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'Economics and Industrial Development' - I, 1937-1952

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  1. (fols. 1-2) 'Health Conditions in the Gold Coast' by J.F.N. Green: Labour Party Advisory Committee on Imperial Questions, memorandum No. 184, Mar 1937
  2. (fols. 3-5) notes by C.L. Cox, Department of Agriculture, Kumasi, on Plan for Africa by Rita Hinden, and comments by M. Fortes on these notes, 2 Sep 1942
  3. (fols. 6-16) report on the Department of Animal Health for the year 1942-1943, by J.L. Stewart, Director of Veterinary Services, n.d.
  4. (fols. 18-22) 'Education and Native Administration on the Gold Coast' (Ghana): two memoranda concerning the education of heirs to Paramount Stools, and a table showing expenditure on education, with a covering letter from Hugh Thomas, Secretary for Native Affairs, to the Secretary to the Commission on Higher Education. Manuscript notes by Creech Jones are attached, 24 and 26 Jan 1944
  5. (fols. 23-26) letter from Stanley to Sorensen about rent control, with a copy of a broadcast talk by the Chairman of the Rent Assessment Committee for Accra, H.E. Devaux, 9 May 1944
  6. (item 1) 'A Short History of the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation, Ltd., 1897-1947', by G.W. Easton Turner (pp. 20), with a map inserted loosely, [1947?]
  7. (fols. 27-28) Gold Coast Hydro-Electric Potentialities - New Survey: Colonial Office Information Department release, 27 Jun 1949
  8. (fols. 29-33) Gold Coast Agricultural Produce Marketing Board Ordinance 1949, 25 Aug 1949
  9. (fol. 34) Agricultural Produce Marketing Board (Amendment) Ordinance 1950, 29 Mar 1950
  10. (fols. 35-36) Colonial Office information paper on the efficacy of Cocoa Marketing Board's stabilisation policy, 8 Jan 1951
  11. (fol. 37) 'Gold Coast Cocoa - temporary suspension of cutting out of trees': Colonial Office information paper, 6 Apr 1951
  12. (fols. 38-40) Gold Coast Marketing Board (Amendment) Ordinance 1951, 23 Apr 1951
  13. (fol. 41) Swollen Shoot Disease in Cocoa: Colonial Office Information Department release, 27 Apr 1951
  14. (fol. 42) 'Past, Present and Future of the Gold Coast Mines': excerpt from New Commonwealth, May 1951
  15. (fols. 43-47) 'Fifty Million in the Fund': excerpt from West Africa, 12 May 1951
  16. (fols. 48-55) letter from J.B. Danquah, Eastern Regional Vice President United Gold Coast Convention, to the FCB, transmitting a statement by the Parliamentary Committee of the Convention, on the amendment of the Gold Coast Cocoa Marketing Board Ordinance 1947. Attached is Supplement No. 4 to the Gold Coast Bulletin, 11 Apr 1951, containing the Budget Speech by R.P. Armitage, Minister of Finance, 25 May 1951
  17. (fols. 56-57) manuscript notes on the Gold Coast Cocoa Marketing Board Report 1949-1950, n.d.
  18. (fol. 58) Colonial Office information sheet, about a broadcast by Dr Nkrumah on compensation terms for the removal of diseased cocoa trees, 3 Jul 1951
  19. (items 2-3) Gold Coast Handbook of Trade and Commerce (pp. 64 and 83), 1951-1952
  20. (fols. 59-60) memorandum on the extension of Takoradi harbour, issued by the Associated Iliffe Press, 1 May 1952
  21. (item 4) Gold Coast Cocoa Marketing Board Fifth Annual Report and Accounts (pp. 22), 30 Sep 1952
  22. (fols. 61-62) 'Measures taken by the Gold Coast Government to control the cost of living': typescript memorandum, 1952
  23. (fols. 63-75) 'African fetishes': typescript of article by Jock Stewart concerning the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast (Ghana), 8 Dec 1952.

Dates

  • Creation: 1937-1952

Extent

1 folder

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/80, folder 1

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