Northern Nigeria

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Identifikator:: 863607721

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-45464

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Lugard, Frederick John Dealtry http://d-nb.info/gnd/117667412

Title:: Northern Nigeria

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: His Maj. Stat. Off.

Year of publication:: 1907

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (65 Seiten)

Collection:: Economics Books

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TAXATION OF NATIVES IN NORTHERN NIGERIA. 29 Office Holders. The Emir of Sokoto pays the council of six in a liberal way. There are no dispossessed fief-holders in Sokoto, Gando, or Argungu, and no office-holders in the two latter, except the Alkali and the Emir’s personal entourage. Tax-collectors other than the district and village headmen do not exist, but there are “ kofas,” or messengers, who act as media between the Emir and district headmen. The General Tax. The total of the general tax in Sokoto is £4,459. The Govern ment share is £1,115, the Emir’s (net) £2,230, and district and village heads receive £1,114. Out of his share the Emir pays the council. In Gando the general tax includes some taxes on cattle, which hereafter may be more properly included as Jangali. The total is £2,076—Government, £1,042; Emir, £540; district and village heads, £494. In Argungu the Jangali has similarly not yet been separately assessed. The figures are:—Government, £300; Emir, £187; district and village heads, £113 ; total, £600. The urban tax is included in the general tax. Sokoto pays £300, but the capital cities of Gando have not yet been assessed. Thus the distribution of the general tax for the whole province is : —Government, £2,457 ; ; Emirs (3), £2,957 ; district and village heads, £1,721; total £7,135. No separate taxes (e.g., on crafts, special crops, &c.) existed in this province, and the general tax there fore includes only the Zakka and Kurdin Kassa. The former is practically abolished as a religious tax. The incidence of the general tax is 2'9Gd. per adult. The Jangali. In the Sokoto Emirate the Jangali (paid on all cattle, whether village or nomad) produces £8,382, of which Government takes £4,191, the Emir £3,185, and owners of herds £1,006. Herds have not evaded in bulk, but probably less than 5 per cent, is paid.* In Gando and Argungu the nomad herds have not yet been assessed, and such cattle as have paid (about 26,000 out of an estimated 100,000) have been included in the general tax. The Kurdin Sarauta. This tax varies of course yearly. In Sokoto it is estimated at £300 (Government £100, Emir £100, district heads £100), and in Gando and Argungu at £100 (Government £30, Emir £40, district heads £30). * The total number estimated is 140,000 cattle and 3,500 sheep and goats.

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