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Annual Report of the Colonies, Southern Nigeria, 1908 COLONIAL REPORTS—ANNUAL No. 630. SOUTHERN NIGERIA. REPORT FOR 1908. (For Report for 1907, nee No. 583.) $)rescnteb to both Douse* of fhtrlhnunt bj) Command of Die JRstjeets. January, 1910. LONDON: PRINTED FOR HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE, BY DARLING & SON, LTD., 34-40, BACON STREET, E. And to bo purchased, either directly or through any Bookseller, from WYMAN AND SONS, LTD., FETTER LANE, E.G., and 32, ABINGDON STREET, WESTMINSTER, S.W.; or OLIVER cfe BOYD, TWEBDDALE COURT, EDINBURGH; or E. PONSONBY, 11(5, GRAFTON STREET, DUBMN. 1909. [Cd. 4964-4.] Price tyi. CONTENTS PAOE FINANCIAL ... • ••• 4 TRADE, AGRICULTURE, AND INDUSTRIES 6 LEGISLATION ••• 22 EDUCATION 23 POLICE AND CRIMINAL STATISTICS 27 GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS 29 VITAL STATISTICS 29 POSTAL, TELEGRAPH, AND TELEPHONE SYSTEM 30 RAILWAY,.. ... ... .. ... ... ... t.» ••• »•• 31 t WATERWAYS 31 SAVINGS BANK 33 ROADS 33 CLIMATE 34 MILITARY 34 SOCIAL CONDITION OP THE PEOPLE 35 IMPORTANT EVENTS 35 GENERAL CONDITION OP THE COLONY AND PROTECTORATE 37 APPENDICES. I. REPORT ON WORK DONE AT "THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE 38 II, TABLE SHOWING THE IMPORTATION OP SPIRITS, 1904-8 41 TIT. TABLE AND DIAGRAM SHOWING EXPANSION OP SOUTHERN NIGERIA, 1900—8 <• ••• »•« ... .••• ••« «• 41 COIiONIAL REPORTS—ANNUA!/. 3 No. 680. SOUTHERN NIGERIA. (For Report for 1907, see No. 583.) THE GOVERNOR TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE. Government House, Lagos, Southern Nigeria, 15th October, 1909. MY LORD, I HAVE the honour to forward herewith the Annual Blue Book Report on the administration of Southern Nigeria for the year 1908, compiled by the Lieutenant-Governor Mr. J. J. Thorburn, C.M.G. 1 have, &c, WALTER EGERTON, Governor. The Right Honourable The Earl of Crewe, P.O., K.G., Secretary of State for the Colonies, &c, &c, &c. (16017—2.) Wi 27349—387. 1125 k 85. 1/10. D k S. 4 COLONIAL REPORTS—ANNTTAL. FINANCIAL. The total revenue collected amounted to £1,387,975, exceeding the amount estimated by £34,414, but showing a decrease of £71,579 as compared with 1907. The actual figures for the year, show an increase in the total receipts over the Estimates for 19(J8 of £34,414, but this result is due to the extraordinary receipt £85,376, representing the re-adjustment from loan funds of the amount paid in 1907 from sxirplus balances for railway construction. Otherwise, the shortage would have been £50,962. This deficit is due to the shrinkage in Customs receipts in the Central and Eastern Provinces owing to:(a) Ordinance,No, 3.of 1908 having placed on the free list the following articles:—rice, provisions, sugar, &c, which involved a sacrifice of £20,917; (b) smaller importa­ tions of dutiable articles; and (c) an over-estimate in Postal Revenue and Railway Receipts. The other heads of revenue justified or exceeded anticipations. The following statement shows the receipts under each head of revenue compared with those for the preceding year: — Head of Revenue. 1907. Increase. Decrease. Customs duties ... ... ... 1,014,583 J 1,178,193 103,610 Harbour and lighting dues ,947 1,812 135 Licences, &c. ... .,. ... 18,280 17,497 783 Fees of Court, &c 70,584 79,380 8,796 Postal Revenue ... ... ... 9,872 8,196 1,676 Rent of Government properties... 2*068 1,932 136 Interest ... »»• •»» ... 30,470 15,129 15,341 Miscellaneous * 92,478 8.329 84,149 Railway and tramway ... ... 144,699 148,234 3,535 Land sales ... ... ... ... 2,994 852 2,142 Total ... ... 1,387,975 | 1,459,551 104,362 175,941 The receipts from Cxistoms duties amounted to 73*1 per cent, of the revenue received from all sources. The receipts from specific duties totalled £863,609, compared with £994,130 in 1907, while ad valorem duties amounted to £150,974, compared with £184,063 in 1907. The following are the percentages of duty derived from the principal articles on which duties of customs are levied :— Per cent. £ Spirits 68 ... 691,000 Cotton goods 9*6 ... 98,000 Tobacco, unmanufactured ... 7*8 ... 