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A. S. DANIELL AND COMPANY
GB 0074 CLC/B/065 · Collection · 1830-1875

This archive relates mainly to the management of the coffee, coconut and cinnamon estates of A. S. Daniell and his son S. W. Daniell in Ceylon [now Sri Lanka]. The estates were called Gomera Tennai, New Gomera, Olooambelam, Imbulgaswaddie and Katooloya Tennei. The archive consists mainly of returns and reports from the local managers, Darley Butler and Company of Colombo, Ceylon, and of correspondence, accounts and legal papers. It also includes some family papers, comprising copies of wills and marriage settlements, accounts, bills and receipts, and a letter. Additional records of Daniell and Company, of separate provenance, are catalogued as Mss 11464-11465a.

Daniell and Co , coffee, coconut and cinnamon growers Darley Butler and Co , estate managers
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-017 · Collection · 1913-1956

Records of Abaco (Selangor) Rubber Limited, comprising circulars to shareholders and annual reports.

Abaco (Selangor) Rubber Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-018 · Collection · 1925-1988

Records of Allied Sumatra Plantations Limited, including articles of association; minute books; annual reports; prospectus and circulars to shareholders.

Access to records less than 30 years old should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Allied Sumatra Plantations Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-019 · Collection · 1911-1957

Records of the Ankola Tea and Rubber Company Limited including articles of association; prospectuses; annual reports; correspondence and reports on the estates.

Ankola Tea and Rubber Co Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-020 · Collection · 1910-1988

Records of Asahan Rubber Estates Limited including articles of association; minute books; annual reports and circulars.

Access to records less than 30 years old should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from the Manuscripts enquiry desk).

Asahan Rubber Estates Ltd
ASSAM COMPANY
GB 0074 CLC/B/123-05 · Collection · 1837-1978

Records of the Assam Company, producers and traders in tea, including papers regarding shareholders; legal papers; papers regarding properties including maps and plans; reports; annual reports; minute books; financial accounts; correspondence and letter books; circulars; press cuttings; and papers regarding the cultivation and manufacture of tea including analysis of tea production and tea garden inspection reports.

Assam Company , tea producers and traders
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-023 · Collection · 1911-1988

Records of Bah Lias Rubber Estates Limited, including articles of association; minute books; annual reports and circulars.

Access to records less than 30 years old should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from staff).

Bah Lias Rubber Estates Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-024 · Collection · 1911-1988

Records of Bajoe Kidoel Rubber and Produce Company Limited, including articles of association; minute books; annual reports; circulars; photograph album showing coffee and rubber estates; and ledgers.

Access to records less than 30 years old should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Bajoe Kidoel Rubber and Produce Co Ltd
BERNEY FAMILY
GB 0074 LMA/4301 · Collection · 1799

Papers of the Berney family, comprising deed for the transfer of estates including land in Barbados and slave lists, 1799; and transcript, 2000.

Berney , family
BILA (SUMATRA) RUBBER LANDS
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-025 · Collection · 1934-1938

Articles of association for Bah Lias Rubber Estates Limited.

Bah Lias Rubber Estates Ltd
BOHUN, Humphrey de (d 1274)
GB 0074 ACC/1298 · Collection · 1250

Confirmation by Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex, of premises in South Mimms purchased by Henry Frowic, citizen of London, from Arnulf de Maundevil; together with right of common for Frowic's animals, to include 40 she-goats and 2 he-goats, in de Bohun's park at Enfield, 1250.

Bohun , Humphrey de , d 1274 , second Earl of Hereford and the first Earl of Essex x de Bohun , Humphrey
BORNEO ABACA LIMITED
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-026 · Collection · 1951-1961

Records of Borneo Abaca Limited, comprising correspondence relating to the acquisition and administration of estates in Borneo, and some minutes and accounts.

