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. 41 between Government and the native administration. The total of the tax so far as the assessment has gone appears to be £8,304, of which Government receives £4,849, the two Emirs £1,588, district and village heads £1,807. £N.B.—The amount to native administration in Gombe is not stated. £500 has been assumed.* Since the Government share is £009, I have assumed that this would not be less than 53| per cent, of the whole, since the Gongo!a pagans are included, and they would pay 95 per cent, to Government. The total I have, therefore, assumed to be £1,109. In the amount to district heads is included the £78 assigned to Chief of Kanna, who ranks as a head of the allied tribes.] I have had to assume some of the amounts for the purpose of my returns since the data from this province are somewhat incomplete, and there is some confusion between the jangali and the land tax. The urban tax on Bauchi City is £172, and on Gombe £100. Of the total tax shown under Bauchi, I have assumed £1,000 to be from jangali, and of the Gombe tax £400. Of the tax set aside for the native administration the Emir keeps about 48 per cent., the district heads 44 per cent., and the village heads 8 per cent. No recent estimate of population assessed is given. Assuming the adults in the first three divi sions to be as given by Mr. Temple, 124,500 (though from Mr. Howard’s papers there would seem to be some additional tribes included in the more recent assessment), the incidence per adult of the general tax would be Is. 2d. per adult on a total tax of £7,405. It is probably much less. The Jangali. On the assumption above, which is extracted from the previous proportions given by Mr. Temple, the jangali m Bauchi is assumed at £1,000; in Gombe £400. Mr. Howard gives the jangali in Ningi as £1,000, total £-3,000. The village cattle among the pagan tribes are included in the general or land tax, except in the case of very large herds. The jangali is equally shared between Government and the native administration. The assignment of the shares to the latter is not stated. The rate is Is. per head. Twenty-nine collectors are reported. The Kurdin Sarauta. No information. Total Taxes. The total of the general and the jangali taxes amounts to £11,-304. Jakadas and tax-farmers are abolished, and the former are now mere messengers, not collectors. * Later returns show the actual figure to be £889. Government share, £935. Total, £1,824.

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