Record

Hierarchy Browser

Click + to open a series, or click an item to view its full description

D3287 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - [13th-20th cent]

1 - Box 1

1-113 - Miscellaneous Family Papers

35 - Box 35 - [1698]-1880

104-105 - Personal papers of Mrs Aileen Gell (d1986) - 20th cent

106 - Diaries of Mrs Aileen Gell - early 20th cent

107 - Personal papers of Philip VW Gell (d1970) - 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

114

114 - GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE - 1869-1923

114-131 - Personal and family Papers of Philip Lyttetton Gell with The Remainder of his Business Papers - 1835-1969

115 - SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE - 1873-1919

116 - POLITICAL CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS - 1881-1918

117 - PAPERS RELATING TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN OXFORDSHIRE - 1880-1898

118 - CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS RELATING TO CHURCH FINANCE AND REFORM - 1880-1923

119 - CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS RELATING TO DIOCESAN REORGANISATION - 1889-1918

120 - CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS RELATING TO THE BRITISH EMPIRE - 1898-[early 20th cent]

121 - CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT WITH CASSELL'S AND THE CLARENDON PRESS - 1883-1904

122 - CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS RELATING TO DIRECTORSHIPS OF COMPANIES - 1898-1925

123 - PAPERS AND CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO TRUSTEESHIPS OF COMPANIES - 1899-1921

124 - PAPERS RELATING TO PERSONAL INVESTMENTS - 1890-1920

125 - MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS - 1896-1918

126 - FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS - 1852-1969

127 - PERSONAL PAPERS - 1852-1913

128 - CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS RELATING TO TRUSTEESHIPS - 1891-1908

129 - MISCELLANEA - 1835-1949

130 - NEWSCUTTINGS - 1885-1923

131 - PAMPHLETS - 1870-1964

137 - Object: Escritoire - c.1845

BSA - British South Africa Company

1 - British South Africa Company: Directors' Reports & Accounts: Reports of Annual & Extraordinary Meetings of Shareholders

2 - British South Africa Company: Board minutes and agenda

3 - British South Africa Company: general papers.

4 - British South Africa Company: general papers relating to Southern Rhodesia

5 - Land Settlement.

6 - Mines and Mining

7 - Native affairs and native labour

1 - Belingwe District - 1899, Mar-1903, Mar

1-36 - Native Commissioners' Reports

2 - Bubi District - 1899, Mar-1903, Mar

3 - Bulawayo District - 1899, Mar-1902, Apr

4 - Bulalima-Mangwe District - 1899, Mar-1903, Mar

5 - Charter District - 1899, Dec-1903, Mar

6 - Chibi District - 1899, Dec-1903, Mar

7 - Chilimanzi District - 1900, Jan-1903, Mar

8 - Fingo Location - 1899, Mar-1903, Mar

9 - Gutu District - Dec 1899-Mar 1903

10 - Gwanda-Tuli District - 1902, Jan-1903, Feb

11 - Gwelo District - 1899, Mar-1903, Mar

12 - Hartley District - 1899, Dec-1903, Mar

13 - Insiza District - 1899, Mar-1903, Feb

14 - Inyanga District - 1901, Nov-1903, Feb

15 - Inyati District - 1900, Mar

16 - Lo Magundi District - 1899, Dec-1903, Feb

17 - Marandellas District - 1899, Dec-1903, Feb

18 - Matopo-Mawabeni District - 1899, Mar-1903, Feb

19 - Northern Mazoe District - 1899, Oct-1903, Feb

20 - Southern Mazoe District - 1899, Dec-1903, Feb

21 - Melsetter District - 1899, Dec-1903, Feb

22 - Mlugulu District - 1899, Mar-1901, Oct

23 - Mount Darwin District - 1902, Mar, May

24 - Mpateni District - 1899, Mar-1902, Sep

25 - M'rewa District - 1899, Dec-1903, Feb

26 - Mtoko District - 1899, Dec-1903, Feb

27 - Mzingwane District - 1899, Mar-1901, Sep

28 - Ndanga District - 1899, Dec-1903, Feb

29 - Salisbury District - 1899, Dec-1903, Feb

30 - Salisbury (Goromanzi) District - 1903, Jan

31 - Sebungwe District - 1899, Mar-1902, Oct

32 - Selukwe District - 1899, Mar-1903, Feb

33 - Tuli District - 1899, Mar-1902, Aug

34 - Umtali District - 1899, Dec-1903, Feb

35 - Victoria District - 1899, Dec-1903, Feb

36 - Wankie District - 1901, Dec-1903, Feb

37 - Lomagundi District, Mashonaland. - 1902, Jan-Jun

37-52 - Inspectors of Native Compound Reports

38 - Mazoe District, Mashonaland. - 1901, Jun-1903, Feb

39 - Umtali District, Mashonaland. - 1901, Jun-1902, Sep

40 - Lone Star, Beatrice, Butterfly, Etna, Imani & Giant mines, Mashonaland. - 1902, Jul

41 - Ayrshire & Eldorado mines, Mashonaland. - 1902, Dec

42-3 - Base Camp Battlefields, Inez, Etna, Butterfly, Lone Star, Giant, Golden Valley, Rezende & Penhalonga mines, Mashonaland. - 1903, Jan

44-51 - Inspectors of Native Compound Reports for Matabeleland - 1900-1903

52 - Index to I.N.C.s and the mines covered by their respective reports.

