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Series
Crown Agents for the Colonies and predecessor: Shipping Files
Catalogue reference: CAOG 11
What's it about?
CAOG 11
Files of the Crown Agents, Shipping Division. Subjects covered include shipping and air freight services provided by the Crown Agents; the organization of the Shipping Department; correspondence with agents abroad and at UK ports, with principals...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CAOG 11
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Title (The name of the record)
- Crown Agents for the Colonies and predecessor: Shipping Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1891-1982
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files of the Crown Agents, Shipping Division. Subjects covered include shipping and air freight services provided by the Crown Agents; the organization of the Shipping Department; correspondence with agents abroad and at UK ports, with principals and with freight companies including Greenshields Cowie and Co, who were later taken over by the Agents.
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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)
- S and BS file series
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations, Shipping Division, 1954-1997
- Crown Agents for the Colonies, Shipping Division, 1912-1954
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 194 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- International
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Shipping Division came into existence in 1912, when the work and staff of Messrs J A and B Freeland were taken over. Duties of the division included the shipping and insurance by sea and air of goods of all varieties ordered by the Crown Agents on behalf of Principals.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3990/
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