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154 x 203 mm. The Dominica Minister for trade and Production, Mr. F.A. Baron (left), and Mr. N.A. Berridge, the Dominica Crown Attorney (right), representing Dominica at the Leeward and Windward Islands Constitutional Conference, are seen here during the opening session at Lancaster House.

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These letters document Bell’s early service as Governor of Northern Nigeria, describing his arrival at Zungeru and official duties, including the encouragement of railway development and tin mining, finance and the planning of new towns, as well as his colleagues, accommodation and social life. Bell embarked upon several tours of inspection, reporting upon local rulers, people, climate, terrain and wildlife (109 sheets).

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These letters likely were written to Bell’s sister Eleanor or Ellen, who was managing his Dominican plantation Sylvania. Those which deal with Nigerian subjects are similar to letters addressed to Bell’s aunt in RCMS 36/4/4 (68 sheets).

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These letters cover the final period of Bell’s tenure as Governor of Northern Nigeria and his appointment as Governor of the Leeward Islands. They discuss Bell’s response to what he regarded as an unjust demotion by the Colonial Secretary, Lewis Harcourt, over the Nigerian mission question. Bell also describes his official duties, including visits to the islands within his jurisdiction, his health and private interests (58 sheets).

Scope and Contents These letters discuss Bell’s continuing efforts to justify himself to the Colonial Secretary Lewis Harcourt over the Nigerian Mission issue. Other official subjects include finance and initiatives to revive the pineapple industry, improve living accommodation for the labouring classes, support mothers with young children, and to rationalise customs tariffs and establish free trade within the Leeward Islands. Bell also comments upon the economic plight of sugar planters and the question of...

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These letters document Bell’s service as Governor of Mauritius and include the following subjects: the course of the First World War, the need to encourage patriotism among the Mauritians, the social life of the colony, and the management of the Dominican plantations (11 sheets).

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101x76mm. Showing young coffee trees.

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101x77mm. Portrait of two men, the one wearing a tam o'shanter presumably being Maclntyre, standing outside a timber-framed bungalow.

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76x77mm.

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100x76mm. View looking towards the verandah and louvred doors of Maclntyre's bungalow.

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101x76mm. An indistinct view looking across a yard towards a white timber house.

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76 x 101 mm. View looking along the cobbled street.

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Contains slides all in Kodachrome mounts. The early photographs include scenes during a visit by J.B. Godber, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and his Private Secretary; some leading political figures are also shown. Slides have been renumbered but arrangement in the file remains as per the original typescript catalogue.

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Contains slides all in Kodachrome mounts. The early photographs include scenes during a visit by J.B. Godber, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and his Private Secretary; some leading political figures are also shown. Slides have been renumbered but arrangement in the file remains as per the original typescript catalogue.

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Contains slides all in Kodachrome mounts. The early photographs include scenes during a visit by J.B. Godber, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and his Private Secretary; some leading political figures are also shown. Slides have been renumbered but arrangement in the file remains as per the original typescript catalogue.

Scope and Contents A collection of loose prints of various sizes (mainly snapshots) by various photographers. The prints are largely uncaptioned and are mainly duplicates of prints in the other parts of the collection. The prints have been grouped chronologically thus: Uganda (1-47), Northern Nigeria (49-68), Caribbean (69-88), Mauritius (89-111), miscellaneous (112-117). The collection also includes 10 original negatives which are listed with the prefix 'Y3011G/ON'. Two geographical anomalies have crept...

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101x76mm. View of the horse in its pen.

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101x75mm. View looking across the yard towards the rear of the house, a shingle boarded bungalow with tiled roof.

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102x75mm. View looking up the flight of stone steps towards the front entrance of Greg's house.

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97x75mm. General view of the house, a large bungalow with a double hipped roof. Mr Maclntyre was presumably a fellow estate owner.

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77x101mm. Showing a group of labourers working a pile driver in the construction work on a new river wall along the Layou River.

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77x89mm.

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101x77mm. View looking down onto the narrow connecting strip of land.

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75x100mm. View looking across a yard towards the overseer's house, a small shingle bungalow with tiled roof.

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l00x76mm. Showing women at work in an open-sided shed, possibly the building seen in Y307H/41.