Borneo Abaca Ltd , producers of rubber goods
BORNEO COMPANY LIMITED
GB 0074 CLC/B/123-11 · Collection · 1856-1967

Records of the Borneo Company, as follows:
1.Deed of settlement; memorandum and articles of association: Ms 27174-7;

  1. Board, AGM and committee minutes; annual reports and accounts: Ms 27178-90;
  2. Secretary's papers: Ms 27191-8;
  3. Accounts: Ms 27199-231;
  4. Overseas operations records:-
    Agency and general agreements-Ms 27232-43;
    Java and Sumatra-Ms 27244-58;
    Malaya and Singapore-Ms 27259-76;
    Philippines-Ms 27277;
    Sarawak, North Borneo and Brunei-Ms 27278-304;
    Siam-Ms 27305-29;
  5. Investments, takeovers and subsidiary company papers:-
    Australia-Ms 27330-45;
    Canada -Ms 27346-50;
    Hong Kong-Ms 27351;
    Colombia-Ms 27352;
    Cuba-Ms 27353;
    India-Ms 27354-5;
    Java and Sumatra-Ms 27356-9;
    Malaya and Singapore-Ms 27360-400;
    Netherlands-Ms 27401-2;
    Sarawak, North Borneo and Brunei-Ms 27403-19;
    Siam-Ms 27420;
    United Kingdom-Ms 27421-3;
  6. Publicity and sales material: Ms 27424-6;
  7. Staff records: Ms 27427-43;
  8. Property records (London only): Ms 27430-6;
  9. Centenary celebrations and notes for centenary history: Ms 27437-43;
  10. Photographs: Ms 27444-66;
  11. Branch records:-
    Sarawak: Kuching-Ms 27467-70;
    Siam: Bangkok -Ms 27471-4.
Borneo Company x Borneo Co Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-039 · Collection · 1895-1909

Records of Crosfield, Lampard and Company, managers of tea and rubber plantations in Sri Lanka, including correspondence; financial accounts; and statements of tea shipments.

Crosfield, Lampard and Co , Colombo branch of Harrisons and Crosfield Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-044 · Collection · 1910-1988

Records of Djasinga Rubber and Produce Company Limited, including articles of association; board minute books; general meetings minute book; annual reports; circulars to shareholders; and photographs of tea, rubber and coffee operations on the estates.

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Djasinga Rubber and Produce Co Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-054 · Collection · 1899-1984

Records of Golden Hope Plantations Limited, rubber estates management, including articles of association; minute books; annual reports; circulars to shareholders; financial accounts; and some papers of subsidiary Coconut Plantations of Perak Limited.

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Golden Hope Plantations Ltd , rubber estates management
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-059 · Collection · [1920]-1977

Records of the Prang Besar Rubber Estate Limited, including articles of association; board minutes; annual reports; circulars to shareholders; report of a visit to the estate; register of rubber crop types; and papers regarding rubber yields.

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Prang Besar Rubber Estate Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-061 · Collection · 1899-1984

Records of Straits Plantations Limited, including articles of association; minute books; annual reports; prospectuses; and out-letters.

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Straits Plantations Ltd , rubber and coconut plantations
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-004 · Collection · 1890-1989

Historical notes relating to Harrisons and Crosfield, including published histories; historical notes and research papers; recollections of members of staff; photographs of staff and of the Company's operations, including on foreign plantations; newsletters and bulletins for the main company and branches abroad; advertisements; menu cards; circulars and press cuttings.

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Harrisons and Crosfield Ltd , traders in tea, coffee, rubber, timber, chemicals, and other agricultural products
GB 0074 CLC/B/112 · Collection · 1844-1995

Records of Harrisons and Crosfield Limited, traders in tea, coffee, rubber, timber, chemicals, and other agricultural products. The catalogue includes: corporate records (including articles of association, agreements, minutes and annual reports and accounts); share records; internal administration records (including directories of operations, directors' and general letter books); accounting records; operational records (including reports on estates); branch records (including correspondence and accounts); insurance department records; papers concerning the careers of directors; staff records; premises and property records; historical notes, photographs and plans; records of subsidiary companies, and companies for which Harrisons and Crosfield acted as secretaries and/or agents.

