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Collapse D3287 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - [13th-20th cent]D3287 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - [13th-20th cent]
Expand 1 - Box 1 - Rev Philip Gell1 - Box 1 - Rev Philip Gell
Expand 2 - Box 2 - Miscellaneous2 - Box 2 - Miscellaneous
Expand 3 - Box 3 - Sir William Gell3 - Box 3 - Sir William Gell
Expand 4 - Box 4 - Sir William Gell4 - Box 4 - Sir William Gell
Expand 5 - Box 5 - Sir William Gell5 - Box 5 - Sir William Gell
Expand 6 - Box 6 - Rev John Philip Gell6 - Box 6 - Rev John Philip Gell
Expand 7 - Box 7 - Rev John Philip Gell7 - Box 7 - Rev John Philip Gell
Expand 8 - Box 8- Rev John Philip Gell (largely)8 - Box 8- Rev John Philip Gell (largely)
Expand 9 - Box 9 - Rev John Philip Gell9 - Box 9 - Rev John Philip Gell
Expand 10 - Box 10 - Rev John Philip Gell and his family10 - Box 10 - Rev John Philip Gell and his family
Expand 11 - Box 11 - Rev John Philip Gell11 - Box 11 - Rev John Philip Gell
Expand 12 - Box 12 - Sisters' Letters12 - Box 12 - Sisters' Letters
Expand 13 - Box 13 - Sisters' Letters13 - Box 13 - Sisters' Letters
Expand 14 - Box 14 - Sisters' Letters14 - Box 14 - Sisters' Letters
Expand 15 - Box 15 - Sisters' Letters15 - Box 15 - Sisters' Letters
Expand 16 - Box 16 - Sisters' Letters16 - Box 16 - Sisters' Letters
Expand 17 - Box 17 - Sisters' Letters17 - Box 17 - Sisters' Letters
Expand 18 - Box 18 - Printed works18 - Box 18 - Printed works
Expand 19 - Box 19 - Family correspondence (various)19 - Box 19 - Family correspondence (various)
Expand 20 - Box 20 - Hopton household records / Col George William Maunsell20 - Box 20 - Hopton household records / Col George William Maunsell
Expand 21 - Box 21 - Royal memorabilia and other material21 - Box 21 - Royal memorabilia and other material
Expand 22 - Box 22 - Marriage settlements22 - Box 22 - Marriage settlements
Expand 23 - Box 23 - Title deeds23 - Box 23 - Title deeds
Expand 24 - Box 24 - Sermons - 1581-169324 - Box 24 - Sermons - 1581-1693
Expand 25 - Box 25 - Sermons - c1620-168525 - Box 25 - Sermons - c1620-1685
Expand 26 - Box 26 - Miscellaneous: wills and probate, family correspondence, etc.26 - Box 26 - Miscellaneous: wills and probate, family correspondence, etc.
Expand 27 - Box 27 - Philip Victor Willingham Gell27 - Box 27 - Philip Victor Willingham Gell
Expand 28 - Box 28 - Deeds / Major Thomas Gell28 - Box 28 - Deeds / Major Thomas Gell
Expand 29 - Box 29 - Chandos Pole family / Major Thomas Gell / other papers29 - Box 29 - Chandos Pole family / Major Thomas Gell / other papers
Expand 30 - Box 30 - Title deeds and legal papers30 - Box 30 - Title deeds and legal papers
Expand 31 - Box 31 - Miscellaneous31 - Box 31 - Miscellaneous
Expand 32 - Box 32 - Family correspondence, estate correspondence, title deeds32 - Box 32 - Family correspondence, estate correspondence, title deeds
Expand 33 - Box 33 - Title deeds and estate papers33 - Box 33 - Title deeds and estate papers
Expand 34 - Box 34 - Title deeds34 - Box 34 - Title deeds
Expand 35 - Box 35 - Title deeds and papers regarding property - [1698]-188035 - Box 35 - Title deeds and papers regarding property - [1698]-1880
Expand 36 - Box 36 - Title deeds and manorial records36 - Box 36 - Title deeds and manorial records
Expand 37 - Box 37 - Rev Philip Gell, largely37 - Box 37 - Rev Philip Gell, largely
Expand 38 - Box 38 - Porden family property38 - Box 38 - Porden family property
Expand 39 - Box 39 - Title deeds and miscellaneous papers39 - Box 39 - Title deeds and miscellaneous papers
Expand 40 - Box 40 - Miscellaneous40 - Box 40 - Miscellaneous
Expand 41 - Box 41 - Printed periodicals41 - Box 41 - Printed periodicals
Expand 42 - Box 42 - Title deeds42 - Box 42 - Title deeds
Expand 43 - Box 43 - Title deeds43 - Box 43 - Title deeds
Expand 44 - Box 44 - Civil War material and Gell history44 - Box 44 - Civil War material and Gell history
Expand 45 - Box 45 - Printed publications45 - Box 45 - Printed publications
Expand 46 - Box 46 - Title deeds and estate papers46 - Box 46 - Title deeds and estate papers
