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Annual Report of the Colonies, Gold Coast, 1904 COLONIAL REPORTS—ANNUAL. No. 465. GOLD COAST. REPORT FOR 1904. (For Report for 1903, see No. 426.) tfteaenJe* to toti) Mourn of parliament 6» (tromman) of W* J8aj«rt». October, 1905. LONDON: PRINTED FOR, HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE, BY DARLING & SON, LTD., 84-40, BACON STRUT, E. And to be purchased, either directly or through any Bookseller, from WYMAN AND SONS, LTD., FETTER LANE, E.O., and 32, ABINGDON STREET, WESTMINSTER, S.W.; or OLIVER & BOYD, EDINBURGH ; or E. PONSONBY, 116, GRAFTON STREET. DDBIJN, |905t [Cd. 2684-11.] Price %\d. COLONIAL REPORTS—ANNUAL. INDEX TO THE REPORT. Financial—- PAOE Revenue Expenditure ... ••• ... ... ... ••• ••• ••• 8 Comparative Statement of Revenue and Expenditure Taxation ••• ••• »•• ... •«* •••• ... ... •». 10 Assets and Liabilities 11 Debt *•• ... ••• ••• ••• ••* ••• *** 11 Currency ... ... ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• •** ^2 Municipal Bodies ... ... ... ••• • 13 Trade, Agriculture and Industries- Imports ... ••» ... ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 13 Exports ••• ... •»• ••• ••• ••• • »• ••• ••• 14 Mino3 *•• ••• t.« ... •*• ••• ••• ••• ••• 16 Manufactures, &c... ... ... ... „ ... ... ... 17 Agriculture... ... ... ... ... ... *•• ••• ••• 17 Rubber ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• ... N... 17 Coconuts ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A" Cocoa ... ... ... .». ... ... ... .1. ... 18 Cotton 18 Palm Oil and Palm Kernels ... ... ... ... ... 18 Food Products ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 19 Botanical ... »••••• ... ... ... ... ... ... 19 Lands ... ... ... ... *** »•• *** ••• *** 19 Shipping ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 21 Legislation... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 22 Education- Primary ... ... ••» ... ... ••• ••• ••• ... 24 Secondary ... ... ... .»» ... ... ... ... ... 26 Industrial, &o. 26 Government Institutions- Hospitals ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 27 Asvlum ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 27 Poor Houses, Ac ... - ... ... »•• ... ... 27 Savings Batik 27 COLONIAL REPORTS—ANNUAL. INDEX TO THE REPORT—continued. Judicial Statistics— Police Prisons ... ... Criminal Statistics ... ... Yital Statistics- Population ... ••• ... ... Public Health ... • Health of Europeans ... „ Natives ... ... ... Sanitation... ... ... ... ... Climate ... ... ... ... ... Postal, Telegraph, and Telephone Services Military— West African Frontier Force Volunteers Preventive Service General Observations ... Ashanti ... ... ... Northern Territories Railways Rowtds ... ... ... Immigration and Emigration Public Works Mine Surveys Changes in Establishment Transport Suitability of Climate, &c. Ratvs of Wages ... General Conditions 1000 Wt28792 10/05 P*$ 5 22583 i COLONIAL BEPOBT8—ANNUAL. INDEX TO THE REPORT—APPENDICES. Table. Page. I. Revenue ..• ... ... ... ... ... ... 48 II. „ Ashanti and Northern Territories ... ... 48 III. Expenditure... « ... ... ... ... 49 IV. „ Ashanti and Northern Territories ... 49 V. Assets and Liabilities ... ... ... 50 VI. Revenue and Expenditure, Accra Town Council ... 52 VII. Total Values of Impor ts ... ... ... ... 62 VIII. Imports ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 52 IX. ,, Increases and Decreases... ... ... ... 53 X. Exports .. ... ... ... ... ... ... 53 XI. Values of Produce ... ... ... 54 XII. Comparative Values of Exports ... ... ... ... 56 XIII. Values of Cocoa Produce ... ... ... 56 XIV. Trade of Ports ... ... ... 57 XV. Values of Gold Exported by Mining Companies ... 57 XVI. Exports of Gold ... ... ... 58 xvn. Mines and Dredging Companies ... ... ... ... 58 XVIII. Total Shipping ... ... ... 60 XIX. Ordinances Passed ... ... ... ... 61 XX Government and Assisted Schools ... ... ... 62 XXI. Classification of Schools ... ... ... ... 62 XXII. Assisted Schools and Number of Scholars ... ... 62 XXIII. School Fees • ... ... ... ... 63 XXIV. Criminal Statistics ... ... ... 63 XXV. Railway (Principal Commodities) ... ... ... 64 XXVI. Railway Passenger Traffic ... ... ... 64 XXVII. Railway Goods Traffic ... ... ... ... ... 65 GOLD COAST, 1904. No. 465. GOLD COAST. (For Report for 1905, see No. 426.) MAJOR BRYAN to MR. LYTTELTON. Government House, Accra, 28th August, 1906. SIR, I HAVE the honour to transmit to you, herewith, * full and carefully compiled Report on the Blue Book for 1004, by Mr. C. H. Hunter, I.S.O., the acting Colonial Secretary. 2. This Report tends to show that the steady progress ipade in 1903 has been wdl maintained during the year under review. With the exception of the year 1901, in which the sum ol ,£197,000, forming part of a loan, was incorrectly credited to the general revenue, the revenue for 1904 is the largest yet recorded and Exceeded the expenditure by £69,816. 