Appendix
Sierra Leone
Expenditure, Loans, Export Trade, Railway
| Expenditure 1897-1902. | Export Trade 1897-1902.285 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1897 | £112,000 | £361,747 |
| 1898 | 121,000 | 267,156 |
| 1899 | 145,000 | 307,929 |
| 1900 | 156,000 | 317,980 |
| 1901 | 173,457286 | 265,433 |
| 1902 | 177,882287 |
Railway
| Railway Expenditure 1899-1902. (Included in total expenditure.) | |
|---|---|
| 1899 | £10,493 |
| 1900 | 23,320 |
| 1901 | 19,642 |
| 1902 | 23,606288 |
Loans for Railway
| Amounts advanced to end 1900 | £307,539 |
| Loan authorised | 631,000 |
First section, 32 miles, formally opened May 1st, 1899.
Second section, 23¼ miles, “taken over by the open line,” end 1900.
Third section, 80½ miles, in course of construction.
According to the statement forwarded by the Local Traders’ Association of Freetown to Sir A. King-Harman in 1901, the third section of the railway (to Bo) will entail an annual charge on the Colony of £11,000, plus a further sum of £6000 for “increased cost of administering and operating.”
For Military Purposes
Annual charge of £6000 for eight years from 1899 on account of the sums advanced by the Imperial Treasury for the Hut-tax war.
The Protectorate
| Expenditure 1898-1902. | Revenue 1898-1901. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civil. | Military. | Total. | ||
| 1898 | £10,455 | £20,634 | £31,089 | £7,754 |
| 1899 | 14,124 | 25,672 | 39,796 | 21,943 |
| 1900 | 17,000 | 23,499289 | 40,499 | 33,468 |
| 1901 | 25,767290 | 23,707291 | 49,474 | 38,347 |
| 1902292 | 24,807 | 24,911 | 49,718 | |