Nyasaland Protectorate Blue Book for the year ended December 1930

This is an official government publication, specifically the Blue Book of the Nyasaland Protectorate for the year ended December 1930. The document is not a pulp magazine but a comprehensive administrative record containing tabulated financial and statistical information about the colonial administration.

The publication outlines the governmental structure and revenues of the Protectorate, organized into detailed sections covering taxation, licensing fees, customs duties, and various administrative departments. Content includes schedules of taxes (native hut tax, income tax, poll tax, land tax) and licensing fees for occupations ranging from auctioneers and bankers to hawkers and traders. Additional sections detail government expenditure categories, civil establishment positions, public works, railways, postal services, customs operations, agricultural production, and vital statistics including population data, ecclesiastical returns, educational institutions, and hospital operations. Stamp duties on various legal documents are extensively itemized. The text is technical and administrative in nature, presenting information through tables and regulatory references rather than narrative.