Native Administration, land, and development, 1925-1952
File
Shelfmark: MSS. Perham 521
Held at the Weston Library
Comprises:
- folder 1 (fols. 1-34 and item 1) native administration papers, including directives on the responsibilities of administrative officers and a typescript memorandum on the people of Uganda and Buganda, 1925-1938 (U13)
- folder 2 (fols. 1-17) miscellaneous statistics and information on the administration sent to both Lugard and Margery Perham, 1927-1930 (U13)
- folder 3 (fols. 1-5) scheme of work for sub-grade teachers of the Western Province by A.J. Lush, headmaster of Kampala Normal School, 1929 (U13)
- folder 4 (fols. 1-30) 'Memorandum on Native Affairs prepared for the Commission on Federation' (anonymous), with notes on the Bunyoro Agreement and a letter by A.C.A. Wright, c. 1934 (U13)
- folder 5 (fols. 1-3) land questionnaire for the Commission on Closer Union, 1929-1930 (typescript)
- folder 6 (fols. 1-18 and item 1) résumé of the events leading up to the preparation of the Land Ordinance, with a copy of it annotated by Margery Perham, 1930; also, Report of the Committee appointed to enquire into Land Tenure and the Kibanja System in Bunyoro, 1931
- folder 7 (fols. 1-28) official statements on land policy in Uganda, statistics on tenure, and the office of title, with a copy of a certificate of title sent to Margery Perham at Mitchell's request in 1931, and his despatch to the Secretary of State, 1940, and the proclamation on Crown Land of 1950
- folder 8 (fols. 1-4 and items 1-3) memorandum on the need to draw up District Plans to ensure continuity of land policy, by T.R.F. Cox, District Commissioner, Eastern Province, with plans for Busoga, Mbale, and Teso, 1952
- folder 9 (fols. 1-69 and item 1) notes and memoranda on taxation of indigenous communities, agricultural activities, and the marketing of indigenous produce, 1935-1939.
Dates
- Creation: 1925-1952
Extent
9 folders
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Perham 521
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
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Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk