Nigeria Under British Rule (1927)First Published in 1965. This book recounts Nigeria under British rule and is dedicated by the author to Mr Joseph Chamberlain who was Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1895 to 1903. It includes the areas of Lagos and the Niger coast as revenue generators, the Niger Delta Protectorate, the Royal Niger Company, and Amalgamated Nigeria from 1914. |
Contents
II LAGOS 18511906 | |
III THE NIGER DELTA TO 1884THE CONSUL AND GUNBOAT RULE | |
IV THE NIGER COAST PROTECTORATE18841899INCLUSIVE | |
V SOUTHERN NIGERIA 190013 INCLUDING LAGOS FROM 1905 | |
VI THE UPPER NIGER TILL 1886 | |
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