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Series
Colonial Office: Hong Kong and Pacific Department: Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 1023
What's it about?
CO 1023
This series contains original correspondence of the Hong Kong and Pacific Department. The files include some dealing with particular islands individually and others relating to the region as a whole and to Colonial Development and Welfare...
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 1023
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Hong Kong and Pacific Department: Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1946-1955
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains original correspondence of the Hong Kong and Pacific Department. The files include some dealing with particular islands individually and others relating to the region as a whole and to Colonial Development and Welfare schemes, to the South Pacific Commission and to the Western Pacific High Commission.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For earlier correspondence relating to the Seychelles see CO 530
For earlier correspondence relating to Fiji see CO 83
For later correspondence covering these territories, see CO 1030
For earlier correspondence relating to Hong Kong see CO 129
For earlier correspondence relating to Mauritius see CO 167
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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)
- Colonial Office, Hong Kong and Pacific Department, 1949-1954
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 242 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- 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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Hong Kong and Pacific Department dealt with Hong Kong and the following Pacific and Indian Ocean islands: British Solomon Islands, Canton and Enderbury Islands, Fiji, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Guadalcanal, Mauritius, New Hebrides, Pitcairn Island, the Seychelles and Tonga.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5212/
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