Basutoland Mounted Police during a hut tax collection tour, 1910 - 1911
Scope and Contents
142 x 82 mm (loosely mounted on foolscap paper with notes beneath the photograph). Showing a group of native officers standing behind African women and children in a mountain village in Basutoland. In the early years of the century, hut tax was the main source of revenue in the territory.
Dates
- Creation: 1910 - 1911
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
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Language of Materials
English
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Good condition.
General
PJ.
Originator(s)
Green, Edward Scott Waring, fl 1911, sub-inspector of Police
Finding aid date
2002-10-22 14:47:47+00:00
Geographic
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