Miscellaneous papers about constitutional, trade, and labour matters, 1941-1955

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(item 1) The Mohammedan Marriage and Divorce Ordinance, 1941, 18 Mar 1941
(item 2) Change of Titles Order, 1941, 21 Mar 1941
(item 3) Annual Report on Labour Department 1943: Sessional Paper No. 6/1944 (pp. 7), 1944
(fols. 1-10) Memorandum on Gambian Questions by E.F. Small, Delegate, World Trade Union Conference, 2 Mar 1945
(fols. 11-17) memorandum by Small, with a covering letter from him to Rita Hinden dated 5 Dec: A scheme of social insurance for the Gambia, 28 Nov 1945
(fols. 18-22) memorandum by Small: Proposed improvement of working conditions and wage rates, 28 Nov 1945
(fols. 23-26) memorandum by Small: Proposals for the institution of a Labour Department, 28 Nov 1945
(fols. 27-36) memorandum by Small: A supplementary memorandum on Gambian questions, 28 Nov 1945
(item 4) Annual Report of the Labour Department 1948 (pp. 8), 1949
(fols. 37-40) cyclostyled copies of Despatch No. 5 from the Governor, P. Wyn-Harris, to James Griffiths, S/S Col., with proposals for alterations to the composition of the Legislative Council, and of Griffiths' reply, 18 May, 9 Sep 1950
(fols. 41-45) cuttings from the Gambia News Bulletin: about the new Constitution, Oilseeds Marketing Board, rice production, and the Legislative Council Elections, 12 Jul-8 Oct 1951
(item 5) Second Annual Report of the Gambia Oilseeds Marketing Board, Season 1950/1951 (pp. 35), 30 Sep 1951
(item 6) Governor's Address to the Legislative Council at the Budget Session (pp. 6), 11 Dec 1951
(fols. 46-47) cuttings from the Gambia News Bulletin, about appointments to the Legislative Council and revision of electoral machinery, 18 Feb, 6 Mar 1952
(fol. 48) Transport enquiry in the Gambia: Colonial Office information sheet, 27 Mar 1952
(fol. 49) Appointment of B.R. Miles to be Judge of the Supreme Court: Colonial Office Information Department release, 25 Sep 1952
(fol. 50) cutting from Gambia News Bulletin about Kombo Rural Authority Elections, 1 Oct 1952
(fols. 51-58) cyclostyled copies of Despatch No. 327 from the Governor, Sir Percy Wyn-Harris, to Oliver Lyttelton, S/S Col., containing proposals for constitutional advance, and of Lyttelton's reply, 12 Jun, 22 Jul 1953
(fol. 58A) Colonial Office Information paper about changes in the constitution, 3 Aug 1953
(fols. 59-63) 'Constitutional Progress in the Gambia': memorandum by the Central Office of Information (COI), No. R. 2812, 3 Mar 1954
(fols. 64-65) Gambia Oilseeds Marketing Board: Bulletin No. 2, 7 Dec 1954
(item 7) Governor's Address at the opening of the first meeting of the Legislative Council constituted under the Gambia (Constitution) Order in Council, 1954 (pp. 7), 14 Dec 1954
(fols. 66-70) 'Constitutional Progress in the Gambia': memorandum by the Central Office of Information (COI), No. R. 2992, superseding No. R. 2812 (fols. 59-63), 24 Jan 1955
(fol. 71) Gambia News Bulletin, No. 115, 18 May 1955
(fols. 72-74) 'Facts about the Gambia': Central Office of Information (COI) Fact Sheets, No. R. 2778, Jun 1955
(fols. 75-92) Gambia News Bulletin, Nos 128-129, 131-132, 140-143, 194, 275-280, and a Supplement containing the Governor's Address to the Legislative Council on 22 Dec, 4 Jun-22 Dec 1955.