British-west-africa Definition

British-west-africa Sentence Examples

• Freetown was the first place in British West Africa granted local self-government.

• Banking is in the hands of the Bank of British West Africa and the Bank of Nigeria.

• In 1905 there were imported 7,941,920 lb from Chile (only 195,328 in 1909); 6,033,104 lb from Canada (this also fluctuates greatly; 1,801,072 in 1909); 1,241,408 lb from British West Africa (4,985,232 in 1909); 1,126,720 lb from the British West Indies and Guiana (3,022,208 in 1908).