Marine and Engineering Department, Aug 1907-Apr 1910
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 91, fols. 425-570
Held at the Weston Library
Comprises:
- (fols. 425-428) signed copy of a letter from Scarbrough to Girouard, High Commissioner for Northern Nigeria, about the Company's bases for their river project rates, 23 Aug 1907
- (fols. 429-432) letter from H.E. Ratsey to Scarbrough, expressing a preference for propeller over paddle-wheel propulsion for the 'Motor Canoe', 28 Aug 1907
- (fols. 433-434) printed Public Notices of freight and passenger rates issued by the Company at Burutu, 1 Sep 1907
- (fol. 435) note from Ratsey on relative costs for the 'Scarbrough' and 'Liberty' steamers, 12 Sep 1907
- (fol. 436) copy of a note by Alexander Miller on the impossibility of sparing men from the commercial side to attend to the transport up from the coast, 11 Oct 1907
- (fols. 437-451) signed copies of three Reports on the Marine and Engineering Department (Nos 5 and 7, and the Report for 1907), and three letters from Ratsey to Scarbrough: concerned with the condition of the Company's flotilla, 16 Oct 1907-6 Jul 1908
- (fols. 452-461) copy of a letter from Livingston Gunn, of the Produce Department at Assay, to the London office describing measures taken to increase purchases of produce, and requirements needed to handle this increase in view of shortages of suitable vessels for transport and storage, and of labour, 10 Jan 1908
- (fols. 462-463) letter from Ratsey to Scarbrough on estimates for 300-tonne stern-wheelers, 15 Feb 1908
- (fols. 464-465) letter from Alexander Miller to Scarbrough, agreeing with Ratsey's views above; his doubts about Holt's capacity for carrying; the difficulty of getting a realistic basis for estimating the government freight costs, and Girouard's inability to overcome the transport hazards of 'natural laws... climate [and] the results of original sin and vice', 17 Feb 1908
- (fols. 466-471) two Departmental Reports (Nos. 8 and 9) and a letter from Ratsey to Scarbrough about the condition of the Company's flotilla; new boats being built; the loss of two government boats and the Company's inability to hire any out, 26 Feb-18 Mar 1908
- (fols. 472-477) letter and list of steamers from Watts, Burutu, to Scarbrough on the state of the light draft flotilla, and the need for repairs, replacements, and adequate engineering staff to cope with the demands of increased produce tonnage, 23 Apr 1908
- (fol. 478) note from Ratsey on the tonnage carried on the river for 1905-1906, 24 Apr 1908
- (fols. 479-481) signed copy of the Departmental Report (No. 11) from Ratsey, including comments on Watts's criticisms, 20 May 1908
- (fols. 482-483) letter from Watts to Scarbrough about the flotilla, 29 Jun 1908
- (fols. 484-526) four letters and copies of eight Departmental Reports (Nos. 14, 16-21, and Annual Report for 1908) from H.E. Ratsey to Scarbrough about the shipping, repairs, numbers of river journeys completed, staffing, and extensions to wharves and accommodation, 14 Jul 1908-27 Apr 1909
- (fols. 527-539) signed copies of four Departmental Reports (Nos. 22 and 25, and two unnumbered ones), compiled by A.A. Ratsey, during his brother's absence in Nigeria, about shipping and staff, 20 May-21 Oct 1909
- (fols. 540-541) extract copied from Watts's letter to the Company, with a list of vessels under repair, stressing the need for extended berthing facilities, 28 Oct 1909
- (fols. 542-543) signed copy of the Departmental Report (No. 26) from A.A. Ratsey about new craft, and cargoes, 18 Nov 1909
- (fols. 544-555) signed copy of H.E. Ratsey's 'Nigerian Report' to the Directors, with recommendations for improving conditions for shipping, transport, and staff, 24 Nov 1909
- (fols. 556-557) notes by Ratsey of expenditure on vessels and new buildings in 1909, 24 May, 29 Jun 1910
- (fols. 558-570) signed copies of four Departmental Reports (Nos. 27-30), first and last from H.E. Ratsey, those of Feb and Mar from A.A. Ratsey: they all concern shipping, staff, and building extensions, 19 Jan-22 Apr 1910.
Continued at fols. 702-733.
Dates
- Creation: Aug 1907-Apr 1910
Extent
146 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Afr. s. 91, fols. 425-570
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
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specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk