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Catalogue description Colonial Office: Northern Nigeria Original Correspondence
| Reference: | CO 446 |
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| Title: | Colonial Office: Northern Nigeria Original Correspondence |
| Description: |
This series contains original correspondence relating to Northern Nigeria. |
| Date: | 1898-1913 |
| Related material: |
For correspondence after 1913 see CO 583 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Physical description: | 114 volume(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated |
| Unpublished finding aids: |
For registers to correspondence see CO 584 |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Royal Niger Company began to encroach on Northern Nigeria from 1886. In 1899 the company's charter was surrendered to the British government and in 1900 became the protectorate of Northern Nigeria. In 1914 the Northern and Southern protectorates were merged to form the colony of Nigeria. |
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