53 - Mashonaland Native Commissioner repts. for qtr. ending Mar 31. - 1899, Mar

53-96 - Chief Native Commissioner, Native Commissioner & I.Native Commissioner reports

54 - Matabeleland Native Commissioner repts. for month ending May 30. - 1899, May

55 - Mashonaland Chief Native Commissioner repts. for half yrs. ending Mar 31 and Sep 30, together with report of Indabas held in M'rewas and M'toko Dists., Jul 1900. - 1900

56 - Mashonaland Native Commissioner & I.N.C. repts. for Aug, and Native Commissioner rept. for Sebungwe District, Matabeleland. - 1902, Aug

57 - Mashonaland, Native Commissioner & I.N.C. repts. for Sep, Native Commissioner repts. for half yr. ending Sep 30. - 1902, Sep

58 - 5 pages of fragments of Native Commissioner repts. - 1903, Jan

59-62 - Mashonaland & Matabeleland Native Commissioner & Inspector of Native Compounds for months of Feb, Aug, Oct & Dec - 1905

63-4 - Chief Native Commissioner, Mashonaland & Matabeleland : Annual Repts., printed, for yr. ending Mar 31. - 1905

65 - Mashonaland Native Commissioner & I.N.C. reports for Aug, including tables of deaths in mines and native labour returns for Jul. - 1906, Aug

66 - Review of Native Commissioner repts., Mashonaland, month of Nov. - 1907, Nov

67 - Chief Native Commissioner, Mashonaland: Annual Rept., printed, for yr. ending Dec 31. - 1907

68-76 - Reviews of Native Commissioner repts., Mashonaland, for months of Mar, Apr, May, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov & Dec. - 1908

77-8 - Chief Native Commissioner, Mashonaland and Matabeleland, Annual Repts., printed, for yr. ending Dec 31. - 1908

79-83 - Reviews of Native Commissioner reports, Mashonaland, for months of Mar, Jul, Aug, Oct & Nov. - 1909

84 - Chief Native Commissioner, Mashonaland: Annual Rept., printed, for yr. ending Dec 31. - 1909

85 - Reviews of Native Commissioner reports, Mashonaland, for months of Apr & Jun. - 1910

87 - Chief Native Commissioner, Mashonaland: Annual Rept., printed, for yr. ending Dec 31. - 1911

88-91 - Reviews of Native Commissioner & I.N.C. repts. for months of Feb, Mar & Jun. - 1920

92-6 - Southern Rhodesia: Chief Native Commissioner Annual Repts., printed [2 copies of that for 1920.] - 1918-1922

97 - Board of Directors: statement with regard to allegations of use of forced labour in Rhodesia by Sir Richd. Martin; emphatic denial; request for Martin's recall and examination by a select committee. [3 copies.] - 1897, Mar 24

97-264 - Correspondence and papers

98 - Administrator, Bulawayo: reports arrival of first 30 families of Fingoes from the Transkei to a settlement on the Battlefields Block; memorandum of conditions of their location there. - 1898, Nov 26

99 - Cape Town Office: notification to C.J. Rhodes of departure for Bulawayo of another batch of Fingoes. - 1899, May 10

100 - P.L.G.: draft of a paper on the condition of the Rhodesian natives, extolling virtues of British South Africa administration & contrasting their lot to those of Transvaal. - [1899, Jul]

101 - Administrator, Salisbury, to British South Africa Company: enclosed report by British South Africa Police. of patrol in Victoria District where natives were reported killing their cattle at the suggestion of Dutch infiltrators. - 1900, Feb 15

102 - Chief Native Commissioner, Bulawayo, to Secretary, Bulawayo: enclosed reports from Native Commissioners on the attitude of the natives during the Boer War. Of these repts, only those from Native Commissioner, Bulalima-Mangwe and Native Commissioner, Bulawayo, have been found. Mar 26

103 - Administrator, Bulawayo, to British South Africa Company: enclosed report of indaba held by Administrator, with Indunas & Headmen to inform them on the state of the Boer War, 30 Jun

104 - Administrator, Salisbury, to British South Africa Company: enclosed rept. by Chief Native Commissioner of his indabas with M'rewas & M'toko natives re the eastern boundary with Portuguese territory and other matters, July 20th

105 - Marquis Curzon of Kedleston, Viceregal Lodge, Simla, India, to P.L.G.: does not think that emigration of Indian coolies to Rhodesia would help them in their present state of famine, esp. as those parts most hit by famine are not good sources of labour; is not opposed to Indian emigration per se as long as the migrant is given a strict contract and their treatment in the host country is better than it was in either Transvaal or Natal. July 22nd

106 - Minutes of meeting between C.J. Rhodes and Garner Sogini &ten other Fingo Headmen: discussion of their conditions on the Fingo locations in Matabeleland whither they had emigrated from the Transkei. [2 copies.] Sep 6th

107-8 - P.L.G. to Wilson Fox: has read Milton's reply to board's comments on his Native Ordinance; enclosed notes of his views; thanks him for his [W.F.'s] brother's letter; is increasingly depressed by the amateurishness of the British official. - 1901, May 30

109 - Allegations of brutality & extortion by Wesleyan missionary H. Oswald Brigg against the Native Messengers at Gwanda: letter from Chief Native Commissioner to Administrator enclosed original complaint by Brigg & report on enquiry from Native Commissioner, Charter District, May-June

110 - The Times: cutting of letter from H. Fox Bourne [Aborigines' Prot. Soc.] calling for campaign to make South Africa safe after the War for the native population; also criticising British South Africa Company's native labour policies. Aug 26th

111 - C.O. to British South Africa Company: briefly outlines Chamberlain's view on the position of the proposed Protector of Immigrants in Rhodesia. - 1901, Aug 28

112 - The Times: cutting of letter to the Ed. from "A shareholder in the Chartered Company" [P.L.G.], 30 Aug, refuting accusations made by Fox Bourne in The Times of Aug 26.

