British Central Africa : an attempt to give some account of a portion of the territories under British influence, north of the Zambesi (1897)
Johnston, Harry, 1858-1927 · New York : Arnold · leaf 150
the native courts are practically held by British magistrates in the name of the local chief or as his representative ; for over most of the districts the native chiefs have surrendered to us by treaty their justiciary rights. Still, in some districts, native chiefs are encouraged to settle all… … THE KATUNGA ROAD IN PRE-ADMINISTRATION DAYS allowed to carry out a death sentence on a native without first referring the case to the Commissioner for consideration, and obtaining his sanction to the verdict and sentence. As far back as 1891 we had commenced road-making. Captain Sclater had begun…
Natural history
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