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Series
Colonial Office: British Guiana Sugar Industry Commission (Venn Commission, 1948...
Catalogue reference: CO 946
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CO 946
This series contains records of the British Guiana Sugar Industry Commission comprising minutes of meetings, memoranda submitted, correspondence and the Commission's Report, which was published in July 1949 as Col. 249.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CO 946
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: British Guiana Sugar Industry Commission (Venn Commission, 1948 to 1949)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1948-1949
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the British Guiana Sugar Industry Commission comprising minutes of meetings, memoranda submitted, correspondence and the Commission's Report, which was published in July 1949 as Col. 249.
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- British Guiana Sugar Industry Commission, 1948-1949
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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4 file(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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5135/
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Colonial Office: British Guiana Sugar Industry Commission (Venn Commission, 1948 to 1949)
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