113 - P.L.G. to J. Chamberlain [Colonial Secretary]: detailed letter outlining his conception of the position and status of proposed Protector of Immigrants; recognises need for such an official with the move to import Asiatics from Aden well under way (thanks to C.O. and Ld. Curzon), but doubts whether he should be a Crown appointed officer independent of the Resident Commr. suggests that the Resident Commr. should take on the function of representing the Crown on these particular matters. Also outlines his views of the immediate future of Rhodesia; impossible for it to be either a Crown colony or self-governing; therefore need to strengthen the British South Africa Company's internal powers; Milner also thinks this. Letter endorsed "Private & Confidential". Dated 31 Aug.

114 - Archdeacon J. Hay Upcher to P.L.G.: forwards a letter to him from A.D. Owen, Enkeldoorn, dated Jul 29, reporting mistreatment of natives by Boer farmers in the Enkeldoorn district. [Note from Upcher to P.L.G. is endorsed on letter from Owen.] - [1901, Sep]

115 - P.L.G. to Archdeacon Upcher: thanks for enclosed; lengthy comments on it; outlines the Company's success in enforcing proper treatment of natives at the mines; criticises Owen for the way he went about making official complaint. - 1901, Sep 9

116 - P.L.G. to [Richard] Chester Master: sends him the papers re the complaints of Revd. Brigg and A.D. Owen as a warning of what he will be up against when he takes up appointment as Commandant of British South Africa Police.; his support of idea of native land held on military or labour tenure; problems inherent in Rhodesian situation with profound antipathy to C.O. interference; need for British South Africa Police. to be on good terms with Native Commissioners; problems arising out of the British South Africa Police. being Imperial officers and the Native Commissioners being Company men. - 1901 Sep 10

117-20 - The Times: cuttings of letter from Fox Bourne, reply by P.L.G. "A Shareholder, etc." , and reply to this from Fox Bourne: disputing the real facts of the Company's treatment of natives. [With Ts. draft of P.L.G.'s letter, missing 1st part] - 1901, Sep

121 - C.O. to British South Africa Company: enclosed reports from Sir Marshal Clarke [Res. Commr. Salisbury] in which allegations of misconduct of Native Commissioners with regard to recruitment of native labour are made; demand by C.O. that such conduct ceases and labour recruitment be taken entirely cut of the hands of the Native Commissioners whose task is only that of supervising the conduct of independent labour agents; drafts of cable to Administrator, Salisbury, asking for his comments, and of reply to C.O. complaining of the delay in transmission of these reports and refuting their contentions. - 1901 Oct 3-11

122-4 - Rhodesia Herald and Bulawayo Chronicle: cuttings of editorial comment on the exchange of letters between P.L.G. and Fox Bourne in The Times. - 1901 Oct 16

125 - C.P. Lucas [Chas. Prestwood Lucas, Asst. Under-Secretary of C.O.], Colonial Office, to P.L.G.: thanks for letter re treatment of Lewanika's sons; he has made enquiries; Chamberlain is personally responsible for all ltrs. written by his direction. - 1901 Oct 16

126 - P.L.G. to Lucas: reply to above, and further to his own letter of the 11th; long complaint about the treatment of the Company by the C.O., esp. re the Company 's native policy which he believes to be extremely enlightened. [2 copies.] - 1901 Oct 21

127 - Administrator, Salisbury, to British South Africa Company: shocked by the board's cable re Clarke's allegations; they have just completed reorganisation of labour recruitment whereby the independent labour agency system is abolished & replaced by the Native Commissioners acting as recruitment agents and distributors of labour; at no time has Clarke registered his dissent from this scheme; enclosed a letter to Chief Native Commissioner, Bulawayo, from Rhodesian Chamber of Mines calling on him to undertake the function of distribution of labour. - 1901 Oct 24

128-9 - The Times: cutting of letter from Sir Richard Martin protesting at the use of his report of 1897 by critics of the present policy towards natives in Rhodesia; his report dealt with the period prior to the Rebellion. [With Ts. copy.] - [1901, Oct 24]

130 - P.L.G. to C.P. Lucas: enclosed examples of the way the Company deals with mining cos. whose labour policy is not up to the required standard; has talked to Archdeacon Upcher who supports him re Clarke's allegations and who thinks it would be retrograde if the Native Commissioners were placed under Imperial control. - 1901, Oct 24

131-2 - P.L.G. to C.P. Lucas: enclosed editorial comment of Bulawayo Chronicle on C.O.'s ban on Native Commissioners taking part in labour recruitment; is sure that this sort of resentment will damage the government of the territory for many years to come. - 1901 Nov 25

