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Author’s Notes Currency The most widely used currencies in East Africa during the nineteenth century were the Maria Theresa dollar, generally exchanged at par with the U.S. dollar, and the rupee, valued at . to the dollar. In German East Africa the rupee was the common currency, valued at . German marks. Before the rupee was divided into pesa; thereafter to the end of German rule it was divided into heller. The main currency of Tanganyika under British rule was the shilling, equivalent to the British shilling but divided into cents. Twenty shillings made one pound. Swahili and Bantu Spelling Most trees and tree-related objects are in the same noun class (often called the “tree class”), members of which generally start with “m” and form their plural with “mi-” as a prefix: mti = tree, miti = trees; msitu = forest, misitu = forests. Forest Administration There was no autonomous Forest Department in German East Africa. Forest policy was coordinated by the Office of Agriculture, Forests and Surveying (called Referat VIII) and implemented by local forest administrations (Forstverwaltungen). After these were reorganized into multidistrict forest offices (Forstämter), which in turn were subdivided into forest districts (Forstbezirke). Colonywide forest policy was coordinated by the forest director (Oberförster) in Dar es Salaam after . The British inaugurated a Forest Department in Tanganyika in . From it was known as the Forest Division of the Agriculture and Natural Resources Department. After Tanzanian independence in , the Forest Division has been housed in various ministries, most recently in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism. xxx | Author’s Notes ...
