'Land: settlement schemes, consolidation', 1953-1961
folder
Held at the Weston Library
Contains:
- (item 1) FCB Memorandum submitted to the Royal Commission on Land and Population in East Africa, pp. 16, Jul 1953
- (fols. 1-4 and item 2) two letters in the vernacular from A.J. Ngugi, Arthur Gitau, Department of Agriculture, Nairobi, to Dr Kiano, with a draft report of the unofficial members' land consolidation group, pp. 17, 16 Sep 1958
- (item 3) Kenya Government pamphlet 'Land consolidation and farm planning in the Central Province' by L.H. Kolbe and S.J. Fouché, Department of Agriculture, Kenya, pp. 23, 1959
- (item 4) cyclostyled letter from A.W. Purvis, Clerk of the Council, to members of the Legislative Council covering the Report of the Unofficial Members' Group on land consolidation, pp. 22, 16 Jan 1959
- (items 5-9) sections from Kenya Legislative Council Hansard concerning the Native Land Registration Bill, 22 Apr-4 Jun 1959
- (fols. 5-8) typed extract from a letter from Alan Rake to the FCB concerning the White Paper on land, with the text of a speech by Oginga Odinga, MLC (Member of the Legislative Council), at the Leaders' Conference of the Kenya Independence Movement on 13 Sep 1959, 25 Oct 1959
- (fols. 9-12) 'Creech's article': typed 'Points to note' concerning land, with three copies of the extract from Rake's letter (see fols. 5-8 above), 25 Oct 1959
- (fols. 13-26) FCB Numbered Document 102, 'The Kenya White Highlands', signed by Betts (three copies) with a typed extract from a letter from John Miller concerning the Highlands (four copies). (For correspondence between Miller and the FCB see MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/116, folder 2), 18 Nov 1959
- (fols. 27-30) typed copy of a letter from Vasey, Tanganyika (mainland Tanzania), (signed Verry), to Hilary Marquand, MP concerning the future of the Highlands and resettlement of European farmers, 7 May 1960
- (items 10 and 11) memorandum on land distribution in Kenya by Bette, Assistant Commonwealth Officer, issued by the Commonwealth Department of the Labour Party, pp. 12, two copies, 8 Jun 1960
- (item 12) FCB Memorandum No. 116 by Betts on the Kenya land question, pp. 21, with a covering letter, Nov 1960
- (fols. 31-37) letter from Betts to Hilda Selwyn-Clarke covering copies of letters from Betts and Iain Macleod to George Thomson, MP, about Kenya land policy, arising from Betts's memorandum. (Other papers on Kenya by Betts are to be found in MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/29), 1961
- (item 13) Kenya Newsletter No. 246, 3 Jan 1961.
Dates
- Creation: 1953-1961
Extent
1 folder
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/119, folder 2
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk