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Steam communication around the island: notes expediency of replacing the present...

Catalogue reference: CO 137/490/17

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This record is about the Steam communication around the island: notes expediency of replacing the present... dating from 1879 June 24 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Jamaica, Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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CO 137/490/17
Date
1879 June 24
Description

Steam communication around the island: notes expediency of replacing the present drogher system, gives estimated expenditure, and encloses relevant correspondence.

No. 196, folios 146-183.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
11136/1879
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14015260/

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Despatches from Anthony Musgrave, Governor of Jamaica. Described at item level

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