Annual report on the social and economic progress of the people of Swaziland.

  • Great Britain. Colonial Office.
Date:
[1938]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report on the social and economic progress of the people of Swaziland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tion. Prior to this, steps had been taken for the settlement of the concessions and their partition between the concessionaires and the natives. The boundaries of the mineral concessions were also defined and all monopoly concessions were expropri¬ ated. Title to property is therefore now clear. In this con¬ nexion a case brought by the Paramount Chief was dismissed, on appeal, by the Privy Council (1926). II.—GOVERNMENT. By an Order in Council dated 1st December, 1906, Swaziland was placed directly under the control of the High Commissioner for South Africa (now styled the High Commissioner for Basuto¬ land, the Bechuanaland Protectorate and Swaziland), and a Proclamation was issued in March, 1907 (the Swaziland Admin¬ istration Proclamation, 1907), providing for the appointment of a Resident Commissioner, a Government Secretary, and Assistant (now District) Commissioners, and the establishment of a Police Force. The Resident Commissioner exercises such administration and control, and is invested with all such powers, authorities, and jurisdiction as are conferred upon him by the said Proclama¬ tion, or any other law, or by the terms of his commission, subject always to the directions and instructions of the High Commissioner. Advisory Council. An elected Advisory Council, representative of the Europeans, was established in 1921, to advise the Administration on Euro¬ pean affairs. The Territory is divided into two electoral divisions, one north and the other south of the Great Usutu River. The seventh Council was elected in November, 1938, and con¬ sists of five members for South Swaziland, and four members for North Swaziland. Meetings of this Council are held at least twice a year. A committee of the Council, consisting of four members, two from each electoral division, meets whenever convened by the Resident Commissioner himself or by him at the request of any two members. This Committee advises on any important matters which may arise from time to time between the usual meetings of the Council. Native Council. The Council is composed of the Indunas of the nation under the presidency of the Induna of the Paramount Chiefs kraal They advise the Paramount Chief on administrative and judicial affairs of State. Meetings of the Council with the Resident Commissioner are held from time to time.