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Image 7 of Nyasaland. I S3 HANDBOOKS PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE HISTORICAL SECTION OF THE FOREIGN OFFICENo 95 TV NYASALAND LONDON PUBLISHED BY HM STATIONERY OFFICE 1920 A A3 -
Image 8 of Nyasaland. Pu LIBRARY OF CONGRESS RECEIVED JAN 8 1921 DOCUMENTS D1V1SION -
Image 9 of Nyasaland. oa3 rr lQyli EDITORIAL NOTE Ik the spring of 1917 the Foreign Office in connexion with the preparation which they were making for the work of the Peace Conference established a special… -
Image 10 of Nyasaland. It must be understood that although the series of volumes was prepared under the authority and is now issued with the sanction of the Foreign Office that Office is not to be… -
Image 11 of Nyasaland. No 95 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE I GEOGRAPHY PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL 1 Position and Frontiers 1 2 Surface Lakes and Rivers Surface 2 Lakes and Rivers 5 3 Climate 6 4 Sanitary… -
Image 12 of Nyasaland. TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE d Posts Telegraphs and Telephones 35 2 External а Ports 36 б Cables and Wireless Communication 37 B Industry 1 Labour а Supply of Labour Emigration and Immi… -
Image 13 of Nyasaland. TABLE OF CONTENTS No 95 PAGE c Organizations to promote Trade and Com merce 67 d British and Foreign Interests 68 e Economic Penetration 70 2 Foreign a Exports Quantities and values… -
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Image 15 of Nyasaland. I GEOGRAPHY PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL 1 Position and Frontiers The Nyasalancl Protectorate consists of a strip of territory to the west and south of Lake Nyasa about 520 miles in length and… -
Image 16 of Nyasaland. 2 GEOGRAPHY o9b miles This is the natural outlet of the territory and has profoundly influenced its historical develop ment 2 Surface Lakes and Rivers Surface The greater part of the territory… -
Image 17 of Nyasaland. SURFACE 3 in the extreme northwest and the Nyika plateau hills 8000 ft In West Nyasa district is a broad belt of mountainous country more than a hundred miles long which is… -
Image 18 of Nyasaland. 4 GEOGRAPHY Ho 95 ever are as a rule badly watered and support a small population The country around Lake Shirwa and Lake Chiuta is absolutely flat and is inundated for many… -
Image 19 of Nyasaland. LAKES AND RIVERS 5 Lakes and Rivers Lake Nyasa the third largest lake in Africa is 360 miles long and 15 to 50 miles wide with an area of 10200 square miles… -
Image 20 of Nyasaland. 6 GEOGRAPHY No 95 Pamalombe but the Nyasa outlet is now frequently dry and Lake Pamalombe has become no more than a reedy swamp In the central part of its course the… -
Image 21 of Nyasaland. Nyasaland j CLIMATE 7 I 105 F 405C in the hot weather The climate of the highlands is fairly cool and in exceptional cases the day temperature may fall as low as… -
Image 22 of Nyasaland. 8 GEOGRAPHY 095 drying up of streams and marshes and the conversion of lakes into swamps 4 Sanitary Conditions Owing to the prevalence of malarial fever throughout most of the territory Nyasaland… -
Image 23 of Nyasaland. Kyasaiand HEALTH RACE AND LANGUAGE 9 natives at Port Herald Zomba three and Port Johnston In addition to the work of the Govern ment much medical work among both natives and Europeans… -
Image 24 of Nyasaland. 10 GEOGRAPHY No 95 tance to the Government for several years Physically and mentally they are much superior to the other peoples of the territory and their stubborn character makes them less… -
Image 25 of Nyasaland. POPULATION 11 population has been scattering in all directions in search of fertile land This movement away from the villages has become so strongly marked that the Government has found it necessary… -
Image 26 of Nyasaland. j No 95 II POLITICAL HISTORY Chronological Summary 1859 Lake Nyasa discovered by Livingstone 1861 First attempt at British missionary enterprise in Nyasaland 18756 Beginning of Scottish missions 1878 African Lakes Corporation… -
Image 27 of Nyasaland. N y aaaland j EARLY EXPLORATIONS 13 in the Shire highlands which took its name from Livingstones birthplace on the Clyde Connected with Scottish missionary enterprise was the first British commercial company… -
Image 28 of Nyasaland. HISTORY 14 Ho 95 only in so far as it was included within the freetrade zone conditionally established by that Act The Portuguese seem never to have had stations higher up the… -
Image 29 of Nyasaland. Nyasaland PORTUGUESE CLAIMS 15 In 1888 the Portuguese attempted to close the naviga tion of the Zambezi and in that year and 1889 sent armed expeditions into Nyasaland the second and stronger… -
Image 30 of Nyasaland. 16 HISTORY Wo 95 on November 14 1890 1 and ultimately the Anglo Portuguese Treaty which finally settled the spheres of the two countries in these regions was signed on June 11… -
Image 31 of Nyasaland. nyasaiandj CHINDE BRITISH PROTECTORATE 17 years from January 1 1896 but without exemption from duties The corresponding concession to Portugal on Lake Nyasa owing to a change of locality was not finally… -
Image 32 of Nyasaland. 18 HISTORY No 95 the field of operations of the British South Africa Company was extended to cover what is now Northern Rhodesia and Johnston in addition to being Commis sioner of… -
Image 33 of Nyasaland. Nyasalandj III SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CONDITIONS 1 Religious The table of religions in the Census report for 1911 gives some 82000 Christians as against rather less than 58000 Mohammedans but the figures… -
Image 34 of Nyasaland. 20 PRESENT CONDITIONS No 95 kept in the foreground The Christian missions have beyond question done excellent educational work the annual report on the Protectorate for 191516 giving a total of 2067… -
Image 35 of Nyasaland. 21 Nyasaland IV ECONOMIC CONDITIONS A MEANS OF COMMUNICATION The internal and external means of communication of Nyasaland are both unsatisfactory for purposes of trade Within the Protectorate between the lake and… -
Image 36 of Nyasaland. 22 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS No 95 pp 2834 and on ports pp 36 37 It may be noticed that the distinction between internal and external means of communication is difficult to maintain in… -
Image 37 of Nyasaland. 23 Nyasaland MEANS OF COMMUNICATION will be found to be creditable to the energy of its engineers and the foresight of the Government In some instances local roads have been constructed through… -
Image 38 of Nyasaland. 24 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS No 95 to the wagon roads link Chiromo with Blantyre and Blantyre again with Liwonde From Liwonde a trunk road 482 miles in length runs first northwest to Ncheu… -
Image 39 of Nyasaland. 25 Nyasaland ROADS PATHS AND TRACKS Travellers may still use the machila a hammock slung on a pole and borne by a team of two to eight natives Rickshas are available on… -
Image 40 of Nyasaland. 26 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS No 95 about 45 miles between May and December A service of shallowdraught steamers was maintained during the greater part of the year between Fort Johnston and Liwonde Owing…
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
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- online text