ANNEXED DOCUMENTS

Office of Economic Affairs.

Economic and commercial matters.
Land property matters, application of land tenure systems, urban and rural concessions.
Mines, administrative and litigation matters.
Commercial legislation.
Colonization, labor, credit.
Centralization of all agricultural information and correspondence concerning the agricultural service.
Ostrich farms, sheep farms.
Agronomic stations and experimental gardens, equine establishments, various agricultural and economic missions.
Relations with the Colonial Office. Participation in exhibitions.
Studies with the Secretary General regarding questions relative to:
1° Business licenses, hawking taxes, oussourou original: "oussourou"; a traditional tax on caravans and markets that was maintained or adapted by the French colonial administration., market fees and taxes imposed on trade, ferry rights, Decauville Tax related to the use of light, narrow-gauge railway systems, named after the manufacturer Decauville, often used for transporting goods in the colonies. taxes, etc.
2° Railway and navigation tariffs;
3° Weights and measures, currency;
4° Relations with Chambers of Commerce;
5° Customs issues.

General Secretariat.

The General Secretariat includes, under the direct authority of the Secretary General, two offices:
Office of Finance;
Office of Equipment.

Responsibilities.

Office of Finance.

Administration of the local budget and the annexed budget of the Military Territory of Niger.
Centralization of all information and correspondence concerning the preparation, execution, and oversight of these two budgets.
Oversight of the administration of the Kayes-to-Niger railway; centralization of all information and correspondence concerning this service.
Administration of loan funds and the general budget.
Centralization of all information and correspondence concerning works carried out under the two budgets.
Financial control of operational services:
Posts and Telegraphs;
Niger River Navigation Service;