The archive includes records relating to Harrisons and Crosfield's activities as secretaries and/or agents for other companies. As these records were generated as part of Harrisons and Crosfield's role as secretaries and/or agents for another company, they have been catalogued as records of that particular company. However, they comprise correspondence and other papers of the head office of Harrisons and Crosfield, and supporting papers acquired by Harrisons and Crosfield (e.g. memoranda and articles of association, and annual reports and accounts) to assist in that role. The records of the companies for which Harrisons and Crosfield acted as secretaries and/or agents are arranged so that each company is followed by its subsidiary companies (if any).

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Harrisons and Crosfield Ltd , traders in tea, coffee, rubber, timber, chemicals, and other agricultural products
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-071 · Collection · 1909-[1991?]

Records of Harrisons and Crosfield (Malaya) Limited, including articles of association; notices; correspondence; minutes of meetings; memoranda; instructions to the Rubber Sales Department; papers relating to shipping; financial accounts; reports of visits to estates; papers relating to staff; papers relating to property holdings; newsletters; papers relating to the political situation in Malaysia; and papers relating to branches in Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Singapore.

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Harrisons and Crosfield (Malaya) Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-007 · Collection · 1838-1991

Operational records of Harrisons and Crosfield Limited, including reports and correspondence on work activities such as visits to plantations, building of factories, shipping, crop production, trading and patents; and papers relating to the impact of the Second World War on the estates and staff in the Far East. Crops/goods mentioned include tea, rubber, quinine, chemicals, coffee and plywood chests.

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Harrisons and Crosfield Ltd , traders in tea, coffee, rubber, timber, chemicals, and other agricultural products
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-079 · Collection · 1976-1984

Records of Harrisons Malaysian Estates Limited, including articles of association; minute book; annual reports; and circulars to shareholders.

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Harrisons Malaysian Estates Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-080 · Collection · 1976-1988

Records of Harrisons Malaysian Plantations Berhad, including articles of association; annual reports; circulars to shareholders and an issue of the staff newsletter.

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Harrisons Malaysian Plantations Berhad
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-093 · Collection · 1908-1971

Records of the Kertasarie Tea Company Limited, including board minute book, circulars to shareholders, correspondence, and photograph album of tea and coffee estates.

Kertasarie Tea Co Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-105 · Collection · 1907-1977

Records of Lanadron Rubber Estates Limited, including articles of association, circulars to shareholders, annual reports and photographs of the rubber estates.

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Lanadron Rubber Estates Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-110 · Collection · 1960-1992

Records of London Sumatra Plantations Limited, including articles of association, minute books, circulars to shareholders, annual reports, financial accounts, inventories, and correspondence.

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

London Sumatra Plantations Ltd , holding company
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-111 · Collection · 1907-1992

Records of the Lunuva (Ceylon) Tea and Rubber Estates Limited, including articles of association, minute books, annual reports, circulars to shareholders, statements of yields, statistics regarding the estates, maps of the estates, and correspondence.

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Lunuva (Ceylon) Tea and Rubber Estates Ltd
MACNEILL AND BARRY LIMITED
GB 0074 CLC/B/123-42 · Collection · 1883-1978

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.

Macneill and Barry Ltd , general merchants and agents of Calcutta, India
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-112 · Collection · 1977-1985

Records of Malayalam Plantations (Holdings) Limited, including articles of association, annual reports, and circulars to shareholders.

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Malayalam Plantations (Holdings) Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-113 · Collection · 1909-1987

Records of Malayalam Plantations Limited, including articles of association, minute books, annual reports, financial accounts, circulars to shareholders, inventories, and photographs of operations on the tea estates.

