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Catalogue description Board of Trade: Companies Registration Office: Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888: Returns
| Reference: | BT 283 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Board of Trade: Companies Registration Office: Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888: Returns |
| Description: |
Annual returns submitted by canal (and railway and canal) companies to the Companies Registration Office under s.39 of the 1888 Railway and Canal Traffic Act. They give the name of the company, the address of its principal office, the name of its principal officer and a brief description of the canal. |
| Date: | 1889-1944 |
| Arrangement: |
Numerically by company number |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Physical description: | 84 volume(s) |
| Unpublished finding aids: |
BT 283/84 is an alphabetically arranged index which indicates the company number of canal companies. |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
Under s.39 of the Railway and Canal Act 1888 every canal company was required to send to the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies a return stating the name of the company, a short description of their canal, the name of the Principal Officer and the place of their office, or if more than one office, the name of their principal office. S.39 of the 1888 Act was repealed by s.24(4) of the Transport Act 1962. |
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