Scope and Contents The Archives of Christian Salvesen Ltd. span well over one hundred years from the 1850s to the 1960s. The deposit contains ledgers, private journals, cash books, invoice books, letter books, day books, official files, station records, stock books and accounts, correspondence and documents, order books, records of telegrams of Turnbull, Salvesen & Co., Christian Salvesen & Co., and South Georgia Co., and various subsidiary companies. There is material relating to Salvesen ships...

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Table showing the Canadian Pacific Railway's gross and net increases between 1910 and 1912. The text beneath the table notes that the Canadian Pacific Railway will be laying new tracks in order to prevent grain congestion when shipping.

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This section contains the Custuma Portuum, which imposes duties on shipping. It contains 16 titles and ends on f. 73r with the words de parva custuma regia.

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This section is written in the same hand as most of the rest of the manuscript.

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Hurst asks if Ewart is planning a further publication mentioned in his 1887 book On the Preservation of Fish. He gives details of his work in Australia shipping frozen foods from Canada.

Scope and Contents Correspondence of James Currie (Manager of Leith Hull and Hamburg - nephew to Sir Donald Currie). Mainly dealing with finances, insurance claims, valuation and de-valuation of fleet. List of ships owned on p.203. 1901 pp.1-68 1902 pp. 70-277 1903 pp. 280-455 1904 pp. 457-575 1905 pp.577-669 1906 pp. 670-809 ...

Scope and Contents Incomplete record of correspondence of James Currie, manager of Leith Hull and Hamburg Steam Packet Co. Details of Leith dock strike in 1911. 1909 pp. 1-5 (from October 8th) 1910 pp. 7-27 1911 pp. 29-34 1912 pp. 35-50 1913 pp. 51-61 1914 no entries 1915 pp. 62-78 1916 pp. 79-81 ...

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Photograph of grain being loaded on to ships at Rosario near Buenos Aires, Argentina in the early 20th century.

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Photograph of bales of hemp stacked on a wagon and on the ground ready to be loaded to be shipped on Queen's Wharf in Wellington, New Zealand.