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Correspondence with T. Edmund Harvey, MP, 1 Jul 1941-26 Apr 1945

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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/16, folder 3, fols. 3-93
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Correspondence with T. Edmund Harvey, MP, concerning the following territories and topics:

Colonies, general:

  1. preservation and storage of surplus food stuffs: fols. 5-11
  2. the possibility of an extension of the Atlantic Charter to the Colonies: fols. 29-31
  3. food shortages and rising cost of living: fol. 56
  4. Government Delegation to the International Labour Office Conference, Apr 1944: fol. 78
  5. mineral concessions and the International Labour Office Conventions: fols. 80-81.

East Africa:

  1. the situation of the coffee-growers: fols. 8-13, 26-31
  2. hospitality extended to West African troops: fols. 11-12.

Nigeria:

  1. palm kernel trade: fols. 8-12, 17-18, 21-25, 29
  2. forced labour: fols. 43-45, 59.

West Africa:

  1. hospitality to West African troops in East Africa: fols. 11-12.

Northern Rhodesia (Zambia):

  1. steps taken to implement the recommendations embodied in the Copperbelt Disturbances Report: fols. 13-14
  2. land utilisation, the allocation to the North Charterland Company, and the work of the Land Commission: fols. 32, 42-43, 48-49
  3. conscription of labour: fols. 33-34, 57-59
  4. re-absorption of troops into civilian life: fol. 50
  5. labour conditions in copper mines and on farms: fol. 70
  6. reduction in production of copper and the development of other resources: fols. 77-78, 80-81.

Kenya:

  1. pyrethrum crop, with four letters to Harvey from the Colonial Office (Hall and Macmillan): fols. 15-18, 29, 35-41, 47, 71-72, 74
  2. guaranteed prices for maize grown by European farmers: fols. 32, 57, 72-74
  3. forced labour: fols. 37, 43-45, 53-59
  4. trade union legislation: fols. 55-56
  5. ordinance amending the Kenya Masters and Servants Ordinance, 1939: fols. 57, 69
  6. labour situation and strikes: fol. 57
  7. food shortages: fols. 60, 72, 77
  8. probationary system: fol. 70
  9. land surveys: fols. 75-76
  10. Settlement Schemes Sub-Committee: fol. 84
  11. minimum wage regulations: fol. 84v
  12. coffee industry: fol. 86
  13. survey of the interior: fol. 86.

Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe):

  1. Labour Compulsion law: fols. 33-34.

West Indies:

  1. International Labour Organization (ILO) Conventions referring to indigenous labour: fols. 46, 48-49, 51.

Bahamas:

  1. report on the labour riots of Jun 1942: fol. 50
  2. recruitment of labour for the USA: fols. 66-68.

Mauritius:

  1. Orde Browne's report on labour conditions: fols. 51-52
  2. sugar industry: fol. 93.

Uganda:

  1. labour conditions, with particular reference to migrant labour from Belgian mandated territory: fols. 61-62
  2. disturbances: fol. 90
  3. detention of members of the Uganda African Motor Drivers Association: fols. 91-93.

Africa, general:

  1. re-absorption of demobilised soldiers: fols. 50, 78
  2. Forced Labour Conventions: fols. 61-62.

Jamaica:

  1. recruitment of agricultural workers for the USA: fols. 66, 68.

Tanganyika (mainland Tanzania):

  1. wages and cost of living: fols. 66v, 68-69
  2. conditions of employment of servants of the Native Administration: fol. 66v
  3. food situation: fols. 70, 78
  4. forced labour: fols. 78, 80, 82
  5. white settlement: fol. 89.

British Guiana (Guyana):

  1. provision of meals and milk for school children: fols. 72-74.

Palestine:

  1. quality and purchase of grain: fols. 79, 82-83
  2. demobilisation and re-absorption of troops: fol. 85.

High Commission Territories (Lesotho, Botswana, and Eswatini):

  1. post-war development: fol. 85.

Trinidad:

  1. the question of Uriah Butler: fol. 86.

Dates

  • Creation: 1 Jul 1941-26 Apr 1945

Extent

1 item

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/16, folder 3, fols. 3-93

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