133 - P.L.G. to Earl Grey: has read his speech; thinks it good; is sure that he must weigh his words; important that the right view with regards native labour is put across; quite convinced of the need for the English to educate the native and to force him to work, for his moral good, just as there is a need for compulsory education in England; is sure that the Govt. and the Native Commissioners are the best people to execute this policy. - 1901

134 - Rhodesia Herald: report of meeting addressed by Father Rickartz on subject of native labour. - 1901 Dec 7

135 - Bulawayo Chron.: report of monthly meeting of Chamber of Mines; esp. consideration of labour question. - 1910 Dec 25

136 - P.L.G. to [?C.P. Lucas]: C.O. should withdraw demand for Native Commissioners to cease acting as labour recruiters; outlines further ideas for making the native more amenable to development [part 3 only of a draft letter]. - [?1901]

137 - Milton, Salisbury, to British South Africa Company: in view of Clarke's approval of the Govt. undertaking labour recruitment, as expressed in his cable of the 16 Oct 1901 not found, they have not taken any steps to reappoint Labour Board; the Chamber of Mines refuses to undertake the work. - 1902, Jan 14

138 - Press cutting of article by Stanley P. Hyatt on the qualities of the Shangaans as mining labourers. - [1902, Jan]

139 - T. Blair Reynolds, London W., to P.L.G.: enclosed a report to the Provisional Committee of the Rhodesian Land & Mine Owners' Assoc. on Mopla labour; looks forward to receiving a copy of the letter Gell promised him which outlines the probable attitude of the Indian Govt. to Asiatic labour in Rhodesian - 1902, Feb 6

140 - T. Blair Reynolds, London W., to P.L.G.: thanks for Curzon's letter [?of Jul 22, 1900, above]; the Indian Govt. will not be a great problem to them; is sure that public opinion of Rhodesian is in favour; his Assoc.; has asked that moves be made to introduce trial shipments under the Ordinance. - 1902, Feb 11

141 - Administrator, Salisbury: special labour report for the month of Mar. - 1902, Mar

142 - The Diet of Native Labourers: a paper read before the Rhodesian Scientific Assoc., Salisbury Branch, by Jos. Milner Orpen. - 1902, Apr

143 - F.O. to British South Africa Company: enclosed rept. by A. Keyser, H.M. Consul at Zeila on the Somali Coast about the recruiting of Somali and Abyssinian labour for Rhodesian mines by Mr. Tulloch. - 1902, May 6

144 - British South Africa Company to C.O.: in reply to suggestions in report of Sir Marshal Clarke forwarded on Jun 17, the Company is unable to either force or persuade the mining cos. to establish their own labour recruitment organisation. - 1902

145 - Proposed Blue Book on the native labour question: correspondence between C.O., Hawksley, Millar, Fox & Milton about the inclusion of letter of Jul 28 in the Blue Book. - 1902, Jul-Aug

146 - Administrator, Salisbury, to British South Africa Company: enclosed reports & correspondence, Jul-Sep 1902, arising out of allegations by the I.N.C. of neglect of native labourers at the Morven mine. - 1902, Oct 10

147 - Correspondence with Enterprise Gold Mining & Estates Company Ltd. and report from Clerk to Native Commissioner, Umtali, forwarded by Administrator, Salisbury, re allegations by the Mining Company of hindrances placed in the way of obtaining native labour - 4 Jul 1902-23 Oct 1902

148 - P.L.G. to Brodie: suggests that rest camps should be provided for natives coming down from the N.E. to the mines, and that before natives move their kraals they should be given tree seeds to sow with their last crop on the land that they are vacating. - 1902, Nov 8

149 - P.L.G. to J. Chamberlain: sends for his leisure reading an article on the Jesuit mission in Rhodesian; admires greatly the success of the Jesuits; feels sure that the native problem could be solved by a series of industrial schools; industrial tension in S. Africa would also be alleviated by the introduction of Asiatics; suggests that the Australian Govt. might ship the Kanakas to South Africa Endorsed "Not sent". - 1902, Nov

150 - Wilson Fox: memorandum on native labour, covering Rhodesian, other African territories, and Asiatic labour, together with press report of Rhodesian reps. meeting with Chamberlain to discuss the labour question & relevant extracts from Native Commissioner reports. - 1903, Feb 17

151 - Chief Native Commissioner Mashonaland: annual report 1902-3. - 1903, Mar

152 - H.R. Fox Bourne: Forced Labour in British South Africa. [56 pages, 8vo.] - 1903, Mar

153-7 - Arthur B. Markham, M.P.: correspondence with P.L.G. re his allegations of the existence of slavery in Rhodesian, made in the House of Commons; long statements by both parties on this question, and by Markham on his attitude to the whole question of labour in South Africa, including the introduction of Chinese labour. - 31 Mar 1903-28 Apr 1903

158 - P.L.G. to [-----]: is watching the experiment at the Globe & Phoenix mine of giving the natives a regular meat ration; had not realised that this was a common practice on the Rand; difficulty of obtaining native labour in Rhodesian as the native has insufficient inducements; perhaps meat will serve to attract more men to the mines. - 1903, Jun 20

159 - P.L.G. to [----]: main problems of Rhodesian due to lack of labour; is convinced that South Africa is the natural colonising ground for the Indian peoples; need to limit capital investment in South Africa until the labour question is solved. - 1903, Jun 28

