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Minutes of annual general meetings of the China Submarine Telegraph Company Limited.

Records of Chine Shipping Co Ltd, containing records of all the five companies, which, at one time or another, made up the Anglo-Danubian group, although the majority relate to the Chine Shipping Company. Much of the Companies' history can be traced through agreements between them, and with the Ministry of War Transport, 1941 to 1944. The only statutory company record to survive is the Director's minute book of the Rodney Steamship Company Ltd, 1915 to 1935. Financial ledgers and accounts include: Anglo-Danubian Transport Company Ltd, 1944 to 1962; Chine Shipping Company Ltd, 1944 to 1968; the Gryfevale Steamship Company, 1929 to 1950; the Rodney Steamship Company Ltd, 1948 to 1961; the Anglo-Continental Inland Waterways Ltd, 1947 to 1951. There is a full series of general correspondence for Chine Shipping, 1961 to 1968. In addition there is a long series of records relating to Chine's ships in the 1960s. These include: accounts relating to the CHARLES DICKENS, 1961 to 1962; correspondence and accounts, MACAULAY, TENNYSON and THACKERAY, 1963 to 1968; chief officer's and chief engineer's logs for MACAULAY, 1963 to 1968, for TENNYSON, 1964 to 1968, and THACKERAY, 1964 to 1968; repair accounts for MACAULAY, 1960 to 1968, for TENNYSON, 1957 to 1968, and THACKERAY, 1958 to 1968. There are insurance records, 1958 to 1968, and general files dealing with the usual minutiae of a shipping office.

Records of the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company Limited, comprising minutes of the board of directors; cash books; share ledgers; mining ledgers and shipping ledgers.

Records, 1926-1951, of the Chinese Government Purchasing Commission (CGPC), including information on the state of Chinese communications; the workings of the Chinese Ministries of Communications, Railways and Industries; Chinese banking; construction and engineering technology and the work of British manufacturers; and some information on Chinese educational and cultural institutions in receipt of subsidies from the Board of Trustees for the Administration of the Indemnity Funds Remitted by the British Government.

Records, 1926-1951, relating to the foundation and constitution of the CGPC comprise printed report of the Anglo-Chinese Advisory Committee (China Indemnity Advisory Committee), 1926; correspondence, largely letters from the Board of Trustees to the CPGC, 1931-1950, concerning the constitution of the Commission, procedural issues, personnel and financial matters; file on procedure on appointment of a new member of the Commission, 1947-1948; correspondence concerning events preceding the winding-up of the Commission, 1951.

Financial records, 1931-1951, comprise papers on the Board Account, 1937-1950; papers on the Chin Fund (apparently a grant paid to Constance Chin, a patient of the Bethlem Royal Hospital), 1945-1951; summaries of expenses relating to purchase orders made by Chinese ministries, 1931-1951; Indemnity Fund cash books, 1937-1950; invoices and receipts relating to CGPC business, 1937-1951; financial statements and correspondence relating to banking matters with the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, 1931-1951, the subjects including investments and tax.

Operational records, c1928-1951, relating to the administration of purchase orders, comprise register of tenders/purchase orders, 1942-1946; contract registers (not comprehensive), 1931-1949, recording the management of contracts for the supply and delivery in China of plant, machinery and other materials manufactured in the UK for the Chinese government, and over 1,000 related contract files for engineering companies and manufacturers for industrial, construction, railway and other projects; tender forms, 1934, issued to contractors by the CGPC; specifications and standards, c1928-1937 and undated, largely for the construction of railways and carriages; correspondence concerning administration of purchase orders, 1932-1951, relating especially to delivery of locomotive spare parts and related materials; registers of export licences issue to British manufacturers under wartime regulations, 1941-1946; applications for export licences, 1939-1945; registers of shipments, insurance, freight and inspection fees, 1931-1951; shipping letters, 1937-1950, issued for CGPC shipments; general correspondence concerning the administration of the CGPC, 1931-1951, including correspondence with solicitors and correspondence concerning the CGPC premises in Tothill Street, London.

Annual reports and accounts, 1931-1950, comprise typescript accounts and reports, 1931-1950, of the CGPC and published annual reports, 1931-1950, including summaries of receipts and payments; and annual reports of the Board of Trustees, 1931-1938.

