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Cause: (Re Companies Acts 1862 to 1867, and Re Guinea Coast Gold Mining Company Limited...
Catalogue reference: J 90/1689
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This record is about the Cause: (Re Companies Acts 1862 to 1867, and Re Guinea Coast Gold Mining Company Limited... dating from [1881-1885] in the series Supreme Court of Judicature and former Superior Courts: Central Office and predecessors:.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- J 90/1689
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1881-1885]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Cause: (Re Companies Acts 1862 to 1867, and Re Guinea Coast Gold Mining Company Limited (Part 23 of 44). Documents deposited 9 June 1887 by liquidators, Jasper Wilson Johns, Brinsley de Courcy Nixon and George Browning - Books and papers of Guinea Coast Gold Mining Company Limited operating mines in Axim District of Gold Coast Protectorate. Letter Book Number 1 [1881-2] Letter Book Number 2 [1882-3]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Order in Chancery: 1887 April 23 See 'Dictionary of National Biography', 1st Suppl. Vol I, under 'Burton, Richard Francis' and 'Cameron, Verney Lovett'. Schedule in J90/1697.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- 316-318
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Mining and quarrying
- Africa
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