Minerals and Mining, 1943-1958

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Comprises:

(fols. 1-4) Fabian Colonial Bureau memorandum on 'Mining in the Colonies, supplementary information, and Income Tax in the Colonies', Apr 1943
(fols. 5-17) despatch from Creech Jones with attached memorandum and draft on 'Colonial Mining Policy', with notes by Creech Jones, 17 Oct 1946
(fols. 18-22) despatch about the Colonial Oil Mining Regulations, referring back to MacDonald's despatch of 24 Nov 1938, 4 Dec 1947
(item 1) Colonial Primary Products Committee Metals and Mining Panel Report, Col. No. 247, 1949
(fols. 23-24) brief from the Ministry of Supply on development of Aluminium Production within the Commonwealth, n.d.
(fols. 25-26) Colonial Office Information Department statement on 'Oil from the sea off Bornea: Orders in Council Governing Extension of Boundaries', 29 Jun 1954
(fol. 27) Hansard, oral answers to Questions in the House on geological surveys in Sierra Leone, 8 May 1957
(fols. 28-30) Corona, article on 'Oil in Nigeria', Sep 1958
(fols. 31-33) list headed 'Example of Colonial Mineral Royalties', n.d.
(fol. 34) The Times, article on 'Tin Price Control, Proposal for the World Council', n.d.
(fols. 35-43) notes on 'Raw materials and War' and 'Natal and the goldfields of the Rand', n.d.
(fol. 44) typescript headed 'Income Tax in the Colonies' in the form of questions and answers, with a manuscript note at the top, 'I put 4 questions to Sir Alan Pim - here are his replies', n.d.
(fol. 45) memo about an advance copy of a report, n.d.
(item 2) Trinidad Oil Company Proposed Purchase by the Texas Oil Company. Cmnd. 9790, Jun 1956
(item 3) typed notes on 'The Trinidad Oil Company Sale', 18-19 Jun 1956.