Expand 47 - Box 47 - Sir John Gell I, Sir John Gell II, Katherine Gell (nee Packer)47 - Box 47 - Sir John Gell I, Sir John Gell II, Katherine Gell (nee Packer)
Expand 48 - Box 48 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - personal collection of printed material48 - Box 48 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - personal collection of printed material
Expand 49 - Box 49 - Estate papers49 - Box 49 - Estate papers
Expand 50 - Box 50 - Edith Lyttelton Gell / printed miscellaneous50 - Box 50 - Edith Lyttelton Gell / printed miscellaneous
Expand 51 - Box 51 - Edith Lyttelton Gell51 - Box 51 - Edith Lyttelton Gell
Expand 52 - Box 52 - Edith Lyttelton Gell52 - Box 52 - Edith Lyttelton Gell
Expand 53 - Box 53 - Rev John Philip Gell and miscellaneous53 - Box 53 - Rev John Philip Gell and miscellaneous
Expand 54 - Box 54 - Rev John Philip Gell54 - Box 54 - Rev John Philip Gell
Expand 55 - Box 55 - Miscellaneous55 - Box 55 - Miscellaneous
Expand 56 - Box 56 - Deeds56 - Box 56 - Deeds
Expand 57 - Box 57 - Legal papers: Anthony Gell / Thomas Gell57 - Box 57 - Legal papers: Anthony Gell / Thomas Gell
Expand 58 - Box 58 - Deeds58 - Box 58 - Deeds
Expand 59 - Box 59 - Deeds / manorial records59 - Box 59 - Deeds / manorial records
Expand 60 - Box 60 - Deeds / Sir John Gell / Sir John Gell II60 - Box 60 - Deeds / Sir John Gell / Sir John Gell II
Expand 61 - Box 61 - Miscellaneous61 - Box 61 - Miscellaneous
Expand 62 - Box 62 - Miscellaneous62 - Box 62 - Miscellaneous
Expand 63 - Box 6363 - Box 63
Expand 64 - Box 64 - Edith Lyttelton Gell64 - Box 64 - Edith Lyttelton Gell
Expand 65 - Box 65 - Edith Lyttelton Gell65 - Box 65 - Edith Lyttelton Gell
Expand 66 - Box 66 - Edith Lyttelton Gell66 - Box 66 - Edith Lyttelton Gell
Expand 67 - Box 67 - Edith Lyttelton Gell / British Women's Emigration Association67 - Box 67 - Edith Lyttelton Gell / British Women's Emigration Association
Expand 68 - Box 68 - Edith Lyttelton Gell / British Women's Emigration Association68 - Box 68 - Edith Lyttelton Gell / British Women's Emigration Association
Expand 69 - Box 69 - Philip and Edith Lyttelton Gell69 - Box 69 - Philip and Edith Lyttelton Gell
Expand 70 - Box 70 - Edith Lyttelton Gell70 - Box 70 - Edith Lyttelton Gell
Expand 71 - Box 71 - Edith Lyttelton Gell71 - Box 71 - Edith Lyttelton Gell
Expand 72 - Box 72 - Edith Lyttelton Gell72 - Box 72 - Edith Lyttelton Gell
Expand 73 - Box 73 - Philip and Edith Lyttelton Gell73 - Box 73 - Philip and Edith Lyttelton Gell
Expand 74 - Box 74 - Edith Lyttelton Gell / British Women's Emigration Association74 - Box 74 - Edith Lyttelton Gell / British Women's Emigration Association
Expand 75 - Box 75 - Edith Lyttelton Gell75 - Box 75 - Edith Lyttelton Gell
Expand 76 - Box 76 - Edith Lyttelton Gell / British Women's Emigration Association76 - Box 76 - Edith Lyttelton Gell / British Women's Emigration Association
Expand 77 - Box 77 - Edith Lyttelton Gell / British Women's Emigration Association77 - Box 77 - Edith Lyttelton Gell / British Women's Emigration Association
Expand 78 - Box 78 - Philip Lyttelton Gell78 - Box 78 - Philip Lyttelton Gell
Expand 79 - Box 79 - Philip Lyttelton Gell79 - Box 79 - Philip Lyttelton Gell
Expand 80 - Box 80 - Philip Lyttelton Gell80 - Box 80 - Philip Lyttelton Gell
Expand 81 - Box 81 - Philip Lyttelton Gell81 - Box 81 - Philip Lyttelton Gell
Expand 82 - Box 82 - Philip Lyttelton Gell82 - Box 82 - Philip Lyttelton Gell
Expand 83 - Box 83 - Philip Lyttelton Gell83 - Box 83 - Philip Lyttelton Gell
Expand 84 - Box 84 - Frederick Gell, Bishop of Madras84 - Box 84 - Frederick Gell, Bishop of Madras
Expand 85 - Box 85 - Philip Lyttelton Gell85 - Box 85 - Philip Lyttelton Gell
Expand 86 - Box 86 - Frederick Gell, Bishop of Madras86 - Box 86 - Frederick Gell, Bishop of Madras
Expand 87 - Box 87 - Frederick Gell, Bishop of Madras87 - Box 87 - Frederick Gell, Bishop of Madras
Expand 88 - Box 88 - Edith Lyttelton Gell88 - Box 88 - Edith Lyttelton Gell
Expand 89 - Box 89 - Frederick Gell, Bishop of Madras (largely)89 - Box 89 - Frederick Gell, Bishop of Madras (largely)
Expand 90 - Box 90 - Edith Lyttelton Gell / British Women's Emigration Association90 - Box 90 - Edith Lyttelton Gell / British Women's Emigration Association
