IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0101 ICS 80
Held at: Institute of Commonwealth Studies
Title: Ceylon Receiver of Wrecks, 1862-1881
Date(s): 1862-1881
Level of description: Collection (Fonds)
Extent: Single volume
Name of creator(s): Ceylon Receiver of Wrecks
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Wreck is flotsam, jetsam, derelict and lagan found in or on the shores of the sea or any tidal water. It includes any vessel, cargo or equipment. It may be of antique or archaeological value such as gold coins, or a yacht or dinghy abandoned at sea, or items such as drums of chemicals, or crates of foodstuffs. It is a legal requirement that all recovered wreck is reported to the Receiver of Wrecks. The Ceylon Receiver of Wrecks was based at Galle until 1882, when the office was moved to Colombo.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Typescript summary of Ceylon Receiver of Wrecks reports, 1862-1881, giving detailed accounts of the loss of 56 vessels off the coast of Ceylon.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Single volume
Conditions governing access:
Open although advance notice should be given.
Conditions governing reproduction:
A photocopying service is available, at the discretion of the ICS Library Staff. Copies are supplied solely for research or private study. Requests to publish, or quote from original documents should be made to the Information Resources Manager.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Volume has an index of vessels
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Presented to ICS by Mr C A W Tyler, Apr 1967
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Rules or conventions: General International Standard Archival Description ISAD(G), 2nd edition, 2000. National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: Oct 2001