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Ref NoMCR/1/1/4
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geographical classification: 1.2
TitleColonial Office: An Economic Survey of the Colonial Empire (1935)
DescriptionPrinted report in two parts. Published in 1937, by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London.

Part one records information regarding the economic situation of the Colonial 'dependencies', including information on population, finance, trade statistics, natural resources, industry, communications, customs tariff and trade representatives. Part two provides information on principal economic products, including animals and animal products, cereals, cocoa, coffee, cotton, essential oils, fibres, fruit, fruit products, nuts, gums and resins, marine products, minerals, oil seeds, nuts, vegetable oils, rice, rubber, spices and condiments, sugar and sugar products, tea, timber, tobacco, vegetables and tubers.

The following dependencies are included in the report:

East Africa:
- Kenya
- Uganda
- Tanganyika Territory (Mandated Teritory)
- Northern Rhodesia
- Nyasaland
- Somaliland
- Zanzibar

South Africa- High Commission Territories:
- Basutoland
- Bechuanaland Protectorate
- Swaziland

West Africa:
- Gambia
- Gold Coast
- Nigeria
- Sierra Leone
- St. Helena

Eastern Dependencies:
- Ceylon
- Hong Kong
- Malaya:
-- Straits Settlements
-- Federated Malay States
-- Johore
-- Kedah
-- Kelantan
-- Perlis
-- Trengganu
- The Dependencies in Borneo:
-- Brunei
-- The State of North Borneo
-- Sarawak
- Mauritius
- Seychelles

Mediterranean Dependencies
- Cyprus
- Gibraltar
- Malta
- Palestine (Mandated Territory)

West Indies and America:
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Bermuda
- British Guiana
- British Honduras
- Jamaica:
-- Turks and Caicos Islands
-- Cayman Islands
- Leeward Islands
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Windward Islands:
-- Grenada
-- St Lucia
-- St Vincent
- Falkland Islands

Dependencies in the Western Pacific:
- Fiji
- Territories of the Western Pacific High Commission:
-- Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony
-- British Solomon Islands Protectorate
-- Tonga
-- New Hebrides (British-French Condominium).
Date1935-23 Apr 1937
SubjectEconomic surveys
Commercial products
Economic statistics
Produce trade
Colonies--Administration
FormatPublished documents
Collection TitleMiscellaneous Reports
LevelFile
Extent1 volume
LanguageEnglish
Associated persons and organisations
CodeNameDates
DS/UK/153Great Britain and Ireland; Colonial Office; 1854-19661854-1966
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