Full text: Northern Nigeria

Ô8 COLONIAL REPORTS—MISCELLANEOUS. 
and tlie collectors £58. It is collected by the heads oí villages 
connected with the herds. Number of cattle, 4,(i(J(J; rate, 5 per 
cent. No difficulty has been experienced. 
The Kuiídin Sakauta. 
Dues not exist. 
Total Taxes. 
The general and the jangali taxes amount to £862, of which 
Government receives £521 and the native administration £841. 
Income or Principal Chiefs. 
Ilusa s income is £185; Raima’s £57 only. The latter will 
increase as Yoruba immigrants settle in South Borgu. 
Realization. 
About 80 per cent, is paid in cash, the rest in live stock or 
cowries. 
Basis. 
There is no tradition or custom to go upon, the taxation 
being new. The general basis is stated at la. per adult, 10a. per 
smith or dye-pit. 
Results. 
The system is popular, both with chiefs and people; the tax 
is very small, since the province is so poor and depopulated. 
KABBA. 
Native Rulers and Communities. 
There is no principal chief in this province. The population 
consists of pagan tribes) who are only in one Case under a 
district head. No information is given of the number of un 
settled or independent tribes, and to what extent they arc under 
chiefs constituting a single unit. 
Administrative Organization. 
There are four divisions—Kabba, Okeli, Lokoja, and Koton- 
karifi. ¡Only the two latter Rre under district headmen ; the 
rest being unsettled districts, each village pays direct to
	        
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