Investment in Nigeria: Basic Information for United States BusinessmenU.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign Commerce, 1957 - 182 pages |
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... limited available informa- tion has been a handicapping factor in facilitating expanded African- American trade and investment relations . The Federation of Nigeria , with its rich underdeveloped resources , vast area , and dense ...
... limited available informa- tion has been a handicapping factor in facilitating expanded African- American trade and investment relations . The Federation of Nigeria , with its rich underdeveloped resources , vast area , and dense ...
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... limited progress of the past , the strides taken in the past decade are quite spec- tacular . Educational facilities have expanded enormously , institutions of higher learning have been established , and a determined attack has been ...
... limited progress of the past , the strides taken in the past decade are quite spec- tacular . Educational facilities have expanded enormously , institutions of higher learning have been established , and a determined attack has been ...
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... limited continuing sources of domestic capital supply . The large reserves built up by Government were a war- time and postwar phenomenom and unless favorable commodity price levels are sustained in the future , public domestic savings ...
... limited continuing sources of domestic capital supply . The large reserves built up by Government were a war- time and postwar phenomenom and unless favorable commodity price levels are sustained in the future , public domestic savings ...
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... limited trade and very little direct contact with Nigeria by American com- mercial travelers restricted possible investment in industry ; and the system of peasant farming plus governmental opposition to plantations cut off interest in ...
... limited trade and very little direct contact with Nigeria by American com- mercial travelers restricted possible investment in industry ; and the system of peasant farming plus governmental opposition to plantations cut off interest in ...
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... limited resources that were derived from Government funds not from marketing board funds . Following the 1954 Constitution and the re- gionalization of the marketing board system , the functions of the Regional production devel- opment ...
... limited resources that were derived from Government funds not from marketing board funds . Following the 1954 Constitution and the re- gionalization of the marketing board system , the functions of the Regional production devel- opment ...
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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 kernels labor Lagos Lagos P.O. Box land lease license 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...