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Records of Brae and Chingoor Tea Estates Limited, comprising ledgers, cash book and bills payable.

Records of Bulkships Limited, comprising articles of association.

Records of Gibb, Livingston and Company, merchants and agents, including articles of association, minutes of meetings, and financial records.

Records of the Gourepore Electric Supply Company, comprising memorandum and articles of association.

Records of Gray, Dawes and Company, general merchants and agents, including partnership deeds; articles of association; correspondence; memoranda; financial accounts; papers relating to investments; papers of the insurance department; papers of the inward freight department; papers regarding the British India Steam Navigation Company Limited; and secretarial papers.

Kalline Tea Company Limited records comprise: memorandum and articles of association, 1926-48 (Ms 27771); and accounts, 1927-71 (Ms 27772-4).

Kilburn, Brown and Company Limited records comprise: partnership deeds and agreement, 1943-59 (Ms 27775-6); accounts, 1938-66 (Ms 27777-81); and correspondence, 1947-60 (Ms 27782).

Records of Koyah Tea Company Limited, comprising minutes of meetings.

Records of Macneill and Barry Limited, general merchants and agents of Calcutta, India, comprising: records of Macneill and Company, 1908-67 (Ms 27851-63); Barry and Company, 1883-1944 (Ms 27864-73); Macneill and Barry Limited, 1905-78 (Ms 27874-86); Kilburn and Company Limited, 1942-65 (Ms 27887-91); Kilburn Properties Limited, 1960-5 (Ms 27892); Kilburn and Company (Pakistan) Limited, 1964 (Ms 27893); and Macneill and Kilburn Limited, 1963-4 (Ms 27894). The records include articles of association, deeds, annual reports, financial accounts, reports on business operations, plans, and photographs.

Mediterranean Transport Company Limited records comprise: memorandum and articles of association, 1906-48 (Ms 27896); directors' and shareholders' minutes, 1906-54 (Ms 27897); AGM agendas, 1926-42 (Ms 27898); annual reports and accounts, 1926-58 (Ms 27899;) and accounts 1925-33 (Ms 27902).

Western Cachar Company Limited records comprise: memorandum and articles of association, 1863-1915 (Ms 28169); register of directors and secretaries, 1901-1962 (Ms 28169A); and accounts, 1915-69 (Ms 28170-3).

Records of James Capel and Company, stockbrokers, including partnership agreements, client ledgers, account books, balance sheets, dividend ledgers, securities register, correspondence, notes on the early history of the firm, and papers relating to the Capel family.

The records are all held off-site and therefore require 24 hours notice for access. Some records are subject to a 75 year closure period.

Private ledger of Cruikshank and Company, stockbrokers.

Records of James Vickers and Company, wine and spirit merchants, comprising financial records 1867-87 (Mss 24588-91); records drawn up on the transfer of the business to Edward Vickers including trade ledger balances, stock records and lists of fixtures and fittings 1877-87 (Mss 24592-5); deed dissolving the partnership of E and J Vickers with other papers 1863 and 1877 (Ms 24596); family and business papers and correspondence 1869-1912 (Mss 24597-602); and plans, leases and sales particulars relating to various properties 1867-91 (Mss 24603-5).

Records of Thirteen Rood Lane Limited including accounts.

The business archives of Lambert Brothers Limited, coal and shipping merchants, consist mainly of material from 1902. The records comprise corporate records, records concerning shares, accounting and financial records, administration and legal records, personal staff records, and photographic records. There is a 30 year closure rule on the records of Lambert Brothers Limited: ask a member of staff for further information.

Records of Legal and General Assurance Society Limited, including constitutional records; minutes and annual reports and accounts; shareholding; internal administration; general accounts; life office accounts; fire office accounts; accident office accounts; fire and accident accounts; statistical analyses; investments and estate department accounts; policy registers; operational records; records relating to staff, offices and so on; and records of subsidiary companies.

Papers of Legal and General (Pensions Management) Limited, including memorandum and articles of association; annual reports; minutes; investment reports; and annual review.

Records of the Gresham Fire and Accident Insurance Society, including memorandum and articles of association; minutes and agendas; annual reports and accounts; registers; financial records; papers regarding foreign and overseas business; specimens of forms and policies; and staff registers.

Records of Settle, Speakman and Company, coal merchants, comprising Board minutes and register of Directors' holdings.

