Box 606766769
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Contains 179 Results:
Letter from Goldie to Scarbrough on the registration of land in Southern Nigeria, 28 Oct 1903
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 94, fols. 568-569
Letter from Kirk to Scarbrough, 29 Oct 1903
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 94, fols. 570-573
About:
Colonial Office discussions over breaking up the Company and Association monopoly of trade
mining royalties and the contrast between Company optimism and Colonial Office (CO) pessimism over tin and Nigerian development
a paper by Lugard to be 'censored severely' by the CO and French and German references 'expunged' [the Royal Geographical Society Paper?, see MSS....
Extents: 4 Leaves
Dates:
29 Oct 1903
Extracts copied from correspondence between the London Office and Watts, 15 Oct-12 Nov 1903
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 94, fols. 574-579
Including:
(fol. 576) notes from O.J. Jones, Jebba
(fols. 577-578) the Yola Resident.
Matters include:
(fols. 574-575) the 'mystery' of McIvers of Lagos being in a position to supply government building requirements, and to do so more cheaply; government...
Extents: 6 Leaves
Dates:
15 Oct-12 Nov 1903
Letter from Rand to Scarbrough on the registration of Company land at Atani and Onitsha, 5 Nov 1903
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 94, fols. 580-581
Signed copy of a letter from Rand to the Under-S/S Col. on empowering the High Commissioner to pay the Company its share of mining royalties, 16 Nov 1903
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 94, fol. 582
Extracts copied from four of Watts's Company letters, 20-23 Nov 1903
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 94, fols. 583-586
Concerning:
(fols. 583-585) duties on ivory, salt, and rubber; their effect and that of rubber-collection licences on the trade
(fol. 584) the general difficulties facing of Nigerian trade
(fol. 585) the use of Maria-Theresa dollars, and German investment in them
(fols. 585-586) competition with McIvers for government orders, and ways to combat...
Extents: 4 Leaves
Dates:
20-23 Nov 1903
Manuscript draft letter from Scarbrough to the Under-S/S Col, 24 Nov 1903
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 94, fol. 587
About titles to Company land in Southern Nigeria, referring the disputed areas of Atani and Onitsha to further discussion between S/S Col. and Goldie.
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
24 Nov 1903
Extracts copied from four of Watts's Company letters, including extracts from agents and administrators' correspondence, 27 Nov-13 Dec 1903
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 94, fols. 588-596
Matters include:
competition from new firms
the Kalabari traders at Oguta
improvements in Gregiani
punishment for irregularity in salt tax collection
formal protests lodged over ivory duty and capitation fees
the possibilities of shipping tin down the Gongola River raised by Lieut. Moran's report [fols. 535-538]
...
Extents: 9 Leaves
Dates:
27 Nov-13 Dec 1903
Letter from George Miller to Alexander Miller, 16 Dec 1903
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 94, fols. 597-601
Enclosing (fols. 599-601) a signed copy of a letter the former has written to the Liverpool Miller Bros. reporting his conversation with [Charles Herbert Harley] Moseley, acting for Sir William McGregor in Lagos about railway development and the purchase of convenient sites; and the Steamship Co.'s competition.
Extents: 5 Leaves
Dates:
16 Dec 1903
Copy of letter from Antrobus for S/S Col. to Scarbrough about the payment of mining royalties and the wages question, 23 Dec 1903
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 94, fol. 602
Bearing notes of dates and topic in Scarbrough's hand.
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
23 Dec 1903
Manuscript draft letter from Scarbrough [to Lugard] about the 15% tax on imported ivory and the danger of extinguishing the diminishing trade, n.d.
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 94, fol. 603
Correspondence about instituting the Niger Medal, and to whom to award it, 5 Jun 1899-6 Jun 1900
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 94, fols. 17-44
Between:
R.L. Antrobus, Lord Selborne, and Sir Ralph Moor of the Colonial Office
Sir Evelyn Wood and George Wyndham of the War Office
Sir George Goldie and Scarbrough of the Company.
Extents: 28 Leaves
Dates:
5 Jun 1899-6 Jun 1900
Comparative statement initialled by J.E.T[rigge] of 'produce purchased throughout Nigeria', 1900-1902, 21 May 1903
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 94, fols. 45-46
Letter from Antrobus to the Company Secretary asking whether the Niger Company badge and motto are available for transfer to the new administration of Northern Nigeria, 1 Mar 1900
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 94, fol. 47
Copy of letter from Sir Ralph Moor, High Commissioner for Southern Nigeria, to S/S Col. concerning the location of Land Agreements registered for the Chartered Company, 13 Mar 1900
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 94, fols. 48-50
To be enclosed with fols. 56-57; see also fols. 60-61, 93-98, 154-159, 163, 171, 173, 378-379, 561, and 587.
Extents: 3 Leaves
Dates:
13 Mar 1900
Copies of two private letters from Alexander Miller to Agent General Walter Watts, alerting him to the Company's plans for obtaining and exploiting mineral concessions, 18 Apr 1900
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 94, fols. 51-55
First letter endorsed with a note of 1910 by Scarbrough [see also MSS. Afr. s. 98, fols. 129-135].
Extents: 5 Leaves
Dates:
18 Apr 1900
Copy of letter from Antrobus for S/S Col, to Henry Morley, Niger Co. Secretary, about registered Land Agreements, 13 Jun 1900
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 94, fols. 56-57
Originally to enclose fols. 48-50.
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
13 Jun 1900
Letter from Sir John Kirk to Miller commenting on his memorandum to Lord Hillingdon and pointing out the futility of trying to prevent public carrying on the Niger, 9 Jul 1900
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 94, fols. 58-59
Signed copy of letter from Morley to Under-S/S Col. conveying Goldie's observations on the problems raised about the registration of Land Agreements, 17 Aug 1900
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 94, fols. 60-61
Copy of a letter from T.V. Lister of the Foreign Office to the President of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, 2 Feb 1892
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 94, fols. 1-4
Defining the boundaries of the Oil Rivers and Niger Protectorates, and the extent of the Royal Niger Company's jurisdiction, to encourage commercial activity in the region.
Extents: 4 Leaves
Dates:
2 Feb 1892