Investment in Nigeria: Basic Information for United States BusinessmenU.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign Commerce, 1957 - 182 pages |
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... Northern Region .. 146 Main Industrial Centers___ . Eastern Region .. 147 VIII . Mining --- Western Region .... 149 Present Production Centers .. Tin and Columbite . Coal ... Petroleum . Lead and Zinc . Gold .... Miscellaneous Minerals ...
... Northern Region .. 146 Main Industrial Centers___ . Eastern Region .. 147 VIII . Mining --- Western Region .... 149 Present Production Centers .. Tin and Columbite . Coal ... Petroleum . Lead and Zinc . Gold .... Miscellaneous Minerals ...
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... northern Nigeria from the skins of the red Sokoto goat . The peoples of ... areas in the south . Writers describing the peoples of Nigeria therefore correctly ... Region , too , there existed 1A British Parliamentary Commission in 1848 ...
... northern Nigeria from the skins of the red Sokoto goat . The peoples of ... areas in the south . Writers describing the peoples of Nigeria therefore correctly ... Region , too , there existed 1A British Parliamentary Commission in 1848 ...
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... Northern Region , the density of population sometimes falls below 25 persons per square mile , and large sectors of the so - called Middle Belt are virtually depopulated . The tsetse fly is found over four - fifths of Nigeria and is ...
... Northern Region , the density of population sometimes falls below 25 persons per square mile , and large sectors of the so - called Middle Belt are virtually depopulated . The tsetse fly is found over four - fifths of Nigeria and is ...
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... Areas , 1931 , 1952-53 , and 1957 [ Thousands ] Area Total , Nigeria . Eastern Region .. Northern Region . Western Region ... Southern Cameroons- Lagos Township .. 1957 ( estimated ) Census of 1931 Census of 1952-531 19,929 31,500 4,316 ...
... Areas , 1931 , 1952-53 , and 1957 [ Thousands ] Area Total , Nigeria . Eastern Region .. Northern Region . Western Region ... Southern Cameroons- Lagos Township .. 1957 ( estimated ) Census of 1931 Census of 1952-531 19,929 31,500 4,316 ...
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... northern part was integrated into the Northern Region while the Southern Cameroons became a separate quasi- Federal territory with its own legislature . Legislative powers resting with the Federal government exclusively are in an ...
... northern part was integrated into the Northern Region while the Southern Cameroons became a separate quasi- Federal territory with its own legislature . Legislative powers resting with the Federal government exclusively are in an ...
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acres activities agricultural annual Apapa Bank Benin Benue British budget Calabar Cameroons Development Corporation coal cocoa columbite commercial Commodity cotton crops Department Development Corporation Eastern Ebute Metta economic Electricity ending March 31 enterprise Enugu ernment established estimated export facilities factory Federal Government Federation of Nigeria finance foreign hundredweight 112 pounds Ibadan important income increase industrial internal investment Kaduna Kano labor Lagos Lagos P.O. Box land lease license loans Maiduguri manufacture marketing boards ment merchants miles million mineral mining Mission Nige Niger Niger River Northern Region Office Onitsha operations Ordinance palm oil peanuts percent plant plantation Plateau population Port Harcourt production purchase Regional Governments revenue River road rubber Sapele share Sokoto Source Southern Cameroons timber tion tons trade transport United Africa Company United Kingdom West African pounds Western Region Zaria
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Page 134 - Any contract which if made between private persons would be by law required to be in writing, and signed by the parties to be charged therewith, may be made on behalf of the company in writing, signed by any person acting under the express or implied authority of the company, and such contract may in the same manner be varied or discharged.
Page 134 - Any contract, which if made between private persons would by law be valid, although made by parol only, and not reduced into writing, may be made by...
Page 135 - In the event of a company formed under this Act being wound up, every present and past member of such company shall be liable to contribute to the assets of the company to an amount sufficient for payment of the debts and liabilities of the company, and the costs, charges, and expenses of the winding up, and for the payment of such sums as may be required for the adjustment of the rights of the contributories amongst themselves...
Page 132 - Parliament or of letters patent ; and no company, association or partnership consisting of more than twenty persons shall be formed after the commencement of this Act for the purpose of carrying on any other business that has for its object the acquisition of gain by the company, association or VOL. 44.] [N.8. delay of Messrs. Cory and Hawkesley in their application. The dates were as follows — The winding-np order was made partnership, or by the individual members thereof, unless it is registered...
Page 134 - Act and being either — (a) a mortgage or charge for the purpose of securing any issue of debentures ; or (6) a mortgage or charge on uncalled capital of the company ; or (c) a mortgage or charge created or evidenced by an instrument which, if executed by an individual, would require registration as a bill of sale...
Page 134 - ... a return of the allotments, stating the number and nominal amount of the shares comprised in the allotment, the names, addresses, and descriptions of the allottees, and the amount (if any) paid or due and payable on each share ; and...
Page 134 - ... and a return stating the number and nominal amount of shares so allotted, the extent to which they are to be treated as paid up, and the consideration for which they have been allotted.
Page 134 - ... so far as any security on the company's property or undertaking is thereby conferred, be void against the liquidator...
Page 142 - ... registration and disciplinary control of members of professions so designated. 21. Promotion of tourist traffic. 22. The maintaining and securing of public safety and public Order (but not including defence) ; the providing, maintaining and securing of such supplies and services as the Governor-General may by Order declare to be essential supplies and services. 23. Quarantine. 24. Registration of business names. 25.
Page 136 - ... the Court, and which winding up is hereinafter referred to as a winding up subject to the supervision of the Court...