160 - [Wilson Fox] to P.L.G.: enclosed exchange of cables with Milton & draft reply re Chinese labour; need to gain Rhodesian support for Chinese labour as the scheme to import Indians has been turned down by the Indian Govt.; alarmed by Milton's assertion that Chinese will not be accepted last part of letter missing. Attached to this group by P.L.G. is last part of letter to P.L.G. from F. Johnson enclosed copy cable to the Gen. Managers, Rhodesian Cold Storage, urging them to obtain public support for importation of Chinese labour. - 11 Nov 1903

161 - Ms. notes [?by Mrs. Gell] re native labour situation arranged in two columns entitled "Review" & "Newspaper", respectively. - [?1903]

162 - P.L.G.: fragment of draft letter re natives and Aborigines' Prot. Soc. - [?1903]

163 - P.L.G.: rough notes on Fox Bourne's allegations of forced labour in Rhodesian - [?1903]

164 - British South Africa Company to C.O.: thanks for suggestion that a special officer should be deputed to inspect the situation in Rhodesian with regard to prospective use of Indian labour; regrets proposal to extend his brief to Transvaal as this will only delay Rhodesian decision. - 1904, Jan 12

165 - Herbert J. Taylor, Chief Native Commr.: short history of tribes of Matabele land, being mainly a history of the Matabele and a brief account of lesser tribes with short sketches of the characters of present chiefs. - 1904, Jan 16

166 - Val Gielgud [Gen. Manager Rhodesian Native Lab. Bureau], Bulawayo, to British South Africa Company: sends answers to circular sent out by Rhodesian Native Labour Bureau to employers of labour in order to guage the amount of support for the Bureau's work. - 1904, Feb 12

167 - C.O. to British South Africa Company: C.O. cannot yet authorise the importation of Chinese labour; enclosed rept. on the question from Sir Marshal Clarke and copies of resolutions passed by Rhodesian commercial associations calling for Chinese labour in Nov 1903. - 1904, Mar 10

168 - P.L.G. to T. Blair Reynolds: sends him a copy of the C.O. letter of Mar 10; is sure that the Land & Mine Owners' Assoc. should take a strong line on the unsatisfactory nature of Clarke's report; C.O. has entirely omitted Indian labour from its letter - 1904, Mar 12

169 - Reynolds to P.L.G.: thanks for information; will draft a reply immediately. - 1904, Mar 13

170 - Rhodesian Land & Mine Owners' Assoc. to Duke of Abercorn, Pres. British South Africa Company: protesting at the tone of the C.O. letter and Clarke report. - 1904, Mar 19

171 - T. Blair Reynolds to Earl Grey: amplifying the views of his Assoc. as expressed to Duke of Abercorn. - 1904, Apr 7

173 - P.L.G. to British South Africa Company: a mistake to abandon idea of a petition in favour of Chinese labour from the Rhodesian electors; enclosed extract from Hansard referring to Clarke's assertion that only a minority of the people wanted Chinese labour. - 1904, Jun 9

174 - Val Gielgud, Bulawayo, to British South Africa Company: outlines further plans for the consolidation and greater efficiency of the Native Lab. Bureau; enclosed correspondence on this subject with the Chamber of Mines, Bulawayo. - 1904, Aug 20

175 - British South Africa Company to C.O.: in view of the success of the Chinese labourers in the Rand, requests that 500 should be sent to the Wankie colliery. - 1904, Sep 1

176 - Milton, Salisbury, to P.L.G.: has obtained Native Commissioners' opinions of Gell's suggestion that the hut tax might be levied twice yearly instead of once. - 1904, Sep 22

177 - Administrator, Salisbury, to British South Africa Company: enclosed first annual report of the Native Labour Bureau. - 1904, Sep 24

177 - Milton, Salisbury: memorandum accounting for fears of native disturbances in Victoria District - 1904, May 12

178 - P.L.G. to Jones: thinks that the Colonial Secretary could not do anything else on the question of Asiatic labour; fault lies with Milton and the Civil Service who view everything as if Rhodesia were an extension of Cape Colony and are therefore against Asiatic labour; Milton's actions virtually ignore board's instructions. - 1904, Oct 1

179 - British South Africa Company Govt. Gazette: including text of proclamation establishing revised regulations for natives. - 1904, Dec 2

180 - Fragment 1 part only of note re natives who are exempt from the Natives Pass Ordinance, 1902. - 1904, Dec 16

181 - P.L.G. to newspaper: need for Asiatic labour in South Africa - [1904]

182 - P.L.G. to [-----]: was alarmed by what he [the addressee] said about the effects of the Chinese labour question on his Party in Lancashire; he should apply for lecturers, etc., to educate the cotton workers away from emnity to the proposals; they do not realise that Rhodesian could be made to produce cotton on a scale that would stop any fear of cotton famine in Lancs.; must have Asiatic labour to do this. - [1904]

183 - P.L.G.: draft memorandum on labour. - 1904

184 - Alf. Lyttelton [Colonial Sec] to P.L.G.: unable to come to meeting of Mashonaland Mission; is sure of its value for the value for the natives & the country. - 1905, Jan 17

185 - Sir Thos. C. Scanlen, Salisbury: memorandum re the draft Native Locations Ordinance, w. copy of draft. - 1905, Mar 3