Expand 91 - Box 91 - Edith Lyttelton Gell91 - Box 91 - Edith Lyttelton Gell
Expand 92 - Box 92 - Edith Lyttelton Gell92 - Box 92 - Edith Lyttelton Gell
Expand 93 - Box 93 - Edith Lyttelton Gell / British Women's Emigration Association93 - Box 93 - Edith Lyttelton Gell / British Women's Emigration Association
Expand 94 - Box 94 - Edith Lyttelton Gell94 - Box 94 - Edith Lyttelton Gell
Expand 95 - Box 95 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - British South Africa Company95 - Box 95 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - British South Africa Company
Expand 96 - Box 96 - Philip Lyttelton Gell / British South Africa Company96 - Box 96 - Philip Lyttelton Gell / British South Africa Company
Expand 97 - Box 97 - Philip Lyttelton Gell / British South Africa Company97 - Box 97 - Philip Lyttelton Gell / British South Africa Company
Expand 98 - Box 98 - Miscellaneous98 - Box 98 - Miscellaneous
Expand 99 - Box 99 - Miscellaneous99 - Box 99 - Miscellaneous
Expand 100 - Box 100 - Photographs and objects100 - Box 100 - Photographs and objects
Expand 101 - Box 101 - Cattle farming records101 - Box 101 - Cattle farming records
Expand 102 - Estate maps - 1767-1870102 - Estate maps - 1767-1870
103 - Carsington Tithe Map and Award - 1839
104-105 - Personal papers of Mrs Aileen Gell (d 1986) - 20th cent
106 - Diaries of Mrs Aileen Gell (d 1986) - early 20th cent
107 - Personal papers of Philip VW Gell (d 1970) - 20th cent
108 - Letter from Prime Minister, Clement Attlee - 20th cent
109 - Correspondence and other papers regarding PVW Gell's term as High Sheriff - 1954
110 - Orders of service: Gell family members and relatives - 20th cent
111 - Orders of service: not Gell family - 20th cent
112 - School prospectuses - 20th cent
113 - Number not used - 20th cent
Expand 114 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - General Correspondence - 1869-1923114 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - General Correspondence - 1869-1923
Expand 115 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Special Correspondence - 1873-1919115 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Special Correspondence - 1873-1919
Expand 116 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Political correspondence and papers - 1881-1918116 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Political correspondence and papers - 1881-1918
Expand 117 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Papers relating to local government in Oxfordshire - 1880-1898117 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Papers relating to local government in Oxfordshire - 1880-1898
Expand 118 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Correspondence and papers related to Church governance and reform - 1880-1923118 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Correspondence and papers related to Church governance and reform - 1880-1923
Expand 119 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Diocesan reorganisation - 1889-1918119 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Diocesan reorganisation - 1889-1918
Expand 120 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - British Empire - 1898-[early 20th cent]120 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - British Empire - 1898-[early 20th cent]
Expand 121 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Correspondence and papers relating to employment with Cassell's and the Clarendon Press - 1883-1904121 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Correspondence and papers relating to employment with Cassell's and the Clarendon Press - 1883-1904
Expand 122 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Directorships of companies - 1898-1925122 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Directorships of companies - 1898-1925
Expand 123 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Trusteeships of companies - 1899-1921123 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Trusteeships of companies - 1899-1921
Expand 124 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Personal investments - 1890-1920124 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Personal investments - 1890-1920
