Box 606766646
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Contains 43 Results:
Papers dealing with the need for administrative decentralisation, etc., in Nigeria, as well as with the proposed federation of the British Colonies in the Caribbean, 1907-1947
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 276 Lethem 17
Oliver Stanley's reply Lethem's note on Caribbean Federation, 30 Jan 1945
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 276 Lethem 17, folder 7, fol. 14
Letter from Oliver Stanley to Lethem asking his permission to publish his views on the Federation as a statement of government policy, 14 Mar 1945
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 276 Lethem 17, folder 7, fols. 15-17
'Future of British Guiana - a personal counsel written with knowledge of local feeling but without specific consultation of opinion', as given S/S Creech Jones (five copies), Jun 1947
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 276 Lethem 17, folder 7, fols. 18-53
Letter from L.F.M. Baddeley to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, bringing to his notice the complaints made by the Lieutenant-Governor of the Northern Provinces that decentralisation was not going far enough, and stating his own view that the Lieutenant-Governor's suggestions would only result in further centralisation in the Lieutenant-Governor's hands, rather than those of the Governor, 13 Feb 1930
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 276 Lethem 17, folder 2, fols. 90-93
Four copies of memorandum and letters, 12 Dec 1929
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 276 Lethem 17, folder 2, fols. 94-177
Four copies each of:
Baddeley's letter
memorandum from Lethem to the Chief Secretary to the Government
letter from the Secretary of the Northern Provinces to the Chief Secretary to the Government, giving information on Estimates of Central Departments operating in the Northern Provinces, 23 Nov 1929
memorandum by the Treasurer
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Extents: 84 Leaves
Dates:
12 Dec 1929
Extract from Gazette No. 64 on the Interpretation Ordinance, Delegation of Powers, 12 Dec 1929
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 276 Lethem 17, folder 2, fol. 178
Two copies of a Memorandum on Decentralisation, unsigned, n.d.
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 276 Lethem 17, folder 2, fols. 179-190
Draft of a circular to be sent by Lethem to all Residents in the Northern Provinces on the financial situation, together with a note submitting it for C.W. Alexander's approval, the latter's comments, and those of J.H.C., 17 Aug 1931
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 276 Lethem 17, folder 3, fols. 1-6
Extra copy of the draft for the Secretary of the Northern Provinces, n.d.
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 276 Lethem 17, folder 3, fols. 7-9
Second draft of the circular, n.d.
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 276 Lethem 17, folder 3, fols. 10-13
Five copies of the final version of the circular, 2 Jan 1932
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 276 Lethem 17, folder 3, fols. 14-26
Note from the Residency, Kano (signature illegible), referring to the omission of the 'new Letter' from Lethem's last letter, 8 Apr 1932
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 276 Lethem 17, folder 3, fol. 27
Letter from H.F. Backwell to Lethem on the same subject, 8 Apr 1932
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 276 Lethem 17, folder 3, fols. 28-29
Draft of a circular letter from Lethem to Residents on a change in administration, May 1932
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 276 Lethem 17, folder 3, fols. 30-35
Despatch from the High Commissioner to the Secretary of State to the Colonies on the political significance of the Transport Policy for Northern Nigeria, 10 May 1907
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 276 Lethem 17, folder 5, fols. 1-10
Extents: 10 Leaves
Dates:
10 May 1907
Archive of Sir Gordon James Lethem
Papers dealing with the need for administrative decentralisation, etc., in Nigeria, as well as with the proposed federation of the British Colonies in the Caribbean
Despatch on Transport Policy in Northern Nigeria and a letter from Tomlinson about the French/British boundary at Keraua
Letter from Tomlinson to Lethem with a draft despatch about the boundary between French and British territory at Keraua, 9 Sep 1921
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 276 Lethem 17, folder 5, fols. 11-18
Extents: 8 Leaves
Dates:
9 Sep 1921
Archive of Sir Gordon James Lethem
Papers dealing with the need for administrative decentralisation, etc., in Nigeria, as well as with the proposed federation of the British Colonies in the Caribbean
Despatch on Transport Policy in Northern Nigeria and a letter from Tomlinson about the French/British boundary at Keraua
Memorandum from the Lieutenant-Governor of the Northern Provinces, through the Secretary, to Residents of all the Provinces covering extracts from recent correspondence on decentralisation in administration (11178/46), 8 Apr 1930
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 276 Lethem 17, folder 1, fol. 1
Extract from the report by the Hon W.G.A. Ormsby-Gore on his visit to West Africa, 1926
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 276 Lethem 17, folder 1, fols. 2-4
Notes on the discussion at Government House, 26 Sep 1929
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 276 Lethem 17, folder 1, fols. 5-6