Article Figures & Data
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S/N Movement of Mail Paid (No.) Official (No.) Weight (lbs.) 1. Received at Lagos from Eastern and Central Provinces 4,179 908 247 2. Despatched from Lagos to Eastern and Central Provinces 3,532 996 236 3. Inter-port traffic, Westward (excluding 1) 500 125 43 4. Inter-port traffic, Eastward (excluding 2) 1,044 301 72 Total 9,255 2,330 598 Source: Acting Postmaster General to CSG, 14 January 1929, CSO 26 03137, vol. II, NAI.
Station To the United Kingdom From the United Kingdom No. Weight (average 2 oz.) lbs.* No. Weight (average 1 oz.) lbs. Forcados 152 156 Burutu 530 292 Warri 2,680 1,353 Port Harcourt 6,906 3,404 Calabar 1,946 2,699 Victoria 580 1617 Totals 12,794 1,599 9,521 595 ↵* Accounts and returns in UK mail cheques from banks.
Source: Acting Postmaster General to CSG, 14 January 1929, CSO 26 03137, vol. II, NAI.
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- Article
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Private Enterprise and Renewed Quest for Air Services in Nigeria, 1927–1929
- The Aircraft Operating Company Proposal and Potential for Postal Services
- Cobham-Blackburn Air Lines Proposals, 1928–1929
- Competing Perspectives of Nigerian Government Departments
- Consensus and Dissent on Aviation Policy
- Attempts to Establish a West African Air Service, 1929–1931
- The Challenge of Funding
- Campbell’s Report on Civil Aviation in British West Africa
- West African Governors’ Consensus on Aviation Policy
- Conclusion
- Footnotes
- Figures & Data
- Info & Metrics
- References
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