Download or read book The Colonial Empire and its Civil Service written by Charles Jeffries and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-29 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1938, this book provides a history of the civil service in British colonies, as well as a review of the contemporary colonial service. Jeffries also details the financial organisation of colonial governments, as well as a summary of appointments to colonial posts from 1921 to 1936. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in British colonial history.