Expand 125 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Miscellaneous business correspondence and papers - 1896-1918125 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Miscellaneous business correspondence and papers - 1896-1918
Expand 126 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Family correspondence and papers - 1852-1969126 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Family correspondence and papers - 1852-1969
Expand 127 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Personal papers - 1852-1913127 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Personal papers - 1852-1913
128 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Correspondence and papers relating to Trusteeships - 1891-1908
Expand 129 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Miscellanea - 1835-1949129 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Miscellanea - 1835-1949
Expand 130 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Newscuttings - 1885-1923130 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Newscuttings - 1885-1923
Expand 131 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Pamphlets - 1870-1964131 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Pamphlets - 1870-1964
137 - Object: Escritoire - [c1845]
Collapse BSA - British South Africa CompanyBSA - British South Africa Company
Expand 1 - British South Africa Company: Directors' Reports & Accounts: Reports of Annual & Extraordinary Meetings of Shareholders1 - British South Africa Company: Directors' Reports & Accounts: Reports of Annual & Extraordinary Meetings of Shareholders
Expand 2 - British South Africa Company: Board minutes and agenda2 - British South Africa Company: Board minutes and agenda
Expand 3 - British South Africa Company: general papers.3 - British South Africa Company: general papers.
Expand 4 - British South Africa Company: general papers relating to Southern Rhodesia4 - British South Africa Company: general papers relating to Southern Rhodesia
Expand 5 - Land Settlement.5 - Land Settlement.
Expand 6 - Mines and Mining6 - Mines and Mining
Expand 7 - Native affairs and native labour7 - Native affairs and native labour
Expand 8 - North Eastern Rhodesia8 - North Eastern Rhodesia
Expand 9 - North Western Rhodesia9 - North Western Rhodesia
Expand 10 - Northern Rhodesia10 - Northern Rhodesia
Collapse 11 - Railways11 - Railways
1 - Programme [printed] for the official opening of the Bechuanaland Railway [later Rhodesian Rlwys. Company] at Bulawayo. - 1897, Nov 4
2 - Mashonaland Railway Company Ltd.: printed prospectus for the issue of £900,000 first mortgage 5% debentures. - 1899, Apr 20
3 - J.F. Jones: memorandum for Mr. Rhodes on the formation of the Rhodesian Rlwys. Trust Ltd. - 1899, Jun 13
4 - Rhodesian Rlwys. Ltd., Cape Town, to R.R., London: notice of net earnings of the Bechuanaland Rlwy. Company during June. - 1899, Aug 8
5 - Rhodesia Railways Trust Ltd.: printed report of directors and balance sheet Jun 14, 1899, to Nov 30, 1901 [with numerous Ms. notes by P.L.G.]. - 1902, Mar 3
6 - J.A. Stevens, Cape Town, to British South Africa Company: enclosed extract from Cape Times re the completion of Johannesburg-Zeerust railway and impending link with Rhodesian railways via Lobatsi. - 1903, Feb 11
7 - J.A. Stevens, Cape Town, to British South Africa Company: enclosed draft heads of agreement between British South Africa Company and the Govt. re construction of the rlwy. from Lobatsi to Rustenburg. - 1903, May 13
8-9 - Mashonaland Rlwy. Company Ltd. to P.L.G.: enclosed tables of railway rates in force in Rhodesia. - 1903, Jun 15
10 - Raleigh Grey, Salisbury, to P.L.G.: Rhodesian Rlwy. Company policy of encouraging imports via the Cape by means of cheap rates is putting money into hands of the Cape Colony; is trying to change it. - 1903, Jul 15
11 - P.L.G. to Mr. Sykes: will assist in maintaining the character of the Victoria Falls, although alteration to the siting of the proposed railway bridge would be expensive and difficult; suggests burden of message to Col. Rhodes [who supports Sykes in his objections to the bridge]. [2 copies.] - 1903, Sep 24