186 - P.L.G.: suggestions re means of raising native revenue to meet special expenditure for native needs; postscript to this memorandum Written to take into account the report of the South Africa Commission on Native Affairs. 2 copies, one supplementary copy of postscript & part of Ts. draft of original memorandum. - 1905, Feb, Mar 11

187 - P.L.G. to Milton: his memorandum on native revenue to be sent out to Salisbury; it is not meant to over-ride Milner's own judgement, simply to initiate discussion; Beit is very keen to double the hut tax - 12/22 Mar 1905

188 - P.L.G. to Wilson Fox: notes as to the draft Native Locations Ordinance. [2 copies.] - 1905, Apr 4

189 - Agenda copy of above, with copy of Ordinance attached. - 1905, Apr 4

190 - Val Gielgud to British South Africa Company: enclosed letter to the Rhodesian Chamber of Mines on recruitment of native labour by the Rhodesian Native Labour Bureau, esp. touching on R.N.L.B.'s relations with the Witwatersrand Native Labour Assoc. and the effect of the Rand on the Rhodesian situation. - 1905, Apr 6

191 - Administrator, Salisbury: copy of letter to Imp. Secretary, Johannesburg; enclosed report on case of Lobengula's widows who wished to return to South Africa taking with them their slaves on which lobola had not been paid. - 1905, Apr 7

192 - Val Gielgud, Bulawayo, to Rhodesian Land & Mine Owners' Assoc.: calling on them to urge their Rhodesian reps. to only use the Rhodesian Native Labour Bureau and to give up employing independent labour touts. - 1905, Jun 9

193 - The Chinese Labour Question, Handy Notes, publ. by The Imperial South African Assoc. [56 pages, 8vo.] - 1905

194 - Administrator, Salisbury, to British South Africa Company: answers queries on the seasonal shortage of labour impossibility of changing this factor by changing date of hut-tax payment; employment of native police by the Chief Native Commissioner; reports on this from Chief Native Commissioners Mashonaland and Matabeleland. - 1906, Jan 31

195 - Dispatches exchanged with High Commr., Johannesburg: correspondence between Salisbury & High Commr. re interpretation of the word "adult" in Hut Tax Ordinance and re the draft Native Locations Ordinance. - 1906, Feb 9

196 - Shortage of native labour: extracts from the South Africa Native Affairs Commission on this subject. - [1906]

197 - Administrator, Salisbury, to British South Africa Company: enclosed letter to Res. Commr., Salisbury; report on the Sabiwa mines, and report by the Medical Director on the question of native mortality in the mines. - 1907, Feb 23

198 - British South Africa Company: memorandum re recruitment of labour from Mozambique; enclosed cables from Milton; copy of question in Parliament and copy of 1901 Modus Vivendi arising from the approach to Portuguese authorities by Transvaal miners to organise labour recruitment. - 1907, Feb

199 - Administrator, Salisbury, to High Commissioner, Johannesburg: the Rhodesian Native Lab. Bureau, the Witwatersrand N.L.A., and the supply of native labour from Portuguese East Africa. - 1907, Mar 5

200 - Native reserves, private locations & rents: correspondence between Administrator & Res. Commr., Salisbury, with attached papers - 1907, Sep-Oct

201 - Administrator, Salisbury, to British South Africa Company: enclosed copy report on beri beri epidemic at East Gwanda and copy cables exchanged on subject with Major Heany, Bulawayo. - 1907, Dec 13

202 - Summary of nos. of natives in mines for Dec. - 1907, Dec

203 - Administrator, Salisbury, to British South Africa Company: enclosed correspondence with High Commissioner, Johannesburg, and Witwatersrand Native Labour Assoc. re passage of natives from the north in transit for the Transvaal, together with medical report by Dr. Fleming; objections to this traffic on medical grounds and due to fears of the effect of sight of well-paid Rand labourers on the Rhodesian labour force. - 1908, Jan 17

204 - British South Africa Police.: general order of the Commandant, Southern Rhodesia, re conditions under which a police officer may be employed in the Native Department - 1908, Feb 14

205 - Rhodesia Ltd. & British South Africa Company: correspondence, reports of Chief Native Commissioner & N.C & papers re unsatisfactory compound and hospital arrangements at Colleen Bawn Mine, Gwanda District - 1908, Mar 3

206 - High Commissioner, Johannesburg, to Administrator, Salisbury: expressing alarm at the high rate of mortality in Southern Rhodesia mines, esp. those in E. Gwanda District & praising Administrator for action so far taken. - 1908, Mar 23

207 - Administrator, Salisbury, to British South Africa Company: enclosed draft Asiatics Ordinance, 1908, with memorandum from Attorney General. - 1908, Apr 24

208 - Administrator, Salisbury, to British South Africa Company: enclosed results of his enquiries to Chief Native Commissioners and the G.P.O. as to use of Post Office savings facilities by natives. - 1908, Aug 15

209 - High Commissioner, Johannesburg, to Administrator, Salisbury: detailed criticism of the draft Asiatics Ordinance, 1908, and comparison of its clauses with those of Transvaal Asiatic Law Amendment Act, 1907. - 1908, Sep 23

210 - Administrator, Salisbury, to High Commissioner, Johannesburg: discussion of the proposed amendments to the Native Regulations, answering High Commr.'s criticisms. - 1908, Dec 1

