City of Cork Steampacket Company Archive Descriptive List

IE CCCA U370

City of Cork Steam Packet Co Ltd

Extent: 4 bound volumes Scope and Content: Four sets of agendas for meetings of the Conference:

28 Sep 1871 – 1 Dec 1876. [Spine of volume split, making two parts] 2 Feb 1877 – 3 Dec 1880 1 Apr 1881 – 3 Nov 1884 6 Feb 1885 – 2 Dec 1887

Ref.

U370/E/011

Date:

27 Jul 1925 – 12 May 1927

Title:

Irish Clearing House, Minutes

Level: file Extent: [c300 items] Scope and Content:

The Clearing House was a body on which Irish railway and passenger and sea freight companies were represented, and which facilitated customers by allowing them to buy a single ticket from a single company for a full journey, instead of having to buy separate tickets for different legs of the journey involving different companies. The participating companies contributed to the expenses of the clearing house, and also agreed arrangements for distribution of income. The present file contains minutes of meetings of accountants of participating companies, usually at the Clearing Houses offices at 5 Kildare St, Dublin. Related correspondence and reports are also present. These include reports on allocation of expenses between parties, and on groups of traffic between companies, and a return of clearing house and conference expenses of the Cork Company for 1924.A number of reports and returns, mainly for 1924, have been placed at the back of the file.

Ref.

U370/E/012

Date:

1932 - 1936

Title:

Irish and English Goods Traffic Conference

Level: file Extent: 1 file Scope and Content: Present are minutes of meetings of the conference, mainly in 1934, and related tables of figures regarding rates and differentials.

Ref.

U370/E/013

Date:

1915

Title:

Regulations of the Irish and English Livestock Traffic Conference, 1915

Level: item Extent: 4pp (2 copies) Scope and Content: Printed set of regulations.

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