Bechuanaland

Title

Bechuanaland

Shelfmark

MSS. Lugard 52

Summary

File 1, fols. 1-6 and items 1-9: Flora Shaw's copy of correspondence, 1894, between Lord Ripon and Cecil Rhodes about the views of the South Africa Company on Bechuanaland at the granting of the Charter, with extracts from Command Papers, 1890-1895, concerning the status of Bechuanaland and newspaper cuttings.

File 2, fol. 1: Lugard's commission as Justice of the Peace in Bechuanaland issued by Sir Hercules Robinson, 1896.

File 3, fols. 1-125 and items 1-2: Correspondence with Charles Rey, Resident Commissioner of Bechuanaland, with many enclosures, 1930-1937.

File 4, fols. 1-96 and item 1: Reports of Charles Rey's addresses to the Native Advisory Council, a report by him on progress and development since 1929 and related correspondence, 1935-1937.

File 5, fols. 1-91: Correspondence with J.H. Oldham, Major Orde-Browne, Mrs Hoernlé and others about Tshekedi Khama and affairs in Bechuanaland, 1930-1937.

File 6, fols. 1-52: Proposals for reforms in the education system submitted to the Colonial Office Advisory Committee on Education in the Colonies by the Inspector of Education for the Bechuanaland Protectorate, 1935.

File 7, item 1: Judgment in the Special Court of the Bechuanaland Protectorate in the matter of Tshekedi Khama and Bathoen Siepapitso Gaseitsiwe, plaintiffs, and the High Commissioner, defendent, before the Honourable Mr Justice E. F. Watermeyer, 1936.

Date

1890-1937

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box