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Malayalam Plantations Ltd
OUVAH COFFEE COMPANY LIMITED
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-141 · Collection · 1864-1874; [1989]

Records of the Ouvah Coffee Company Limited, comprising a cash book and notes on the history of the company and of coffee planting in Ceylon.

Ouvah Coffee Co Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-124 · Collection · 1899-1984

Records of Pataling Rubber Estates Limited, including articles of association, minute books, annual reports, circulars, correspondence, statistics, and photographs of the production of rubber, crepe and latex.

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Pataling Rubber Estates Ltd
GB 0074 ACC/3571 · Collection · 1880-1983

Records of the Ruislip Cottagers Allotments Charity, including minutes, leases, correspondence and accounts.

Ruislip Cottagers Allotments Charity
SABAH PLANTATIONS LIMITED
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-136 · Collection · 1961-1984

Records of Sabah Plantations Limited, including articles of association, board minute book, annual reports, correspondence, and loan agreements.

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Sabah Plantations Ltd
SABAH TIMBER COMPANY LIMITED
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-137 · Collection · 1889-1985

Records of Sabah Timber Company Limited, including articles of association; agreements; board minutes, papers and agendas; annual reports; general reports; circulars to shareholders; reports and correspondence relating to timber production and other operational matters; reports on estate visits; financial accounts; statistics regarding timber production; inventories; papers regarding staff; plans; and photographs of war damage to the estates.

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Sabah Timber Co Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-144 · Collection · 1915-1988

Records of the Soengei Rampah Rubber and Coconut Plantations Company Limited, including articles of association, minute books, annual reports and accounts, circulars and a ledger.

Access to records less than 30 years old should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Soengei Rampah Rubber and Coconut Plantations Co Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-145 · Collection · 1919-1921

Financial accounts of the South African Nectar Tea Company Limited.

South African Nectar Tea Co Ltd
SUMATRA TEA ESTATES LIMITED
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-146 · Collection · 1934

Records of Sumatra Tea Estates Limited, comprising articles of association, annual reports and accounts, and circulars.

Sumatra Tea Estates Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-147 · Collection · 1909-1985

Records of Sungei Bahru Rubber Estates Limited, including articles of association; minute books; annual reports and accounts; circulars; and financial accounts.

Access to records less than 30 years old should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Sungei Bahru Rubber Estates Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-148 · Collection · 1951-1956

Records of Sungei Kari (Sumatra) Rubber Estates Limited, comprising papers regarding Harrisons and Crosfield's management of the firm's business.

Sungei Kari (Sumatra) Rubber Estates Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-152 · Collection · 1916-1967

Records of the Tanah Datar Rubber Estates Limited, comprising articles of association and circulars to shareholders.

Tanah Datar Rubber Estates Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-153 · Collection · 1907-1988

Records of the Tandjong Rubber Company Limited, including articles of association; minute books; annual reports and accounts; and circulars.

Access to records less than 30 years old should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Tandjong Rubber Co Ltd
TEA COMPANIES
GB 0074 LMA/4294 · Collection · 1833-1967

This is a collection of records of various companies involved in the trading of Ceylon [now Sri Lanka] and Indian teas. It consists of import registers for an un-named company, auction catalogues for private trade teas and photographs of tea plantations, possibly in Ceylon, and the offices and staff of R.M. Holborn and Sons Limited, tea and coffee merchants.

R M Holborn and Sons , tea and coffee merchants
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-155 · Collection · 1912-1988

Records of Toerangie (Sumatra) Rubber and Produce Estates Limited, including articles of association; minutes; annual reports and accounts; circulars; and a ledger.

Access to records less than 30 years old should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Toerangie (Sumatra) Rubber and Produce Estates Ltd
TURNBULL, John
GB 0074 O/428 · Collection · 1801

Conveyance of the de Leifde coffee plantation on the Island of Wakenaam, Guyana.

Various.