Talk:George Smith (civil servant)

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Did you know... that during Sir George Smith's term as governor of Nyasaland, the area of land used for the cultivation of tea, cotton, and tobacco increased a hundredfold?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 03:46, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that during Sir George Smith's term as Governor of Nyasaland the area of land used for the cultivation of tea, cotton and tobacco increased one hundredfold? "It is stated that the acreage under tea, cotton and tobacco has been increased more than a hundredfold in Nyasaland during the ten years of Sir George Smith's Governorship." from: "Editorial Notes". African Affairs. XXII (LXXXVIII): 333. 1 July 1923. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a100080.

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Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 19:16, 23 December 2020 (UTC).[reply]

, QPQ is done, hook is interesting and well phrased, article is well referenced, neutral, long enough, new enough, decently written though I found and corrected quite a few spelling errors, so you may wish to go through again and check. I've spotchecked some of the sourcing and it lines up + shows no indication of copyvio. AGF on paywalled source for hook. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 16:05, 27 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

measures were essential

Dumelow, we've got The measures were essential as Nyasaland was a key route to supply and reinforce British forces in East Africa. I can't easily get to the source -- they were considered essential by whom? Not, I would assume, the people of Nyasaland? :D —valereee (talk) 18:55, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi —valereee, good point. I've reworded this section to make it clearer (the source doesn't attribute "essential" to anyone but makes it clear that Nyasaland was a key route) - Dumelow (talk) 07:53, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]