"Selection of Records of the Kano Provincial Office, Nigeria"

Digital surrogates of a selection of records from the Administrative Office of Kano Province, Northern Nigeria. The Province was under the charge of the Resident, who reported to the Lieutenant-Governor through the Secretary for the Northern Provinces. The records digitised here reflect the administrative duties of the Provincial and Divisional staff, and consist of Assessment and Re-assessment reports, histories and intelligence reports for Divisions, Districts and Towns, and papers relating to the administration of Native Courts. Most of the files include correspondence and memoranda between District Officers, the Resident, the Secretary of the Northern Provinces, and other local Government administrators.