12 - Pr. report by the Mombasa-Victoria (Uganda) Railway Committee on the progress of the works and the revenue working, 1902-3. [Cd. 1770, Africa No. 12 (1903)]. - 1903, Sep
13 - P.L.G. to D. of Abercorn: attack in The Times on site of proposed railway bridge; must establish if British South Africa Company or the railway board is responsible; must then decide one way or the other as hesitancy is bad for public relations. - 1903, Oct 3
14 - P.L.G. to Sir Douglas Fox, civil engineer: Sykes' fears as to siting of the bridge; suggests its placing higher upstream. - 1903, Oct 6
15 - Sir Douglas Fox to P.L.G.: in its present site the railway does not invade the public park; measures to be taken to prevent trespass. - 1903, Oct 15
16 - P.L.G. to Jones: draft letter re possible means of financing the railway to the North. - [?1903]
17-18 - Vivian, Gray, & Company; Arnold W. Blyth; R.W. Hudson; Sidney Ellis; Waithman Balfour & Company, London E.C., to British South Africa Company: complaining, as shareholders, of the arrangements made by British South Africa Company for debenture issue of Wankie Coal, Railway. & Exploration Company; with British South Africa Company reply. - 1904, Feb 29; Mar 30
19 - P.L.G. to [?British South Africa Company]: has had favourable reports of the effect of new low railway rates on export of corn to South Africa; hopes that these rates will be kept in the future and announced in time for farmers to plan ahead. - 1904, Jun 9
20 - British South Africa Company Govt. Gazette: bye-laws for the carriage of explosives, etc. - 1905, Feb 3
21 - Raleigh Grey, Salisbury, to P.L.G.: attitudes of members of the Railway Confernence to Bulawayo's place in the railway system; future of Rhodesian rlwys. - 1905, Feb 23
22 - South African Church Railway Mission Quarterly Paper: No. 7. - 1905, Apr
23 - P.L.G. to Brodie: enquiry as to position of British South Africa Company vis à vis guaranteeing the second issue of Mashonaland Railway Company debentures. - 1905, May 13
24 - Rhodesian Rlwys. Ltd., London, to British South Africa Company: forwards Cape office letter re agreement reached with Imperial Cold Storage Company re costs of freight. - 1905, Nov 9
25 - Mashonaland Rlwy. Company Ltd.: printed report of Directors and balance sheets for half years ended Mar 31st and Sep 30th 1905. - 1906, Dec 21
26 - British South Africa Company to Rhodesian Rlwys. Company and Milton: draft ltrs. stating need for roads to feed rlwys. with traffic; memorandum by P.L.G. [extract] 23 Feb 1907, giving his opinion. - 1907, [Feb]
27 - Col. A. Weston Jarvis, Matabele Central Estates Company Ltd., to Hawksley and Sir John Willoughby to Jameson: prospects of prosperity when Enkeldoom railway is built; unwillingness of both parties to give up alternate blocks of land for the railway construction. - 1907, Mar-Apr
28 - P.L.G.: memorandum, proposing amalgamation of Rhodesian railways into the South Africa Railway Federation. - 1907, Jun 10
29 - British South Africa Company, Rhodesian Broken Hill Devlpmt. Company Ltd., Edmund Davis, Inskipp & Birchenough: correspondence re resumption of shipment of ores from Broken Hill and effects of shipment stoppage on the railway cos. - 1907, Jul 27
30 - Brodie to P.L.G.: enclosed letter, Mashonaland Rlwy. Company Ltd. to British South Africa Company, applying for additional land grant; with copies of previous correspondence; enquires if P.L.G. agrees. - 1907, Aug 29
31 - P.L.G. to Brodie: disagrees with grant of land; summarises his view of the Broken Hill episode; British South Africa Company should foreclose on moneys advanced to M'land Rlwy. - 1907, Aug 31
32 - Lord Gifford to Brodie: objects to tone of P.L.G.'s letter above; defends the M'land Rlwy. Company's part in Broken Hill affair, as well as that of the Broken Hill Company - 1907, Sep 12
33-34 - J.A. Stevens, Cape Town, to Secretary, Rhodesian Rlwys. Ltd.: cost of freighting grain from Bechuanaland Protectorate - 1907, Oct 9-16
35 - W. Olive, Cape Town, to Secretary, Rhodesian Rlwys. Ltd.: enclosed cutting re impending granting of farms out of railway land in Bechuanaland Protectorate; has been decided to advertise the availability of the first fifteen farms. - 1907, Oct 16
