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century. It was the capital of the emirate of Adamawa, the greater part of which is now a German protectorate. The town is situated in 9° 12' N., 12° 40' E. and is built on the See also:

LEFT

left or S. See also:

BANK

bank of the Benue, 48o rn. by See also:

RIVER

river from See also:

LOKOJA

Lokoja. It can be reached by shallow See also:

DRAUGHT (from the common Teutonic word " to draw "; cf. Ger. 7'racht, load; the pronunciation led to the variant form " draft," now confined to certain specific meanings)

draught steamers when the river is in See also:

flood. The See also:

Niger See also:

COMPANY

Company had trading relations with Yola before the See also:

ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of British See also:

ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration in See also:

NORTHERN

Northern Nigeria. In 1901 the reigning emir, a son of Adama, forced them to evacuate their station, and, all attempts to establish friendly relations proving unavailing, the British See also:

government despatched an expedition from Lokoja in See also:

AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1901. The emir was deposed and a new emir installed in his See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place. The hostility of certain See also:

pagan tribes had to be over-come by British expeditions in See also:

JANUARY

January and See also:

APRIL

April of 1902.

By 1903 the province was brought fairly under administrative See also:

CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control, and divided into three administrative divisions—the N.W. with a station at Gazi, the N.E. and the S. with Yola for its station. The new emir proved friendly and loyal, but though appointed in 1901 was not formally installed till See also:

OCTOBER

October 1904, when he took the customary See also:

OATH (0. Eng. ddh)

oath of See also:

ALLEGIANCE (Mid. Eng. ligeaunce; med. Lat. ligeantia, &c.; the al- was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an allegation; the Fr. allegeance comes from the English; the word is formed from " liege," of which the derivatio

allegiance to the British See also:

CROWN

crown and accepted all the conditions with regard to the suppression of See also:

SLAVERY

slavery, &c. The slave markets were immediately closed as a result of British occupation, and any slave-trading which is still done is smuggled. In 1903 an exploring expedition was sent up the Gongola, one of the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

rivers of the Yola province, and as a result the navigability of the river for See also:

steam launches as far as Gombe at high See also:

WATER

water was demonstrated. An important means of communication with the province of Bornu was thus established, and a See also:

rich agricultural See also:

DISTRICT

district opened to development. The Gongola valley was in See also:

ancient times extensively cultivated, and the population are readily returning to the See also:

LAND

land. See also:

Cotton, See also:

rice and See also:

TOBACCO

tobacco are among the heavy crops (see NIGERIA, ADAMAWA).

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