'Economics and Industrial Development', 1951-1960
folder
Held at the Weston Library
Contains:
- (fols. 1-6) Colonial Office press releases on (1) Kariba Gorge Hydroelectric Project; and (2) proposed Central African railway link, 5 Jul 1951, 1 Oct 1952
- (fols. 7-11) Commonwealth Relations Office press release: summary of the Fiscal Commission Report (Chairman, Sir Jeremy Raisman), 29 Oct 1952
- (fols. 12-13) report upon St Faith's Mission Farm Lands for the year ended Sep 1953, by Guy Clutton-Brock, n.d.
- (fols. 14-19) Kariba Hydro-electric Scheme, two papers by Betts, 1956: (1) (fols. 14-16) Summary of Resettlement Report, n.d.; and (2) (fols. 17-19) Memorandum on evacuation of Africans, 27 Mar 1956
- (fols. 20-25) address by R.L. Prain (concluding section) about the copper-mining industry of Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), 1956
- (fols. 26-31) notes [by Betts] on income tax in the Federation (Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi), and about 'Some Northern Rhodesian Copperbelt Mining Companies', n.d.
- (fol. 32) Colonial Office Information sheet on Rhodesian Selection Trust Loans, 15 Mar 1956
- (item 1) 'The Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland', No. 38: special edition of the 'Diplomatic Bulletin' (pp. 32), Oct/Nov 1956
- (fols. 33-35) 'Development in Nyasaland', by Sir Geoffrey Colby, a former Governor: United Empire, pp. 22-25, Jan-Feb 1957
- (fol. 36) circular issued by the Africa Bureau, following Welensky's visit to Britain, containing a resolution concerning partnership, 26 Apr 1957
- (fols. 37-39) emended draft of a memorandum, 'Pass Laws in Practice', with compliments slip from the Information Attaché, Rhodesia House, n.d.
- (fols. 40-42) two cuttings from The Times about Pass Laws, one being of a letter from John R. Daly, and a letter from C. Hoskyns to him asking for a succinct account of the system, 4 Apr-3 Jun 1960
- (fols. 43-45) notes signed by Mainza Chona, Deputy President, United National Independent Party (UNIP), on 'Carrying of Identification Certificates', n.d.
- (fols. 46-48) 'The Economics of Federation': memorandum [by Betts?], chiefly about agricultural problems, addressed to Shirley Williams and referring to a draft by her ['Central Africa: the Economics of Inequality', FCB pamphlet published in Jun 1960: see MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/37, folder 4], n.d.
- (fols. 49-50) 'The Economics of the Monckton Report', by Arthur Hazlewood: Listener (pp. 967-969), 1 Dec 1960.
Dates
- Creation: 1951-1960
Extent
1 folder
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/108, folder 2
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk