IAL REPORTS—ANNUAL. COLON, ———— No. 1193 SOMALILAND. | REPORT FOR 1922. (For Report for 1921, see No. 1152.) i ~~ PRINTED LONDON: "Oke purchee ag’; UBLISHED BY HIS MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE A the felion “UBh any Bookseller or directly from H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE and 2 ‘ing addresses: Imperial House, Kingsway, London, Abingdon Street, London, S.W.13 York Street, Manchest ‘. Andrew’s Crescent, Cardiff; or 120 George Street, Edinburgh. 1924, Price 6d. Net. a 7 88 0487 )—— 2 COLONIAL REPORTS—ayyy, NUAL, No. 1193 SOMALILAND —_ ss. REPORT ON SOMALILAND FOR THE YEaR AR 1999 ee I. POLITICAL AND GENERAL, 1. Sir G. F. Archer, \G., Governor of the Proteet fon . Sumas was transferred to Uganda, and Col C.M.G., was appointed Governor in his place.” = Il. FINANCE, 1922-23, REVENUE. 2. The revenue for the year amounted to £82,316, an i of £2,046 over the year 1921-1922. The princi yu revenue were :— Principal sours Customs: £51,740, an increase of £246 over the Port and Harbour dues: £173, aes eee "2B over the pave year. Fees of Court and Office: £10,266, an increase of £6,391 over previous year. Miscellaneous Receipts: £10,007, an increase of {6,190 over t& previous year. Licences, Excise, &c.: £2,954, a decrease of £48 under the previos year. Posts and Telegraphs : £1,220, a decrease of £1,862 under the previss ‘year. The notable increase collected under Fees of Court at Office was the result of a new system of “ Zariba ” fees or a8 duties. The decrease in revenue for Posts and Telegraphs wis to the demands of philatelists being satisfied. ie a e under Miscellaneous Receipts was due to adjustments kinds. Revenue also benefited by the exchange 1 sterling and the rupee to the extent of £5,936. was 75 The Grant-in-Aid from the Imperial Treasuy Tt‘ ie in the form of a Loan repayable when the 0-2 Protectorate should permit. The grani lic deb the on the same terms was £100,000. The Pu i. ¢ Protectorate is therefore £175,000. A. special gat £82,862 was also made to meet the claim refel from the Air Ministry. (iy Wien . SOMALILAND, 1922. EXPENDITURE. ar was £255,346, £119,927 i rhe a al expenditure for the yer excess, {112,135 was vious year. Of tl , i eve eat of claims outstanding against the War Office, Air Ministry and Uganda re incurred during ‘the operations ina smaller degree to special during a period of tot 3 The TF the PI an eqcess 0 “mainly to the se due maine from the W: re for, expenditu : sectoral in 1919-1920 and i inst the fies which had taken place aubtary aese in the year under review. ma FINANCIAL POSITION ON 31st Marcu, 1923. nue and expenditure was as follows :— 4, The abstract of revel 4 £ Balance in hand Ist April, 1922 40,740 Revenue eae Imperial Loan 75,000 t i ae 280,919 : ++ 255,346 Expenditure 55.046 inhand Balance in han¢ z0010 ‘This balance was carried forward as a credit balance for the following year. CURRENCY AND BANKING. 5, The monetary unit current in the Protectorate is the Indian rupee. The following Indian coins also are in circulation :—1 pie, pice, pice, $ anna, 1, 2, 4, and 8 annas, and Government of India notes. The average rate of exchange with London was to the rupee Is. 3334. 6. The estimated value of currency in circulation at ‘the close of the year was :— Indian coin .. fat oe we Indian notes .. oe oe oe _7. There are no banks established in the Protectorate, but a Private firm, Messrs. Cowasjee Dinshaw and Brothers, of Bombay, accept deposits from private individuals and cash cheques drawn against them. There are no banking laws in force. Rs.9,00,000 Rs.3,00,000 Ill. *TRADE AND SHIPPING. ; 8. The value of the sea-borne Protectorate trade, excluding pie, during the calendar year 1922 amounted to {581,990 190229850) as compared with £542,676 (Rs.81,40,140) in 1 as follows :— i 1921 1922 pent Rs.51,22,740 Rs.56,38,200 Ports Rs.30,17,400 Rs.81,40,140 .. —-Rs.87,29,850 > for he, Statistics ‘of Customs Revenue given in Section II., Finance, are inancial year 1922-23 whereas these statistics are for the ‘alendar year 1922"4 COLONIAL REPORTS—annyar, Imports, 9, Theimport trade, excluding specie to the y was distributed in the following proportions (Meat 5 amon, a) tectorate ports :— SSt the p. Amount, Percentage . Port. Rs in 1927" Petcemg, Berbera +. 3951504 ein gat Bulhar 425,820, 85 Zeyla TL TL 10(63.725 4 Makhir Coast ports... 1,97,151 Wig f : 49 10, The following were the principal articles gy | representing 79 per Cent. of the total trade, a5 coq’, itn 54 per cent. in the preceding year, Pared ys Article, t 195 American grey sheeting .. ++ yards a Country (Indian) sheeting” 1) "4S 2281 08 Japanese sheeting a reg, Europe white long cloth as Dates oe on 54.235 ed ” 94529 Sugar ” 18,655 Exports, W The export trate, excluding specie to the vay 4 Rs. 17,75,025, amounted to Rs.30,91,650, and was derived fngud following sources :— Amount. Percentage Per Port, Ke. in 1922, in ar Serbera . S461, STST ggg Wulhar ,, 47 B87 oe W287 We Ueyla , , BUNS, w 65 Makhir Coast ports 115,905 1 3-76 m1 12. ‘the following were the principal indigenous pray exported, comprising about $4 per cent, of the total tra 6 cornpared with 9% per cent, in the preceding year + Stem, Unit. i972, Vullader o, , oN, 1577 oe mss ee 616987 bone Wty 2N8 . ” id Gums, ” ” aad Lasn Contoms, $3, In addition to sea ports there are land Customs stati at Zeyla, Gabile ind Horama, throwugh which pases asniount of trade with Aliynnis ; ‘Dhue Nalliowinng are: the figures for tues stations: yee yan ye Wi iat, Imy ts Ha Abiyminin on vn math fam an Cattle, Nin . Pony ty Alyn al swt co mya “png A tat yor’ animal regent thes georcanitnge wan given ‘hi quem am bed tm Wal be it ap a, SOMALILAND, 1922. SHIPPING. a comparative ti able of the shipping, ing i Jeared from the following which entered and cl 14. The Santry craft, vo. years — eam and Sorts during the past two ¥ = rat 921. protector 1922. No, Tons, 58710 oA 60,590 Entered 4 el 44,130, Cleared IV. EDUCATIO: i tectorate is in ment school in the Pro! : 15. Te om re “gan average attendance of 56 children, Bethea ys and Indians. an my are being educated at the Government College, ee nd one at the Vernacular school in Aden. V. MEDICAL, 16. The following is a comparative table of cases treated :— 1922. 1921. i 2 (282 Admitted tohospital 1,252 a 12 Out-patients 17,696 - 19,119 ‘The decrease was chiefly in minor ailments. 17, (A) Gewerat Di: Cases treated : 1921. Scurvy 22 Clwere 4492 ‘TVubercule oe Na (B) Communican.e DIspasns, () Insect borne, Malarin 4, WS * 145 Nislapsing Hever. w2 a Ws (2) Infrctio Ii pidemic, Sinalpon ) Inte mand Rotten we Satu ca, 164 Bz Mrypsenteny ' u . Wise () Vistiicnas, Disann, +101 rT ” 19 Comatuen ve a ae As 18 ue Neth of the Kuare bn Od oMfictiahs were invalided Meanie dyapepaine an population was good, one for dysentery and the otheri COLONIAL, REPORTS. a 19. The following . hospitals ir ie table re in the Protector qe Presents 7 SOMALILAND, 1922. ‘ctorate + the Work + ils’ have been (b) Akils’ Courts cases under ( dmen. There For settlement of selected Government headmen. instituted, COT, their decisions to the Dis tne fo F790. 1921. 1922, 1921. =a Gases tried under Coded Law Grim istrict Courts «+ ve 1 a wy protectorate (or HighCourt) —-» Nil Zeyla . = ss : ee * 2 Gace Wied under Tribal Custom— : Hargeisa . (1) By ‘Akils’ Courts we 7 . s ~ =, (2) By District Courts. +++ VIII. PRISONS. 23, The average daily number of prisoners in Berbera gaol 139-3 and in Zeyla gaol was 4-3. ; - we There are also small gaols for short term prisoners at Burao, Hargeisa and Las Khorai. VI. METEOROLOGy, 20. The rainfall records for the year were :. ——_ Absolute Totat olute | Absolute r maximum | minima rainfall, | tempera. = IX. POSTS, TELEGRAPHS AND COMMUNICATIONS. 