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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 619 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KABBA , a See also:

province of the See also:British See also:protectorate of See also:Northern See also:Nigeria, situated chiefly on the right See also:bank of the See also:Niger, between 7° 5' and 8° 45' N. and 5° 30' and 7° E. It has an See also:area of 7800 sq. m. and an estimated See also:population of about 70,000. The province consists of relatively healthy uplands interspersed with fertile valleys. It formed See also:part at one See also:time of the See also:Nupe emirate, and under See also:Fula See also:rule the armies of See also:Bida regularly raided for slaves and laid See also:waste the See also:country. Amongst the native inhabitants the Igbira are very industrious, and crops of See also:tobacco, See also:indigo, all the See also:African grains, and a See also:good quantity of See also:cotton are already grown. The sylvan products are valuable and include See also:palm oil, kolas, shea and See also:rubber. See also:Lokoja, a See also:town which up to 1902 was the See also:principal British station in the protectorate, is situated in this province. The site of Lokoja, with a surrounding See also:tract of country at the junction of the See also:Benue and the Niger, was ceded to the British See also:government in 1841 by the attah of Idah, whose dominions at that time extended to the right bank of the See also:river. The first British See also:settlement was a failure. In 1854 See also:MacGregor See also:Laird, who had taken an active part in promoting the exploration of the river, sent thither Dr W. B. See also:Baikie, who was successful in dealing with the natives and in 1857 became the first British See also:consul in the interior.

The town of Lokoja was founded by him in 186o. In 1868 the consulate was abolished and the settlement was See also:

left wholly to commercial interests. In 1879 See also:Sir See also:George See also:Goldie formed the Royal Niger See also:Company, which bought out its See also:foreign rivals and acquired a See also:charter from the British government. In 1886 the company made Lokoja its military centre, and on the See also:transfer of the company's territories to the See also:Crown it remained for a time the See also:capital of Northern Nigeria. In 1902 the See also:political capital of the protectorate was shifted to Zungeru in the province of See also:Zaria, but Lokoja remains the commercial centre. The distance of Lokoja from the See also:sea at the Niger mouth is about 250 M. In the See also:absence of any central native authority the province is entirely dependent for See also:administration upon British initiative. It has been divided into four administrative divisions. British and native courts of See also:justice have been established. A British station has been established at Kabba town, which is an admirable site some 50 M. W. by N. of Lokoja, about 1300 ft. above the sea, and a good road has been made from Kabba to Lokoja. Roads have been opened through the province.

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