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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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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