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Legislative Council: Encloses newspaper reports from The Daily Gleaner and the Daily...

Catalogue reference: CO 137/618/73

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This record is about the Legislative Council: Encloses newspaper reports from The Daily Gleaner and the Daily... dating from 1901 Apr 09 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Jamaica, Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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CO 137/618/73
Date
1901 Apr 09
Description

Legislative Council: Encloses newspaper reports from The Daily Gleaner and the Daily Telegraph regarding a Jamaican deputation of Dr Johnston and Mr D S Gideon and Joseph Chamberlain petitioning to return the Legislative Council to its former state with fewer members; complaint that increase of council members gives the Government an automatic majority and rids the people of Jamaica of their voice.

No 185, folios 560-578.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
14474/1901
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11973311/

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