Annual report on Sierra Leone / Colonial Office.

  • Great Britain. Colonial Office.
Date:
[1958]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report on Sierra Leone / Colonial Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Local Tax This tax is levied in the Protectorate by local authorities at a rate not exceeding 25s. per year, on every adult male. FINANCES OF PRINCIPAL LOCAL AUTHORITIES In the Colony the principal local authorities are the Freetown City Council and the Rural Area Council. In the Provinces there are 12 District Councils and 144 Native Administrations. Details of their revenue and expenditure for 1957 and 1958 are as follows: Freetown City Council Revenue Expenditure Actual Estimated Actual Estimated 1956-57 1957-58 1956-57 1957-58 Finance and General Purposes £ £ £ £ Committee .... 9,671 5,735 13,635 18,509 Protection Committee Health, Housing and Building 9,544 10,881 28,278 31,906 Scheme Committee — — — 50 Recreational Facilities Committee Education and Publicity Com- 3,497 4,349 14,666 20,316 mittee ..... 9,533 23,087 18,685 35,169 Assessment Committee Municipal Trading Market (less 46 — 3,841 5,952 Funeral Transport) 14,071 14,505 18,186 22,456 City Rates .... 59,607 73,000 — Surplus ..... 1,166 8,678 — £105,969 £132,723 £105,969 £134,358 Revenue {Actual) Expenditure {Actual) 1957 1958 1957 1958 £ £ £ £ Rural Area Council . • 14,064 15,733 13,407 16,345 District Councils Revenue {Actual) Expenditure {Actual) 1957 1958 1957 1958 £ £ £ £ Bo . 45,009 60,843 61,817 57,099 Bombali . 24,747 37,132 27,576 31,752 Bonthe . 24,612 21,546 18,660 20,542 Kailahun 32,404 34,048 33,658 49,670 Kambia . 15,631 27,270 21,983 25,335 Kenema . 39,723 57,208 36,402 58,962 Koinadugu 27,234 31,275 27,258 28,321 Kono 44,274 48,849 43,741 44,327 Moyamba 36,384 41,698 34,810 37,116 Port Loko 31,398 38,059 35,685 33,661 Pujehun . 23,427 26,770 26,689 25,275 Tonkolili 25,224 30,376* 25,952 31,743* £370,067 £455,074 £394,231 £443,803 * Estimated.