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Tender Form - British Columbia, Hong Kong, 1888.
P&O Company Records: Tender Form - British Columbia, Hong Kong, 1888.
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Object Details
ID:
P&O/30/57
Type:
Manuscript
Display location:
Not on display
Creator:
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company
Date made:
1888-01-01 - ?; 1888
Credit:
On loan from the P&O Heritage Collection
Parts:
Papers Relating to Royal Charters & Mail Contracts (Manuscript)
Transcripts of House of Commons speeches and questions presented in connection with the Eastern Mail Contract of 1879-80, and its removal. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/2/1-2)
Revisions prepared for the 1869 Mail Contract Tender and Mr Bayley's papers thereon, 1865-67. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/3)
Papers dealing with the Company and its Mail Contracts and arrangements for the same, 1890-1918. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/4)
Book of correspondence concerning mail communications with Australia, which includes unsuccessful tender, 1849-56. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/5)
Mail Contracts held by P&O. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/6/1-6)
Summary statement of sailing programmes, as per 1888 Mail Contract. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/7)
Printed forms relating to contract proposals for 1905 Contract, 1903. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/8)
Proposed Schedules and Programmes, as per 1908 tender, 1908. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/9/1-14)
Proposed schedules, programmes and re-arangement of time-tables. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/10-11)
Report of the Select Committee on the Mail Contract Packet Service, 1849. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/12)
Report of the Select Committee on the Mail Contracts, 1869. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/13)
Abstract of Proceedings of the Select Committee on the Mail Contract Packet Service, 1849. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/14)
Memorial of the Board of Directors to the Treasury relating to postal service with India and China, 1867. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/15)
'Steamship Subsidies' - minutes of evidence by Sir Thomas Sutherland before the Select Committee of the House of Commons, 1901. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/16)
Statement by P&O Directors regarding the India, China and Australian Mail Contracts, 1879. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/17)
Printed copies of correspondence between P&O and GPO, 1873-1905. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/18)
Letters to and from GPO and others, 1873-1906. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/19)
Charters and Trust Deeds, 1840-1902. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/20)
Royal Charters 1-10, in printed volume. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/21)
Tenth Supplementary Charter and Trust Deeds and Debenture issues, 1930-40. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/22)
Legal papers - supplementary charters, 1840, 1866, 1867, 1875 & 1889 (Manuscript) (P&O/30/23)
Documents dealing with Debenture Issue 1922, also containing some items on Charters and Trust Deeds. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/24)
'Charters' 1840-1944, printed and bound. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/25)
'Charters' : original, 1840; supplemental charter 1966. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/26)
Petition relating to Supplemental Charter, 7 April 1966. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/27)
'Charters' Correspondence (1) Sep-Oct 1961. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/28)
'Charters' Correspondence (2) June 1962-September 1963. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/29)
'Charters' Correspondence (3) September 1964-August 1965. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/30)
'Charters' Correspondence (4) November 1959-November 1966. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/31)
New Charter - Drafting, 1958-61. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/32)
'Important Outstanding Matters re Charter' 1961. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/33)
'Revision of Charter - copies of Cousel's opinions, etc, for future reference', loose papers, 1919-61. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/34)
'Revision of Charter' loose papers including Memorandum as to the Capital Structure of the Company, 1919-61. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/35)
Mail Contracts (Manuscript) (P&O/30/36-38)
Mail Contract - Articles of Agreement - Point de Galle & Melbourne, Colony of Victoria, 10 June 1873. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/39)
Mail Contract and Treasury Minute - West Indies (Royal Mail), 5 May 1874. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/40)
Draft Contract - 'Port Said and Suez Canal', 8 July 1874. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/41)
Mail Contract - Articles of Agreement - East India, China and Japan Mails, 1 August 1874, with Treasury Minute. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/42)
Mail Contract and Articles of Agreement - Cape Mails, 5 Oct 1876. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/43)
Mail Contract - Articles of Agreement - West India Mails, 12 August 1878, with Treasury Minute. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/44)
Mail Contract, Britain, India and China, 12 Feb 1879, with Treasury Minute. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/45)
Mail Contract, Britain, East India and China, 18 March 1887, with Treasury Minute. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/46)
Mail Contract - Australian Mails, 19 January 1888. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/47)
