File 3: Colonial Office Correspondence. H. M. Commissioner for Central Africa: H. H. Johnston, copies: undated (originals: 1884 -1894)
Scope and Contents
This file contains copies from the Public Record Office, of correspondence from H. H. Johnston, HM Commissioner for Central Africa, Colonial Office.
Folder 1:
- Clement H Hill: Memo. Importance of East Coast of Africa to Britain, 20 October 1884.
- Letter H H. Johnston to Cecil Rhodes. Refutes all accusations, 8 October 1893.
- Letter H H Johnston to Ear of Roseberry. Encloses his letter to Rhodes (copy), 8 October 1893. Asks for leave of absence after April.
- Letter H. H Johnston to Earl of Roseberry. 3 May 1893. Encloses Rhodes' proposals.
- Letter H. H Johnston to Sir Philip Currie. Co-operation of South African Company with HM's Government. 9 February 1891.
Folder 2:
- Letter: H H Johnston to Sir Percy Anderson. Pronunciation. 10 October 1893.
- Letter: H H Johnston to the Earl of Rosebery. Liabilities of British South African Company to the Central Africa Administration. February 1894.
- Memo: Transfer of the sum on the Admiralty's vote for the Nyasa gunboats to the slave trade. 16 June 1894.
- Letter: J H Thorburn, Edinburgh, to H H Johnston, Colonial Office.
Carl Wiese's scheme. 3 July 1894.
- Memo: Cost of maintaining gun boats on Lake Nyasa. 3 July 1894.
- Letter: H H Johnston to Sir Percy Anderson. Carl Wiese's scheme. 4 July 1894.
- Note: Initialled WPA [?Sir Percy Anderson]. Refers to Mr Johnston's letter of 4 July 1894.
- Letter: H H Johnston to the Earl of Kimberley. The return of Corporal George Hoare. 4 July 1894.
- Letter: Mr Thorburn to H H Johnston. Carl W eise's claim. Government unlikely to approve a private scheme. 11 July 1894.
- Letter: Acting Commissioner Sharpe, Zomba, to Earl of Kimberley. Account of safe return of slaves to their home, 10 July 1894.
- Memo: Wiese v The British South Africa Company. Rival claims. H. H. Commissioner Johnston, 17 October 1894.
Dates
- Creation: copies: undated (originals: 1884 -1894)
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