24, The following is a comparative table of postal statistics :-— : tempera- * 1921-22. 1922-23. inches. | ture ture Fahr, Letters .. ++ 167,485 ++ 158,586 es ee />———] + Bost Cards 1,370 1,193 Newspapers ++ 18,988 17,961 Berbera, “79 116 58 Book Packets and Samples 2,264 ” 1,985 aa ae 85, 50 Parcels... ee 1639S 1/436 Sheikh 1 “64 99 3 . Hargeisa 18-28 100 3 2%, The money order transactions were as follows :— Gabile 1. | 18-59 98 | Bat 1921-22, 1922-23, Rs. Issued in the Protectorate 51,889 . 51,432 * No records in May and June have been recorded, Paid in the Protectorate 81,381 u 64,600 Record: c ; 1 Records for January to May only. %. Postal revenue and expenditure were-as follows :— 1921-22. 1922-23, £ £ Revenue... 2,861 . 543 VIL. POLICE AND JUDICIAL. Expenditure .. 1. 1/205 1,063 21. The Police establishment was :— TELEGRAPHS. 21. Telegraph revenue and expenditure were as follows :— | Commandant. i , 1921-22. 1922-23, 1 Assistant Commandant (who is also Director of Prsow, ra ee 5 District Police Officers. Revenue 5 Fan 67 3 British Warrant Officers. Expenditure sag 3,665 About 500 Rank and File. i wit’ above figures include i in the expenditure on the Posts Telegraphs Department neither the General Staff nor the Jupictat. wea pane Light in Berbera, which is run in connection ; is:— « Wireless Station. The sum of £1,497 must be added * ) Coded an. " trate ae de and Local Ordiss® the expenditure of the two branches ‘to arrive at the Anal a) Le aw, 1.¢., Indi: (2) Tribal custom based on Mohammedan Law.COLONIAL Wireless stations wore Mother Marine Matyoing My Hae Khorat i = AUD kw, wtation wins ithe LOH ay Ale Hino tron Hovberu te Sheth Mt fey 24. The weekly mait servlen fia Unozhout the year by Mea, cae Aloamora, Krom Hetbera toctorate by dhow fo other stati 1 Maibe are sent oy Irregularly Mere 4 4 98 I © Dinshay ni i i ited, Moh th yt aad hy Maile ate distil Mh fo Hatha and % Me My MEN on ‘otland from Angela ‘aw occasion ation, mee (0 Th tar jy Aly. Roan, » Daring the year the ditheutty Cattsod At Sheikh, which proviowsly interrupted the, tho coast and the interior, wae overcome old military road, evo ate now uninterrupted motorable tracks :— From Horbor to Upper Shoildt , " Upper Sheil ty thuag S21 a Mirae to Ainabe by the oe by the tepait AB mites, en " t » Hurao to Hargoina : a a ow Unrgoina to Gabite (Abywuinian by lot) tn wm Parbora to Butte os a ag » Zoyla to Aratalay 1) 80 MILITARY, 30. There was a considerable amount. of during the year owing to native unr of a British officer, The normal military strength of the Protectorate ws supplemented b remained in the Py military aetiniy ‘est consequent on the muse rotectorate as part of the permanent ganiva It was further supplemented by a compa from Aden from August till the end of the year, The Indian Contingent of the an integral part of the Corps. in the past, was disbanded al replaced b y a Contingent of Yaos from the Ist King's vat Rifles, on the same basis, . aie The actual strength of the Corps remained the same, oe divided into Headquarter Company, two eine ie Pony troop and Reserve, An alteration was ma in iu rf by Ms incorporation with the King's African nd es title of Somaliland Camel Corps, King’s African Ritles. . B, KITTERMASTER, cretary to the Administalien The Secretariat, British Somali 10th December, 1923, ee iy ‘Np [notor teat hg pale of Camel Corps, which had ford | " i in W ¥ {Wo acroplines from the Aden Flight whi | of the AIst Daye | COLONIAL: yy recent ste tall jal Colona the cet oleh et ial Weriaiwel eens 1190. Hewat dente wi Hy Hin Coylon Glbralt wa ISeitish 11M Untederated Malay Staten IRS State of Brunel. ve Tin Steuitn Settlement 118) Valktqnd In Hig Kenya Colony and Protec ton 1189 Hieitish Solomon tatany Jamaica seve Uist Ayes” 162 Wshams ve. been batted PORTS, ite, His Majesty's i Lena we obtained from Al report, 6b thn tle pages NNUAL Your an 7 (en yan NOad Nes swat fore 12 soaa-tous soaz-‘ivea ime, + 1o22-i92a 192d i 1922. + Leaz—t92d MISCELLANEOUS, Subject, No. Colony, ete A Southern Nigeria Mineral HM West Indies. 