Committee on the Tenure of Land in West African Colonies and Protectorates

Abstract

On the 20th of June 1912 a Committee was appointed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies “to consider the laws in force in the West African Colonies and Protectorates (other Northern Nigeria) regulating the conditions under which rights over land or the produce thereof may be transferred, and to report whether any, and, if so, what, amendment of the laws is required, either on the lines of the Northern Nigeria Land Proclamation or otherwise.’’