Annual report on the social and economic progress of the people of the Gold Coast.

Date:: [1934]

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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report on the social and economic progress of the people of the Gold Coast. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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In 1901 Ashanti was annexed to the Crown and since that date it has become settled and prosperous. Ex-King Prempeh was allowed to return to Ashanti in 1924 and two years later to assume the position of Kumasihene or Head Chief of the Kumasi Division. He died in 1932. The Northern Territories. That portion of the Gold Coast which lies to the north of Ashanti came under British influence in 1897 after the conclusion of treaties with the chiefs concerned and after international settlement with France and Germany. The area was proclaimed a Protectorate in 1901. Togoland under British Mandate. In 1922 a portion of the former German colony of Togoland was placed under British mandate. The territory is now administered under the Togoland under British Mandate Order-in-Council, 1923.