Kenya Colony and Protectorate Blue Book

This is the Blue Book—the official government administrative and statistical record—for Kenya Colony and Protectorate for the year 1933. The document comprises comprehensive tabulations of the colony's revenue sources, expenditure, assets, liabilities, and regulatory structures.

The bulk of the text details the Customs Tariff Ordinance of 1930, establishing duties on imported goods organized by class: livestock and foodstuffs (cattle, grains, dairy products, fish); alcoholic beverages and non-alcoholic drinks (ales, spirits, wines, mineral waters); tobacco manufactures; and textiles and apparel. Specific duties are assessed either as fixed per-unit charges or ad valorem percentages. The tariff includes provisions for suspended duties and special considerations for air freight. The document also indexes regulatory fees across numerous categories including labor registration, mining, banking, education, medical licensing, and postal services. The index indicates sections covering railways, ports, native reserves, and vital statistics follow, though OCR degradation obscures fuller detail of those sections.