DOMINIONS DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0074 LMA/4746 |
Held at | : London Metropolitan Archives Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma › |
Full title | : DOMINIONS DEVELOPMENT LIMITED |
Date(s) | : 1912-1916 |
Level of description | : Collection |
Extent | : 0.05 linear metres |
Name of creator(s) | : Dominions Development Limited |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Dominions Development Ltd was a private company formed in 1912 to explore development opportunities in Canada. The first directors were Sir William Howell Davies MP, Messrs W. H. Crowe, W.M. Law, and Captain T. C. Benson. The company secretary was Willoughby Bullock, who was also secretary of the Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor (LMA/4729), and both the society and this company had offices at Clifford Inn, Fleet Street.
The directors' report for 1913 details the company's plans to develop fifty acres of land at Numukamis Bay, Barkeley Sound, British Columbia including the construction of a small wharf and a general store in preparation for the arrival of the Canadian Northern Railway's Victoria to Alberni line.
The registered office was 14 Clifford Inn, Fleet Street.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Dominions Development Ltd including a scrapbook containing memorandum and articles of association, annual reports and circulars with enclosures.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
One volume.
Conditions governing access:
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright rests with the depositor.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: https://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited in 2013.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Other material relating to Willoughby Bullock, including personal papers and material relating to his career can be found in the Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor collection (LMA/4729/C/02).
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
Added February 2018.
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