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A well layed out native tobacco plot, showing ridging to prevent soil erosion, 1945

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/304

Scope and Contents

From the Sub-Series:

A series of Official photographs (Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:

'Tobacco is grown almost entirely by African smallholders. Government supervises the crop, from the establishment of the seed-beds to the marketing of the leaf, and a high standard has been reached. Some tobacco, about one sixth of the total exports, is manufactured in Uganda, and the rest is exported for manufacture abroad. The total exports in 1944 were worth about £50,000. This is about the value of the leaf in 1937. Exports [s]lumped during the early years of the war'.

Dates

  • Creation: 1945

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

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Language of Materials

English

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Good condition.

Former / Other Reference

K.10355

General

SG.

Date information

DateText: Dated 'c.1945' in the original typescript catalogue..

Finding aid date

2003-11-13 10:29:22+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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