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ANDRADE (Alfredo Augusto Freire de). RELATÓRIOS sobre Moçambique. Lourenço Marques. 1949-1950. - ANDRADE (Alfredo Augusto Freire de) RELATÓRIOS sobre Moçambique . 2.ª edição. Lourenço Marques: Imprensa Nacional de Moçambique, 1949-1950. 2 v.; 225 mm. Second edition. Alfredo Augusto Freire de Andrade (Figueira da Foz, 1859 - Lisbon, 1929), General of Engineering, was one of the central figures in the Portuguese colonial administration in Mozambique. Commissioner-General of Mines in 1889, he participated in the border delimitation commissions with Transvaal and Rhodesia, was chief of staff to Royal Commissioner António Enes during the occupation campaigns of 1895, and served as Governor-General of Mozambique between 1906 and 1910 - the period to which the reports refer. The Reports on Mozambique constitute the most comprehensive and detailed document on the Portuguese colonial administration in Mozambique during that period, covering the political and administrative organization of the territory, the economy, the indigenous populations, labor, borders, agriculture, communications, and natural resources. The 1st edition, from 1907-1910, was published in five volumes by the National Press of Lourenço Marques. Highly regarded and sought after. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate