Catalogue description Colonial Office: Imperial Department of Agriculture
Reference: | CO 617 |
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Title: | Colonial Office: Imperial Department of Agriculture |
Description: |
This series contains records of the Imperial Department of Agriculture for the West Indies. Comprises the reports of agriculture departments and research stations in the separate colonies, which were submitted to the Imperial Commissioner of Agriculture and forwarded by him to the heads of government of the appropriate colonies. |
Date: | 1899-1923 |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
Imperial Department of Agriculture for the West Indies, 1898-1922 |
Physical description: | 18 volume(s) |
Administrative / biographical background: |
The Imperial Department of Agriculture for the West Indies was established in 1898 with headquarters in Barbados to supervise agricultural and horticultural research and development in the West Indies. In 1922 it was amalgamated with the Imperial College of Agriculture in Trinidad. |
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