36 - Wilson Fox: printed memorandum re bids made for Cape Govt. Rlwys. coal contract for 1908; with much accompanying correspondence & papers [99 pages, foolscap.] - 1907, Nov 4
37-38 - P. Inskipp to P.L.G.: enclosed financial statement of earnings of Beira to Salisbury line, 1900-1907. - 1907, Nov 13
39 - A. Barrow: Notes on Beira Railway Questions; discussion of points at issue between the British South Africa Company, Mozambique Company, and Beira Rlwy. Company, and the dispute between the Rlwy. and its debenture holders. - 1907, Dec 9
40 - P.L.G. to Brodie: requests that extracts of his letter of Aug 31 be re-circulated, esp. re unsecured loans to railway cos. [2 copies.] - 1907, Dec 14
41-42 - P.L.G. to Brodie: enclosed rough draft of section on rlwy. finance for Chairman's speech to shareholders. - 1908, Feb 8
43 - Maguire to P.L.G.: thanks for draft. - 1908, Feb 15
44 - Morning Post: comment on railway finance in Rhodesia. - 1908, Feb 21
45 - P.L.G. to press: [draft] objecting to pessimistic view of railway finance in Southern Rhodesia; justification of railway policy. - 1908, Feb 25
46 - Maguire to P.L.G.: thanks for help with speech; meeting more friendly than for many years. - 1908, Feb 27
47 - Morning Post: comment on railways in Rhodesia. - 1908, [Feb]
48 - Wilson Fox: memorandum re proposal to raise £1 million on the Hut Tax for the payment of railway debentures. - 1908, May 28
49 - P.L.G.: memorandum re proposal to convert railway debt under Govt. guarantee and the impracticability of extending this conversion to the 3% & 4% debentures. [1st part only.] - 1908, May 29
50-51 - P.L.G.: drafts re railway debentures, and possibilities for improving financial condition of railways. - 1908, Jun 1
52 - Wilson Fox: memorandum on the possibility of conversion of existing issues of railway debentures with the aid of an Imperial guarantee of interest. - 1908, Jun 6
53 - Francis B. Palmer: opinion on whether an arrangement can be arrived at whereby the British South Africa Company can be given time to find the money owing on the debenture coupons. - 1908, Jun 10
54 - Mashonaland Rlwy. Company Ltd.: printed report of Directors to general meeting. - 1908, Jun 15
55 - Wilson Fox: proposals for new organisation of financial basis of railway debts. - 1908, Jun 19
56 - British South Africa Company: printed statement to the Secretary of State for the Colonies outlining problem of Company over meeting interest on rlwy. debentures and asking for Imperial guarantee. - 1908, Jul 6
57 - This number not used.
58 - British South Africa Company: giving estimated financial position 1908-1911 of rlwys., for application for Imperial guarantee. - [1908, Aug-Sep]
59 - P.L.G. memorandum re new issue of railway debentures. - [1908, Sep]
60 - P.L.G.: incomplete draft of memorandum deprecating suggestion of further advances to the railways until a definite answer from the Government on Imperial guarantee of interest has been received. - [1908, Sep]
61 - The Daily Report: cutting of cartoon suggesting that the Govt. have agreed to Imperial guarantee. - 1908, Oct 17
62 - Hawksley to Abercorn: C.O. has turned down the request to give guarantee to Railway Debentures, probably on grounds that public revenue should not be devoted to commercial ends. - 1908, Oct 23
63 - Rhodesia-Katanga Junction Rlwy., etc., Company Ltd.: copies of ltrs. exchanged between Hawksley, Ingle, Holmes, Sons & Pott (for Tanganyika Concessions Ltd.) and George Pauling re composition of board of proposed co. for Katangan extension; sources of finance. - 1908, Nov
64 - Rhodesia-Katanga Junction Railway & Mineral Company Ltd.: draft proposals for new co. with notes of conditions of partnership between British South Africa Company, Paulings and Williams. - [1908, Nov]
65 - P.L.G.: part of letter outlinging his views of the Rhodesian-Katanga Rlwy. Company; approves of Williams because of his dynamism. - [1908, Nov]
66 - Rhodesia Rlwys. Ltd.: financial abstract for Oct 1908; compared to Sep 1908 and Oct 1907. - 1908, Dec 30
