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Refers to despatch from Colonial Office suggesting that the operations of Companies...

Catalogue reference: CO 295/500/12

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This record is about the Refers to despatch from Colonial Office suggesting that the operations of Companies... dating from 1915 Oct 15 in the series Colonial Office and Predecessors: Trinidad Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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CO 295/500/12
Date
1915 Oct 15
Description

Refers to despatch from Colonial Office suggesting that the operations of Companies holding oil-prospecting licences should be for the sole purpose of prospection. Government of Trinidad states that it would not be wise to adopt such a measure and gives reasons.

Unnumbered confidential despatch, folios 131-137.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
50725/1915
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10577040/

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Colonial Office and Predecessors: Trinidad Original Correspondence

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