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British Phosphate Commissioners
Catalogue reference: DO 140
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DO 140
This series consists of the United Kingdom Phosphate Commissioner's Office papers. They include annual, general and technical reports, accounts, minutes of meetings and memoranda, correspondence between the United Kingdom, Australian and New...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DO 140
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Phosphate Commissioners
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1873-1983
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of the United Kingdom Phosphate Commissioner's Office papers. They include annual, general and technical reports, accounts, minutes of meetings and memoranda, correspondence between the United Kingdom, Australian and New Zealand Commissioners and the General and London Managers, correspondence with U.K. Government Departments, correspondence relating to the litigation in respect of the Banaban claims and records of the High Court proceedings, photographs and commercial publications relating to the Islands.
The first three of the latter, now rare publications, were written by Sir Albert F. Ellis, C.M.G., F.R.G.S. who toured the Islands c.1900 and was probably the first to appreciate the full potential of the phosphate deposits. Sir Albert F. Ellis was subsequently appointed the first New Zealand Commissioner.
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See also DO 118
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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)
- Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 853 files and photographs
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6149/
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