BAH LIAS RUBBER ESTATES LIMITED

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/B/112-023
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: BAH LIAS RUBBER ESTATES LIMITED
Date(s)	: 1911-1988
Level of description	: Collection View parent record
Extent	: 11 production units comprising 5 volumes, 1 binder and 5 envelopes.
Name of creator(s)	: Bah Lias Rubber Estates Ltd

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

This company was registered in 1911 as Bah Lias Tobacco and Rubber Estates Limited to acquire estates (Bah Lias, Tandjong Koeba, Inorapoera, Gamboes, Perlanaan and Maria Bandar) in Batoe Bahra and Bandar districts on the east coast of Sumatra. The tobacco estates were sold in 1921 and the name was changed to Bah Lias Rubber Estates Limited in 1924.

In 1933 it was one of the partners in the formation of Kulai Rubber Estates Limited (CLC/B/112-098). By 1948 it held 76% of the holding of this company.

In 1938 Bah Lias Rubber Estates Limited acquired Bila (Sumatra) Rubber Lands Limited (CLC/B/112-025) (and its Batang Sapongol, Gergas and Soengei Brohol estates) and Wampoe Tobacco and Rubber Estates Limited.

It was acquired by London Sumatra Plantations Limited (CLC/B/112-110) in 1961, and in April 1982 it became a private company.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Bah Lias Rubber Estates Limited, including articles of association; minute books; annual reports and circulars.

Access to records less than 30 years old should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from staff).

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Conditions governing access:

Restricted access: please see staff.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

The records of Harrisons and Crosfield and its subsidiary and secretarial companies were transferred to Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section between 1990 and 1998. The records were presented as a gift to the Library, except the minute books of some subsidiary companies which are held as a deposit. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Allied Materials

Related material:

The Harrisons and Crosfield Ltd collection has been divided into 167 sub-fonds; CLC/B/112-001 to CLC/B/112-167. 001 to 016 are records relating to Harrisons and Crosfield (such as operational records, staff records, property records and so on), and 017 to 167 are the records of subsidiaries, plantations and associated organisations.

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:
November 2010 to January 2011.