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Correspondence with John Hynd, MP, 9 Mar 1948-9 Dec 1952

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Correspondence with John Hynd, MP, who visited East Africa as leader of the Parliamentary Delegation in Mar 1948, and Nigeria later that year as a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Colonial Estimates. He joined the FCB Advisory Committee in Aug 1948 (fols. 9-10). The correspondence is concerned with the following territories and topics:

Kenya:

  1. alienation of land, and distrust among African communities of the government land policy: fols. 1-4, 55
  2. settlement and betterment schemes: fols. 1-4, fol. 55, 123, 126-127
  3. 'Kabachia Courts': fol. 5
  4. protests by the Kenya-African Union against European immigration: fol. 6
  5. problems associated with the settlement of Africans from soil-eroded areas in new areas, and the development of squatter settlements in European-designated agricultural areas, with a letter from Creech Jones: fols. 11-11a
  6. land tenure under Native Law and Custom: fol. 13
  7. African representation on the Nairobi Municipal Council: fol. 16
  8. the grant to Nairobi of a Royal Charter: fols. 16, 30v
  9. the Highlands Order in Council, concerning the occupation of undeveloped land in Kenya, with letters from Creech Jones and a copy of the Ordinance on Immigration: fols. 18-27
  10. the grant to the Kenya Institute of £50,000 from the Colonial Development and Welfare Fund: fols. 28-30, 32-33
  11. African co-operation in contour-farming schemes: fol. 28-30, 53
  12. the eviction of unauthorised Kikuyu residents at Kibiko, with a letter from Creech Jones: fol. 35
  13. the establishment of Whitley Councils, with letters from John Dugdale and James Griffiths: fols. 42, 44-45, 56-57, 68, 78, 81, 113
  14. educational facilities for the Pokot people, with a letter from Dugdale: fols. 47, 54
  15. Registration of Persons Ordinance, with a letter from Griffiths: fols. 71-72
  16. maize control: fols. 78, 81-82
  17. Indian education, and the Glancy and Hartwell Reports, with letters from Griffiths: fols. 90-91, 98-101
  18. European representation in the Legislative Council: fol. 121
  19. bill to amend the Kenya Legislative Council Ordinance: fol. 122
  20. pamphlet by Kenyan students, 'East African Future': fols. 124-125, 128, 131
  21. facilities for African Members of the Legislative Council to make contact with their people at meetings and interviews: fol. 145.

East Africa:

  1. activities of the African Workers' Federation: fol. 5
  2. comments by Hynd on the misinterpretation of his statement to the FCB about the situation in East Africa: fols. 8-9
  3. African Labour Efficiency Report: fols. 12, 57
  4. African representation on the Executive and Legislative Councils and in the Civil Service, and the need to train suitable African candidates for senior posts: fols. 12, 14-16, 30v, 40
  5. proposal by Sir Alfred Vincent for a Joint Consultative Committee of the East African Central Assembly and the Central African Council: fol. 36
  6. land policy: fol. 114
  7. the preparation by the FCB of evidence for the East African Royal Commission: fols. 139, 141.

Tanganyika (mainland Tanzania):

  1. opposition of European settlers to proposed constitutional changes: fol. 36v
  2. the forced sale of maize at low prices to the Grain Storage Department and subsequent purchase at double the price, with a letter dated 25 Jul 1950 from Griffiths: fols. 46, 51
  3. Food Survey (1951) by the Overseas Food Corporation: fol. 100
  4. recommendations of the Committee on Manpower: fol. 115-116, 120.

Uganda:

  1. progress of the hydro-electric works: fol. 37
  2. racial discrimination and the views of a European resident, Toro: fol. 93
  3. the coffee industry - Coffee Industry Board, Price Assistance Fund, and taxation proposals: fols. 134-137, 142-144.

Northern Rhodesia (Zambia):

  1. qualifications for the common voters' roll: fols. 38, 75V
  2. the expulsion of J. Morris from the Executive Council: fols. 38-39
  3. Immigration Bill: fols. 38, 43, 52
  4. African representation on the Legislative and Executive Councils: fols. 40, 58, 62, 88
  5. South African immigrants: fols. 43, 53, 75v, 107, 111
  6. agricultural technique to help Africans increase production and protect the soil: fol. 43
  7. price discrimination in cattle, eggs and maize, and the Northern Rhodesian African Farming Improvement Fund, with letters from Griffiths: fols. 43-44, 49, 58-61, 63-66, 68-69, 73, 77, 107-111, 117-118
  8. Welensky's proposal for state-aided immigration: fols. 48, 75
  9. racial discrimination in post offices and on railways: fols. 50, 52
  10. industrial colour bar: fol. 58
  11. soil conservation, with letters from Griffiths: fols. 63-65, 69, 73, 77
  12. representation of African interests on the Legislative Council: fols. 74, 147-148
  13. claim of the African Mineworkers Union for wage increases: fol. 74, 83-84, 87
  14. results of the Northern Rhodesian Land Commission of 1947: fols. 75v, 86
  15. census of the African population: fol. 79
  16. FCB deputation to the Secretary of State (Griffiths) in Apr 1951: fols. 80, 87-88
  17. Rhokana Corporation: fol. 85
  18. delegation from Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), 1952: fols. 124, 128-129
  19. direct African representation on the African Affairs Committee, Lusaka, with a letter from Lyttelton: fols. 129-130
  20. Northern Rhodesian Government's statement on partnership: fols. 131, 133, 147-148
  21. criticisms of the organisation of trade unions and co-operatives: fols. 132, 140, 143
  22. deportation of a trade union leader, John Sichalwe: fols. 140, 143-144, 146, 150
  23. constitutional reform: fols. 147-148
  24. alienation of Native Trust Land: fol. 149.

Windward Islands:

  1. constitutional reform: fol. 58.

High Commission Territories (Lesotho, Botswana, and Eswatini):

  1. Colonial Development Corporation schemes in Swaziland (Eswatini): fol. 79
  2. matters concerning Tshekedi and Seretse Khama, 1951: fol. 96
  3. the political future of Bechuanaland (Botswana): fol. 96v.

West Indies:

  1. conditions of labour of plantation workers: fol. 89.

Nyasaland (Malawi):

  1. African representation on the Legislative Council: fol. 95
  2. the composition of the Protectorate Council: fol. 95-96.

Central Africa:

  1. FCB deputation to the Secretary of State (Griffiths) on the question of Federation: fols. 102, 104, 119
  2. establishment of Wages Boards: fols. 115, 120
  3. problems associated with Federation: fols. 147-148, 152
  4. reports of the Fiscal, Judicial, and Civil Service Commissions: fol. 148v.

Colonies, general:

  1. Report on Racial Discrimination (1952): fol. 114
  2. petition on land sponsored by the Congress of Peoples Against Imperialism: fol. 114.

Dates

  • Creation: 9 Mar 1948-9 Dec 1952

Extent

1 folder

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/17, folder 6

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