Report of the First Conference of Colonial Government Statisticians, Convened by the Secretary of State for the Colonies,Held at the Colonial Office

London: Colonial Office, 1950. 220 x 143 mm. Very Good. pp 13 An unpublished report by Colonial Government Statisticians, including H L Barnett (Malaya), L P Georghiades (Cyprus), M V M Herchenroder (Mauritius), C J Martin (East Africa High Commission), A I Morais (Jamaica), E J Phillips (Singapore), A B Reisz (Gold Coast), J R H Shaul (Central African Statistical Office), H J Steer (Trinidad), W A Stuart Williams (Nigeria), W G Wormal (Hong Kong). In near fine condition, wrappers lightly creased and rust stained from the staples. From the collection of Kenneth Robinson (1914-2005), a distinguished civil servant who became an expert on colonial government and administration. He was closely involved in international aspects of postwar planning, including former colonies, in south-West Africa (now Namibia), and became the Commonwealth Office expert on French West Africa. He became assistant secretary in the CO in 1946 (and head of the West African department), but resigned in 1948 to become reader in Commonwealth government at Oxford and subsequently director and professor of commonwealth affairs at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies in London. He was vice-chancellor of the University of Hong Kong from 1965 to 1972. Very Good 1950