One of the main motives for British imperialism in Africa was economic gain. This collection examines the ways in which Britain developed Africa, and, in so doing, benefited her own economy.
1: Mining; 1: F. D. P. Chaplin, Address Delivered by … President of the Transvaal Chamber of Mines at the Annual General Meeting of Members, held at Johannesburg, on 22nd February, 1906 (Johannesburg: Transvaal Chamber of Mines, 1906).; 2: F. H. Hatch, The Past, Present and Future of the Gold-Mining Industry of the Witwatersrand, Transvaal … being the ‘James Forrest’ Lecture Delivered at the Institution of Civil Engineers. Session 1910–1911 (London: Institution of Civil Engineers, 1911).; 3: Report of the Committee on Mining Legislation (Nairobi: Government Printer, 1933).; 4: Sir A. Geddes, Memorandum Prepared by Rhokana Corporation Limited on the Copper Mining Industry of Northern Rhodesia (London: Rhokana Corporation Ltd, 1932).; 5: N. R. Junner, An Address delivered in London on the 12th October, 1932 … on the Gold and other Mineral Resources of the Gold Coast and Sierra Leone (Accra: Government Printer, 1933).; 6: Sir A. E. Kitson, The Gold Resources of the Gold Coast (London: McCorquodale & Co. Ltd, 1932).; 7: Nigeria Mines Department, Nigerian Minerals and Mining (Lagos: Government Printer, 1924).; 8: The Report of a Committee Appointed at a Meeting of Companies, Firms and Individuals Interested in the Production of Tin in Nigeria, and Convened by the Nigerian Chamber of Mines (Incorporated), on Thursday, the 15th Day of December, 1932 (London: Turner & Dunnett, 1933).; 9: Agreement for Grant of a Licence for a Term of 99 years from the 1st July, 1933 for Diamond Mining in the Colony and Protectorate of Sierra Leone (London: Electric Law Press, 1934).; 10: D. L. Frew, Asbestos Mining in Rhodesia (Bolton: George. S. Ikin & Son, 1936). 1; 11: R. C. Wilson, Brown Coal in Nigeria (London: Waterlow & Sons Ltd, 1924).; 12: G. H. Gethin Jones, Memorandum on the Lime Resources of Kenya Colony with Special Reference to Future Requirements and the Economy of Transportation (Nairobi: Government Printer, 1932).; 13: F. Dixey, Bauxite Deposits in Nyasaland (London, 1925).
