>From: Malanding Jaiteh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Some history lessons >Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 11:38:54 -0500 > >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 > -----Original Message----- > From: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list >[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Habib Ghanim > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 11:44 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Some history lessons > > > 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 > >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list > >To: [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." > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface > >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: > >[log in to unmask] > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >-- > Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To >unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web >interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact >the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~