Administration of Northern Nigeria, 1899-1908

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Fols. 1-141: Correspondence, 1900-1906, with the Colonial Office about the administration of Northern Nigeria, with despatches on the Kano expedition, 1903, and on the Satiru rebellion, 1906. This includes correspondence with Sir George Goldie about the civil administration of the Royal Niger Company before 1900.
Fols. 142-161: Correspondence of Walter Miller, H. Goldsmith and Charles Strachey concerning the alleged atrocities against the Satiru rebels, 1906-1908.
Fols. 162-177: Communication from the War Office regarding Lugard's secondment to the Company, 1899.
Fols. 178-211: Letters from Reginald Nicholson [formerly Popham Lobb] from the residencies of Zaria and Muri to Lugard about the Cades-Kaje Expedition and the Yergum people, 1903-1904.
Fols. 212-290: Correspondence with Joseph Chamberlain, Winston Churchill, Rudyard Kipling, Edward Lugard, Sir James Willcocks, C.N. Orr and others on various topics, 1903-1907.

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