Northern Rhodesia Blue Book for the year ended 31st December 1947

This document is a Blue Book—an official government publication of Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) for 1947, compiled by the Government Printer in Lusaka. Rather than containing fiction, it is a comprehensive administrative and fiscal record containing indexed sections on government finances, revenue sources, legislation, civil administration, and vital statistics for the colonial territory. The document details taxes (entertainment tax, income tax, excess profits tax, native tax), an extensive array of commercial and professional licenses (for occupations from auctioneers to booksellers), duty schedules, government expenditures, and statistics on population, education, hospitals, railways, and postal services. It represents official colonial governance records, budgetary accounting, and regulatory frameworks for 1947.