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Series
Colonial Office: South Africa Railways Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 528
What's it about?
CO 528
This series contains original correspondence relating to South African Railways. Includes the minutes of the Board of Control for Railways.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CO 528
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: South Africa Railways Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1902-1903
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains original correspondence relating to South African Railways. Includes the minutes of the Board of Control for Railways.
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Colonial Office, 1854-1966
- Intercolonial Council, Board of Control for Railways, 1902-1908
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 7 volume(s)
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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
- Railways
- Africa
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- For a register of correspondence see CO 636
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4718/
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