ABSTRACT

Corrections and suggestions for the improvement of this book will be welcome at any time, and may be sent direct to the Colonial Offi ce. It is hoped that Offi cers of local experience will fully avail themselves of this opportunity of being of service to new and inexperienced brother offi cers. /

GENERAL NOTES ON WEST AFRICA. e British possessions in West Africa are the Gambia, Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast (including Ashanti and the Northern Territories), Southern Nigeria (including Lagos), and Northern Nigeria.