3. The value of the exports from the Colony was 461,340,026, which is also the largest amount ever recorded. The value of the gold exported wad £345,608, showing of £90,817, as compared with the figures for 1903. 1 may mention here that the yield of gold for the first six months of the current year is of the estimated value of £300,617* The value of cocoa exported was more than doubled during the past year, the figures being £86,260 for 1903, and £200,026 in 1904. 4. The actual earnings of the Government Railway amounted to £148,097, against an original estimate of £128,000; the percentage of expenses to earnings was 61*67 per cent., and the percentage of net earnings to capital expenditure on the 31st of December, 1904, was 3*18 per cent. 5. I am glad to be in a position to report that the general health of the Colony has been good in 1904. The death rate amongst the European officials was 2279, as against 15*33 in '6 COLONIAL REPORTS—ANNUAL. 1903; but in the case of European employees of mercantile firms, &c., the death rate decreased from 35-82 in 1903 to 983 in 1904; the corresponding figures for the Europeans employed by mining companies are 1917 for 1903, and 1063for 1904. 6. By the demarcation on the ground of the Anglo-German boundary between the Trans-Volta district and the adjoining Colony of Togo; of the Anglo-German boundary north of the 9th parallel of north latitude; and of the Anglo-French boundary along the 11th parallel of north latitude, all the frontiers of the Colony, Ashanti, and the Northern Territories, have now bee<n exactly defined with the exception of a small portion of the Anglo-German boundary lying between 6° 10' and 6° 20'. 7. The Colony, Ashanti, and the Northern Territories, have been free from internal disturbances during the past year, and though the expenditure on account of its dependencies is at present a heavy drain on the revenues of the Colony proper, signs are not wanting that the population in the interior is increasing, and that trade is making steady progress in many districts which, owing to the opening of the railway, have for the first time been put in touch with the requirements of the mercantile community on the coast. I have, &c., # H. BRYAN, Apting Governor. GOLD COAST, 1904* 7 REPORT ON THE BLUE BOOK OF THE GOLD COAST FOR THE YEAR 1904. I.—FINANCIAL. (A.) REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE. Revenue* 1. The estimated revenue for the year 1904, inclusive of a sum of £20,000 Imperial Grant-in-aid towards the cost of the administration of the Northern Territories, was £647,643. The actual revenue amounted to £682,193, exceeding the estimate by £34,550, and showing the substantial increase of £104,640 3$. lld>, as compared with that of the previous year. 2. The heads of revenue of the Colony, Ashanti, and the Northern Territories for the years 1903 and 1904, are shown for the purposes of comparison in Table I. 3. From this table it will be observed that there are large increases under " Customs," " Licences," " Post Office," " Revenue from Ashanti and the Northern Territories," and " Railways," the decreases occurring under the heads of " Fees of Court," "Rent of Government Property," and "Miscel­ laneous." 4. With regard to the increase of £14,096 4*. 10c?, in Customs, this is particularly satisfactory as showing an increase of £1,160 13.*. 0(3?., as compared with 1902, in which year the receipts were abnormal, and tending to show that the revenue has recovered the severe check it sustained in 1903. 5. The increase under the head of " Licences " is mainly due to the large receipts from liquor licences. On the 1st January, 1904, the cost of licences was doubled with a view of restricting their number and thus enabling a more efficient check to be kept on licensed premises, but instead of the slight increase of £1,000, which was estimated in the revenue under this head—it being realised that the number of licences would, in consequence, be reduced—the result was a satisfactory increase of £7,172. 6. The detailed receipts of revenue from Ashanti and the Northern Territories are set forth in Table II. 7. The amounts paid over during the year by the Imperial Government towards the cost of the administration of the Northern Territories amounted to £31,800 4*. id.; of this sum £11,612 9*. 7dt) was paid in January, 1904, in respect of the Imperial Grant for the Imperial financial y«tar 1903-04. 8. With regard to the railway, the collections in 1903, amounting to £66,152, were for the half year from July to COLONIAL BfcfrOBtfr—ANNUAL. December, whereas thfc receipts in 1904, which amounted to £146,915, were for the whole year. Expenditure. 9. Table III. shows the expenditure in detail of the; Colony, Ashanti, and the Northern Territories for the year 1904, as compared with 1903. Increase in Expenditure. 10. The expenditure for the year 1904 was £622,376 lis. bd., as against £593,956 7*. 9d. in the previous year, or an increase of £28,420 35. 8d. Reasons for Increase. 11.
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