67 - Draft of Memorandum of Agreement between the British South Africa Company, the Katanga Rlwy. Company, and L'Union Minière du Haut Katanga that the British South Africa Company will launch the Northern Rhodesia Rlwy. Company to build a line from Broken Hill to the Congo border; the Katanga R. Company will build a line from the border to the Star of the Congo mine; British South Africa Company and U.M. du H.K. guarantee to use only those lines for transport of minerals. - [1908]
68 - A.L. Lawley, Beira, to Birchenough: discusses the relationship of the Beira Rlwy. Company to the Portuguese authorities; need for extensions to cope with greater ore shipments; need to lower costs so as to compete with Port Elizabeth: injustice of dismissal of Owen Griffen, traffic manager. - 1909, Feb 18
69 - Mashonaland Rlwy. Company Ltd.: financial abstract for Jan 1909. - 1909 Feb 22
70 - Rhodesian Rlwys. Ltd.: as D3287 BSA/11/68 - 1909 Feb 23
71 - Hawksley to British South Africa Company: enclosed correspondence Nov 1908-Apr 1909 between himself and the C.O. re proposed Railway Order-in-Council; discussion of drafts of Order which would secure that directors of railway companies would be British subjects unless exempted by Secretary of State. - 1909 Apr 29
72-73 - Rhodesian Rlwys. Ltd.: financial abstracts for Mar and Apr 1909. - 1909 Jun
74 - H.W. Just, C.O., to British South Africa Company: reminds them of the agreement with the German Govt. made in 1899 that the British South Africa Company would make no railway connection to the west coast of Africa north of the 14° latitude before it has constructed a railway line to the west coast through German territory south of 14° latitude; the agreement with the Katangan Rlwy. Company is thus in violation of the 1899 agreement; British South Africa Company must therefore undertake to effect a severance of the Katangan line should H.M. Govt. ask for it as a result of German objection to breach of 1899 agreement. - 1909 Sep 24
75 - Wilson Fox: printed memorandum re 100 yards strip taken for railway construction. [21 pages, foolscap.] - 1909 Dec 1
76 - R.J. Hackshaw [Secretary to Rhodesian Rlwys. Ltd.]: memorandum requesting opinions on Mozambique Company's proposal that they will improve the harbour at Beira in return for favourable railway rates to give Beira the advantage over Cape ports. - 1909 Dec 8
77 - Michell, Bulawayo, to Birchenough: will send his report on the opening of the Rhodesia-Katanga railway section to the border of the Congo. - 1909 Dec 16
78 - Commercial Branch, Bulawayo, to British South Africa Company: enclosed report from Dr. May, with enclosed, on suggested dangers of spread of sleeping sickness as a result of the passage of the Rhodesia Katanga railway through areas infested by the Glossina Palpalis. [2 copies.] - 1910, Mar 24
79 - Rhodesian Rlwys. Ltd.: financial abstract for Mar 1910. - 1910 May 24
80 - Mashonaland Rlwy. Company Ltd.: as D3287 BSA/11/79 for April 1910. - 1910 May 24
81 - Wilson Fox: memorandum of agreement between the British South Africa Company and Rhodesian Rlwys. Trust Ltd. over railway finance. - 1910 May 30
82 - Extracts from minutes of Southern Rhodesia Legislative Council: asking for fencing in of railways near farms; building of a rlwy. into Melsetter District, and construction of light railway from Victoria to Blinkwater line terminus. - 1910 Jun 1-2
83 - British South Africa Company: printed memorandum re Beira Rlwy. [26 pages, foolscap.] - 1910 Jun 4
84 - S.F. Townsend, Chief Res. Eng., N. Extension, Bulawayo, to Rhodesian Rlwys. Ltd.: reports on a tour of Bechuanaland Protectorate to ascertain the possibilities of developing the southern block by construction of a light railway. - 1910 Jul 1
85 - Reconstruction of the Rhodesian Broken Hill Develpmt. Company Ltd.: correspondence between R.E. Bayliss, [Asst. Secretary R.B.H.D. Company Ltd], Brodie, and Rhodesian Rlwys. Ltd. re the right of the various cos. in the reconstructed co., with monitory memorandum on prospects by A.R. H[eathcote]. - 1910 Jul 18-20
86 - Sir Douglas Fox & Ptnrs. [Cons. Engs] to British South Africa Company: enclosed report on the best guage for rlwys. in Southern Rhodesia - 1910 Oct 31
