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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48 COLONIAL REPORTS—MISCELLANEOUS. Basis. Is the old native system re-organised, and the taxes are adjusted according to wealth. The tax on the towns is very low compared with the agricultural hamlets ; it is found very diffi cult to tax the former. The highest incidence shown (5s.) is calculated by the Resident to be under 5 per cent, of the income derived. The average (Is. Slid. per adult) is only 1 61 per cent. Results. The peasantry are contented with the tax. Difficulties aris ing from the position of the former fief-holders have already been dealt with. MURI. Native Rulers and Communities. The only principal chief is the Emir of Muri, under whom there are three pagan tribes (Mumuyes, Dakka, and Wurkum). There are three unsettled tribes who pay direct to Government through their chiefs, viz., Yergums, Montoils, and Gurkawa. The remainder pay through district headmen. The« Munshis and the pagans in the extreme north-west and south-east have not yet been brought under control. Less than half the esti mated population are under administrative control. Administrative Organization. There are three administrative divisions—Ibi, Lau, and Amar ; each lias it headquarters at the place from which the division takes its name, and an alternative centre away from the Benue valley, viz., Wukari, Jalingu, and Wase. (1) The Ibi division contains 11 independent chiefs of tribal communities, each of whom ranks as a unit of taxation and as a district headman. Number of towns assessed, 14G. (2) Amar division comprises five similar chiefs or headmen, 225 towns. (3) Muri division will contain four or more districts, but they have not yet been organised. It is a single unit paying through the Emir, and includes 139 towns. This division also includes the three unsettled tribes which have not yet been organised into districts or their villages separately counted and assessed. Total, 3 divisions, 17 units (settled districts), 20 districts, and 510 towns,

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