Copy of detailed account by Coleman, writing from Akassa, to Nathan D. Maidman, Agent General, on 'Trade on the Nigerian Eastern Railway' by African and European traders, 15 Aug 1918

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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 100, fols. 9-25

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Reports on:

the potential of the countryside
produce prices, purchases, and shipments
particulars about residential and trading plots
trading staff
railway freight charges
road and river routes
the threat posed to existing Company stations by the development of new sites along the railway, particularly to Oguta from 'Uma Ahia', and if the branch line is developed to Owerri.

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MSS. Afr. s. 100, fols. 9-25

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