' Nv NOyweda fey i +, cas ‘s i FOR OFFICIAL USE, ‘ —SLOFFICIAL USE, of COLONIAL REPORTS—ANNUAL, No. 1152 SOMALILAND. i REPORT FOR 1921, (For Report for 1920, see No. 1100.) geNw As : LONDON: (A 3 #') # PUBLISHED BY HIS MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE ed through any Bookseller or directly from H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE, — 7 lowing ‘Addresses Imperial Houses Kingsway, London, W.C.2, an if, r Abingdon Street, London, S.W.1; 37 Peter Street, Manchester; OY WW = 1 St Andrew's Crescent, Cardiff; or 28 Forth Street, : Edinburgh. log, ? 1923. 7 Price 6d. Net. fn 4 ha ) a —NNUAL, i < act of 5. The abst No. 1152 ce" Mad Mud 1922, March, YY Years andy | Aa who had harassed the Protectors a e orate for twent it Authority Wé been finally overthrown in January, 1920, somal gat OstTION ON venue and EXPER as obtained to treat the unexpende ‘lable to mect deferred services itanp, 1921+ gist MARCH, 192 ; diture was aS follows i— to fl. ‘Mt Rs.15 to £1. ‘At Rs.10 to £ agonist APHID gehyon SOMALILAND ai ” wat 66,6654) 16 159 et gest so 86. CN 4176, imperial 198,419 REPORT ON So} ; itv gq ‘on 3 61,110) SOMALILAND FoR THE ' SR et ow ST so) yeas saa z88 See, I sare vs. £100000 at Rs.10 to £1 for the purpose ye resents £1004 : 0) for the purpose of sion only: at Rs.15 to £1 for the pr 1. POLITICAL AND GENERA, wiser {40,740 at Rs Se ci ia sion only. essary to treat the grant 1. Authentic reports were received in the cour compe, however, it 18 NECESSITY sof Liabilities over Assets of the death of Mohammed Abdullah Hassan: the 4! hee J jmpesial TEASONY AS 4 TOT 99.000 less £40,740) £59,260. balance of which amounted He died and was buried at Ini, in Abyssinia January, 1921, and the small remnant of men whe with him dispersed among the neighbouring then 2. In October the hinterland of Zeyla was opened up hy hment of a Government station at Boramo, fee ontier, cel ATitory, ab Nad retin) IL, FINANCIAL, 1921-22. Re The revenue for the year amounted to £80,270, which wa an increase of £21,278 over last year, but £1,050 less thant timate. The receipts. from Customs, from’ which the mje NUE, portion of the revenue is derived, were £51,494, an increaed * {3,210 over last year, 4 Other sources of revenue were Port and Harbour Dues ++ ‘een of Cor Posts and T : 7 Mincellancous receipts ‘atte SA the grant from the Imperial ‘Treasury was £10000 ERUVP ES form of a Loanin-Aid, repayable when the finances o Vs tectorate permit, , EExrunpirun 0 \ total expenditure for the year wan £13409 yer te Loan 28° 961. wf CuRnENCY AND BANKING. i i ectorate is the Indian jonetary unit current in the Protectorate is the I i he ‘allowing Indian coins also are in circulation :— thie, { pice, pice, J anna, 1, 2, 4 and 8 annas, and Gokenment of India notes.’ The average rate of exchange with Landon was to the rupee Is. 4d. 1, The estimated value of currency in circulation at the Rs. 10,00,000 501,000 8 There are no banks established in the Protectorate, but Aaptivate firm, Messrs, Cowas; nd Brothers, ol Bombay, ‘kcepts deponits from private individu escheques drawn agit them, ‘There are no banking HL TRADE AND. SHIPPIN 9, The value of the Protectorate trade, excluding specte during the calendar Hi ilenlar year 1921, amounted to Rs.81,40,140 as compared Wilh 1.81,85,370 in 1920 aw follows : : 120, Awad Thereune Decreane Ina sittin gutting Ks, Ken, vent , 710) ~ 2,29,840 pat 7) 30,17,400 184,610 _ i Net decrease tn. 48,290, it~ Thy Iie hanes Custotna Keven in parayeaph 8, which shows an Increase Amana! year, while thowe atatisticn are fer wlondar year, W ; QR es sp4 COLONIAL tay PAN at ANNUAL, 1 The import tate, evetiati Re LUIS, was divided as fallin Mele Verbena ows 