Miscellaneous records, c1932-1950, comprise one file including papers on subjects including railways, training Chinese students, Japanese imperialism, and CGPC records, a photograph of ships in harbour, and maps of China and the Far East.

Records, 1939-1943, of the China Purchasing Agency Ltd comprise standing regulations of the Board of Directors, undated; correspondence, 1939-1943, concerning various purchase orders; miscellaneous items, c1939-1940, including list of tenders passed for acceptance, 1939, and an undated schedule of materials shipped.

Records of the Chinese National Healthy Living Centre, including promotional leaflets; recordings made under the oral history project 'Whispers of Time: Memories of Migration and Settlement'; and promotional material from the 'Footprints of the Dragon' project.

Personal papers of Samuel Chinque, political activist, including issues of the Hsinhua weekly news sheet; photographs; official or business correspondence; administrative documents for the Chinese Mutual Aid Association; publications; official personal papers; original writings and poems; and private correspondence.

Records of the manor of Manor of Chipping Barnet and East Barnet, Hertfordshire. They include minutes, court rolls and rentals.

Notes from Pierre Chirac's lectures, 1696-1734.

Records of Chiswick Maternity Hospital comprising operations register, 1943-1968 and births register, 1943-1975.

Publication by the Chiswick Residents' Committee, protesting against the proposed construction of gas works on a riverside area of Chiswick. Including map of area, panoramic view of site, plan of meadows showing proposed town planning development and sketch of proposed development.

Records of Chiswick Synagogue, consisting of administrative papers including Board of Management minutes, financial records and a kethuba [marriage contract] register.

PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, United Synagogue.

Volume in 7 parts, originally formed part of one large volume, which has been broken up, and of which parts are wanting, entitled 'Libro cabalistico'. The first four parts are paginated. Part I 'Libro cabalistico. Ho sia una quantita di cabale per trovare, le dene simpatici, per operare, e finali, con il modo di restringere i 90 numeri a 45, a 36, e ancho a meno. Epoi trovare ancora numeri precisi: contenente ruote ho siano sfere, tavole di Simpatici, tavole di Rutiglio, alfabeti, gradi Polari ... Colla tavola delle Feste Mobili ... Raccolte da altri libri, e molte di mia invenzione, fatte scrivere dal Caporale Giovanni Chiti dei Reali Veterani, e da me Bartolomeo Bartolomei, negli anni 1829 e 1830. In questa Citta di Pistoja'. (Paginated 1-66). Part II 'Ruota o sia sfera mattematica con l'insegniamento per operare e per trovare il primo, terzo, o quinto estratto detto la ruota solare e lunare di Rutilio Benincasa ... Dicano copiata in Roma ... nel' anno 1796 da F.F.F. ... Scritto in Pistoja l'anno 1830'. (Paginated 79-106: irregular). Part III 'Ruota con sette cerchi, con i nomi e caratteri dei sette pianeti, e con i dodici segni del Zodiaco, con il loro nome mese, e stelle fisee con il insegnamento per operare, etc. Ed inseguito una quantita di Cabale ... Per il Giuoco del Lotto. Scritto in Pistoja l'anno 1830 (Paginated 107-109). Part IV Tavole di Varalla cappucino. Spiegazione di arcani secreti ho sia insegnamento della squente ruota. Scritta in Pistoja ... 1830' (Paginated 213-220). Part V 'Lunazioni o sia il prospetto comodo per vedere ... quanti giorni sono di luna in qualunque giorno di ogni mese ... Con la lettera del Martyrologio Romano ... Copiata in Pistoja ... 1828' (40 ll.). Part VI 'Dettaglio dei dodici quadri perpetui appartenenti al punto nove annuale delle parte Europea, Polo 48 al Nord', n.d. (27 pp.). Part VII 'Regole cabalistiche variate', n.d. (18 ll. + 4 bl. ll.). Produced in Pistoia.

Transcripts of the parish registers of Thurcaston with Cropston, Leicestershire, covering baptisms 1561-1800, marriages 1561-1754 and burials 1561-1800.

Printed Order in Council from the Court at Balmoral, 5 September 1849, stating: "[it is] ordered that the Archbishop of Canterbury do prepare a Form of Prayer on account of the great mortality caused by the Cholera; and that such Form of Prayer be used in all churches and chapels in England and Wales". The sheet had been used to seal up a small package and is inscribed on the dorse: "Relics and mementos of my darlings gone, Sep. 15 1849".