Records of Lloyd's of London, marine insurers. IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING ACCESS: Except the Captain's Registers, these records are stored at the Guildhall Library site rather than the LMA Clerkenwell site. Researchers wishing to access these records should do so at the Guildhall Library Rare Books table. The Library is open Monday to Saturday, 9:30 to 16:45. Researchers will need to have an Archives History Card or a Library Readers Card. An archivist will be available at Guildhall Library on Thursday mornings to answer any queries.

The majority of the collection dates from 1771, with deeds 1585-1949, and includes minutes of the Committee, of the Council and of general meetings; letter books; subscription books; loss and casualty books; war casualty books; deeds and other papers relating to the offices on the corner of Lime Street and Leadenhall Street; and papers relating to the Lloyd's Medal for Saving Life at Sea, the Lloyd's Medal for Meritorious Service and the Lloyd's War Medal for Bravery at Sea.

Also in the collection are the Captain's Registers. These list certificates of competency awarded to men intending to be masters or mates of foreign going merchant ships; and form a directory of qualifed personnel, 1869-1947. The registers include destinations and casualies such as sinking or collisions. For detailed information about the registers please see the sub-fond entry Marine Records, CLC/B/148/B.

Also in the collection are papers relating to signal stations, including reports, legal agreements, histories and register of ships passing North Shields station. The signal stations were operated by Lloyds both in the UK and abroad. They gave notice of vessels in distress, noted the weather, and reported all passing vessels that gave their name to the station. This latter meant ships could be tracked and made Lloyds the recognised clearing house for global shipping intelligence.

Post-1944 material in Mss 31570-1 and 38565 is closed.

Records of the London Chamber of Commerce including records of constitution, membership, administration, finances and so on; records of sections and committees relating to places, arranged alphabetically by place; records of sections and committees relating to subjects, arranged alphabetically by subject of substance. Included in this category are 'General' and 'Special' minute books which contain minutes of sections and committees relating to both places and subjects. Ask a member of staff for an index of the sections and committees whose minutes are contained in the 'General' and 'Special' minute books.

London Fish Trade Association records comprise minutes, rules of the Association, accounts, material relating to frozen fish distribution and import schemes, and lists of members (incomplete date coverage).

National Federation of Inland Wholesale Fish Merchants records comprise rules (Ms 19848), consitution and rules (Ms 19849), minutes (Ms 19850) and annual accounts and balance sheets (Ms 19851).

The archive comprises records of London Life Association Limited, 1806-1953; Clergy Mutual Assurance Society, 1829-1935; and Metropolitan Life Assurance Society, 1834-1933.

London Life Association Limited records comprise minutes and accounts 1806-1944 (Ms 19634-41), policy registers 1873-1953 (Ms 19642-4) and scrapbook of printed forms 1891-1923 (Ms 19645).

Clergy Mutual Assurance records comprise minutes and accounts 1829-1924 (Ms 19646-50); policy and claims registers 1830-1935 (Ms 19651-3); and miscellaneous items 1891-1914 (Ms 19654-6).

Metropolitan Life Assurance Society records comprise minutes, accounts and regulations 1834-1933 (Ms 19657-67), policy registers 1835-ca. 1928 (Ms 19661, 19668-72).

Access to records which are closed for 80 years should be sought from London Life Association (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Minutes of board meetings of the London Produce Clearing House Limited.

Records of the London Provident Institution, savings bank, comprising: book of rules, 1817-99 (Ms 24521) and depositors' signature books, 1857-1901 (Ms 28944).

Records of the Longton and Fenton Permanent Benefit Building Society including ledger; journal; summaries of investors; summaries of borrowers; and financial accounts.

Records of the Meat Traders' and Drovers' Trustee Company Limited, comprising: memorandum and articles of association, 1950; directors' minutes, annual returns and correspondence, 1950, 1961-83; and private ledger, 1950-1.

Records of Mocatta and Goldsmid Limited, bullion brokers, comprising: partnership records, 1874-1930, financial records, 1762-1947; agreements, contracts and related papers, 1912-36; records relating to B E Mocatta, 1913-22; correspondence, 1798-1817; and miscellaneous items, 1883-1945.

Records of Morrison, Cryder and Company, London-American and general merchants, comprising: correspondence, 1834-55; accounts, 1836-49; shipping papers, 1836-9; legal papers, 1832-1851; insurance papers, 1837-1848; reports, 1846; and dividend lists, 1837-1839.

