Catalogue description War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Confidential Print Eastern

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Reference: CO 882
Title: War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Confidential Print Eastern
Description:

This series contains confidential print on the 'Far East'.

The documents contain papers relating to the Eastern colonies; in particular Ceylon, Hong Kong, Labuan, Mauritius, Weihaiwei, the Straits Settlements, the Malay States (especially the Federated Malay States) and Malaya. Other individual prints concern Aden, British North Borneo, the Maldive Islands, the Seychelles, and Singapore.

Also included in the series is a print (in CO 882/3) relating to the Falkland Islands, and two prints (in CO 882/1) which additionally relate to the Falkland Islands and the North American colonies.

Date: 1843-1970
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in The National Archives: CO 809
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 33 volume(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

Pieces 13-32 (in 1970) and piece 33 (in 2017) from: Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Pieces 1-9 (prior to 1965) and 10-12 (in 1966) from: Colonial Office

Accruals: No further accruals are expected.

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