Communications in Africa, 18801939, Volume 2, Sunderland 9781138751972 HB..

Taylor & Francis

This collection presents rare documents relating to the development of various forms of communication across Africa by the British, as part of their economic investment in Africa > This collection presents rare documents relating to the development of various forms of communication across Africa by the British, as part of their economic investment in Africa. Railways and waterways are examined. > I: Construction; 1: Crown Agents to Colonial Office (23 August 1897); held at the National Archives, CO 879/49/2, No. 190.; 2: Sierra Leone (Kwalu) Railway Survey. Report of Messrs Shelfordand Son (15 November 1899); held at the National Archives, CO 879/61/612.; 3: High Commissioner Sir F. Lugard to Mr. Chamberlain (25 February 1903); held at the National Archives, CO 879/76/695, No. 41.; 4: Papers [August 10, 1893 to August 12, 1904] relating to Construction of Foreign Railways in West Africa (London: printed for the use of the Colonial Office, 1905); held at the National Archives, C.