211 - Administrator, Salisbury, to British South Africa Company: enclosed correspondence & reports re ten Angoni contracted by the Rhodesian Native Lab. Bureau for the tobacco plantation at Salisbury, and re whom there had been a question in the House of Commons [on account of alleged compulsion by the Bureau.] - 1909, Jan 23

212 - Native labour from Portuguese territories: memorandum with correspondence of Administrator with High Commr. and Itrs. from Hawksley & Jameson Feb-Apr, 1909, re suggestion that the modus vivendi of 1901 whereby labour can be recruited for Rhodesian and the Rand should be renegotiated; fears that Rhodesian will be left out of the final settlement. - 1909, Apr 15

213 - Correspondence resulting from a series of queries addressed to British South Africa Company by P.L.G. on points arising out of the Chief Native Commissioner reviews of Native Commissioner reports, esp. covering recruitment of labour for farmers and use of post office facilities by native population. - 1909, May-Sep

214 - Alban, Njube Lobengula, Grahamstown, to High Commissioner, Johannesburg: objecting to High Commissioner's speech where he assured Southern Rhodesia that Njube Lobengula would not be permitted to return to Bulawayo; demands reasons for such statement; unable to understand how rebels such as Col. Lynch and, in England, anti-monarchists such as Keir Hardie, Victor Grayson and Winston Churchill are allowed to go free whilst he is forced to remain in South Africa; demands return of cattle which British South Africa Company agreed to retain only during his education in Cape Town which is now complete. - 1909, Nov 25

215 - Administrator, Salisbury, to British South Africa Company: enclosed circular issued by Administrator to all depts in Southern Rhodesia offering prizes for papers submitted on native customs, language, history, religion, ethnology and sociology. - 1909, Dec 11

216 - P. Inskipp: memorandum recommending setting up of native reserve in Tuli Block, Bechuanaland Protectorate, with attached correspondence & reports re suggested location and original report, Nov 1909, by W.G. Mason on the advisability of such a reserve for the natives in Crocodile Strip. - 1910, Apr 12

217 - Rhodesian Native Lab. Bureau: printed report of the management & finance committee. on future policy & finance. [20 pages, foolscap.] - 1910, Jun 23

218 - P. Inskipp, Bulawayo, to British South Africa Company: enclosed enquiry from Native Affairs Committee, Nulawayo, as to amount of rent earned from sites of stores on native reserves; has declined to give figure without board's authority as has been told that Col. Grey wants the information for political reasons. - 1910, Sep 3

219 - H.W. Kempster, Bulawayo, to Birchenough: his views of the Rhodesian Native Labour Bureau [which he had just taken over as manager]; plans for greater exploitation of Northern Rhodesia; dissatisfaction of mine owners with the labour situation; difficulty of convincing them to back whole-heartedly the Bureau. - 1911, Mar 19

220 - Administrator, Salisbury, to British South Africa Company: forwarding Itrs. from F.W.T. Posselt, Acting Native Commissioner, Wankie District, re need to purchase goods of native manufacture for a museum of Rhodesian handicrafts; sends list of such items, with estimated cost of purchase. - 1911, Jul-Sep

221 - Newton, Salisbury, to Birchenough: enclosed Itr. from Hole, in Blantyre, giving account of his meeting with Manning, Govnr. of Nyasaland, and discussions about export of Nyasa labour; unwillingness of the Nyasaland Govt. to let labour go as there is great shortage; possibility of avoiding the regulations. - 1911, Aug 19

222 - P.L.G. to British South Africa Company: wonders if anything has been done about defects in native administration in Sipolilo reserve; with extracts from Chief Native Commissioner & Native Commissioner repts. re disturbances at Sipolilo. - 1911, Sep 16

223 - Administrator, Salisbury, to British South Africa Company: enclosed copies of article in Nyasaland Times re export of labour to Rhodesian & South Africa - 1911, Oct

224 - Medical condition of natives supplied by Rhodesian Native Lab. Bureau and complaint by Rev. Arthur Cripps of use of intimidation by labour recruiters: correspondence on these subjects with High Commr. & Res. Commr., with attached reports & papers - 1911, Nov

225 - Administrator, Salisbury, to Res. Commr., Salisbury: enclosed report of committee of enquiry into allegations of intimidation in recruiting of native labour in the Makoni District brought by Messrs. Upcher, Lloyd and Christelow. - 1911, Dec 2

226 - P.L.G. to [-----]: replies to appeal for funds for new church in Bulawayo; although pleased to donate, must complain of the present attitude of the clergy to the Company; recent cases involving Cripps & Messrs. Lloyd, Upcher & Christelow were injurious to the Company, even though many allegations were disproved; the practice of complaining direct to Imperial Govt. instead of via Administrator is to be deplored. - [1911]

227 - Administrator, Salisbury, to British South Africa Company: enclosed correspondence & reports re the amalgamation of the Native Department and District Offices including printed reports of Bd. of Enquiry into Civil Service, 1909, and Native Affairs Committee of Enquiry, 1910-11. - 1912, Oct

228 - P.L.G.: memorandum re native reserves enclosed draft Itr. to the C.O. re their delimination. - 1914, Jan 13

229 - Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Soc.: correspondence with Company re the law of unalienated lands and the setting up of native mission centres in Southern Rhodesia - 1918, Oct-Dec

