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Series
Foreign Office: Consulates and Legation, China: General Correspondence, Series I
Catalogue reference: FO 228
What's it about?
FO 228
This series contains general correspondence of the British legation and consulates in China. In addition to correspondence between the legation, consulates and the Foreign Office, there is correspondence with chinese authorities, colonial...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FO 228
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Consulates and Legation, China: General Correspondence, Series I
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Date (When the record was created)
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1834-1930
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains general correspondence of the British legation and consulates in China. In addition to correspondence between the legation, consulates and the Foreign Office, there is correspondence with chinese authorities, colonial governments, ports, fleets, India, Supreme Court and Foreign Ministries etc. Also includes correspondence relating to Korea up to 1896.
Of the subject volumes 1-540, within FO 228/2126-2753, the following numbers were not used: 452, 481 and 538. Of the dossiers 1-14457 within FO 228/2754-3575, the following numbers were not used: 8B, 8E, 8F, 8H, 8I, 25A, 25F, 25G, 25M, 31H, 34F, 34H, 40D, 46F, 46J, 46K, 46N, 108N, 183L and 235A, 235B.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
On 3 May 1927 a new system of subject dossiers was adopted. The dossiers were bound annually, the subject reference number being retained year by year. Each volume contains a list of contents.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Of the subject volumes 1-540 within FO 228/2126-2753 the following are missing: 19-34A, 63, 140, 153, 259, 353, 406-408, 412, 435-448. Of the dossiers in FO 228/2754-3575 the following are missing: 1, 5H, 5J, 25J, 34D, 46, 46G, 51G, 124C, 183B, 183D, 183N, 183Y, 895, 2376 and 2980.
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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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Chinese and English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Foreign Office, Consulates, China, 1782-1968
- Foreign Office, Legation, China, 1782-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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4372 volume(s)
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
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Additional safe handling procedures are in place. Records must be ordered in advance.
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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
- Asia
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Copies information (Indicates existence, availability, location and format of copies)
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Copies of despatches in this series are in FO 229.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7542/
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