Correspondence with Frank Beswick, MP, 13 Jan 1953-13 Dec 1954
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/20 (1), folder 2, fols. 20-82
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Correspondence with Frank Beswick, MP, Chairman of the Co-operative Party Parliamentary Group, concerning the following territories and topics:
Tanganyika (mainland Tanzania):
- Moshi Native Coffee Board and the Tanganyika Coffee Curing Company: fols. 20, 23, 36v, 38-41
- cashew nut industry: fol. 36.
Uganda:
- co-operative development, training schools, and the registration of co-operative societies: fols. 21-22, 24, 30, 59-60, 66, 72
- loans by the Uganda Credit & Savings Bank to co-operative organisations, with a letter from Lyttelton: fols. 21-22, 26-27, 29, 34, 53
- coffee industry, with a letter from Lyttelton: fols. 29-30, 40-41, 43-45
- Co-operative Development Council: fol. 77.
Sarawak:
- co-operative development: fol. 23.
Northern Rhodesia (Zambia):
- African Farming Improvement Fund: fol. 24
- co-operative development and Training School: fols. 24, 30-32.
Hong Kong:
- fish marketing organisation: fols. 25, 28, 42, 46-47, 53
- co-operative development: fol. 25.
Gilbert and Ellice Islands (Kiribati and Tuvalu):
- Government Trade Scheme for marketing copra: fols. 25, 28, 42.
West Africa:
- co-operative development: fols. 34, 55.
Colonies, general:
- Stabilisation Fund: fols. 35, 39-40
- Rural Industrial Development Authority: fol. 48
- pamphlet by Marjorie Nicholson, 'Co-operation in the Colonies': fols. 55, 69v
- achievements of the co-operative movement: fol. 79.
Gold Coast (Ghana):
- Cocoa Marketing Board: fols. 36, 62-63, 67, 69-71, 73-74
- co-operative marketing societies: fols. 37, 62-63, 67, 73-74
- problems of co-operatives and Nkrumah's policy in this connection (in 1954): fol. 74
- enquiry into the affairs of the Co-operative Wholesale Establishment: fol. 76.
Kenya:
- stabilisation funds: fol. 38
- Kenya Native Co-operative Union: fols. 38-41
- Kenya Government loan to coffee co-operatives: fols. 48-50, 53, 68
- African education: fol. 68.
Singapore and Malaya (Malaysia):
- report on fisheries 1952, and fishing co-operatives: fol. 47, 51-52, 58, 61
- co-operative development of tractor cultivation: fols. 48-49
- co-operatives for rubber smallholders: fol. 54
- reluctance of Chinese to join co-operative organisations: fol. 61
- liquidation of labourers' co-operative credit societies: fols. 79-82.
Ceylon (Sri Lanka):
- co-operative development of tractor cultivation with the assistance of a United Nations team: fols. 48-49, 54.
Nigeria:
- co-operative developments in the Western Region: fols. 56-57
- inauguration of the Regional Co-operative Bank of Eastern Nigeria: fol. 75.
South Pacific area:
- report of the second South Pacific Conference, with particular reference to co-operative societies: fol. 58.
Sudan:
- co-operative developments, and staff problems reported by the Gezira Board: fol. 58.
Sierra Leone:
- loans to co-operative societies for the purchase of lorries: fols. 64-65
- banana industry: fol. 64
- co-operative development: fol. 66.
Nyasaland (Malawi):
- recommendations of the Abrahams Report concerning the acquisition of land: fol. 68.
East Africa:
- Co-operative Training School: fols. 69v, 70-72.
Dates
- Creation: 13 Jan 1953-13 Dec 1954
Extent
1 item
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/20 (1), folder 2, fols. 20-82
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