Investment in Nigeria: Basic Information for United States BusinessmenU.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign Commerce, 1957 - 182 pages |
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... placed the total at the end of 1955 at £ 150 million and stated that because of a trade deficit in both 1955 and 1956 , these reserves would be drawn down further by about £ 21.5 million . Although the present estimate of reserves is ...
... placed the total at the end of 1955 at £ 150 million and stated that because of a trade deficit in both 1955 and 1956 , these reserves would be drawn down further by about £ 21.5 million . Although the present estimate of reserves is ...
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... placed the total non - African population at 16 , - 000 as of mid - 1953 ; the estimated total at the end of 1955 is 19,500 . In contrast with certain other African coun- tries , no internal racial problem exists in Nigeria , and ...
... placed the total non - African population at 16 , - 000 as of mid - 1953 ; the estimated total at the end of 1955 is 19,500 . In contrast with certain other African coun- tries , no internal racial problem exists in Nigeria , and ...
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... placed at almost 34 million and by 1960 it should total close to 36 million . The average density of population in 1952-53 was estimated at 84 persons per square mile ; but in some parts of the southeast , rural densi- ties exceeded 500 ...
... placed at almost 34 million and by 1960 it should total close to 36 million . The average density of population in 1952-53 was estimated at 84 persons per square mile ; but in some parts of the southeast , rural densi- ties exceeded 500 ...
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... placed total reserves as of 1953 at £ 75.5 million and broke this figure into first - line reserves of £ 25.5 million and second - line reserves of £ 50 million . First - line reserves are liquid reserves held against price fluctuations ...
... placed total reserves as of 1953 at £ 75.5 million and broke this figure into first - line reserves of £ 25.5 million and second - line reserves of £ 50 million . First - line reserves are liquid reserves held against price fluctuations ...
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... placed in a mortar and pounded with a heavy wooden pestel ; the fruit is con- verted to a pulp consisting of a fiber containing oil and nuts . The nuts are separated from the fiber by hand . The fiber is then placed in a rope net which ...
... placed in a mortar and pounded with a heavy wooden pestel ; the fruit is con- verted to a pulp consisting of a fiber containing oil and nuts . The nuts are separated from the fiber by hand . The fiber is then placed in a rope net which ...
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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...