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Correspondence received from Government Offices on subjects concerning Trinidad....
Catalogue reference: CO 295/469
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This record is about the Correspondence received from Government Offices on subjects concerning Trinidad.... dating from 1911 in the series Colonial Office and Predecessors: Trinidad Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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CO 295/469
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Date (When the record was created)
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1911
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Description (What the record is about)
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Correspondence received from Government Offices on subjects concerning Trinidad. Correspondents and subjects are as follows:
- Emigration Agents (charges against Mr W F Bolton, recruiting of Indian workers, labour recruiting difficulties, charge of Agency, recruiting, immigrants 1911-12 season, Mr Bolton's house allowance, supply of Indian labourers, leave of Mr Bolton, report by the Protector of Emigrants 1910, recruiting expenses, last pay certificate of Mr Bolton, work of Agency, Ankylostomiasis, contribution to Mauritius Pension Fund, receipts of expenditure during 1910-11, expenses of Agency during the next three years);
- Crown Agents (oil fields development, oil licences, vacancy for Lunatic Asylum Attendant, oil prospecting licences, Oppert v Acham, transport of emigrants from Calcutta, transport and conveyance of Indian migrants, oil industry, Royal Bank of Canada, note issue of the Royal Bank of Canada, oil mining, Petroleum Options Limited and Trinidad United Oil Fields, Oropouche Lagoon Oil Licence, British and Foreign General Securities and Investment Trust, address to the King, railway between Tabaquite and Rio Clara, salary of Mr W F Bolton, ambulance for the use of Emigration Agent, Public Works loan, railway between San Fernando and Siparia, two steamers for coastal services, concession to Trinidad Oilfields Limited, head female attendant of St Anne's Lunatic Asylum, Assistant Civil and Electrical Engineer).
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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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Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C987917/
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Series information
CO 295
Colonial Office and Predecessors: Trinidad Original Correspondence
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Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: CO
Records of the Colonial Office, Commonwealth and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices,...
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Within the series: CO 295
Colonial Office and Predecessors: Trinidad Original Correspondence
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Correspondence received from Government Offices on subjects concerning Trinidad....
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