Thanks Mr.Jaiteh for the run-down.I however find the differential between
the expenditure and the revenue of the year cited quite amusing!

Regards, Basss.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Malanding Jaiteh" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 1:40 AM
Subject: Some history lessons


> 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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