Natural Resources, 1903-1961
Natural Resources, 1903-1961
Collection: Uganda Under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports, 1903–1961 Volumes Natural Resources, 1903-1961
This volume includes a range of government reports related to natural resources in Uganda dated between 1903 to 1961. The development of the natural resources of Uganda, with a view to financial self-sufficiency, was one of the primary concerns of the Protectorate Government in its early years, It is hardly surprising that one of the first departments to be established was a Botanical, Forestry and Scientific Department, which was to be the parent of the Agricultural, Forestry and Veterinary Departments. During the first decade of the century the Department experimented with crop after crop and project after project; the advice of experts from outside was sought; and reliance was placed successively, or simultaneously, upon, inter alia, tobacco, rubber, beeswax, wheat and rice. Many of the schemes proved abortive, but in their choice of cotton and coffee the Government were pre-eminently successful. By 1907/8 the value of the export of cotton amounted to £147,028 and, realising the importance of this crop, the Government appointed a Cotton Inspector and a Department of Agriculture was set up. Reports relating to various types of Land Surveys are also included within this grouping.
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Forestry, 1903-1939
Annual Reports upon the Scientific & Forestry Department for the years ending 31st December 1903-04, 1906-10, 1911-39.
Date:1903-1939Contributor:British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Identifier:73143D-01
Forestry, 1940-1961
Forest Department Annual Reports, for the Years ending 31st December 1940-61.
Date:1903-1961Contributor:British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Identifier:73143D-02
Entomological, 1909-1910
Report of the Government Entomologist for the Year 1909-1910.
Date:1909-1910Contributor:British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Identifier:73143D-03
Agriculture, 1910-1927
Annual Reports on the Department of Agriculture for the Years ending 1910-27.
Date:1910-1927Contributor:British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Identifier:73143D-04
Agriculture, 1928-1937
Annual Reports of the Department of Agriculture for the Years ending 1928-37.
Date:1928-1937Contributor:British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Identifier:73143D-05
Agriculture, including investigation Nos. 1-2, 1938-1950
Annual Reports of the Department of Agriculture for the Years 1938-50; also, Department of Agriculture, Records of Investigations Nos.1-2 for the Period 1st April 1948, to 31st March 1950.
Date:1938-1950Contributor:British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Identifier:73143D-06
Agriculture, including investigation Nos. 3-4, 1951-1954
Annual Reports of the Department of Agriculture for the Years ending 31st December 1951-1954; also, Department of Agriculture, Records of Investigations Nos.3-4 for the Period 1st April 1950, to 31st...
Date:1951-1954Contributor:British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Identifier:73143D-07
Agriculture (including investigations), 1914-1961
Annual Reports of the Department of Agriculture for the Years ending 31st December, 1955-61. Department of Agriculture, Circular No.2, Cotton Cultivation, May 1914; Department of Agriculture, Circular No.3, Diseases of...
Date:1914-1961Contributor:British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Identifier:73143D-08
