Investment in Nigeria: Basic Information for United States BusinessmenU.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign Commerce, 1957 - 182 pages |
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... Principal Export Woods .. Mining Law .. 137 Timber Export Trends .. D. Federal and Regional Legislative Lists . 141 VII . Industry . - E. Principal Towns and Their Facilities . 145 Present Status_ . Lagos ... 145 Survey of Main ...
... Principal Export Woods .. Mining Law .. 137 Timber Export Trends .. D. Federal and Regional Legislative Lists . 141 VII . Industry . - E. Principal Towns and Their Facilities . 145 Present Status_ . Lagos ... 145 Survey of Main ...
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... Principal Railway Statistics , 1953-55 . 68 166 71 13. Vessels Surveyed and Licensed , 1954 . 73 14. Services of the Posts and Telegraphs Department , 1949-56- 167 78 15. Postal and Telecommunications Facilities , 1949-56- 79 16 ...
... Principal Railway Statistics , 1953-55 . 68 166 71 13. Vessels Surveyed and Licensed , 1954 . 73 14. Services of the Posts and Telegraphs Department , 1949-56- 167 78 15. Postal and Telecommunications Facilities , 1949-56- 79 16 ...
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... principal economic center , there were 35 towns with a population of over 30,000 in 1953. Six of the towns exceeded 100,000 in population of which all but Kano were located in the western part of Nigeria ( see table II , appendix J ) ...
... principal economic center , there were 35 towns with a population of over 30,000 in 1953. Six of the towns exceeded 100,000 in population of which all but Kano were located in the western part of Nigeria ( see table II , appendix J ) ...
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... principal architects of Government economic planning and develop- ment . Statutory corporations are not obliged to turn to public sources of finance and , indeed , it is hoped that in the future they will be able to raise capital from ...
... principal architects of Government economic planning and develop- ment . Statutory corporations are not obliged to turn to public sources of finance and , indeed , it is hoped that in the future they will be able to raise capital from ...
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... principal ex- port produce of Nigeria , including cocoa , palm- oil and palm kernels , peanuts , cotton , and other oilseeds , such as benniseed , soybeans , and sun- flower seeds . History of the boards . - This pattern of Gov- ernment ...
... principal ex- port produce of Nigeria , including cocoa , palm- oil and palm kernels , peanuts , cotton , and other oilseeds , such as benniseed , soybeans , and sun- flower seeds . History of the boards . - This pattern of Gov- ernment ...
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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...