79,000 The actual expenditure for the year met from revenue amounted to £1,357,763, as against £1,217,337 in 1907; while further expenditure, chargeable to loans (railway construction, <S|c.), amounted to £852,517, compared with £296,872 in 1907. As regards loan expenditure, the sum of £669,363 was expended on railway extension, and £121,471 on other works, whilst £61,683 was expended in connexion with raising the 1908 loan. The S0UTHJ5HN NIGK1UA, 1908. 6 total sum expended on railway construction to the 31st December, 1908, was £2,657,885. The total loans raised to 31st December, 1908 (£5,000,000), realised £4,797,665, from which total expenditure to same date had been incurred amounting to £2,680,052, leaving £2,117,613 available for future expenditure, subject to amounts advanced to Northern Nigeria on account of the Baro-Kano Railway. The following statement shows the amount spent from each head of expenditure during the year 1908, compared with the preceding year: — Payments. Head of Expenditure. Increase. Do create. January to January to December, 1907. December, 1908. £ s, d. £ $. d. £ s. d. £ 8. d. Charge on Account of 70,345 0 1 112,939 4 9 42,693 16 8 Public Debt. Pensions and Gratuities 12,224 0 1 13,475 10 7 1,251 10 0 Governor's Office 7.210 4 5 9,189 12 4 1,979 7 II Colonial Secretariat 9,561 12 11 12,801 13 7 8,240 0 8 Political and Adminis­ 08,813 11 1 71,868 1 3 3,044 10 2 trative. Judicial ... 9,744 12 11 9,759 0 1 14 13 2 Legal and Registration... 2,077 3 9 3,084 14 3 407 10 0 Treasury and Customs ... 34,29iJ 9 0 39,806 19 3 6,572 10 3 Postal 12,279 14 9 12,110 13 10 103 0 11 Telegraphs 15,440 0 1 21,249 17 2 5,801* 17 1 Audit 5,714 10 4 6,308 4 3 053 7 11 Printing 7,002 2 4 9,431 19 7 2,8*19 27 3 West African Frontier 100,297 17 1 98,089 19 5 1,007 17 8 Force, Southern Nigeria Regiment. Volunteer Force... 1,084 1 11 1,780 0 11 702 6 0 Marine 124,470 3 9 118,780 10 9 5,095 7 0 Civil Police 35,132 7 8 37,915 13 10 2,783 0 2 Prisons , 23,503 9 2 29,280 4 1 5,720 14 11 Forestry ... 20,722 li 6 9,909 0 2 10,753 11 3 Agriculture 8,204 18 7 8,204 18 7 Medical 48,250 0 11 55,193 10 7 0,943 3 8 Sanitary 3,610 9 10 4,460 18 t 940 8 3 Native Affairs 20,212 0 2 20,303 3 9 151 3 7 Education 10,038 0 0 20,325 2 2 3,«80 10 2 Surveys 8,587 10 1 9,000 7 2 602 17 1 Mineral Surveys... 1,113 19 2 2,095 7 0 981 7 10 Lands ... ... ... 5,753 2 9 26,302 8 8 19,009 5 U Laboratory 039 3 5 038 8 9 . 0 14 8 Rent 1,505 17 11 2,103 12 8 597 14 9 Charitable... 354 2 5 300 17 2 • 53 5 3 Transport.., 58,840 0 0 02,597 12 1 3,75 L 5 7 Contribution to Northern 71,250 0 0 70,000 0 0 1,250 0 0 Nigeria. Miscellaneous Services ... 20,004 11 1 24,277 19 5 4,213 8 4 Public Works Department 34,170 2 4 37,288 0 9 3,112 4 6 Roads Construction 3,040 8 11 5,817 0 11 2,170 18 0 Works acd Buildings 30,400 15 1 38,511 19 0 2,051 4 5 Annually Recurrent. Roads and Bridges Annu­ 5,732 7 2 10,138 8 1 4,400 0 11 ally Recurrent. Railway , 74,997 4 4 101,224 9 11 20,227 6 7 Tramway 1,032 18 1 1,939 10 7 300 12 0 Carter and Denton Bridges 1,250 5 5 1,183 8 3 72 17 2 Works and Buildings Ex­ 07,587 18 8 142,542 7 8 44.951 9 0 traordinary. • Roads and Bridges Ex- 05,743 10 5 57,102 4 3 8,041 0 2 traoidinary. Telegraphs Extraordinary 17,714 19 0 17,937 12 4 222 13 4 Marine Extraordinary ... 01,019 4 1 20,433 19 2 40,695 4 11 Total ... 1,217,336 17 6 1,357,763 3 7 209,249 11 1 08,823 6 0 6 COLONIAL REPORTS—ANNUAL. The following statement shows the total revenue and expendi­ ture for the last five years: — Be venue. Expenditure, £ £ 1904 ... ... ... 888,136 863,917 1905 961,748 998,564 1906 1,088,717 1,056,290 1907 1,459,554 1,217,337 1908 1,387,975 1,357,763 The excess of assets over liabilities on 3lst December, 1908, was £662,550, which is £30,212 more than at the close of 1907. The banking business of the Government is transacted by the Bank of British West Africa, under an agreement entered into in 1894. This agreement, however, applies only to Lagos, and equal facilities are still lacking in the Central and Eastern Provinces. The competition introduced into the banking busi­ ness in Lagos, by the establishment of a branch of the Bank of Nigeria, has proved beneficial to Government and the mercantile community.
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