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Oil Mines Act 1904. Considers Act nothing less than a deprivation by force of vested...

Catalogue reference: CO 28/264/140

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This record is about the Oil Mines Act 1904. Considers Act nothing less than a deprivation by force of vested... dating from 1905 Feb 15 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Barbados, Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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CO 28/264/140

Date

1905 Feb 15

Description

Oil Mines Act 1904. Considers Act nothing less than a deprivation by force of vested interests and that if in the opinion of the West Indian Petroleum Company it was an Imperial necessity, compensation should be granted to those it injures.

From Lord Duncannon, folios 858-867

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

5092/1905

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Public Record(s)

Language

English

Closure status

Open Document, Open Description

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Colonial Office and predecessors: Barbados, Original Correspondence

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