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Foreign Office: Chinese Secretary's Office, Peking and predecessors: Chinese Registers...
Catalogue reference: FO 932
What's it about?
FO 932
This series contain registers of the Chinese Secretary's correspondence. FO 932/1-46 covers the correspondence between the British Legation (later Embassy) at Peking and, prior to its establishment, other British representatives in Hong Kong and...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FO 932
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Chinese Secretary's Office, Peking and predecessors: Chinese Registers of Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1840-1938
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contain registers of the Chinese Secretary's correspondence. FO 932/1-46 covers the correspondence between the British Legation (later Embassy) at Peking and, prior to its establishment, other British representatives in Hong Kong and China from 1840, and the Chinese authorities, successively Imperial Commissioners and others, the Tsungli Yamen (1861-1900) and the Waiwupu or from 1912 Waichiaopu (the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Latterly some correspondence was direct with other Chinese Ministries, such as those of Finance and Communications.
FO 932/47-51 covers correspondence between the Dean of the Peking Diplomatic Body and the Chinese authorities from 1900 to 1920. FO 932/52 covers correspondence of the Legation's Consular Section with the Chinese, 1916-1921 and FO 932/53 is an odd register/index to miscellaneous documents held in the Chinese Secretary's office.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Numbered chronologically by type of communication
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
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FO 682
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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
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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53 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8231/
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