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Lord Francis Scott papers: Sections I-J; and records of Deloraine Estate, 1929-1950

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Shelfmark: Micr. Afr. 578, reel 13

Section I: Rail Advisory Council, continued.

File No. VII, 1929-1940 (mainly 1938-1940) (14 items): Financial Statements. Includes:

  1. financial results of working
  2. draft estimates of revenue and expenditure
  3. valuation of investments
  4. loan proposals
  5. memoranda
  6. financial policy of the Kenya and Uganda Railways and Harbours
  7. scales of salary and overhead expenditure
  8. sheets containing Railways and Harbours revenue accounts (Railways and Harbours are treated separately here).

File No. VIII, 1937-1940 (nine items): Miscellaneous. Includes:

  1. memoranda for the Council
  2. sheets dealing with proposed construction of a branch line to Donyo Sabuk (the first sheet is missing)
  3. the Coffee Board of Kenya - analysis of returns to questionnaire of May 1933
  4. resolutions dealing with inter-colonial cooperation (passed during a conference).

Section J: Railway and Road Matters.

File No. I, 1933-1935 (five items). Includes:

  1. memoranda on the railway position, on the elimination of certain salary anomalies, and on scales of salaries and overhead expenditure
  2. report of the Departmental Committee to the Hon. General Manager, Kenya and Uganda Railways and Harbours on the Scale of Salary and overhead expenditure.

File No. II, 1930-1931 (three items): Ton Mile Statistics. Includes:

  1. correspondence
  2. information on Ton Mile Statistics submitted to the Railway Council for consideration
  3. memorandum on Ton Mile Statistics.

File No. III, 1927-1941 (27 items): Freight on Sand. Includes:

  1. correspondence particularly on the freight on Kima sand; more official correspondence is found on the extension of lines and freight charges
  2. argument about the question of repayment to the Imperial Treasury of the original grants; £5,502,592 made under the Uganda Railway Acts
  3. petition by North-western Trans Nzoia Farmers to the Acting Governor
  4. personal correspondence
  5. minutes of the meeting of Branch Railways Committee held on Wednesday, 19 Dec 1923 in Nairobi.

File No. IV, 1927-1941 (36 items): Miscellaneous. Includes:

  1. correspondence on proposed branch line extensions
  2. Explanatory notes
  3. surveys of proposed branch lines
  4. resolution by the Branch Line Committee on proposed branch lines
  5. reports, including the annual report for the railways and a report on rates and fares
  6. Ton Mile Haulage costs
  7. memoranda on railway rates; General Manager's memorandum on railways, motor, marine and harbour services; and a memorandum on the war effort
  8. rate alterations
  9. financial arrangements between the Colony and the Railway Administration
  10. Renewals and Betterment Programme, 1940.

File No. V, 1922-1931 (42 items): Maize Traffic and Railway Rates. Includes:

  1. correspondence
  2. memoranda on maize traffic and railway rates on sugar and cotton seed
  3. extract from a Report of Economic and Financial Committee, 1922
  4. summary of extracts from the working expenses for 1930
  5. resolutions
  6. confirmation of the minutes of the 24th meeting of the Railway Advisory Council, held at Entebbe on Monday, 15 Dec 1930
  7. notes on the Governor's speech at the opening of the Legislative Council (2 Jun 1931); letters and interviews and recommendations
  8. statements of commodities received at the coast
  9. tables of freight and freight charges for the years 1924-1931.

File No. VI, 1928-1939 (78 items): Estimates. Includes:

  1. revenue and expenditure statistics
  2. statements of commodities received at the coast
  3. comparison of estimated and actual results
  4. goods traffic statistics
  5. railways and harbours working results
  6. detailed schedule of authorised savings
  7. estimate of budget prospects
  8. correspondence
  9. summary of Estimates for attention of the Railway Advisory Council
  10. memoranda to the Railway Advisory Council on estimates
  11. harbours monthly revenue accounts
  12. railways monthly revenue accounts
  13. rate alterations and summaries.

File No. VII, 1929-1938 (149 items): Inter-Colonial Railway Council. Monthly revenue accounts. Includes:

  1. monthly revenue accounts for the railways
  2. monthly harbours revenue accounts
  3. approximate traffic returns (weekly) for the railways, including branch lines and marine and motor services.

File No. VIII, 1929-1932 (ten items): Matters connected with the Road versus Railway Bill. Includes:

  1. memoranda for the Railway Advisory Council: the report of the Road Motor Competition Commission of 1929 - South Africa; statement showing traffic diversion resulting from road competition; and Resolution by the Railway Advisory Council of 1929 on Road Competition
  2. correspondence on road - rail transport competition; Motor Transport Control Bill
  3. suggested amendments by the Select Committee to the Motor Transport Control Bill
  4. notes on road versus rail competition
  5. newspaper extracts on the question of road versus rail competition.

File No. IX, 1932-1941 (17 items): Roads. Includes:

  1. minutes of meetings of the Central Roads and Traffic Board
  2. agenda for meeting of the Central Roads and Traffic Board
  3. roads classification
  4. correspondence in the form of circulars to all members of the Central Roads and Traffic Board
  5. reports of the Committee of the Central Roads and Traffic Board and Sessional Paper No. 3, 1938, containing the Central Roads and Traffic Report on Programme of Road Improvement
  6. road schedules
  7. agreement for leasing of the ferries at Mtongwe and Likoni - Mombasa.

File No. X, 1929-1950 (43 items): Traffic. Includes:

  1. agenda for meetings of the Central Roads and Traffic Board
  2. minutes of meetings of the Central Roads and Traffic Board
  3. reports of the Sub-Committee of the Central Roads and Traffic Board
  4. report of the Committee of the Central Roads and Traffic Board
  5. draft schedules of road works
  6. loan programmes for roads
  7. road grants to districts and municipalities
  8. memoranda on report of the Sub-Committee of Central Roads and Traffic Board; maintenance of district roads, and on Public Works Department Road Policy
  9. précis and other statements for attention of the Board
  10. enquiry into road expenditure
  11. correspondence
  12. maps.

File No. XI, 1923-1940 (29 items): Central Roads and Traffic Board. Includes:

  1. copies of a bill to amend the Traffic Ordinance of 1928 - Kenya
  2. agenda for meetings of the Central Roads and Traffic Board
  3. minutes of meetings of the Board
  4. memoranda on Traffic Amendment Bill of 1934; by the Director of Public Works; and on loans for road purposes
  5. report by a Senior Executive Engineer
  6. analysis of road expenditure
  7. précis and other statements for attention of the Central Roads and Traffic Board
  8. road maintenance strategy
  9. correspondence.

Records of Deloraine Estate: Note that only a portion of the full records were filmed, these are as follows (numbering is as per original, full catalogue):

General Farm records, diaries, and notebooks:

  1. (item 1) farm desk diary, 1929
  2. (item 2) farm desk diary, 1938.

Other Farm Records:

  1. (item 64) Ayrshire Cattle Breeders' Society of Kenya, minutes, 1937-1939
  2. (item 65) Stock Owners' Association circulars and minutes, 1937-1941.

Dates

  • Creation: 1929-1950

Extent

1 item

Language of Materials

  • English

Conditions Governing Access

This item is available on the open shelves at the Weston Library.

Shelfmark

Micr. Afr. 578, reel 13

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