Box 606767576
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Contains 77 Results:
Parliamentary Question by Creech Jones about royalties on tin mines in Northern Nigeria and the wage rates of Africans in forced labour, 21 Oct 1942
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/56, folder 1, fol. 1
Papers clipped together, relating to correspondence between the FCB and the Colonial Office, 1942-1949
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/56, folder 1, fols. 2-18
Includes:
(fols. 2-5) 'Mining in the British African Colonies': memorandum by W. Arthur Lewis, 31 Oct 1942
(fol. 6) 'Mineral Concessions in the Colonies': note by Creech Jones, n.d.
(fols. 7-9) 'Mining in the Colonies - supplementary information': FCB memorandum, Apr 1943
(fols. 10-11) oral replies to Questions by Creech Jones about (1) the price of tin,...
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
1942-1949
Cutting from East African Standard about the Mpanda Lead Mine, Tanganyika (mainland Tanzania), 16 Apr 1943
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/56, folder 1, fol. 19
Tin, monthly bulletin of the Tin Producers' Association, with article about labour on the Nigerian Tin Fields, Jul 1942
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/56, folder 2, item 3
Summary of address by W.A. Lewis to the Conference on Mineral Resources and the Atlantic Charter, on problems of mining finance: East Africa & Rhodesia, p. 807, 13 Aug 1942
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/56, folder 2, fol. 12
Pages from West Africa, 15 Aug, 17 Oct 1942
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/56, folder 2, fols. 13-14
Pages from West Africa, about (1) compulsory labour and finance in West Africa, and (2) the future of Nigerian tin mining.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
15 Aug, 17 Oct 1942
Parliamentary Question by Creech Jones, and Written Answer, about amounts paid out of Nigerian revenues to the Nigerian Properties Ltd., 14 Oct 1942
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/56, folder 2, fol. 15
'Mining in the British African Colonies': memorandum by W.A. Lewis, 31 Oct 1942
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/56, folder 2, fols. 16-18
Page from Hansard, about International Tin Control, 18 Nov 1942
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/56, folder 2, fol. 19
Manuscript notes about gold mines in Kenya, n.d.
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/56, folder 2, fols. 20-38
Also contains excerpts from an article by C. Stansfield Hitchen, Government Geologist, Kenya, and the Pim Report 1936.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
n.d.
Excerpt from Hansard (two copies), 19 Jan 1943
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/56, folder 2, fols. 39-40
Contains Parliamentary Question by Lord Faringdon, and Reply by the Duke of Devonshire, U-S/S Col., about the grant of mining concessions in Africa, West Indies and other parts of the Colonial Empire, and principles regarding taxation, royalties, and welfare funds.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
19 Jan 1943
Letter from Oliver Stanley, S/S Col., to Creech Jones about a grant made to the Nchanga Consolidated Copper Mines Limited, and conditions of African workers there, 17 Jun 1943
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/56, folder 1, fols. 20-21
Parliamentary Question by R. Sorensen about complaints by 'peasants' in the gold-mining area of Ilesha, Nigeria, 23 Feb-10 May 1944
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/56, folder 1, fols. 22-23
Parliamentary Question by R. Sorensen about complaints by 'peasants' in the gold-mining area of Ilesha, Nigeria, regarding non-payment of compensation for defacement of land, and a letter in reply from Stanley.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
23 Feb-10 May 1944
Letter (and copy) from Stanley to Creech Jones about the Nigerian Minerals Ordinance, 25 Apr 1945
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/56, folder 1, fols. 24-25
Extract from the Minerals Ordinance, Nigeria, Chapter 93, and Memorandum on Mines and Minerals in Nigeria by O. Oged. Macauley, n.d.
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/56, folder 1, fols. 26-31
Report of Metals and Minerals Panel, Colonial Primary Products Committee: Colonial No. 247, 1949
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/56, folder 1, item 2
Sheet of cuttings from the Financial Times, about mineral rights of the British South Africa Company, 10 Aug 1949
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/56, folder 1, fol. 32
Letter from C.W.W. Greenidge to Marjorie Nicholson about oil rights in Barbados and Trinidad, 24 Nov 1953
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/56, folder 1, fol. 33
Mines and Quarries Bill, Nov 1953
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/56, folder 1, item 3
Papers clipped together with a covering note in Creech Jones's hand, 27 Mar 1957-Mar 1960
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/56, folder 1, fols. 34-60
Content includes:
(fol. 35) cutting from The Times with letter from Gerard Clauson about the International Tin Scheme and a long-term policy for mining in the colonies, 27 Mar 1957
(fols. 36-40) two letters from Jock (Sir John) Macpherson U-S/S Col., to Creech Jones about treaties and agreements with the British South Africa Company and their mineral rights in...
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
27 Mar 1957-Mar 1960