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Despatches from Governor Asser and letters from offices (government departments and...
Catalogue reference: CO 37/270
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This record is about the Despatches from Governor Asser and letters from offices (government departments and... dating from 1924 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Bermuda, Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CO 37/270
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1924
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Description (What the record is about)
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Despatches from Governor Asser and letters from offices (government departments and other organisations) and individuals on matters related to Bermuda. Despatches are described at item level; letters from offices and individuals are not.
Offices:
- Admiralty (wireless telegraph stations in Bermuda and Jamaica, duty on effects of Admiralty officials);
- Crown Agents (agreement to be signed by artisans for the Public Works Department);
- Foreign Office (activities of British yacht Istar);
- Home Office (use of crown on Princess Hotel stationery);
- Board of Trade (sale of SS Reviver by government, supply of oil fuel by West India Oil Co);
- Direct West India Cable Co (loan of Admiralty station at Bermuda and closing of the Jamaica station);
- Overseas Nursing Association (appointment of nurses for King Edward VII Hospital, applications include: Miss Florence Emma Wade, Miss Anita Brown, Miss Adeline Lamb, Miss Annabella McNeill, Miss Sara A L Logie, Miss Lucy Jane Loader, Miss Margaret Teresa O'Sullivan, and Miss Dorothy Ismay Dunning);
- Lloyds Bank Ltd (official income of governor assessable for income tax);
- General Post Office (establishment of wireless telegraph stations in Bermuda and Jamaica);
- Department of Overseas Trade (promotion of trade between the United Kingdom and Bermuda);
- Colonial Office (governor's super tax);
- Individuals: Kenneth James Beatty (appointment as chief justice);
- Dr Andrew Balfour (medical sanitary matters);
- A G E Hawkes (wages claim of master and men of SS Reviver);
- Harris and Dixon Ltd (SS Reviver);
- G B Mason (appointment as director of the Medical Health Department);
- Norton Griffiths Co (construction of a railway)
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2750109/
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CO 37
Colonial Office and predecessors: Bermuda, Original Correspondence
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