Investment in Nigeria: Basic Information for United States BusinessmenU.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign Commerce, 1957 - 182 pages |
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... less than 20,000 are white or other non - African ) makes it the larg- est single aggregation of Negro peoples in the African continent . At the beginning of the 20th century , Nigeria as a national entity did not exist and it was ...
... less than 20,000 are white or other non - African ) makes it the larg- est single aggregation of Negro peoples in the African continent . At the beginning of the 20th century , Nigeria as a national entity did not exist and it was ...
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... less than 30 inches . Southward in the tropical forest - palm oil belt , the annual rainfall varies from 40 inches in the west to 80 inches in the east . The mean annual temperature is between 75 ° and 80 ° F . , with moderate seasonal ...
... less than 30 inches . Southward in the tropical forest - palm oil belt , the annual rainfall varies from 40 inches in the west to 80 inches in the east . The mean annual temperature is between 75 ° and 80 ° F . , with moderate seasonal ...
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... less , a disturbing feature is that once trained to replace a foreign employee , the African comes to expect as part of his regular emoluments the same material and monetary rewards that were necessary to induce non - African foreign ...
... less , a disturbing feature is that once trained to replace a foreign employee , the African comes to expect as part of his regular emoluments the same material and monetary rewards that were necessary to induce non - African foreign ...
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... less accurate than the 1952-53 census , consequently the relative figures are not strictly comparable . Projected estimates of 1952-53 census calculated on growth rate for each Region of nearly 2 percent per annum ; Lagos rate estimated ...
... less accurate than the 1952-53 census , consequently the relative figures are not strictly comparable . Projected estimates of 1952-53 census calculated on growth rate for each Region of nearly 2 percent per annum ; Lagos rate estimated ...
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... less advanced economically . Its Moslem religion and social institutions separate it from the South , and the North is concerned lest it become dominated by the South in a national state . Hence , it generally favors a slower evolution ...
... less advanced economically . Its Moslem religion and social institutions separate it from the South , and the North is concerned lest it become dominated by the South in a national state . Hence , it generally favors a slower evolution ...
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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...