88 Southern Nigorla Mineral SS Stem aire Minera & Coon ee Miners 88 Imperial Thstitute ; i N eral Survey, 1913, SMe “Meta at Seton Ki te a e004 1 Geography of a it Mrica Protectorate WG cology an ae raraphy of the irate % — Colonies—General + Bishes of the Colonies, Mitcaim bland e, ee ++ Report on a visit to the Island by the High Commissioner for the Western PacttiCOLONIAL REPOR TS, Wirel . “AN ‘ess stations were in. NUar, Berbera Peration a Burao . Uy kilott Hargeisa i Kllowat A lk k Las Khorai 1° 14 Air Lit fro een was also | ” 28. The weekiee to Sheikh “td at Zeyy throughout the year be service from 'yla, Thee . & steamers. From Berb era mail: i tectorate by Bulhae ott Berbera striby to other stations, ‘e Bulhar and Zen andy Wy irre ats are sent overland from sees " gularly as occasion arises, x i : iL m Abys S si, | by Mess Ade ts. Cowasjee Dis £0 coy, aNd Brot hey largeisa to Harap 29. During the Roaps, at Shei 2 year the diffi the heikh, which previously intesa ty, caused by the oast and the interior, was Oe ed the motor tage? | oe i old military road, vercome by the Tn - hese are now uni uninterrupted mot From Berbe: oral . m Berbera to Upper Sheikh ble tracks -— » Upper Sheikh to B oy ga ) BuraotoAinabo 11 en *) Burao to Hargeisa |) 1.1) > m» Hargeisa to Gabil ” Borbera to Muthar (> » Zeyla to Arahalas ts 50. There was X. MILITARY. during # .@ considerable amount of military activity be a Bat year. owing to native unrest consequent on the made | ¢ normal milita supplemented by two ay eng te Adee Tg remained in the Protectorate as part of the permanent gars It was further supplemented by a company of the 4Ist Dose from Aden from August till the end of the year | The Indian Contingent of the Camel Corps, ‘which, had fore an integral part of the Corps in the past, was disbanded #! \ replaced by a Contingent of Yaos from the Ist King’s Af Rifles, on the same basis. id ” The actual strength of the Corps remained the "f ae divided into Headquarter Company, two came 0%, sutt pony troop and Reserve. An alteration was made in ite ie by its incorporation with the King’s Afticm Rifles w thie Sorechand Camel Corps, King’s African Riles E ER, . B. KITTERMASTE ih Sorcery to the “Adminis! The Seonetaniats ritish Somaliland. 10th December, 1923. . b COLONIAL REPORTS, Etc. ang recent rej orts, etc., relating to His Majesty's Tae fo eesions have TRem issued, and may be obtained from coll ented om the ile PEE ANNUAL. Colony, ete: Nyasaland 1158 F3iand Islands. 1158 Weiliaiwet “L921 & 1922 . 1922 Ceylon 3. 173 Gibraltar., ++ i. 1174 British Guiana. «- Barbados 117 Basutoland ly SteVineent == 1178 Bechuanaland Protectorate {179 Mauritius.. s+ ** + 1922-923 Swaziland 7 1181 British Honduras Uganda v0 +s 1183 Federated Malay States 1184 Unfederated Malay States UI85 State of Brunei. «++ 1188 Straits Settlements + 1187. Falkland Islands wee 1188 Kenya Colony and Protectorate 1189 British Solomon Islands Protectorate Meo Jamaica s+ 7 1191 Seychelles moon 1192, Bahamas «+ noon toe MISCELLANEOUS. No. Colony, ete. Subject. Mineral Survey, 1910. Southern Nigeria Southern Nigeria UL Preservation ‘Ancient Nfonu- iments, eto. Mineral Survey, 1911. Mineral Survey, 1912. ‘Mineral Survey- Oit-Seeds, Oils, ee. Mineral Survey, 1913. Minas and Land Settlement Roady and Geograpny of the cology ea part of the Protec: 8 rs 85 Southern Nigeria 38 Southern Nigeria 87 Ceylon 88 89 90 Imperial Insti ‘Southern Nigeria St. Vincent : 91 East Africa Protectorate ota of the Col ies of the hes of to ce Klan oa Conamssionet 92 Colonies—General 93 PY. che Western Pacific. Pitcairn Island «- Fate ay HAS. Panes, HARROW Ss “ aceite. oe re cs i ae pales