Casebook of St Thomas's Hospital, 1854, recording details of 149 cases of cholera and choleraic diarrhoea admitted to the hospital, by an unidentified compiler, including printed instructions on hygiene practices from the Royal College of Physicians, 1853.

Records of the Cholera Research Laboratory, Dacca, 1945-1983, including annual reports; minutes; correspondence; memoranda, reports, proposals and plans; articles; papers relating to successor organisation, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Research, established 1978.

Records of the Cholmondeley Charities, including deeds establishing and regulating Charities; minutes; correspondence; financial accounts; petitions; registers of applications; registers and lists of grants.

Extracts from a Hungarian publication Magarorszag Földrajza [Geography of Hungary], translated into English

Remèdes pour un grand nombre de maladies tirés du Dictionnaire oeconomique de Mr. Noël Chomel, prêtre et curé de St. Vincent de Lyon. Par ordre alphabétique. After the index in Vol. II, there are 16 ll. of additional medical receipts written by the compiler and by several contemporary hands. Produced in Lyons.

Notes of Pierre Jean Baptiste Chomel on plants and on medicine, [1715-1730].

This collection consists of papers kept by Lord Chorley concerning his work at the Ministry of Labour during World War One, including weekly reports from the ministry and essays by Lord Chorley; minutes of meetings and discussion papers from the New Fabian Research Bureau; official papers which cover Lord Chorley's work as member of government and legal committees; papers relating to his membership of the National Co-operating Body for Education; and papers relating to his work in the Association of University Teachers, including material on the reconstruction of German universities.

Records of Chota Rubber Estates Limited, including articles of association, annual reports and circulars to shareholders.

Papers relating to Chrisp Street Methodist Church comprising correspondence relating to the closure and sale of church and school premises by the trustees, 1934-1935.

Records of the Christ Church at Whetstone United Reformed Church including Church Meeting minutes; Deacons' Meeting minutes; papers regarding buildings and property; papers relating to charity and fundraising; register of baptisms, marriages and burials, 1936-1962; Sunday School minutes; Church magazines and Year Books; press cuttings; publication The History of Christ Church at Whetstone by H.E. Hill, 1988 and other papers relating to the history of the church.

Parish magazine for the parish of Christ Church, Cockfosters, 1967.

Records of Christ Church Congregational Church, later Wycliffe Congregational Church, Ilford, including minutes of Church Meetings, 1896-1897 and 1904-1950; minutes of deacons' meetings, 1904-1955; roll of members, 1896- 1939; cash books, 1931-1962; minutes of Sunday School teacher's meeting, 1903-1936; annual reports of the activities of the Church, Church groups and groups to which the Church was affiliated, 1910-1963.

Register of marriages, 1914-1933.

Marriage registers for the Christ Church Institute, Armfield Road, Enfield, 1917-1938.

Records of Christ Church Parochial Schools, Southwark, including deeds, leases, agreements and other documents relating to school property and the trustees; minute books of the Trustees and the Managers; financial accounts; letter books; school log books; and plans of the school buildings.

Records of Christ Church Presbyterian Church including Communicants' roll book, 1928-1938; Court of Session minute books, 1915-1938; Board of Managers' minute books, 1903-1938; Sunday School teachers' minute book, 1924-1928; Register of baptisms, 1923-1938, including a separate note that some Dulwich baptisms from 1921-1923 are in the Camberwell register of baptisms.

Records of Christ Church Presbyterian Church, Wallington, including Court of Session minute books, 1880-1918 (including a history of the chapel); Board of Managers minute books, 1879-1903; Extension Committee, Finance Committee and Trustees minute book, 1906-1910; Waddon Free Church Hall Committee minute book, 1944-1956; minutes of the Joint Committee for Waddon Free Church Hall, 1936-1943; Women's Missionary Association minute books, 1899-1954; papers of the Reading Club, 1930-1939 and Reading Club minute book, 1925-1940; Literary debating society minute book, 1934-1937; Communicants' roll books, 1880-1939; register of baptisms, 1880-1893; seat-letting book, 1887-1918; deeds and legal papers relating to church property, 1888-1956; and record of the activities of the Junior Women's Missionary Association, 1943-1945.

