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GAMBIA.

Governor.— Captain Cecil H. Armitage, C.M.G., D.S.O. (2,500/., and 7501. allowances)

Gambia, at the m«uth of the river Gambia, was controlled from Sierra Leone from 1807 ; in 1843 it was made an independent Crown Colony ; in 1SG6 it formed part of the West African Settlements, but in December, 1S8S, it again became a separate Crown Colony. The Colony is administered under a Governor with an Executive and a Legislative Council nominated. There is an unofficial element in the latter. Area of Colony proper, 4 square miles; population 8,000. In the Protectorate (area, 4,130 square miles) the population is estimated at 240,000. With the exception of the Island of St. Mary, on which Bathurst, the capital, stands, the whole Colony is ad- ministered on the Protectorate system. In June, 1901, an agreement was made with the local chief for the administration of the Fuladu district by the British, both banks of the Gambia being now under direct British control up to the Anglo-French boundary.

There were in 1919 8 elementary Government-aided schools, with 1,504 pupils enrolled; and an average attendance of about 477 pupils; Govern- ment grant, proportionate to results (1919), 774?. Of the elementary schools three are Roman Catholic, three Wesleyan, one Anglican, and one Mo- hammedan. The Wesleyans have also a secondary school under native control, with 49 boys, and a technical school with 13 pupils, which receives a grant of 350?. Total Government expenditure on education (1919), 1,491?. There is a company of the West African Frontier Force of 130 men. The armed police has a strength of 92 men. In !919, 38 caaes were tried in the supreme court : 296 cases were disposed of in the police court ; 609 cases were reported from the Protectorate.

Finance and Trade.

Revenue Expenditure Imports ! Exports 1

1913 (pre-war)

124,990

95,210

1,091,129

S67.1S7

£ 92.253

521,151 595,797

103.S75

83,218

8S4.554

705.546

U7.0T7

94,519

991,626

1,046,503

£.

138,324

SS.703

1,458,014

1,100,210

1919

£

180,585

143,451

1,250,321

1.-.-.3.02:

There is no public debt, the liabilities by 231,028?..

i Including specie. On December 31, 1919, the assets exceeded