Nyasaland Protectorate Blue Book for the year ended December 1932

# Nyasaland Protectorate Blue Book, 1939

This is an official government administrative document for Nyasaland (present-day Malawi) covering the fiscal year ending December 1939. The Blue Book contains comprehensive tabular data on the Protectorate's financial administration, taxation structures, and governmental operations. Contents include detailed schedules of taxes, duties, and licensing fees organized by category—including native hut tax, income tax, poll tax, land tax, and business/professional licenses (auctioneers, bankers, mining, motor vehicles, liquor dealers, and tobacco purchasers). The document also outlines stamp duties on various legal instruments including agreements, leases, bills of exchange, mortgages, and conveyances. Additional sections document public revenue and expenditure, statistics on population, education, criminal justice, public works, transportation infrastructure, and telecommunications. The material is entirely administrative and fiscal in nature with no narrative content.