230 - P. Inskipp to P.L.G.: account of meeting of the Aborigines Prot. Soc. which he attended. - 1919, May 1

231 - P. Inskipp: memorandum re A.P.S. meeting. - 1919, May 2

232 - P. Inskipp to P.L.G.: enclosed Annual Rept. of A.P.S. [not found]; thinks it wise to ignore their complaints rather than to flatter them by involving oneself in controversy. - 1919, May 9

233 - H.S. Keigwin: report on industries that might be adapted to needs of natives in Southern Rhodesia - 1919, Dec 8

234 - British South Africa Company: printed correspondence between Chaplin and Sir Victor Buxton of the A.P.S., 1918, re J.H. Harris's allegations of ill-treatment, etc., of the natives. [20 pages, 8vo; 2 copies] - 1919

235 - Marshall Hole: memorandum re attacks on the British South Africa Company's native policy by the A.P.S. - 1920, Jan 7

236 - Holman Brown, London W-, to A.P.Millar: glad that he was able to put Mr. Saunders right on the Company's native policy; sees that meetings, at the behest of the A.P.S., are condemning the treatment of the Rhodesian natives in the same resolution as the Armenian Atrocities. - 1920, Mar 8

237 - Marshall Hole to P.L.G.: enclosed copy of the Commonwealth not found with letter re native policy. - 1920, Apr 9

238 - Summary of despatches exchanged between the Administrator, High Commissioner & Resident Commissioner: esp. re rate of removal of natives from kraals on lands now released from the native reserves - 7 May 1920

239 - Notes of discussion in South Africa Parliament on South Africa native policy relative to the Native Affairs Bill. - 1920, May 28

240 - Ways & Means: cutting of article by Hole on the native question. - 1920, Jul 3

241 - Chaplin, Bulawayo, to British South Africa Company: reports his visit to the Charter District and his inspection of native reserves and his talks with Rev. A.S. Cripps. - 1920, Jul 17

242-5 - Bulawayo Chronicle and Rhodesia Herald: cuttings of arts. re A.P.S. and the Company's native policy - 19-24 Jul 1920

246 - British South Africa Company to Bishop of Southern Rhodesia, Chichester: sends, at P.L.G.'s request, extract of letter from Chaplin re Cripps. - 1920, Jul 27

247 - P.L.G. to P. Inskipp: enclosed cutting re North Borneo Company and its conflict with the A.P.S.; may be useful in their own troubles; means of raising Imperial loans for Rhodesian - 1920, Jul 29

248 - Hole to P.L.G.: enclosed Ways & Means [Jul 24] with letter from J.H. Harris in rebuttal of Hole's article - 1920, Aug 4

249 - Hole to P.L.G.: enclosed [not found] a reply fromthe Nat. Council of the Evangelical Free Churches to his letter complaining of their unfair attitude to the Company's native policies; cannot see how they can further persuade them; also enclosed copy of review of Harris's book on British South Africa Company native policy by Ramsay Macdonald; thinks it likely that Harris works for both the A.P.S. and the extremists of the Labour Party. Aug 20 - 1920

250 - Secretary, British South Africa Company to The Times: denying that Coghlan had ever supported Harris of the A.P.S.; enclosed letter from Coghlan to Marshall Hole denying all support of Harris; with Times rejection slip, endorsed by Malcolm that it should be kept for P.L.G.'s speech to shareholders. - 1920, Oct 1,4

251 - Pr. correspondence on the allegations made by the A.P.S. against the N. Borneo Company's administration. [Cmd. 1060, 25 pages, foolscap.] - 1920, Dec

252 - Press cutting: report that Nyasaland is to permit recruitment of labour for the Zambesi-Beira rlwy. - [?1920]

253 - A.P.S.: printed appeal on behalf of the natives of Rhodesian 18 pages, 8vo. - [1920]

254 - A.P.S.: dupl. statement criticising Company's native policy. - [1920]

255 - British South Africa Company to [-----]: [last part of letter] agreeing as to importance of proficiency in native languages by members of the Native Department but unable to see how an official can be allowed to receive for himself the official interpreter's allowance when he claims to act as his own interpreter.

256 - P.L.G.: 3rd part of draft letter reasoning that the labour famine in Rhodesia can only be solved by colonisation by industrial Asiatics, namely Kanakas, Burmese, Chinese Christians, Indians and Japanese.

257 - P.L.G.: part of draft memorandum or letter defending the Company's treatment of the natives over land.

258-64 - P.L.G.: drafts or fragments of ltrs. re native affairs, native labour, etc., including part of letter re use of post office facilities by natives.

8 - North Eastern Rhodesia

9 - North Western Rhodesia

10 - Northern Rhodesia

11 - Railways

12 - The Zambesi and de Laessoe

13 - Charter Trust & Agency

14 - Royal Charter, Orders-in-Council, ordinances and proclamations

15 - Fragments

BXA - BRITISH EXPLORATION OF AUSTRALASIA, LTD. - 1900-1910

MIL - Correspondence mostly between P.L. Gell and Alfred Milner (cr. Viscount Milner)

RTC - Rhodesian Trading Company Ltd

Florence Nightingale

Tweets by DRO

Local Studies Periodicals

Florence Nightingale

National Coal Board

Horace John Rylands (1886-1961) of Bakewell, First World War soldier

Collection Highlights

Hierarchy Browser

Useful Links

See more Collection highlights