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Series
Colonial Office: Fiji, Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 83
What's it about?
CO 83
This series contains original correspondence relating to Fiji.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CO 83
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Fiji, Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1860-1951
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains original correspondence relating to Fiji.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Bound volumes arranged chronologically within the following subject headings: Despatches (letters of the Governors), Offices (letters of government departments and other organisations), and Individuals (arranged alphabetically). Each volume with a contents list, or a précis of each letter giving name of correspondent, date of letter and subject matter. From 1926 correspondence is arranged in subject files.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For later correspondence see CO 1023
For earlier correspondence see FO 58
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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261 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- For registers of this correspondence see CO 419, except for the period 1863 to 1871 when it is registered in CO 374.
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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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Fiji was ceded to Britain on 10 October 1874. A governor was appointed the following year.
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Copies information (Indicates existence, availability, location and format of copies)
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Microfilm copies were created as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project (1948-1997). The microfilm images have been digitised and made available online by the National Library of Australia.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4274/
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