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 <[log in to unmask]>

>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]>

>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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