Volume 9: Amalgamation of the Niger Company with the African Association, the Company of African Merchants, and Miller Brothers (Liverpool) Ltd., 29 Jan 1914-20 Jun 1919

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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 93

Held at the Weston Library

Volume containing correspondence between company directors and solicitors; copies and draft of memoranda; copies of Minutes and Resolutions of various companies' meetings; draft and printed agreements, all concerning:

the proposed amalgamation of Nigerian businesses and assets
the working of the Pooling Agreement of 1909, until its cancellation in Jun 1919.

The following people are chiefly concerned:

Lord Scarbrough, Clifford B. Edgar, Joseph E. Trigge, and (occasionally) Sir George Goldie, for the Niger Company
Harry Cotterell of the African Association
George A. Moore of the Company of African Merchants
Robert and George Miller of Miller Brothers Ltd.

Proofs of draft agreements and revisions:

(fols. 154-158; 161-166) 'Transfer of Nigerian Business', 8 and 16 Dec 1915
(fols. 206-210, 219-224) 'Nigerian Business', 14 Feb, 20 Mar 1916
(fols. 262-280, 294-313, 317-338) 'Amalgamation of Nigerian Businesses and Assets', 8 and 21 Jul 1916; 3 Aug 1916.