Mail Contract - Venice Port Said Mails, 14 July 1895. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/48)
Mail Contract - Australian Mails, 30 January 1895. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/49)
Mail Contract - East India, China and Australia, 25 May 1897. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/50)
Indenture adjusting 1897 Contract, 25 July 1904, with supporting memorandum and comparisons. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/51)
'Mail Contract 1908' - East India, Chins and Australia Mails, 7 August 1907. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/52)
Tender Form - Brindisi and Adelaide Contract, 1888. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/53)
Tender Form - Brindisi 'Alexander and Suez', Bombay, 1888. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/54)
Tender Form - Suez, Shanghai, 1888. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/55)
Tender Form - Suez, Singapore, 1888. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/56)
Tender Form - British Columbia, Hong Kong, 1888. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/57)
Tender Form - UK 'Brindisi', Adelaide, 1898. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/58)
Tender Form - Brindisi, Bombay, 1898. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/59)
Tender Form - Aden, Bombay, 1898. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/60)
Tender Form - Colomo, Shanghai, 1898. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/61)
Tender Form - Aden, Karachi, 1898. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/62)
New South Wales Postmaster General annual report, 1876. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/63)
Victoria Postmaster General Report, 1876. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/64)
Victoria Postmaster General Report, 1877. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/65)
Vacant. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/66)
Information to Agents and Commanders relating to 'New Mail Services', 1886-95. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/67)
Information to Agents and Commanders relating to 'New Mail Services', 1897-1904. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/68)
House of Commons - Petition against carriage of heavy mails via Suez Canal, 4 August 1874. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/69)
House of Commons - discussion of East India, China and Japan Mail Contract (transcript), 5 August 1874. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/70)
House of Commons - Debate on Mr Bentinck's motion relating to the Penalty Clauses (transcript), 9 May 1878. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/71)
House of Commons - Question by Mr John Holmes on the P&O Mail Contracts (transcript), 30 June 1879. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/72)
House of Commons - Debate on the P&O Mail Contracts (transcript), 8 August 1879. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/73)
Draft letter to accompany tender for India, China and Australian Mail Contract, undated, ca.1897? (Manuscript) (P&O/30/74)
Copy of reply to GPO relating to conveyance of Australian Mails, undated, ca.1895? (Manuscript) (P&O/30/75)
Estimate 'Messageries Subsidy', 1875. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/76)
Estimate 'Australian Mails', ca.1875? (Manuscript) (P&O/30/77)
Memorandum for Chairman relating to problems with 'Colonies' over mail contract, 20 March 1903. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/78)
Further memorandum for Chairman relating to problems with 'Colonies' over mail contract, 2 Oct 1906. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/79)
Schedule relating to Eastern Mail Services, 1908. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/80)
Index of official communications relating to mail contracts and tenders, 1878-79. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/81)
Summary from 'Bombay Gazette' upon consideration of the Overland Mail Contract, 4 March 1878. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/82)
Offers for Tender New South Wales, New Zealand - San Francisco Mail Service, with covering letter, 5 April 1875. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/83)
Statement by the Directors of the P&O Steam Navigation Company regarding the India, China and Australian Mail Contracts, July 1879 (Manuscript) (P&O/30/84)
Correspondence between P&O, the General Post Office and the Treasury, 1873-1906. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/85)
General correspondence relating to Mail Contracts, 1873-74. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/86)
Full Opinion Of Counsel On Respective Rights Of Preferred And Deferred Stockholders. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/87)
Circulars To Stockholders On Respective Rights Of Preferred And Deferred Stockholders. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/88)
Counsels’ Opinions On Proposed Issue Of Deferred Stock; Respective Rights Of Deferred And Preferred Stockholders. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/89)
Company Secretary’s File On Civil Aviation And The 11th Charter. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/90)
Important Provisions Of The Companies Act 1948 Which Do Not Apply To The P&OSN Company. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/91)
Precis Of The Charters. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/92)
Mr Shields’ Bound Copy Of Charters And Trust Deeds With Various Typed Inserts Up To The Mid 1960s. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/93)
Company Secretary’s Loose Papers On Revision Of Charters. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/94)
Company Secretary’s Loose Papers On Revision Of Charters. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/95)
Company Secretary’s Loose Papers On Establishment Of A New P&O Operating Company Separate From P&OSNCo. Includes Papers On P&O-Orient Lines. (Manuscript) (P&O/30/96)
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