87 - Wilson Fox: printed memorandum re projected new railways in Southern Rhodesia and Bechuanaland Protectorate [127 pages, foolscap, and 9 maps of proposed light railways.] - 1910 Dec 13
88 - British South Africa Company: memorandum of principles laid down by Executive Committee on railway financial policy. - [1910]
89 - Erlanger: printed memorandum commenting on above and re railway finances. - [1910]
90 - M'land Rlwy. Company Ltd.: financial abstract for Sep 1911. - 1911, Nov 7
91 - Summary tables of passengers entering & leaving Southern Rhodesia via Vryburg, w. notes by P.L.G - [1912]
92 - P.L.G. to Maguire: enclosed letter from Jameson to Maguire with comments; future policy re railways. - 1913 Jan 16
93 - Rhodesian Rlwys. Ltd. to British South Africa Company: replying to suggestions that railway rates should be reduced following on high profits of 1912 and need to reduce cost of living in Southern Rhodesia - 1913 Jan 17
94 - Reduction of railway rates: agenda item including letter from Rhodesian Rlwys. Ltd. as above and correspondence between London and Rhodesian Mining & Land Company Ltd., M'land Rlwy. Company Ltd., Gold Fields Rhodesian Devlpmt. Company, Lord Harris, Lord Winchester and British South Africa Company - 1913, Feb 13
95 - British South Africa Company Executive Committee: memorandum re proposed British South Africa Company guarantee of debentures of Beira-Zambesi rlwy. [Beira Junction Rlwy. Company Ltd.]; including cable to Commercial Rep., Bulawayo, and ltrs. from Erlanger and Beit re risks involved. - 1917, Apr
96 - Mashonaland Rlwy. Company Ltd.: printed report of directors and balance sheet, yr. end. 30 Sep 1917. - 1918, Oct 23
97 - O. Beit to P.L.G. : his work as director on the railway boards; his opinion of Maguire as a railway director. - 1919, Feb 9
98 - Mashonaland Rlwy. Company: printed report of directors and balance sheet, yr. end. 30 Sep 1918. - 1919, Sep 30
99 - Malcolm, Executive Committee: memorandums re possibilities and wisdom of sale of rlwys. to the state. - Jan 1920
100 - Rhodesian Rlwys. Ltd.: financial abstract for Jan 1920. - 1920 Jan
101 - M'land Rlwy. Company Ltd.: as D3287 BSA/11/100 for April 1920. - 1920 Jun 25
102 - Rhodesian Rlwys. Ltd.: as D3287 BSA/11/100. - 1920 Jun 25
103 - M'land Rlwy. Company Ltd.: as D3287 BSA/11/100 for July 1920. - 1920 Sep 29
104 - Rhodesian Rlwys. Ltd.: as D3287 BSA/11/100. - 1920 Sep 29
105 - P.L.G.: memorandum re proposed railway loan guarantee. - 1920 Oct 15
106 - M'land Rlwy. Company Ltd.: financial abstract for Nov 1920. - 1921, Feb 17
107 - Rhodesian Rlwys. Ltd.: as D3287 BSA/11/106. - [1921, Feb]
108 - Maguire to Birchenough: suggests that the railway management should move from London to Rhodesia. - 1921, Jul 19
109 - Notes of meeting of railway directors to discuss the removal of management to Southern Rhodesia [2 copies]. - 1921, Dec 29
110 - P.L.G.: memorandum on removal of rlwy. management; disapproves of the idea. - 1922, Jan 2
111 - M'land Rlwy. Company Ltd.: financial abstract for Oct 1921. - 1922, Jan 20
112 - Rhodesian Rlwys. Ltd.: as D3287 BSA/11/110. - 1922, Jan 20
113 - African Industries: cutting re Rhodesian railway affairs. - 1922, May 22
114 - Rhodesian Rlwys. Ltd.: financial abstract for May 1923 [incomplete]. - 1923, May
115 - P.L.G.: pencil note [draft letter] on strategic and financial aspects of railways and the linking of Transvaal and Rhodesian railways.
116 - P.L.G.: note of track mileage and capital investment of Rhodesian railways and British companies.
117 - P.L.G. : draft letter re possible scheme for cheaper imports from Beira; no point in approaching the Rlwy. Company, British South Africa Company, or Mozambique Company; best to go to Paulings or to Wibberley. [2 pages only.]
118 - P.L.G.: fragment of letter re rlwys.
119 - Ld. Winchester to P.L.G. : has shown his letter to Jameson; he [W.] thinks adoption of P.L.G.'s suggestion would delay bringing a fresh mind to railway matters; Fox and Malcolm, who are both going to Southern Rhodesia, need to go as directors or else they will have no power. Dated 7 Jul - [mid-late 19th cent]
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