Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Certificates of Claim were a form of legal instrument by which the colonial administration of the British Central Africa Protectorate granted title to individuals, companies and others who claimed to have acquired land within the protectorate by grant or purchase. The proclamation of the British Central Africa Protectorate was endorsed by the Foreign Office in May 1891, and Harry Johnston as Commissioner and Consul-General examined and adjudicated on all claims that land had been acquired before or immediately after that date. Between late 1892 and Match 1894, Johnston issued 59 Certificates of Claim for land, each of which was equivalent to a freehold title to the land claimed. Very few claims were disallowed or reduced in extent, and around 3.7 million acres, or 15% of the land area of the protectorate, was alienated, mainly to European settlers. No Certificates of Claim were issued after 1894, but this form of land title was never abolished and some land in Malawi is still held under those certificates."@en }
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- Certificates_of_Claim abstract "Certificates of Claim were a form of legal instrument by which the colonial administration of the British Central Africa Protectorate granted title to individuals, companies and others who claimed to have acquired land within the protectorate by grant or purchase. The proclamation of the British Central Africa Protectorate was endorsed by the Foreign Office in May 1891, and Harry Johnston as Commissioner and Consul-General examined and adjudicated on all claims that land had been acquired before or immediately after that date. Between late 1892 and Match 1894, Johnston issued 59 Certificates of Claim for land, each of which was equivalent to a freehold title to the land claimed. Very few claims were disallowed or reduced in extent, and around 3.7 million acres, or 15% of the land area of the protectorate, was alienated, mainly to European settlers. No Certificates of Claim were issued after 1894, but this form of land title was never abolished and some land in Malawi is still held under those certificates.".