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History

ands residents who have rial likely to be of value to e British Colonial historians have a chance to have it :rved in England in a form lich it will do the most good. -ORD University now has a Colonial Record Project de i to locate and sift material places which are or were un he British Colonial Office.

John J. Tawney, who was the ■ of the British Colonial Office al Corona, until it ceased publi i last December, is now working the Oxford project from Queen beth House, 20-21 St. Giles, Ox and has asked PIM to help [ residents in the Pacific terri i who might be able to supply rial. ; writes; ffiat we are looking for is all rial in private hands (as opposed jovernment offices or official ves) which is likely to be of ; to future British Colonial his- When we have details of exist >apers, we list them, and are in a ion to say what we should like xamine here with a view to its

lanent preservation.

Want Everything

he field is obviously very wide; ire not concerned only with the nial Service, but with commerce, ions, shipping lines, etc., whose rs may all help to build up an rate picture of the British Colo period in years to come, when last colony has ceased to exist.

Ve are interested in photographs ey are clearly captioned, of good ity, and illustrate conditions or lopments at a particular time, jr than purely domestic scenes.

Ve hope in due course to be able ;opy and return material which ers do not want to deposit per ently, but at present we cannot jrtake to do this quickly. It is, ever, the intention to try to nge the necessary means for do so.

Where material is not suitable for Project and for preservation m Rhodes House branch of the leian Library, we can usually nge that it is gladly accepted by e other responsible organisation

which will value it. But we would, of course, return unsuitable material when specifically asked to do so.

“Obviously in some cases it will be necessary for an embargo to be placed on the early use of papers we re ceive, and those who deposit material at Oxford may place conditions on its use.

“Our short term aim is not to re ceive material for publication, but to rescue from destruction documents which private individuals may find it difficult to preserve as time goes on.”

New Caledonia Importers

Unhappy Over NZ Trade

Several New Caledonia importers of New Zealand goods have been talking recently of severing trade relations with NZ because NZ ex porters are making life too difficult.

They are not dissatisfied with NZ goods, but they say NZ exporters seem to have no understanding of document formalities and they pay little attention to shipping formalities.