Some Aspects of the Sudan Economy

The address that follows was given by His Excellency Sayed AwadSatti, the Sudanese Ambassador in London, to a joint meetingof the Royal African Society and the Royal Empire Society onNovember 1, 1956. Lt.-Col. Sir Stewart Symes, G.B.E., K.C.M.G.,D.S.O., a former Governor-General of the Sudan, took the Chair.     

East African Development

This article represents the bulk of the speech by the Kenyapolitician now member of the E. African Central Assembly, toa joint meeting with the Royal Empire Society, under the Chairmanshipof Roger Norton, C.M.G., O.B.E., the East African Commissionerin London.     

After Independence in East Africa

This talk by the Director of the Overseas Development Institutewas given to a joint meeting of the Royal African Society andthe Royal Commonwealth Society on February 1, 1962. Sir JamesRobertson, G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., K.B.E., took the chair.     

Eight Years of Transition in Ghana

Sir Charles Arden-Clarke, G.C.M.G., formarly Governor-Generalof Ghana, gave the address which follows at a joint meetingof the Royal African Society and the Royal Empire Society onNovember 21, 1957. Miss Margery Perham, C.B.E., presided.     

South-West Africa, the Union and the United Nations

The following address was given at a joint meeting of the RoyalAfrican Society and Royal Commonwealth Society on December 3,1959, by Sir Charles Arden-Clarke G.C.M.G., Chairman of theCouncil, former Governor-General of Ghana, and Chairman of theUnited Nations Good Offices Committee that visited South Africain 1958 to discuss the problem of South-West Africa with theUnion Government. Sir John Macpherson, G.C.M.G., former Governor-Generalof Nigeria, Permanent Under-Secretary at the Colonial Office,took the chair.     

News out of Africa

Major Patrick Wall, M.C., VJLD., Member of Parliament for Haltemprice,Chairman of the Conservative Parliamentary East and CentralAfrica Committee, and Mr. Brian F. Macdona, Vice-Chairman ofCouncil and a general manager of Barclays Bank D.C.O., spokeon different aspects of the African scene at a joint meetingof the Royal African Society and the Royal Commonwealth Societyon May 5, 1960. Sir John Macpherson, G.C.M.G., Permanent Under-Secretaryfor the Colonies, took the chair.     

Sierra Leone in the Post-War World

The address that follows was given by the Commissioner for SierraLeone and Gambia at a joint meeting of the Royal African Societyand the Royal Commonwealth Society on March 5, 1959. Sir HilaryBlood, G.B.E., K.C.M.G., took the chair.     

The Importance of the South African Mining Industry

The address that follows was given by the South African HighCommissioner at a joint meeting of the Royal African Societyand the Royal Commonwealth Society on April 2, 1959, Sir PercivaleLiesching, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., former U. K. High Commissionerin South, Africa, took the chair.     

The Developing Federation and Partnership How is it Progressing?

The address that follows was given by the Head of the RhodesianDepartment of Selection Trust at a Joint meeting of the RoyalAfrican Society and Royal Commonwealth Society on July 3, 1958The High Commissioner for the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland,Sir Gilbert Rennie, G.B.E., K.C.M.G., M.C., took the chair.     

Agricultural Advances in Eastern Africa

Mr. Swynnerton, who is Agricultural Adviser to the ColonialDevelopment Corporation, gave the address that follows beforea joint meeting of the Royal African Society and the Royal CommonwealthSociety on April 5, 1962. Lord Howick of Glendale, G.C.M.G.,K.C.V.O., chairman of the C.D.C. and a former Governor of Kenya,took the chair     

From Cape to Kampala

The following address was given at a joint meeting of the RoyalAfrican Society and the Royal Empire Society on April 28, 1955Lt-Col. Sir Stewart Symes, G.B.E., K.C.M.G., D.S.O. took thechair.     

The Awakening of the Afro-Asian Nations

The address that follows was given by Mr. Vernon Bartlett, C.B.E.,at a joint meeting of the Royal African Society and the RoyalCommonwealth Society on January 7, 1960. Sir Robert Scott, G.C.M.G.,C.B.E., former Commissioner for the United Kingdom in South-EastAsia (1956–59), was in the chair.     

The Future in Angola

Mr. Martelli, who was until recently special correspondent for"The Daily Telegraph" in the Congo and Angola, gave the addressthat follows to a joint meeting of the Royal African Societyand the Royal Commonwealth Society on June 7, 1962. The Earlof Listowel G.C.M.G., took the chair     

Africa's New Look

This address was given by the colonial editor of "The Times"to a joint meeting of the Royal African Society and Royal EmpireSociety on April 4, 1957. Mr. Arthur Gaitskell, C.M.G., presided.     

South African Growing Pains: A Second Assessment

Professor W. M. Macmillan, M.A., Hon.D.Litt., sometime professorof history of the University of the Witwatersrand and Directorof Colonial Studies, St. Andrew's University, gave the followingaddress before a joint meeting of the Royal African Societyand the Royal Commonwealth Society on October 2, 1959. Sir Perci-valeLiesching, C.M.G., a former U.K. High Commissioner in SouthAfrica, took the chair.     

Africa

The address that follows was given by the Prime Minister, theRt. Hon. Harold Macmillan, M.P., at a meeting of the Joint CommonwealthSocieties at the Royal Commonwealth Society on April 13, 1960.Sir Angus Gillan, K.C.M.G., took the chair. A vote of thankson behalf of the Joint Common-wealth Societies was moved byMr. Brian Macdona, Vice-Chairman of Council, the Royal AfricanSociety.     

The Economic Problems of the Belgian Congo

The address that follows was given by the Counsellor at theBanque Beige d' Afrique, Brussels, at a joint meeting of theRoyal African Society and the Royal Commonwealth Society onJune 4, 1959. The chairman was M. J. Wouters, London generalmanager of the Banque du Congo Belge, S.C.R.L.     

Britain and Ghana's Economy

This talk was given by the British High Commissioner in Ghanaat a meeting of the Royal African Society and the Royal CommonwealthSociety on June 6, 1963. General Sir Frank Simpson, G.B.E.,K.C.B., D.S.O., D.L., adviser to the West African Committee,took the chair     

Reviews

Lands of the Thunderbolt. By the Earl of Ronaldshay, P.C., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E. Constable and Co.

Patiala and the Great War. Printed by the India Society, London, 1923.

The Adventures of Hajji Baba. By James Morier. (New Edition.) Humphrey Milford. Oxford University Press. World's Classics Series.

Adventures in the Near East, 1918–1922. By A. Bawlinson, C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O. (late Lieut.‐Colonel R.G.A. and Commander R.N.V.R.). Melrose. 25s. net.     

The First Year of Federation

This is the text of an address given by Sir Gilbert Rennie beforethe Royal African Society and the Royal Empire Society on October7, with Sir Miles Thomas, D.F.C., in the chair. Sir Gilbertis High Commissioner for the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasalandin London. He was Governor of Northern Rhodesia from 1947 tothe time of his appointment as Federal High Commissioner onApril 1, 1954. Sir Gilbert was Chief Secretary in Kenya from1939 to 1947. He held the post of Financial Secretary for theGold Coast before that. He served in the Ceylon Civil Servicesfrom 1920 to 1937, when he took up his appointment on the GoldCoast.