Records of the parish of Christ Church, Forest Hill, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials; preachers' books and registers of church services; Parochial Church Council minutes; administrative papers; financial accounts; papers relating to church income; papers relating to church buildings including the parsonage and churchyard; and records regarding the Christ Church School.

Records of the parish of Christ Church, Albany Street, Regent's Park, including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; church services registers; papers relating to parish boundaries; papers relating to the benefice, endowments and sequestrations; Churchwardens' financial accounts; legal documents relating to properties; papers relating to the construction and maintenance of the church including plans, drawings and photographs; financial records; papers of the Parochial Church Council; and papers relating to the Christ Church National School.

Records of the parish of Christ Church, Barnet, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, and confirmations; registers of church services; working papers of the incumbent; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; financial records; papers of the Sunday School; magazines, publications, newspaper cuttings, historical notes and photographs; papers relating to tithes, glebes and terriers; papers relating to the maintenance of church buildings and fittings, including faculties, correspondence, plans, specifications and architect's reports; and plans of the churchyard.

Records of the parish of Christ Church, Battersea, comprising registers of baptisms and registers of marriages.

Receipt regarding a payment from Davey and Sawyer (coal merchants, of the Old Barge House, Southwark). The receipt is written on the dorse of a printed notice from the churchwardens of Christ Church requesting a meeting of the inhabitants in Vestry to consider the repairing of the parish church (churchwardens: J. Chambers and Robert Jenks).

Records of the parish of Christ Church, Bermondsey, comprising registers of baptisms and marriages and Parochial Church Council (PCC) minutes.

Records of the parish of Christ Church, Brondesbury, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, and church services; preacher's books; financial accounts and poster.

Records of the parish of Christ Church, Camberwell, including registers of baptisms and marriages; Churchwarden's vouchers; papers relating to the parish school; papers relating to the church buildings; correspondence relating to parish boundaries; and newspaper cuttings.

The records of Christ Church, Cannes comprise a register of baptisms and burials, 1860-1933 (Ms 23611); register of marriages, 1903-28 (Ms 23612); service registers, 1856-1903 (Ms 23613); and chaplaincy and organist fund account book, 1901-22, 1931 (Ms 23614).

Records of the parish of Christ Church, Chelsea, comprising registers of baptisms and registers of marriages; including baptisms at the Victoria Hospital for Children, Chelsea.

Records of the parish of Christ Church, Union Grove, Clapham, including registers of baptisms, marriages and confirmations; registers of church services; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; and parish magazines.

Records of the parish of Christ Church, Clapton, including registers of baptisms, marriages and confirmations; faculties; audited accounts; and printed history of the parish.

Records of the parish of Christ Church, Crouch End, including registers of baptisms, marriages and church services; financial accounts of the Churchwardens; Vestry minutes; and Parochial Church Council minutes.

Also records of St Andrew's Mission Chapel, comprising register of baptisms and register of services.

Records of the parish of Christ Church, Deptford, comprising baptism registers; marriage registers; banns registers and Parochial Church Council minutes.

Records of the parish of Christ Church, Greenwich, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and church services; preachers' books; account books; Annual Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; papers relating to the benefice; papers relating to the church building and the church hall; and papers relating to the parish school.

Records of the parish of Christ Church, Fulham, including registers of baptisms, marriages and confirmations; registers of church services; Vestry minutes; Parochial Church Council minutes; clerical licences; papers of the Sunday School; papers relating to the benefice; papers regarding parish boundaries; papers relating to the construction and maintenance of the church building and fittings and the church hall, including faculties, correspondence and photographs; financial accounts; papers of church societies and clubs; and parish magazines.

Records of the parish of Christ Church, Hampstead, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage and confirmations; registers of church services; papers relating to the appointment of vicars; legal papers and orders relating to parish boundaries and land owned by the parish; papers relating to the maintenance of the church, church hall and vicarage, including faculties, agreements, correspondence and photographs; Churchwardens' financial accounts; administrative papers; Parochial Church Council minutes; Vestry minutes; and parish magazines.

Records of the parish of Christ Church, Roxeth, Harrow, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, banns of marriages, confirmations and church services; inventories of church fittings; Parochial Church Council minutes; electoral rolls; papers of the Churchwardens; financial accounts; papers relating to parochial charities; papers of the Roxeth Men's Service Committee.

Records of the parish of Christ Church, Hendon, comprising registers of baptisms; registers of marriages; registers of banns of marriage; and registers of church services.