Ninghi Company Affairs, 1911-1914

Item

Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 88, fols. 637-657

Held at the Weston Library

Comprises:

(fols. 638-645) Four letters from Trigge to Scarbrough (in England and France), 30 Dec 1911; 4 Jan-27 Mar 1912:

(fols. 638-639) about paying off Glynn's loan and further arrangements to borrow; 'disquieting' news about Ninghi (Ningi), and [James] Gardiner makes this a reason for buying Forums cheaply
(fols. 640-641) the Stock Exchange 'gossip' that the government may buy out, for stock, the Company's Royalties rights; shareholders' agitation dying down; Mr Young of the [Northern Nigeria] Trust endeavouring to persuade the Company of its moral obligation to meet the Trust over Forum Areas, because of the Ninghi (Ningi) 'disappointment'
(fols. 642-643) money received for Forums, and the Company 'before the public'; Gel Lode Company 'in a terrible mess', and Niger Co. hopes for settlement as solicitor advises against going to law over Curly Creek; trouble with Bank of Nigeria Ltd.; other mining news implies dilatoriness on the part of Company mining representatives in Northern Nigeria; the produce market is improving slightly
(fols. 644-645) about the Curly Creek settlement [see MSS. Afr. s. 89, fols. 130-248].

Further:

(fols. 646-647) letter from Edgar to Scarbrough, agreeing with Goldie's views on the wastefulness of the London managers stemming from 'predominance at any cost', and extending the criticisms to agents; groundnut purchases a case in point; a meeting with Cotterell and Gardiner about the Ninghi Co.'s poor prospects; Trigge instructed to follow Company policy on mining matters, as his handling has proved 'unsatisfactory'; Ashley Cooper has reached Kano, 5 Dec 1913
(fol. 648) manuscript initialled draft letter from Scarbrough to Cotterell about discussions over the Ninghi Co.'s debts being best held with its originator, the Northern Nigeria Trust Co., 24 Dec 1913
(fol. 649) letter from Cotterell to Scarbrough, explaining that Gardiner acted as the Trust's representative, 29 Dec 1913
(fols. 650-651) copy of a memorandum of a meeting between Trigge, Gardiner, and W.H.S[tentifurd], drawn up by the latter to record points of agreements between the Niger and Ninghi companies, 17 Apr 1914
(fols. 652-653) letter from William H. S[tentifurd?] of the Ninghi (Nigeria) Tin Co. Ltd., to its Chairman, Cotterell, of the African Association, hoping that Scarbrough is aware of the Trust's efforts to solve the 'Ninghi deadlock', 11 May 1914
(fols. 654-655) letter from Cotterell to Scarbrough [enclosing fols. 650-651?] to ascertain the Niger Company's attitude towards Ninghi (Ningi), 12 May 1914
(fols. 656-657) unsigned copy of a letter from Scarbrough [on 'Sandbeck' paper] to Cotterell informing him that the Board has not considered proposals for saving Ninghi (Ningi), but in any event any capital must come from the Trust, 14 May 1914.