UPPER SENEGAL AND NIGER

Library, subscriptions.
Archives. Classification and preservation of the original acts of the Governor General and the Governor of the Colony.
Classification and preservation of correspondence with the Governor General and the Director of Financial Control.
Issuance of service records for former officials and agents.
Legalization of official acts established within the Colony.
Administrative Council and Litigation Council The Administrative Council advised the Governor, while the Litigation Council handled legal disputes involving the administration..
Official Journal of the Colony.

Administration of unattached personnel original: "hors cadres"; referring to staff not currently assigned to a specific unit or budget, designations, transfers, deployments, and relief rotations.
Transmission of military operations reports.
Military justice and courts-martial.
European reserve officers and reservists.
Indigenous reservists.
Administration of the indigenous guard brigades and the militia. Recruitment, clothing, weaponry, and administration.
Inspection of the guards.
Recruitment and inspection of Goums Goums were irregular tribal auxiliary units, often used for local policing and scouting..
Former Tirailleurs Infantry units recruited from French colonial territories, particularly West Africa. and Méharistes Camel-mounted desert troops used for patrolling the Sahara. (unit funds, decorations, and pensions).
Geographical service, centralization of geographical reports, maps, surveys, and colonial itineraries.
Establishment of general maps of the Colony.
Astronomical observations.
Rainfall observations and low-water level measurements original: "étiage" for the Senegal and Niger Rivers.

Political Affairs.
Justice.
Public education.
Post and Telegraphs: circulars and notifications regarding changes to maritime postal services, supplies of stamps original: "figurines", cards, letters, and envelopes. Communication with the Bern Bureau The International Bureau of the Universal Postal Union, headquartered in Bern, Switzerland..
Missions, centralization of political and ethnographic documents, excluding geographical or economic/financial data.
Indigenous medical assistance and hygiene services.
Unclaimed estates, administration of the public trustee for vacant estates and property. Searches conducted in the interest of families.
Refuge villages Communities established by the French to house formerly enslaved people or those fleeing conflict. and aid to the indigent.
Written contracts made between indigenous persons.
Miscellaneous statistics, excluding customs and commercial affairs statistics.