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Discontinuance of the Practice of employing convict labour on Government House Grounds:...

Catalogue reference: CO 321/39/55

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This record is about the Discontinuance of the Practice of employing convict labour on Government House Grounds:... dating from 1880 Aug 5 in the series Colonial Office: Windward Islands Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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CO 321/39/55
Date
1880 Aug 5
Description

Discontinuance of the Practice of employing convict labour on Government House Grounds: Orders have been given for the discontinuance of the practice; there are funds for keeping grounds in order by free labour for remainder of 1880.

No 86, Folios 465-468.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
13315/1880
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10648384/

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Colonial Office: Windward Islands Original Correspondence

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