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Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Montserrat: Government Gazettes
Catalogue reference: FCO 6
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FCO 6
This series contains government gazettes from Montserrat.
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FCO 6
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Montserrat: Government Gazettes
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Date (When the record was created)
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1967-1989
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains government gazettes from Montserrat.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For earlier gazettes for Montserrat see CO 156
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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19 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1992 Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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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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Montserrat became a colony in its own right on 1 July 1956, having previously been a member of the Federation of the Leeward Islands. However, it began to publish its own gazettes only in 1967: prior to that year it participated in the Antigua, Montserrat and Virgin Islands Gazette.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7245/
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Montserrat: Government Gazettes
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