Box 606766772
Container
Contains 173 Results:
Volume 13: Miscellaneous papers, 1907-1911
File
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 97
Extents: 1 volume
Dates:
1907-1911
Copy of a memorandum of interview between Scarbrough and Jones concerning fulfilling the railway agreement, 29 Apr 1908
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 97, fols. 146-147
Typescript figures amended in Scarbrough's hand.
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
29 Apr 1908
Letter from J. Arthur Hutton to Scarbrough, mentioning, as a Company shareholder, the impressions of 'laxity in management' made by the Company's dealings with the British Cotton Growing Association, 1 May 1908
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 97, fols. 148-149
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
1 May 1908
Schedule initialled by Trigge: 'Oils and Kernels to sell...', 1 Jul 1908
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 97, fol. 181
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
1 Jul 1908
Note of Sep palm oil sales, n.d. [22 Sep 1908]
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 97, fol. 281
Unsigned; from London office, enclosed with fol. 305.
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
n.d. [22 Sep 1908]
Two letters from Trigge to Scarbrough, 10-15 Sep 1908
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 97, fols. 282-291
Comprises:
about uses and prospects for palm oil; rise in Company shares; and enclosing copy of letter to Jones about cargo and transport (fol. 284)
Elders' anxieties over S.S. 'Degama's' delay, and Company's railway cargo deliveries, especially at Jebba; enclosing copies of one cable received from Elders (fol. 282) and five from Lagos (fols. 285, 287-290) about deliveries, and one about...
Extents: 10 Leaves
Dates:
10-15 Sep 1908
Copies of three cables from Nigeria about produce purchased, tin won, and the clearing of Oguta and Benue, 12-14 Oct 1908
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 97, fols. 357-360
With copies of two congratulatory cables (fol. 360) on the clearance from Directors in London to Lenthall and Watts [copies for enclosure with fol. 370].
Extents: 4 Leaves
Dates:
12-14 Oct 1908
Letter from Trigge to Scarbrough about the oil and kernel markets, 14 Oct 1908
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 97, fol. 361
Mentions enclosed cable [one of fols. 357-360?].
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
14 Oct 1908
Unsigned copy of letter [from Scarbrough] to Jones asking for further information on groundnut freights and imported oil before a meeting of interested companies, 23 Oct 1908
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 97, fols. 377-378
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
23 Oct 1908
Copy [initialled by Trigge] of cable from Lagos about produce purchase and shipments, 25 Oct 1908
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 97, fol. 379
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
25 Oct 1908
Letters exchanged between Scarbrough and J.A. Hutton about the new Agreement with the British Cotton Growing Association (BCGA), 9 Dec 1908
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 97, fols. 380-381
(fol. 380) Letter from Scarbrough, unsigned copy.
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
9 Dec 1908
Letter from Trigge to Scarbrough, concerning the produce market, 17 Dec 1908
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 97, fols. 382-383
Elders' dilatoriness over renewing government railway contract, and the possibility of the tender being offered to the Company; Crellin's comment that the government may object to the Company's rates.
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
17 Dec 1908
Initialled copy of a letter from Scarbrough to Hutton on their mutual interest in the Nigerian Cotton industry, and the new Agreement, 26-27 Nov 1908
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 97, fol. 384
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
26-27 Nov 1908
Four letters from Trigge to Scarbrough, all mentioning the tin and produce situation and, with the exception of the second letter, concerned with finances, and the attitude of Elder's and the government to railway freight arrangements for 1909, 21-31 Dec 1908
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 97, fols. 385-394
Letters:
(fol. 385) reports meeting Lenthall and railway discussions
(fol. 386) concerns Holts' revived plans for building a river steamer
(fols. 387-388) reports railway discussions with Jones, who is 'unquestionably double dealing'
(fols. 390-394) discussions with [Alexander] Miller about railway matters and building Company steamers to be prepared for...
Extents: 10 Leaves
Dates:
21-31 Dec 1908
Initialled copy of lists of the monthly cash sales for 1909 at stations in Nigeria, from Trigge, with comparative statements for 1907-1909, 14 Jun 1910
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 97, fols. 395-435
Extents: 41 Leaves
Dates:
14 Jun 1910
Manuscript comparative statements of produce purchases at main stations, Jan-Nov 1906-1909, most initialled and bearing figures in Trigge's hand, 16 Feb 1909 and n.d.
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 97, fols. 436-442
Extents: 7 Leaves
Dates:
16 Feb 1909 and n.d.
Two letters (final page only of the first) from Trigge to Scarbrough, n.d. [1910?], 1 Jan 1909
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 97, fols. 443-446
About:
(fol. 443) commissions payable to Agents General
railway freight, Girouard's attempt to cut rates, and Jones's lack of consideration for the Company's interests in fixing rates.
Extents: 4 Leaves
Dates:
n.d. [1910?], 1 Jan 1909
Copies of correspondence between the Agents General, the Company, and members of the Southern Nigerian administration, 21 Aug 1907-21 Feb 1911
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 97, fols. 447-461
Concerning lignite occurrences in the Central Province, and protracted negotiations for an Exclusive Prospecting Licence.
Extents: 15 Leaves
Dates:
21 Aug 1907-21 Feb 1911
Copy of resolution of directors of the Bank of Nigeria Ltd. reimbursing the Niger Company for its services, 19 Feb 1909
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 97, fol. 462
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
19 Feb 1909
Unsigned copy of Company letter to African Association about coastal produce prices, competition, and a smallpox epidemic, 30 Mar [1909]
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 97, fols. 463-464
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
30 Mar [1909]