Science and Colonial Development 



" Surveys for a more accurate map of the Pro- 

 tectorate have made satisfactory progress. 



" Works designed to improve the sanitation of 

 all the stations where Europeans reside have been 

 continued with most satisfactory results." l 



The writer has touched upon a large number of 

 questions without treating any of them, perhaps, 

 adequately. The alternative was to confine his 

 attention to a few of them, while leaving much of 

 the ground uncovered. But he believed that he 

 would better carry out the task that had been 

 entrusted to him by sketching certain broad 

 lines which would elucidate the general trend of 

 Colonial Development. 



1 "Colonial Reports" (Cd. 2684-5). 



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