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Leewards: 'Anticipate that it will be necessary to make Government issue five shilling...

Catalogue reference: CO 152/342/31

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This record is about the Leewards: 'Anticipate that it will be necessary to make Government issue five shilling... dating from 1914 Sept 10 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Leeward Islands, Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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CO 152/342/31
Date
1914 Sept 10
Description

Leewards: 'Anticipate that it will be necessary to make Government issue five shilling and ten shilling notes for Leeward Islands not exceeding £10,000. Do you approve no action will be taken until local supplies of silver coin prove inadequate.'

Leeward Islands Telegram, Folios 136-138

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
34474/1914
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9262371/

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