City of Cork Steampacket Company Archive Descriptive List

IE CCCA U370

City of Cork Steam Packet Co Ltd

many handwritten amendments and enclosures, and relate closely to the minutes of goods traffic conferences above (U370/E/001-014). Also present are news cuttings of meetings of Cork Harbour Board (1932-56). Other printed items include bye-laws, labour agreements, reports, copies of legislation, and books and journals on commerce, ports, and companies, including Coast Lines Ltd. U370/G/023 is a mixed set of small printed items, while U370/G/025 consists of several books and journals, including annual reports of the Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom 1926-39. This printed matter, in addition to providing information on rates and other points, helps to illustrate the milieu in which the Company operated.

Items

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U370/G/001

Date:

c1898 - 1919

Title:

Rate Book for Perishable Merchandise

Level: item Extent: c104pp Scope and Content: Volume containing copies of laws, printed information, and sheets for noting exceptional or special rates used, with alphabetical sheets by customer.

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U370/G/002

Date:

Mar 1923 – May 1929

Title:

Rates between Cork and Bristol (and other UK Ports)

Level: item Extent: 1 vol (c30 insertions) Scope and Content:

Office book containing insertions giving rates for transport of various types of freight between Cork and Bristol, and sets of regulations for such transport. Also present are insertions regarding goods rates for other southern UK ports, including Southampton, Torquay, and Plymouth.

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U370/G/003

Date:

1883

Title:

Dublin Livestock Rates, 1st May 1883

Level: item Extent: printed vol, 163pp Scope and Content:

The book includes Regulations for the Conveyance of Livestock (same date), and tables setting out rates between Dublin via Hollyhead or Liverpool and various named ports, for different classes of livestock.

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U370/G/004

Date:

1902, 1903

Title: Through Goods Rates between South of Ireland and English Stations, 1902, 1903, two volumes.

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