COLONIAL REPORTS—-ANNUAL. v No. 567. EAST AFRICA PROTECTORATE. REPORT FOR 1906-7; with Returns of Concessions granted for the period 1st July, 1906, to 31st December, 1907. (For Report for 1905-6, Bee No. 619.) $ce*entrt to boti) Woum of parliament by Ofomman* of &10 fflw&%* June, 1908. LONDON: PRINTED FOR HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE, B* DARLING & SON, LTD., 34-40, BACON STREET, 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, TWEBPDALB COURT, EDINBURGH; or E. PONSONBY, 116, GRAFTON STREET, DUBLIN. 1908. V [Od. 3729-21.] Price M, CONTENTS. I. FINANCIAL ... ... II. TRADE, AGRICULTURE, AND INDUST&IES III. LEGISLATION ... ... ... IV. ECCLESlASflCAL STATISTICS AND EDUCATION V. GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS VI". JUDICIAL STATISTICS VII. VITAL STATISTICS ... VIII. POST AND TELEGRAPHS ... IX, MILITARY FORCE AND EXPENDITURE ... X. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ... APPENDIX KA8T AFRICA. PROTECTORATE, 1906-7. 3 No. 657. EAST AFRICA PROTECTORATE. (For Report for 1905-6, see No. 519.) THE GOVERNOR TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE Governor's Office, Nairobi, 6th March, 1908. MY LORD, I HAVE the honour to submit the Annual Report of the Administration of the East Africa Protectorate for the year ending the 31st March, 1907. 2. The submission of this report has been delayed as it was intended that it should accompany the Blue Jiook for the same year, which it has not yet been found possible to get through the press. I have, &c, J. HAYES SADLER. The Right Honourable The Earl of Elgin, KG., &c, &c, &c. H25 Wt 84282 6/08 D&S 6 81991 4 COLONIAL REPORTS—ANNUAL. ANNUAL REPORT ON THE EAST AFRICA PROTECTORATE FOR 1906-7. I.-FINANCIAL. (A.) GENERAL REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE. Revenue, 1. The estimated revenue for the year ended March 31st, 1907, was ,£381,646; and the actual revenue collected exclusive of a Parliamentary Grant of £164,000 was £461,362 Us. 8d. This shows an increase of £191,000 lb. M. over the revenue of the year 1905-6, which, exclusive of a Parliamentary Grant of £214,000, amounted to £270,362 3s. bd. The gross receipts of the Uganda Railway were, for the first time, shown under Protectorate Revenue. 2. The following table shows tthe detailed actual revenue collected in 1906-7. The total revenue only for 1905-6 is given, the details being of little use for purposes of comparison owing to the reclassification of revenue in accordance with the financial instructions: — Amount Amount collected in collected in Increase. the year the year 1905-6. 1906 7. £ *. d. £ $. dt Parliamentary Qrant 214,000 0 0 164,000 0 0 Total Grants 214,000 0 0 164,000 0 0 Customs 81,802 18 0 Port, Harbcmr, Wharf, and Light­ 666 12 8 house Dues. Licences, Excise, and Internal 83,200 19 1 Revenue not otherwise classified. Fees of Court or Office Payments 19,703 1 3 for specific services, and Reim- bursements-in- A id. Post Office and Telegraphs 16,734 1 10 Government Railways 231,376 1 1 Rents ... ••« ... ».» ... 10,991 13 4 Interest... ... .... « ... ... 1,825 1 2 Miscellaneous Receipts 8,720 4 1 Sale of Government Property 8,974 4 5 Total exclusive of Land 621,493 11 11 Sales. Land Sales ... 8,869 2 9 Total ... 484,302 8 6 625,362 14 8 Total exclusive of Grant 270,862 8 6 461,862 14 8 191,000 11 3 BAST AFRICA PROTECTORATE, 1906-7. 5 3. It is still possible, however, to compare some of the main sources of ^revenue, and of these the most gratifying is the Uganda Railway, whose revenue amounts to £231,375 Is. Id., being an excess over expenditure of £68,838 10$. lid. for the year. These figures indicate a general steady increase of the total traffic, and are .the more encouraging inasmuch as great difficulty has been experienced in obtaining suitable labour, and as the goods traffic during the last part of the year under review was disappointing, owing partly to the very scanty rainfall and partly to financial difficulties among the traders in the Protectorate. Customs show an advance of £7,626, which is due to increase in trade and to the low rates of freight introduced by the 'Dale Line of steamers. It should be mentioned, however, that this sum includes £2,600 import transit duty, which is liable to be repaid. Hut Tax also has risen from £44,541 to £61,292 18s. 7d.p owing largely to the more extensive area brought under administrative control and partly to the increase of the tax from Rs. 2 to Rs. 3 in various provinces during the year. Although, as noted above, the reclassification renders com­ parison between the two years, except in a few instances, of but little value, yet the total increase of revenue shows a very gratifying development of the Protectorate's resources. Survey Fees show a deciease of £6,927, but it should be noted that the 1905-6 figures include the balance of the old Survey Fee deposit account, and further that these fees are payable in advance and the larger amounts were naturally paid when the first rush of settlers arrived in the country. The apparently large increase in the revenue derived from rents of land must be largely discounted by the fact that a sum of £7,274 from the Railway Zone Suspense Account was credited under this head. Expenditure. 4, The following table shows the actual detailed expenditure for 1906-7: — Expenditure. 1906-7. 8. d. £ 8. d. Rent and Interest to H.H. the Sultan 17,000 0 0 Pensions ... ,M ... 1,849 11 9 H.M. Commissioner... 2,391 16 10 Deputy Commissioner and Secretariat 5,425 4 6 Provincial Administration ... 34,407 12 4 Treasury ... ... ... 6,522 12 10 6 COLONIAL KB POETS—ANNUAL. Expenditure. 1905-6. 1906-7. £ 8. d. £ a. d. 8.994 18 4 Customs Department ... 9,168 7 2 Port and Marino ... ... 2,639 19 9 „ Special Expenditure *. * 2,104 9 9 Audit Department ... ... Legal Departments ... 8,030 0 9 *a * Police... ... ... 37,072 6 7 ... Prisons 7,012 18 1 . • . Medical Departments 8,789 7 4 Hospital and Dispensaries 4,812 6 Education 68 0 Transport 28,662 1 11 Military Expenditure ... » » . 70,604 8 11 „ Special Expenditure ... ... 1,790 14 9 Miscellaneous Services ... ... ... 6,528 8 0 Bombay Agency ... 893 14 6 Post Offic3 and Telegraphs... ... 15,516 2 10 ,, Special Expenditure... ... 3,137 18 5 Railway Department 162,536 10 2 ,, Special ExpenHturo 31,619 16 3 Agricultural Department ... 7,612 1 4 Forestry and Scientific Departments 3,871 0 7 Veterinary Department ... ... 3,372 6 9 „ Special Expenditure ... ... 1,985 2 2 Immigration Department ... ... ... 688 9 1 Survey Department... ... ... ... 15,104 19 9 ,, Special Expenditure ... 4,012 9 6 Land Office ... ... ... 3,000 6 4 Special Expenditure ... ... 1,451 0 5 Public Works Deparlment ... 12,655 8 5 Public Works Recurrent ... ... 22,732 2 5 „ „ Extraordinary ... 62,756 6 7 Famine Relief ... ... 86 18 4 Nandi Expedition ... ... 1,481 1 7 Total 418,839 3 10. 616,088 13 11 6. For the same reason as mentioned above with regard to the detailed revenue, the detailed expenditure for 1905-6 is omitted, but the total for 1906-7, viz.: £616,088 13s. Hi, shows an increase of £197,249 10$. Id. over the preceding year. This is to a certain extent to be expected as a natural outcome of the largely enhanced revenue which necessitates, in many cases a larger initial outlay—e.gr., building new stations, addi­ tions to the staff—but the large increase shown above is mainly attributable to the inclusion of the Uganda Railway expendi­ ture of £193,166 6s. bd. (including special expenditure of £31,619 16s. 3d!.), whereas in the previous year only the profit on the working was shown. EAST AFRICA PROTECTORATE, 1906-7. 7 The military expenditure shows a decrease of some .£30,000 on last year, which may be ascribed largely to the reduction of the strength of the 1st and 3rd King's African Rifles by two companies each. Moreover the Zanzibar Government con­ tribute a sum of £10,000 on account of the two companies stationed in Zanzibar. 6. The totals of the revenue and expenditure for the last six years, exclusive of Parliamentary Grants, are as follows: — Revenue Expenditure. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1901-2 ... 68,463 8 9 278,151 12 7 1902-3 ... 95,283 12 11 311,469 0 5 1903-4 ... 108,856 19 3 418,877 0 3 1904-5 ... 154,756 1 1 302,659 12 9 1905-6 ... 270,362 3 5 418,839 3 10 1906-7 ... 461,362 14 8 616,088 3 10 (B.) TAXATION. The only direct tax levied in the Protectorate is the Hut Tax, which shows an increase of £16,751 over 1905-6; with a total of £61,292, as against £44,541. 'This advance may partly be ascribed to the fact that the tax was raised during the year from Rs. 2 to Rs. 3 in several provinces; but in a far greater degree to the extension of the area under administrative control. Increases to the staffi of Collectors and Assistant Collectors were sanctioned enabling the Government to get more closely into touch with the natives of the existing districts and to open; up and develop hitherto unadministered country; a new station was built in the Kenya Province with the most satisfactory results, inasmuch as the Hut Tax in that province showed an increase of £7,587.