6 the oy a Matha RIS Sy “« Soe Res > Mas, fovla om oa dpa! Stay ta Rhora aia . = sagt ia \s lakhir Coast ee ¢ ar Klaiya TEE Re SL US deg9, “ . ; Nott The Makhir Coast Ports, of : important, were opened: int area of the Protectorate, hich Las Detober, 199), bora is M. The principal imports were: American rey sheeting. ery Grey Sheeting, Indian ‘ountry Grey sheeting, Japanese 2 Enropean Tang Clothe 2 Dates Rice .. Sugar s+ yards These items represent 54 per cent. ofthe total impo 12, The export trade excluding specie to th Rs.17,47,485 was divided as follows “aa Rerbera_ Bahar ic : Da zee SS] RE SSS = fk Las Khorai }Makhir Coast Rs, 253,725 = 84% Ehiya 13. The principal exports were :— Bullocks Sheep and Goats Skins... Hides.) 1 Ghee. 1 Gum i) 7 ewt. 418 owt 46 Tl ewe, 96 These exports represent 62 per cent. of the total exports The specie exported is represented almost entirely by exported from Abyssinia via Zeyla. Lanp Customs. are two land Cosi ses 3 5 ind livest™ 14. In addition to sea ports, there are t stations (at Gabile and Boramo) through which, pa amount of trade in millet imported from Abyssinia # and salt exported to Abyssinia. Millet imported amounted to 20,565 cw with 26,687 in 1920, a decrease of 6,122 ewt. or 22 pet a] tin 192 ascoms™ | _ ar cont: s tin to2t as compared to I7RI7 OWE Ny of ZgMEWL OF increas 030, 2,536 head, ee 5 heard & mpared (0 2,546 head, 5 hoard 0 SHIPPING. hippliag > of the shipping ing. isa comparative, ae ting the past rhe. followitlB, Te Protectora . 18. The Mieared in the lle 1920. No. ———1 Sh] zee “Tons. 1V. EDUCATION. Is at Bulhar and Zeyla were closed. 16, The Government school one ay) ‘Government school in the Protectorate is now that e only Gi 43 children. ‘ is an average attendance of 4 Bere. wher dng educated ‘at the Gordon College, Khartoum. V. MEDICAL. i i tals during . The total number of patients admitted to hospitals ones in-patients was 1,262 compared with 1,998 in 1920. The out-patients numbered 19,119 as compared with 17,145, an increase of 1,974. 18. GeNeRAL Diseases, Scurvy cases recorded were 22 as compared with 55 in 1920, eet Tropical ulcers recorded were 4,492 as compared with 4,654 in 1920. CoMMUNICABLE DISEASES. (1) Insect borne. Malaria. —145 cases were reported compared to 257 in 1920. , Subtertian is the commonest type identified. A steady ‘ne in malaria can be noted year by year. 64 apsing fover—113 cases were reported as compared with in 1920. “The distinct form of this fever noted in last year’s les erate to Burao, and apparently carried by the bed (2) Infectious and Epidemic. cases ‘were recorded compared with 394 in oSlpos.— 32 orded were contracted outside the Protectorate D. All cases rec= PLANAR WAS ay m NNUAL, Infucnza.—82 cases oni Y reporte Dysentery.—132 cases went reporter With 3 1920. SOMpared yi Venereal disease. : 719 cases of Were treated compared with 30) and ai a tog of Tuberculosis 188 cases with 2} 19 192), fag, Pared with 265 cases with 24 tear Poverty among the natives duc! European offic improvement compared with were placed on the sick list : This represents a percent: resident. One officer was invalided, 20, The following statistics repre 0). Th sent the wos hospitals in the Protectorat TH in the va | Nevof | average | Deaths | No.of [Atop | ne | Aung | MSP |Paven's pital st rsiny bera in December, 1920, Feasons when only one wing had been completed VI. METEOROLOGY. 