National Provident Institution records comprise: records relating to registration and regulation, 1829-1964; annual reports, 1838-1931; minutes, 1835-1936; financial records, 1836-1948; correspondence, 1844; policy and claims registers, 1837-38; reports, 1835-1948; records relating to staff, 1836-1902; and miscellaneous papers, 1838-c 1960.

Records of the City of London Gas Light and Coke Company comprising minutes and correspondence only; and records of the Great Central Gas Consumers' Company comprising minutes, letterbooks and constitutional documents.

Records of Parkinson and Frodsham, clock and watch makers, comprising a watch manufacturing book 1872-1925; a register of clocks and watches supplied to retailers 1866-1914 and a record of retail sales 1911-4; clock and watch repair books 1937-45; customer accounts 1923-40 and 1932-45 and lists of customers and manufacturers in the clock and watch trade [1900-1941].

The records of Phoenix Oil Transport Company Limited include:

• Constitution, operating agreements;
• Board, executive committee and AGM minutes etc., and annual reports and accounts;
• Internal financial and accounting records;
• Correspondence etc., chiefly concerning wartime and post-war matters in Roumania;
• Maps, photographs and so on;
• Miscellaneous (concerning Roumanian mining laws).

Records of Robert Howden Limited, pharmacist, comprising prescription books and a ledger.

Records of David Robinson and Company Limited, timber and plywood importers, comprising board minutes and agendas; correspondence with Sabah Timber Company; and financial accounts.

Records of Sun Insurance Office Limited as well as companies which merged with Sun Insurance, such as Alliance Assurance Company Limited; and subsidiary companies such as Bath Sun Fire Office, Patriotic Assurance Company of Dublin and London Assurance. The records include policy registers; administrative papers; minutes; reports; financial records; deeds; publications and photographs.

THESE RECORDS ARE SUBJECT TO A 50 YEAR CLOSURE PERIOD. LIFE POLICY REGISTERS, CLAIMS REGISTERS AND EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY POLICY REGISTERS ARE CLOSED FOR 75 YEARS.

Records of the Alliance Assurance Company Limited, comprising constitutional documents; board minutes and various committee minutes; life policy registers; reports of foreign visits, 1863-1965; agents' instruction books, 1868-1963, and other financial and administrative records.

'Life' material is subject to a 75 year closure period. Other material is subject to a 50 year closure period.

Records of the Alliance Marine Assurance Company, later known as Alliance Marine and General Assurance Company Limited, comprising deeds of settlement, minutes and financial material.

Records of the Bankers Guarantee and Trust Fund, comprising Trustees minute books.

Records of the Bath Sun Fire Office comprising Directors' meeting minute book, also used as an out-letter book.

Records of British Fire Insurance Company Limited, comprising minutes of general meetings and directors' meetings.

Permission to publish any material must be obtained from the Company Secretary (further information is available from staff).

Economic Life Assurance Society records comprise constitutional documents, minutes and other financial and administrative material.

The Imperial Insurance Company (also known as the Imperial Fire Insurance Company) collection comprises constitutional documents, minutes, and financial and administrative material.

The Imperial Life Insurance Company records comprise minutes, annual reports and accounts, correspondence, prospectuses, register of mortgages and claims by shareholders for shares in Alliance Assurance.

Records of the Law Union and Crown Insurance Company, comprising fire department instructions to agents.

Patriotic Assurance Company records comprise foreign letter books 1901-7; investment ledger 1903-24; and notes on foreign agencies 1900-20.

The Rock Life Assurance Company records comprise: deed of settlement and related papers 1807-1901; minutes, prospectus and circulars 1806-1937; miscellaneous papers relating to directors, auditors and agents 1812-1909; records relating to the company's emblem c 1807; elevation of the company's offices, 1807; dinner menus 1868-1906 and volume relating to the Society for Equitable Assurances on Lives and Survivorships 1762-1817.

Permission to publish any material must be obtained from the depositor.

Scotch Mines Company records comprise the original charter of incorporation and a contemporary copy 1729; court minutes 1819-1861; agreements, leases and other papers 1729-1814; list of proprietors 1843; dividend book 1803-32 and 1861; journals 1755-1772 and 1812-1827; treasurer's cash and bill book 1776-1798 and ledgers 1755-1811.