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Catalogue description Colonial Defence Committee, and Committee of Imperial Defence, Colonial Defence Committee later Oversea Defence Committee: Defence Schemes
| Reference: | CAB 11 |
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| Title: | Colonial Defence Committee, and Committee of Imperial Defence, Colonial Defence Committee later Oversea Defence Committee: Defence Schemes |
| Description: |
This series consists of papers, memoranda and instructions drawn up by the first Colonial Defence Committee of 1878-1879, by the second Colonial Defence Committee of 1885 to 1904, by the Committee of Imperial Defence (CID)'s Colonial Defence Committee and by the CID's Overseas Defence Committee (ODC), in response to schemes for the defence of the colonies and dominions. The memoranda and papers relating to each defence scheme include returns of colonial forces, statements of military expenditure on colonial garrisons and papers pertaining to colonial military law, port regulation in time of peace, the return of warlike stores and the armament of stations. |
| Date: | 1863-1939 |
| Arrangement: |
Chronological and by subject |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Colonial Defence Committee, 1878-1879 Colonial Defence Committee, 1885-1904 Committee of Imperial Defence, Colonial Defence Committee, 1904-1911 Committee of Imperial Defence, Oversea Defence Committee, 1911-1939 |
| Physical description: | 216 volume(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated |
| Selection and destruction information: | No future accruals expected |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
These papers were circulated to the relevant Colonial Governors, members of the Colonial Defence Committees, other members of the Committee of Imperial Defence, to ministers, representatives of the Admiralty, War Office and Colonial Office, and to other officials as necessary for information and discussion. The defence schemes themselves were drawn up by colonial governments or their representatives. |
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