Catalogue description Colonial Office: Hong Kong and Pacific Department: Original Correspondence

Search within or browse this series to find specific records of interest.

Date range

Details of CO 1023
Reference: CO 1023
Title: Colonial Office: Hong Kong and Pacific Department: Original Correspondence
Description:

This series contains original correspondence of the Hong Kong and Pacific Department. The files include some dealing with particular islands individually and others relating to the region as a whole and to Colonial Development and Welfare schemes, to the South Pacific Commission and to the Western Pacific High Commission.
Date: 1946-1955
Related material:

For earlier correspondence relating to Fiji see CO 83

For earlier correspondence relating to Hong Kong see CO 129

For earlier correspondence relating to Mauritius see CO 167

For earlier correspondence relating to the Seychelles see CO 530

For later correspondence covering these territories, see CO 1030
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Colonial Office, Hong Kong and Pacific Department, 1949-1954
Physical description: 242 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Administrative / biographical background:

The Hong Kong and Pacific Department dealt with Hong Kong and the following Pacific and Indian Ocean islands: British Solomon Islands, Canton and Enderbury Islands, Fiji, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Guadalcanal, Mauritius, New Hebrides, Pitcairn Island, the Seychelles and Tonga.

Have you found an error with this catalogue description?

Help with your research