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Correspondence with Mrs Eirene White, MP, 26 Jan 1953-15 Nov 1955

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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/20A, folder 1, fols. 10-119
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Correspondence with Mrs Eirene White, MP, concerning the following territories and topics:

Nigeria:

  1. Mrs White's visit to Nigeria in 1953: fols. 10-11
  2. Nigerian party leaders in London in Aug 1953: fol. 37
  3. composition and powers of the Cocoa Marketing Board: fol. 50v
  4. problems of the groundnut industry, particularly oilseed processing and transport, with letters from George Pole, Department of Marketing and Export, Lagos, and Hopkinson, and other relevant papers: fols. 57-65, 98, 100, 104-106
  5. proposals made by the Northern Elements Progressive Union for electoral changes (in 1954): fols. 79-80
  6. control over broadcasting: fol. 92v.

Central African Federation (Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi):

  1. visit of Nyasaland (Malawi) chiefs to the UK, concerning federation: fols. 10-11
  2. report of the Commission on Higher Education: fols. 25, 29
  3. University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland: fols. 28, 74, 101
  4. statement by Lyttelton, and comments on it by Creech Jones, about the importance of a federation to link Central Africa and East Africa: fol. 33.

Nyasaland (Malawi):

  1. the Civil Services, and the need for an inter-racial Whitley Council: fols. 12, 14
  2. agricultural wages (in 1953): fol. 11
  3. migration of labour to Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and South Africa: fol. 12
  4. treatment of Chief Gomani in Zomba prison, with a letter from Lyttelton: fols. 31-32
  5. Commission of Enquiry into disturbances (in 1953): fol. 43v
  6. constitutional reform: fols. 107-109, 111, 113.

Northern Rhodesia (Zambia):

  1. recommendation of the Report of the Commission on the Civil Services of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1947, concerning Whitley Councils: fols. 12, 14
  2. the conversion of land tenure to the freehold system: fol. 43
  3. communist propaganda publications sent to the African Educational Organisation: fols. 43v, 46
  4. franchise for British-protected subjects: fols. 93-94
  5. higher education for girls: fol. 112.

Kenya:

  1. method of determining agricultural wages (in 1953): fol. 12
  2. African land tenure: fol. 13
  3. land resettlement (in 1953): fols. 14, 16, 33, 41
  4. problems of squatters (in 1953): fol. 14
  5. acts of violence by the Police Reserve: fols. 14, 16-17, 43
  6. formation by Africans of a Charitable Education Fund: fol. 14v
  7. Kenya Government broadcasts to Africans: fol. 14v
  8. the 'cleansing of Kikuyu from Mau Mau oaths': fol. 16
  9. request by African editors for the appointment of a Government Censor, with a letter from Lyttelton: fol. 19
  10. the Aga Khan Schools and Institute, with a letter from Lyttelton: fols. 21, 29-30, 42
  11. points raised in the Legislative Council debate, May 1955, on African representation, promotion of police, and compensation of relatives of Africans serving with the military forces: fol. 27
  12. detainees under the Emergency Regulations, and means of support for their dependents, with letters to and from Edric Connor, Mombasa: fols. 40, 52, 68-74
  13. employment schemes for displaced Kikuyu, with a letter from Lyttelton: fol. 41
  14. report on the development of Kenya Government Services for the benefit of Africans: fols. 46-48
  15. composition of County Councils: fol. 48
  16. qualified African doctors practising in Kenya: fol. 75
  17. public meetings to counter Mau Mau propaganda (in 1954): fol. 78
  18. decision to hand over the Ithanga Hills in the Highlands to the Kamba: fols. 82, 87
  19. measures to deal with famine conditions (in 1954): fol. 92
  20. Maasai lands, with a letter from Lennox-Boyd: fols. 95-97, 114
  21. recruitment for the Kenya Regiment: fol. 99.

Bechuanaland (Botswana):

  1. economic development in 1953, with a letter from John Foster, Parliamentary U-S/S Commonwealth Relations, dealing with Colonial Development and Welfare Schemes, the Okavango Project, Lobatse abattoir, the Gaitskell Mission, and the Bamangwato Chieftainship: fols. 22-24
  2. Colonial Development Corporation scheme for cold storage at Lobatse: fol. 74v.

Sierra Leone:

  1. appointments to the extra-mural department of Fourah Bay College, with a letter from Lyttelton: fols. 26, 35-36, 38.

East Africa:

  1. Lyttelton's statement, and Creech Jones's comments on it, about a federation to link Central Africa and East Africa: fol. 33
  2. the work of, and reactions to, the East African High Commission: fols. 33-34.

West Africa:

  1. functions of the Cocoa Purchasing Company: fols. 44, 50
  2. Agricultural Loans Board: fols. 50-51
  3. composition and powers of the Marketing Boards: fol. 50v
  4. Economic problems (in 1953): fol. 50v.

Gold Coast (Ghana):

  1. composition and powers of the Cocoa Marketing Board: fols. 50-51
  2. vacancies at the University College of the Gold Coast (Ghana): fol. 109.

Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe):

  1. racial segregation in the University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland: fols. 73-74, 101
  2. Land Apportionment Bill: fol. 101
  3. Trade Union Bill: fol. 101v.

Uganda:

  1. charges of sedition and libel against newspaper editors: fols. 79-85
  2. amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code: fol. 87.

Zanzibar:

  1. sedition charges against the Arab owners of the newspaper Al Falaq: fols. 79-85.

Tanganyika (mainland Tanzania):

  1. high incidence of tuberculosis amongst the Chagga, and of venereal diseases among the Maasai: fol. 92
  2. poor housing conditions among the Maasai: fol. 92.

Dates

  • Creation: 26 Jan 1953-15 Nov 1955

Extent

110 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/20A, folder 1, fols. 10-119

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