GB 0102 MS 380477 - Serdang Central Plantations Ltd

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GB 0102 MS 380477

Titel

Serdang Central Plantations Ltd

Datum(s)

  • Created 1909-1932 (Vervaardig)

Beschrijvingsniveau

Omvang en medium

1 box

Context

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Biografie

Serdang Central Plantations Ltd. was registered as a company on 12 January 1909, to acquire and manage estates and plantations for the production of rubber, coffee, cocoa and other crops. The company's registered offices were at Mincing Lane House, Eastcheap, London. The Directors in 1909 were William Frederick de Bois Maclaren, Herbert Wright, Frank Copeman and James Charles Tate. The first Annual General Meeting of the company was held on 16 March 1909. The first estates to be purchased were Soekaloewi and Boloewa, Malaysia. This was extended in 1929 with the acquisition of the Wassenaar Estate in the Tamiang District of Sumatra.

By 1918 the company was feeling the effects of wider problems in the rubber plantation industry caused by a lack of shipping, the restriction of imports imposed by the Government of the United States of America and the consequently low prices of rubber. By 1921, the company had joined the restriction scheme of the Rubber Growers' Association in an attempt to stabilise prices. By 1932 the company faced liquidation, and turned to its shareholders to support a voluntary liquidation of the company and reconstruction of a new company under the same name. The new company was incorporated on 8th September 1932.

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GB 0102 MS 380477 Created 1909-1932 Collection (fonds) 1 box Serdang Central Plantations Ltd
Serdang Central Plantations Ltd. was registered as a company on 12 January 1909, to acquire and manage estates and plantations for the production of rubber, coffee, cocoa and other crops. The company's registered offices were at Mincing Lane House, Eastcheap, London. The Directors in 1909 were William Frederick de Bois Maclaren, Herbert Wright, Frank Copeman and James Charles Tate. The first Annual General Meeting of the company was held on 16 March 1909. The first estates to be purchased were Soekaloewi and Boloewa, Malaysia. This was extended in 1929 with the acquisition of the Wassenaar Estate in the Tamiang District of Sumatra.

By 1918 the company was feeling the effects of wider problems in the rubber plantation industry caused by a lack of shipping, the restriction of imports imposed by the Government of the United States of America and the consequently low prices of rubber. By 1921, the company had joined the restriction scheme of the Rubber Growers' Association in an attempt to stabilise prices. By 1932 the company faced liquidation, and turned to its shareholders to support a voluntary liquidation of the company and reconstruction of a new company under the same name. The new company was incorporated on 8th September 1932.

Transferred to SOAS in July 1989, through the British Records Association.

Records, 1909-1932, of Serdang Central Plantations Ltd, comprising Articles of Association, correspondence, annual reports and agreements relating to the voluntary liquidation and reconstruction.

The material has been arranged in chronological order.

Unrestricted.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
English

Unpublished handlist.

15 May 2000 Agricultural enterprises Agricultural land Agricultural products Beverages Cocoa Coffee Enterprises Exports/imports Finance Financial administration Food Forest products Indonesia International trade Malaysia Plantations Plant products Private enterprises Rubber Serdang Central Plantations Ltd South East Asia Sumatra Trade Trade (practice)

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Transferred to SOAS in July 1989, through the British Records Association.

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Records, 1909-1932, of Serdang Central Plantations Ltd, comprising Articles of Association, correspondence, annual reports and agreements relating to the voluntary liquidation and reconstruction.

Waardering, vernietiging en slectie

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Ordeningstelsel

The material has been arranged in chronological order.

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Unrestricted.

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No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.

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  • Engels

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  • Latijn

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English

Fysieke eigenschappen en technische eisen

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Unpublished handlist.

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School of Oriental and African Studies

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Taal (talen)

  • Engels

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