Africa, Southern: Bechuanaland (Botswana), 1888-1962

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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 412/15

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Contains:

folder 1 (fols. 1-47) 'Places - Bechuanaland': Inter-office notes, geologists' memoranda, press, and journal cuttings: on mineral deposits and other development prospects; and on Seretse Khama's exile (contains a handlist of its contents), 1941; 1946; 1950-1952; 1954-1958; and 1960-1962
folder 2 (fols. 1-54 and 2 items) Tati Concession: Inter-office memoranda and Exploration Department reports to the Johannesburg office on the work carried out on the Concession under the prospecting agreement with the Tati Company, 1955-1956
folder 3 (fols. 1-48) Tati Concession: Inter-office memoranda and Exploration Department reports to the Johannesburg office on the work carried out on the Concession under the prospecting agreement with the Tati Company, 1957-1958.

In addition, there are four unfoliated bound items:

(item 1) 'Concessions Etc. Bechuanaland Protectorate'; bound typescript volume divided by subject matter and with associated maps and sketch maps, giving the texts of early concessions and the agreements whereby these came to the British South Africa Company; with brief notes on subsequent developments and detailed references to the effect of the Protectorate's Mines and Minerals Proclamation (1932), 1888-1937 [see also MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 412/16]
(item 2) The Mining Rules and Regulations of the Tati Company Ltd., 24 Jan 1916
(item 3) Annual Report of the Tati Co. Ltd., Nov 1954
(item 4) Annual Report of the Protectorate Geological Survey Department, Dec 1954.

Dates

3 folders

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 412/15

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