Colonial Service
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The Colonial Service was the British government service which administered Britain's colonies and protectorates, under the authority of the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Colonial Office in London.
It was technically divided into sixteen separate services: Colonial Administrative Service, Colonial Agricultural Service, Colonial Audit Service, Colonial Chemical Service, Colonial Customs Service, Colonial Education Service, Colonial Forest Service, Colonial Geological Survey Service, Colonial Legal Service, Colonial Medical Service, Colonial Mines Service, Colonial Nursing Service, Colonial Police Service, Colonial Postal Service, Colonial Survey Service, and Colonial Veterinary Service.
Before the 1930s there was no unified Colonial Service and not even any unified sub-services. Each colony and protectorate had its own services and prospective officers applied directly to each one. If they wanted to transfer to another colony or protectorate they had to apply separately to the government of that entity.
[edit] References
- Colonial Office, Colonial Regulations, 1945
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