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Despatches from Horace Archer Byatt, Governor of Trinidad, dated May to December...
Catalogue reference: CO 295/558
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This record is about the Despatches from Horace Archer Byatt, Governor of Trinidad, dated May to December... dating from 1926 May-Dec in the series Colonial Office and Predecessors: Trinidad Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- CO 295/558
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1926 May-Dec
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Despatches from Horace Archer Byatt, Governor of Trinidad, dated May to December 1926, together with correspondents from 'offices' (Government departments and other organisations) sent during the year. Despatches are described at item level; other correspondence is not, and correspondents and subjects are as follows:
- Crown Agents (Trinidad loans, leave regulations, case of A Prothero, loan to Agricultural Bank);
- Foreign Office (Angostura Bitters imported into Denmark);
- Board of Trade (repayment of expenses);
- Colonial Office (Colonial Regulation No.76);
- Overseas Nursing Association (appointment of Charge Nurse to Colonial Hospital);
- Inland Revenue (Income Tax Ordinance, liability of municipalities);
- Port of Spain City Council (augmentation of water supply to Port of Spain);
- Trinidad Leaseholds Limited (import of crude oil)
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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