Annual report on Nyasaland / Colonial Office.

  • Great Britain. Colonial Office.
Date:
[1955]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    Limbe and it was decided by a referendum to ratepayers in March, 1955, that the two townships should amalgamate under a single municipality. New elections will bo held in 1956 with a view to electing a single town council. During the financial year 1954/55, £85,000 was loaned by Government to town councils to enable them to undertake capital development works, and provision has been made in the 1955/56 financial year for further loans amounting to £135,000. The loan finance made available to the municipalities is largely devoted to such wrorks as road reconstruction, the construction of civic buildings, housing for •municipal employees and amenities such as street lighting.