Brother Habib,
The handbook is a whopping 365 page read. It is definitely out of print. You
should be able to borrow it from a library. Let me know if you do not
succeed.
Malanding
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Dr. Jaiteh,
Can you send me a photo copy of this book ? I will pay for the costs
involved plus the postage by regular us mail .
If it is too much ( usually hand books are not many pages) trouble , I
would appreciate it very much.
my personal email is [log in to unmask]
goodnight
Habib
>From: Malanding Jaiteh
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>Subject: Some history lessons
>Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 17:40:02 -0500
>
>Just been reading the book: The Gambia Colony- An official Handbook by
>Francis Bisset Archer.
>I thought I should share with you some statistics.
>
>Malanding
>
>
>He wrote:
>"In 1807 Great Britain formed the settlement of the Gambia which was
subject
>to and controlled by the government of Sierra Leone, and ultimately
annexed
>to that colony by Act of the Parliament in 1821.
>
>On the Island of Goree being ceded back to the French, it was the
intention
>to repair James Fort, but this period - 1814- the fort was found to be in
so
>shattered a condition that it was deemed advisable to remove the seat of
>government and to form a new settlement, which was ultimately established
at
>the Island of Banjole (Bathurst)."
>...
>
>"The most important exports from the colony between October 1837 and
>September, 1938 were: - Cotton, 26 tons; ivory, 13 tons; hides 99,209;
wax
>258 tons; ground-nuts 671 tons. The revenue for the year ending March,
1839
>was 6,780 pounds and expenditure 6,633 pounds."
>
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