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 managersRecords of Abaco (Selangor) Rubber Limited, comprising circulars to shareholders and annual reports.
Abaco (Selangor) Rubber LtdRecords of Allied Sumatra Plantations Limited, including articles of association; minute books; annual reports; prospectus and circulars to shareholders.
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Allied Sumatra Plantations LtdRecords 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 LtdRecords of Asahan Rubber Estates Limited including articles of association; minute books; annual reports and circulars.
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Asahan Rubber Estates LtdRecords 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 tradersRecords of Bah Lias Rubber Estates Limited, including articles of association; minute books; annual reports and circulars.
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Bah Lias Rubber Estates LtdRecords 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.
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Bajoe Kidoel Rubber and Produce Co LtdPapers of the Berney family, comprising deed for the transfer of estates including land in Barbados and slave lists, 1799; and transcript, 2000.
Berney , familyArticles of association for Bah Lias Rubber Estates Limited.
Bah Lias Rubber Estates LtdConfirmation 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 , HumphreyRecords 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 goodsRecords of the Borneo Company, as follows:
1.Deed of settlement; memorandum and articles of association: Ms 27174-7;
- Board, AGM and committee minutes; annual reports and accounts: Ms 27178-90;
- Secretary's papers: Ms 27191-8;
- Accounts: Ms 27199-231;
- 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; - 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; - Publicity and sales material: Ms 27424-6;
- Staff records: Ms 27427-43;
- Property records (London only): Ms 27430-6;
- Centenary celebrations and notes for centenary history: Ms 27437-43;
- Photographs: Ms 27444-66;
- Branch records:-
Sarawak: Kuching-Ms 27467-70;
Siam: Bangkok -Ms 27471-4.
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 LtdRecords 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.
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Djasinga Rubber and Produce Co LtdRecords 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.
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Golden Hope Plantations Ltd , rubber estates managementPapers of the Dusun Durian Rubber Estate Limited, comprising reports of visits to the Dusun Durian estates and circulars to shareholders.
Dusun Durian Rubber Estate LtdRecords of the Lumut Rubber Estates Limited, including articles of association, report of a visit to the estates, and circulars to shareholders.
Lumut Rubber Estates LtdRecords 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.
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Prang Besar Rubber Estate LtdRecords of Straits Plantations Limited, including articles of association; minute books; annual reports; prospectuses; and out-letters.
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Straits Plantations Ltd , rubber and coconut plantationsHistorical 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.
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Harrisons and Crosfield Ltd , traders in tea, coffee, rubber, timber, chemicals, and other agricultural productsRecords 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).
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Harrisons and Crosfield Ltd , traders in tea, coffee, rubber, timber, chemicals, and other agricultural productsRecords 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.
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Harrisons and Crosfield (Malaya) LtdOperational 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.
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Harrisons and Crosfield Ltd , traders in tea, coffee, rubber, timber, chemicals, and other agricultural productsRecords of Harrisons Malaysian Estates Limited, including articles of association; minute book; annual reports; and circulars to shareholders.
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Harrisons Malaysian Estates LtdRecords of Harrisons Malaysian Plantations Berhad, including articles of association; annual reports; circulars to shareholders and an issue of the staff newsletter.
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Harrisons Malaysian Plantations BerhadRecords 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 LtdRecords of the Cluny Rubber Estates Limited, including articles of association, prospectus, report of a visit to the estate, and circulars to shareholders.
Cluny Rubber Estates LtdRecords of Lanadron Rubber Estates Limited, including articles of association, circulars to shareholders, annual reports and photographs of the rubber estates.
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Lanadron Rubber Estates LtdRecords of Rubber Estates of Johore Limited, including articles of association, report of visit to the Gemas estates, and circulars to shareholders.
Rubber Estates of Johore LtdRecords of London Sumatra Plantations Limited, including articles of association, minute books, circulars to shareholders, annual reports, financial accounts, inventories, and correspondence.
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London Sumatra Plantations Ltd , holding companyRecords 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.
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Lunuva (Ceylon) Tea and Rubber Estates LtdRecords 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, IndiaRecords of Malayalam Plantations (Holdings) Limited, including articles of association, annual reports, and circulars to shareholders.
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Malayalam Plantations (Holdings) LtdRecords 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.
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Malayalam Plantations LtdRecords 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 LtdRecords 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.
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Pataling Rubber Estates LtdRecords of the Ruislip Cottagers Allotments Charity, including minutes, leases, correspondence and accounts.
Ruislip Cottagers Allotments CharityRecords of Sabah Plantations Limited, including articles of association, board minute book, annual reports, correspondence, and loan agreements.
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Sabah Plantations LtdRecords 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.
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Sabah Timber Co LtdRecords of the Soengei Rampah Rubber and Coconut Plantations Company Limited, including articles of association, minute books, annual reports and accounts, circulars and a ledger.
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Soengei Rampah Rubber and Coconut Plantations Co LtdFinancial accounts of the South African Nectar Tea Company Limited.
South African Nectar Tea Co LtdRecords of Sumatra Tea Estates Limited, comprising articles of association, annual reports and accounts, and circulars.
Sumatra Tea Estates LtdRecords of Sungei Bahru Rubber Estates Limited, including articles of association; minute books; annual reports and accounts; circulars; and financial accounts.
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Sungei Bahru Rubber Estates LtdRecords 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 LtdRecords of the Tanah Datar Rubber Estates Limited, comprising articles of association and circulars to shareholders.
Tanah Datar Rubber Estates LtdRecords of the Tandjong Rubber Company Limited, including articles of association; minute books; annual reports and accounts; and circulars.
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Tandjong Rubber Co LtdThis 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 merchantsRecords of Toerangie (Sumatra) Rubber and Produce Estates Limited, including articles of association; minutes; annual reports and accounts; circulars; and a ledger.
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Toerangie (Sumatra) Rubber and Produce Estates LtdConveyance of the de Leifde coffee plantation on the Island of Wakenaam, Guyana.
Various.