Correspondence about Timber Products, 1947-1949

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Comprises:

(fols. 1-5) correspondence between Case and Greenidge, mainly about resin from wallaba gum, with related correspondence between Greenidge and M. Hamburger and Sons, Importers, about its use in the manufacture of spirit varnishes; also about minerals and bag-making materials in British Guiana (Guyana), 21 Jun-4 Jul 1947
(fols. 6-30) correspondence between Greenidge and Fernand T. Farfan, Chairman and Managing Director of Trinidad Industries, Ltd., about capital for Farfan's timber business and the possibility of help from the Government or from Barclays Overseas Department; also about floating a company to develop, inter alia, a cocoa-processing scheme, with related enclosures, including a memorandum by Chambers. There are references to the Report of the Trinidad Development Committee, and to negotiations with the Trinidad Government; the Colonial Development Corporation; the Caribbean Commission; Colonel Penn; the Balsa Wood Company Ltd. (see also fols. 33-52); and Joseph Rank Ltd. The possibility of recovering profits made by the British Government on West Indian cocoa is also discussed, 20 Feb 1947-Jun 1947
(fols. 31-32) letters from and on behalf of Stuart Mallinson of Wm. Mallinson and Sons, Ltd., a hardwood and veneers firm, seeking to arrange a meeting with Greenidge, 16 Apr 1948
(fols. 33-52) correspondence between E.H. Brindley of the Balsa Wood Company Ltd.; A.S. Lamb, Conservator of Forests, British Honduras (Belize); and Greenidge about obtaining balsawood supplies from British Honduras (Belize), with related enclosures, including a memorandum, estimates, notes, and correspondence between Greenidge and Farfan (see also fols. 5-30), 17 Aug-5 Nov 1948
(fols. 53-59) correspondence between Greenidge, Alexander Yelin of Brussels, and Evan Wong of Georgetown about a Wallaba Pulp project; the possibility of legal action against the British Guiana (Guyana) Government over Wong's access to forests in the Bartica triangle; questions in the Legislative Council about Colonial Development Corporation schemes in that area; past cases successfully brought by Wong; a possible interview with Listowel; the effects of sterling devaluation; and paper-making machinery, 3 Sep-15 Oct 1949.