Image 53 of Nyasaland. SUPPLY OP LABOUR 39 NyasalandJ times are left to the care of the women and children Women seldom work on the plantations but native children are frequently employed for cropping and for… -
Image 54 of Nyasaland. 40 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS No 95 in the Colonial Report on Nyasaland for 191011 As regards native labour the Government has steadily pursued the policy of discouraging the emigration of natives to other… -
Image 55 of Nyasaland. LABOUR CONDITIONS 41 b Labour Conditions The conditions under which labour may be employed within the Protectorate have been carefully formulated by the Government Contracts may be verbal or written but a… -
Image 56 of Nyasaland. 42 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS kods to raise the level of wages in future are in addition to those already mentioned as conditions arising from the war the natural and normal expansion of native… -
Image 57 of Nyasaland. AGRICULTURE 43 best repay cultivation under present conditions of transport and freights and of prices in the European market The remoteness of the Protectorate from the sea and the difficulties delays and… -
Image 58 of Nyasaland. 44 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS No 95 The European planters operations are of a very different character With a sounder knowledge of the principles of agriculture and a useful store of informa tion readily… -
Image 59 of Nyasaland. Uyasaland AGRICULTURE PRODUCTS 45 this staff reports are published and information issued for the guidance of planters and native cultivators and regulations are drafted for the destruction of pests and for other… -
Image 60 of Nyasaland. 46 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS No 98 since then they have tended rather to decline further than to improve In addition to low prices the un certainty of the crop tended to discourage coffeeplant… -
Image 61 of Nyasaland. Nyasaland PRODUCTS COTTON 47 readily acclimatized and surprised its sponsors by improving instead of depreciating in its new environ ment its fibre proved to be of exceptional length and silkiness and soon… -
Image 62 of Nyasaland. 48 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS No 95 gress and undergoing considerable expansion in the immediate future In particular a rapid development in the districts bordering the lake is practically certain to follow on the… -
Image 63 of Nyasaland. Nyasaland PRODUCTS COTTON TOBACCO 49 In 19089 the native cotton crop was 130 tons of seed yielding 196 bales of 400 lb of fibre this was followed in successive years by crops… -
Image 64 of Nyasaland. 50 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS Ho 95 70 to 110 lb per cultivated acre whereas the average crop per acre of tobacco has been 300 to 525 lb Tobacco requires more labour more attention… -
Image 65 of Nyasaland. 51 Nyasaland PRODUCTS TOBACCO TEA rose still further exceeding 20 per ton but prices were high and the Nyasaland consignments profiting by the privileged admission of Britishgrown tobacco commanded prices of 9d… -
Image 66 of Nyasaland. 52 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ifo 95 at Is per lb a price which notwithstanding high freights gave planters a handsome profit A much greater output in future might therefore be con fidently anticipated… -
Image 67 of Nyasaland. 53 N yasaland PRODUCTS TEA RUBBER the quantity and value of rubber exported A more judicious system of treating the underground parts of Landolphia parvifolia was introduced and followed for several years… -
Image 68 of Nyasaland. 54 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS No 95 a severe setback to the industry and in 1914 the area under cultivation fell from 10562 to 5936 acres This decrease was however partly due to the… -
Image 69 of Nyasaland. Nyasaland PRODUCTS FIBRES OTHER CROPS 55 season Its fibre however which is very long and exceptionally strong and when well prepared com mands high prices is embedded in gums and efficient decorticating… -
Image 70 of Nyasaland. 56 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS No 95 assumed that the chilli market is too limited and too easily swamped to warrant the expectation of any large development of chilli growing in the Protectorate Strophanthus… -
Image 71 of Nyasaland. NyasalandJ PRODUCTS OTHER CROPS ETC 57 small lots by Europeans are maize beans wheat and groundnuts Arachis hypogaea in addition to a con siderable quantity of greenstuffs grown for fertilizing purposes None… -
Image 72 of Nyasaland. 58 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS No 95 Buluwayo and the increasing use of cattle for agricul tural purposes such as cultivating harvesting and transport The creation of an export trade in canned or frozen… -
Image 73 of Nyasaland. Nyasaiand ANIMAL PRODUCTS FORESTRY 59 by natives from the honeycomb of wild bees for which drumshaped hives are frequently made and suspended from the branches of large trees c Forestry CypressesThe only… -
Image 74 of Nyasaland. 60 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS j No 95 Acacias 1 The indigenous acacias are A arabica A suma and A farnesiana The last of these produces the yellow cassie flowers which in Europe are… -
Image 75 of Nyasaland. 61 Kyasaland FORESTRY LAND TENURE by native villages and settlements and a further large proportion is unsuitable for agricultural pur poses but where suitable land is available it may be taken on… -
Image 76 of Nyasaland. 62 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS No 93 reed traps or nets along the shore or lines from canoes in deeper water take large quantities of fish from Lake Nyasa The natives of Lake Shirwa… -
Image 77 of Nyasaland. 63 Nyasaland FISHERIES MINERALS and in 191112 an output of 66 tons was attained but year by year the quantity dwindled until in 1916 production ceased altogether The total amount of mica… -
Image 78 of Nyasaland. 64 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS No 95 5 Manufactures Beyond the preliminary processes of preparing agricultural products for export Nyasaland has no manufactures that can be called important The number of cotton gins in… -
Image 79 of Nyasaland. Nyasaiaad MANUFACTURES DOMESTIC TRADE 65 weaving of mats and basketwork work in brass and in gold and the forging of assegai blades knives and rough agricultural implements The war brought about a… -
Image 80 of Nyasaland. 66 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS No 95 stores established in the towns and villages and at the cross roads or other points of vantage throughout the country The stores are managed sometimes by Nyasaland…
About this Item
Title
- Nyasaland.
Names
- Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section.
Created / Published
- London, H.M. Stationery off., 1920.
Headings
- - Malawi
Notes
- - "Appendix (p. [84]): Notification of the British protectorate over Nyasaland, London, May 14, 1891."
- - "Authorities" p. [88]-90.
Medium
- 4 p.l., 90 p. incl. tables. 22 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- DT858 .G85
- D6 .G7 no. 95 Copy 2.
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- a22000952
Online Format
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- online text