Colonial constitutional changes: policy and progress, 1956-1957

              Memo. No. 4C 
Revised October, 1957
COLONIAL CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES; POLICY AND PROGRESS, 1956-1957 
By Sir William McLean, K.B.E., Ph.D.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
POLICY
Page
General Colonial Policy................................................1
Constitutional Position of Colonies .............................................1
Central Government .....................................................................................................1
Local Government .......................................................1
Parliamentary Development in the Colonies....................................................2
The Veto and Reserve Powers of Governors ..........................................................2
Constitutional Instruments ...............................................................3
PROGRESS
Constitutional Changes, Actual or Envisaged (October 1956 to
October 1957*)........................3
West Africa
Nigeria.............................................................................4
Gold Coast (Ghana) ...........................................................................5
Sierra Leone ......................................................................6
East Africa
Kenya................................................................6
Tanganyika..............................................................7
Uganda ..................................................................8
Somaliland Protectorate .......................................................9
Zanzibar....................................... ..........................................11
East Africa Central Legislative Assembly ................ ..................12
Central Africa
Nyasaland .............................................................................12
The West Indies Territories
Federation..................................................................................12
Barbados ...............................................................................14
British Guiana ...................................................................................14
Jamaica................................................................................................15
Trinidad and Tobago ...................................................15
The Mediterranean Territories
Malta ........................................................................................16
Cyprus................................................................16
Gibraltar .............................................................16
The Far Eastern and Pacific Territories
Federation of Malaya .......................................................16
Singapore ..............................................................19
North Borneo ..................................................................20
Sarawak............................................................................................20
Brunei.....................................................................20
Gilbert and Ellice Islands .................................................20
Other Territories
Mauritius........................................................................................................20
Aden Colony.....................................................................22
* For Constitutional Changes before October 1956, see Memo No. 4 in this series entitled "Notes on Colonial Constitutional Changes 1943-51" and Memo No. 4B entitled "Colonial Constitutional Changes - Policy and Progress 1951-1956."