The governor general gained revenue control over member colonies in 1902.

Evidence

The decree re- lieved him of the responsibility of directly administering Senegal, provided him with the right to establish a centralized bureaucracy to supervise the territorial administrations, and authorized him to set aside a portion of each member colony’s revenues; this contribu- tion was to cover the federation’s new operating costs, and help sub- sidize a federal program of public works designed to improve com- munication between the various territories. — Alice L. Conklin, A Mission to Civilize_ The Republican…, 154

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

Related

• The 1902 decree centralized administration and diverted colony revenues to Dakar (similarity 0.87)
• The 1902 reorganization centralized French West African power in the governor general (similarity 0.83)
• The 1895 federation gave the governor general little financial authority. (similarity 0.83)
• The 1904 decree centralized all trade revenues into a federal budget (similarity 0.80)
• French West Africa financially subordinated member colonies to a non-legislative council (similarity 0.79)
• Federal consolidation gave the Dakar Government General fiscal autonomy and redistribution power (similarity 0.79)
• French West Africa gained a unified autonomous federal budget only in 1904. (similarity 0.79)