22. The rainfall records for the ye ar wee :— Fam [ata | atte || im mini tem tempera. | maximus inches. | sure Fahy. | ture Pah a n Berbera 1-35, 101 8 Burao 1] alas a 3 Sheik 1.) get 3 s Hargeisat °! | 15.34 bed 7 le 16-8 + Months Janmary # Monthe— Heh February, and March not recorded. and March not recorded, ), was stopped in 1921 for finaxcl | iano a ot 7 or 192. SOMALILAND, pDICIAL. police AND UDICL yu. POL ye Police establishment Was =~ 3, The rector of Prisons). also Di 1 Commanday andant (who is al pen oma nana Ee otc 3 ntish Warran oa ile. 3 se ane Ales d all inter-tribal a shter ans {inter tribal manslave? ind looting stock) are A es ade eces of assault andl looting stock) are vias (which inclibal Mohammedan custo! i ti 0 ion, ther cases Seaman and compen Iansnughter and. 450 other cass ‘Twenty-seve! wrded as criminal cases which would Oe reer settled on these lines. Bec en Indian Penal Coc es “* Akils’” Courts were legally An Akils" fo ea itn te a de erat of five " Akils ” or Governm: pen hose pat cone ernor from month to month cpa orton Pets ees a whe th subject matter in Te Pigs aot eeved RS.) or two camels or eighteen. sheep. poe seh appeal om the Abell’ Comat to the District ‘There is a right of re der the Indian Penal Code totalled 967 ds oui Conta and @ is the Protectorate Caan against in the District Courts and 9 in eee a aaa 10 in the previous year. The increase 2 co tomy ene particule type al ctme Dat ae generally distributed. VIII. PRISONS. iS. The average daily number of prisoners in the Berbera Gaol during the year was 122-95, IX. POSTS, TELEGRAPHS AND COMMUNICATIONS, iB. The following is a comparative table of postal statistics dating the last two years =< 1920.21. 1921.92, Mee oe 167,485 Post Cais oe 1.370 Newspapers +s 8823 Parca Het6a0d Samples "23g 1 T9931 2, The money order transactions were as follows Baten the Py 1920-21. 199 tin yet, Protectorate Rs.1,05,746 —Rs.51,889) Protectorate .. Ke tage KS 81.3818 COLONIAL Rt POR Ty ~ANy SANNA, 28. The Postal revenue and . : Aud expentian wa Revenio a 1920.9), Expenditure i i 42,089) Ab yy TeLecrapy 29, The revenue and expenditure for th, we follows :— gry 1920.2 Revenue a Bs Wehr Expenditure £607 1.2 “ 407 Wircless stations were in operation at Berbera. Bu rs - Hargeisa .. 1 i Las Khorai _ 1. kilowat power 0 Berbera | station maintained communication throughout the year, SO. The weekly mail service from Aden has bee throughout the year by Mess j Heamers. From Berbera, mails are distributed. th Protectorate by dhow to Buthar and Zeyla to other stations, f Mails are sent overland from Ha irregularly as occasion arises, Roaps. 31. There are motorable tracks :— From Berbera to Lower Sheikh .. 40 miles. » Upper Sheikh to Burao an » Burao to Hargeisa aca 107 » Hargeisa to Gabile on the Abyssi Frontier a 85m X. MILITARY. i year. The Camel Corps was employed on matters of administration only. is, The Corps remained at the strength of two mounted comp Indian Contingent, Headquarter Company and Reserve H. B, KITTERMASTER, The Secretariat, Secretary to the Admin British Somaliland, Ist October, 1922. With day 1 " continag Dinshaw and Brothay hroughout th and by runner cree to Harar in Abyss te 32. No military operations of any sort occurred dur ing strain PORT [re ; ii His relating to and may be obt 5 Majesty's fained from aie 1921 Gabi and Protes erate Ea ay ma fen fit oi oft Ol wan eine nt ire ‘ne HP iland. ae ate and Protectors Hod Barbados ee ia es Hon a Tonckong i” ‘Straits Settlements id Coast 192171922 toa TLV) re2t-1922 121 1921 Sierra Leone WSL Uganda MISCELLANEOUS, Ne Subject © Southern Nigeiie’s ++ Mineral Survey, 1910, M Wations! Proservation of Ancient Monu- B Seen ngaiy TT emilee a cithern Nigeria | - Mineral Survey, 1912, & Gopon NEss Mineral Survey” B Sc ia Mineral Sassey (19 site eat I Mineral Survey 1913, 8 SC Vincene 12) Roads and Latd Setitement, ‘ast Attica Protectorate ae ++ Geology and Geography of the oR cnt Ceoeephy of the cee deers coca Spratt the Tend oo chugs Commi as es : et H