The Colonial Empire and its Civil Service [Paperback]

Originally published in 1938, this book provides a history of the civil service in British colonies.Originally published in 1938, this book provides a history of the civil service in British colonies, as well as a review of the contemporary colonial service. Jeffries also details the financial organisation of colonial governments, as well as a summary of appointments to colonial posts from 1921 to 1936.Originally published in 1938, this book provides a history of the civil service in British colonies, as well as a review of the contemporary colonial service. Jeffries also details the financial organisation of colonial governments, as well as a summary of appointments to colonial posts from 1921 to 1936.Originally published in 1938, this book provides a history of the civil service in British colonies, as well as a review of the contemporary colonial service. Jeffries also details the financial organisation of colonial governments, as well as a summary of appointments to colonial posts from 1921 to 1936. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in British colonial history.Introduction. The colonial empire; Part I. The Development of the Colonial Service; 2. Expansion in Africa; 3. The Great War and the period of reconstruction; 4. The problem of the scientific services; 5. The Warren Fisher committee; 6. The unification of the service; 7. Progress of the policy of unification; Part II. The Colonial Service To-Day: 8. General structure of the service; 9. Conditions of employment; 10. The colonial administrative service; 11. The colonial legal service; 12. The colonial medical service; 13. The colonial forest service, the colonial agricultural service and the colonial veterinary service; 14. Other unified branches of the colonial service; 15. Branches not as yet unified; 16. Governors; 17. The colonial office; 18. Retrospect and prospect; Appendices: I. The financial organisation of colonial governments; II. Summary of appointments in the years 1921 to 193l3µ