This book discusses the law and custom of land aqcuisition in colonized countries at the relevant period. It contains 24 chapters describing the economic, social, and political importance of systems of holding land, native systems of tenure, land law and custom in Malaya, Ceylon, Cyprus, Zanzibar, Kenya, Tanganyika, Nyasaland, Northern Rhodesia, Uganda, Nigeria, The Gold Coast, Sierra Leone, Ma…