Catalogue description Colonial Office: East Africa Royal Commission (Dow Commission): Correspondence and Papers
Reference: | CO 892 |
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Title: | Colonial Office: East Africa Royal Commission (Dow Commission): Correspondence and Papers |
Description: |
This series contains correspondence and papers relating to the appointment, financing and methods of operation of the East Africa Royal Commission, which examined measures necessary to achieve economic and social development in the region. It includes material on the preparation of the Commissioner's Report, and evidence submitted by interested parties in Kenya, Tanganyika and Uganda, together with background information on these territories on questions such as agriculture, industry, water supplies, social services and population. |
Date: | 1953-1955 |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
East Africa Royal Commission, 1953-1955 |
Physical description: | 17 file(s) |
Access conditions: | Open |
Publication note: |
The Commission's report was published in 1955 as Parliamentary Papers (Cmnd 9475, 1955-1956, XIII, 397) |
Unpublished finding aids: |
For an index to these papers see CO 892/17 |
Administrative / biographical background: |
The East Africa Royal Commission was appointed, and met for the first time in 1953. The chairman was Sir Hugh Dow and its members were drawn from among British and African experts on East African conditions. Its terms of reference were:
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