Nyasaland Protectorate Blue Book for the year ended December 1931

# Nyasaland Protectorate Blue Book for the Year Ended December 1931

This is an official colonial government publication detailing the administrative and fiscal structure of the Nyasaland Protectorate. The Blue Book contains comprehensive schedules of taxation, duties, and licensing fees organized by category: hut taxes, income tax (applied to different income brackets), poll taxes, land taxes, and various commercial licenses including auctioneer, banker, game hunting, liquor, mining, motor vehicle, tobacco purchasing, and trading licenses. Stamp duties are specified for documents such as agreements, apprenticeship indentures, bills of exchange, and property conveyances. The publication includes sections on government revenue and expenditure, public debt, education, criminal statistics, hospitals, railways, postal services, and meteorological observations. The indexed material spans civil administration, commerce, natural resources, and public institutions within the protectorate during 1931.