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.
Volume 1 General Introduction, Agriculture: Non-Food and Drink: Volume 2: Agriculture: Food and Drink. Volume 3 Agriculture: Other Aspects of Agriculture: Agriculture: Miscellaneous, Report of the Committee of Enquiry into the Economic Position of the Agricultural Industry of Southern Rhodesia (1934), S. Milligan, Report on the Present Position of the Agricultural Industry and the Necessity, or Otherwise, of Encouraging Further European Settlement in Agricultural Areas (1931), ‘Does Farming Pay in South Africa?’ ([early 1920s]), Th e Agricultural Question; A Letter to his Excellency Samuel Rowe … and How to Double the Revenue and Trade and Improve the Sanitary Condition of the West Africa Settlements (1880), Th e Agricultural and Industrial Possibilities of the Gold Coast (1911), Report on the Agricultural Conditions and Needs of the Gambia (1921), Review of Agriculture in Kenya (1926), Report of the Committee on Locust Menace Crop Insurance (1929), An Agricultural Credit System for Cape Colony (1907), Interim Report of the Agricultural Indebtedness Committee (1936), European Settlement, South African Settlers Information Committee, Land Settlement in South Africa. Settlers and Farms (1916), Proposals for the Encouragement of Land Settlement and Immigration ([early 1910s]), Rhodesia: Development and Expansion, with Special Relation to Markets and Migration. Address ... and Report of Proceedings of the Committees of the Empire Parliamentary Association (1928), Northern Rhodesia Department of Lands, Land for Settlers (1925) Economic Development of Africa, 1880–1939: Volume 3 Marketing of Produce, Report of a Committee appointed in Nigeria to Examine Recommendations made by the Commission on the Marketing of West African Cocoa (1939), A Report on the Marketing of Northern Rhodesia Tobacco in Great Britain (1936), The Marketing of Potatoes (1932), Native Produce: Inspection and Marketing Services (1937). Volume 4 Non-Agricultural Development: Mining: Address Delivere