Box 606755066
Container
Contains 115 Results:
S. Ayles, Lagos, 7 Feb 1908
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1657/1, item 5
Need for list showing list of credit traders and the amount of produce each creditor has brought in this year.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
7 Feb 1908
S. Ayles, Lagos, 14 Feb 1908
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1657/1, item 6
With reference to:
Marina extensions
kernel shipping (criticism of loading)
Alakaro (given up)
Williams
need to limit credit
praise of the French Company
use of Railway Shed - criticism of the railway system
reduction in expenses
old stock
New...
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
14 Feb 1908
S. Ayles, Lagos, 28 Feb 1908
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1657/1, item 7
With reference to:
rapid fall in Liverpool price of palm oil
differences between buying weights and delivered weights
workings of the pool (based on purchase of sound produce)
Holt & Co.'s agents guilty of undermining the system
all credits to be reduced
doubts about the tobacco agreement
Ibadan,...
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
28 Feb 1908
S. Ayles, Lagos, 6 Mar 1908
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1657/1, item 8
With reference to:
adulteration of palm oil
quality of kernels improving
S.J. Williams, Taiwo, D.A. Taylor
the 'order' system
general investigation into credit
Moore sued for debt and 'dud' cheque
Abeokuta; credits exceeded
Rhodes
unauthorised debts
...
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
6 Mar 1908
S. Ayles, Lagos, 13 Mar 1908
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1657/1, item 9
With reference to:
situation of Saidu Olowo's property
chart of Lagos sent to be marked with position of all the factories on the Marina
charges on gin, and private orders, especially for Disu
Rawlings
Abeokuta; no entertaining; profits
Duncan Marsh, Williams, Tobacco, Osborne, Marina, Pool, and Elcoats.
...
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
13 Mar 1908
S. Ayles, Lagos, 13 Mar 1908
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1657/1, item 10
With reference to:
duties on spirits and cottons
Pool minutes
small share in oil and kernels
Abeokuta, Mr Gibbs shortages
coal baskets (made by prisoners) to be tried at Warri.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
13 Mar 1908
S. Ayles, Lagos, 20 Mar 1908
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1657/1, item 11
Mr Bath coming out regarding buildings, railway at Iddo, jetty - duties of Mr Bath, suggested alterations in buildings.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
20 Mar 1908
S. Ayles, Lagos, 23 Mar 1908
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1657/1, item 12
Ayles to thank Lagos Chamber of Commerce for their letter to Liverpool Chamber of Commerce in respect of shipping companies.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
23 Mar 1908
Letters from John Holt & Co. to their Agents and James Deemin, 1907-1913
File
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1657/1-4
Copies of letters from John Holt & Co. to their Agents, Nov 1907-Jul 1913
folder
Extents: 1 folder
Dates:
Nov 1907-Jul 1913
Letters to James Deemin from John Holt & Co. (Liverpool) Ltd. in England, Nov 1907-Jun 1908
folder
Comprises:
Jonathan L. Holt to Duala - Kribi Factory. Rubber. Mr Kurrle. Copy of 'Cocoa Industry in Africa'. Dr Koeppen, 14 Nov 1907
John Holt to Lagos - Sir Alfred Jones. Cash affairs in Onitsha. Methods of bookkeeping, 15 Nov 1907
Jonathan L. Holt to Warri - Photos of the King and Queen of Spain, 6 Dec 1907
John Holt to Warri - Williams in prison....
Extents: 1 folder
Dates:
Nov 1907-Jun 1908
Letters to James Deemin from John Holt & Co., Jul 1908-Dec 1908
folder
Comprises:
W.H. Perks to Duala - Regarding Deemin's report, 9 Jul 1908
John Holt Jnr to Libreville - General information regarding Coast and home, 17 Jul 1908
G.B. Holt to Libreville - Mr Foster's failure. Discussion of personnel. Patchwork quilt. G.B. Holt's new home. Crossfields (soup) require examples of nuts, 20 Jul 1908
John Holt Jnr to Libreville -...
Extents: 1 folder
Dates:
Jul 1908-Dec 1908
S. Ayles, Lagos, 24 Mar 1908
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1657/1, item 13
With reference to:
all staff to have written instructions
McMahon's improvement
reform of Lagos business (less achieved now with more capital)
interest on debits
loading of steamships
Lillia (formerly E.D. & Co.)
Flowers improving
Marsh.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
24 Mar 1908
S. Ayles, Lagos, 3 Apr 1908
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1657/1, item 14
Hopes Duncan will be satisfactory. British Cotton Growing Association (BCGA) have no vacancy for Marsh. Can Elcoats be tried as a trader?
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
3 Apr 1908
S. Ayles, Lagos, 10 Apr 1908
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1657/1, item 15
With reference to:
Moore; Iddo shed
Williams
produce buying reduced - due to reduction of trust?
Elcoats, Randall (guarantees)
expenses and competition
case Martius vs. Reimler and the provision of bags
Abeokuta compared with Lagos.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
10 Apr 1908
S. Ayles, Lagos, 10 Apr 1908
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1657/1, item 16
Pool meeting. Minutes received for 28 Feb 1908.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
10 Apr 1908
S. Ayles, Lagos, 16 Apr 1908
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1657/1, item 17
Saidu Olowo. Mr Graves. Cost of operating retail shops. Memorandum enclosed: government on land questions in Nigeria.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
16 Apr 1908
S. Ayles, Lagos, 31 Jul 1908
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1657/1, item 18
Stock sheets (too offhanded). Surpluses. Wrong entries. Much criticism of lack of systematic workings.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
31 Jul 1908
M. Lacroix, Paris: Extract from letter to C. Kennerley Hall granting plots of land, 31 Aug 1908
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1657/1, item 19
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
31 Aug 1908
Holt, M. Lacroix, Liverpool: Ministère des Colonies, regarding his visit to Holt's factory in Porto Novo, 5 Sep 1908
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1657/1, item 20