Upper Senegal and Niger, Vol. 1

NOTICE TO THE READER

During the printing of the present work, several modifications were made to the territorial extent and administrative organization of the colony of Upper Senegal-Niger: an order from the Governor-General of the A.O.F. A.O.F. stands for Afrique Occidentale Française, or French West Africa, a federation of eight French colonial territories, dated June 21, 1911, has separated the district The original French "cercle" refers to the primary administrative unit used by the French colonial government of Gao from the Military Territory and attached it to the colony of Upper Senegal-Niger proper; a decree of September 7, 1911, has placed the Military Territory of the Niger, thus diminished by the district of Gao, under the direct command of the Governor-General of the A.O.F.; finally, for reasons of hygiene, the administrative center The French "chef-lieu" refers to the capital or administrative seat of a district of the district of Koury has been transferred to Dédougou, a short distance south of Koury and on the right bank of the Black Volta.

It must be clearly understood that the territorial limits and the statistics relating to the population given in the course of this volume apply to the territory of the colony as it was constituted before the order of June 21, 1911.