CSO L files - Open Policy Files (files relating to railways)
Scope & Content:
Only files relating directly to railways were photographed from this series. All files were transferred from the Colonial Secretary's Office to the independent Government of Sierra Leone, and lodged in the National Archives.
CSO R files - Open Policy Files on the Railway and Communication Services (files relating directly to railways)
Scope & Content:
Only files relating directly to railways were photographed from this series. All files were transferred from the Colonial Secretary's Office to the independent Government of Sierra Leone, and lodged in the National Archives.
Four large undated photographs of the railway, showing a train on a bridge (Moa River Bridge), replacing sleepers, Garret locomotive no. 57 and a viaduct under construction. Provenance unknown - possibly passed to the National Archives following the closure of the railway.
Mainly concerning re-appropriation of finances ('votes') to cover excess spending over estimates. Includes detailed tables of excess spending and narratives of reasons for the excess.
Transfer of a European Guard from Nigerian Railways to train the guards on the Sierra Leone Railway who are all African. Appointment of J.T. Dunn, his subsequent departure and his opinion of the Sierra Leone guards.
Request to grant more than one salary increment at a time to salaried railway staff members who are not members of the African Civil Service. Disappointment at and effects of rejection of the request.
