City of Cork Steampacket Company Archive Descriptive List

IE CCCA U370

City of Cork Steam Packet Co Ltd

Level: item Extent: c200pp Scope and Content:

Volume recording summary information on changes in Company assets and accounts. Eg, entries note changes to the profit and loss account and balance sheet, and value of steamers and premises and other holdings, and costs such as repairs and expenses (insurance, dues, tax, depreciation). The names of the Company’s directors are noted at the start of the volume, and again in 1880.

Ref.

U370/F/122a

Date:

1872 - 1917

Title:

General Summary Sheets (Vessels on the Various Lines)

Level: item Extent: 1 folder, c100 sheets Scope and Content:

Folder consisting mainly of account sheets containing general summaries of disbursements and receipts of vessels trading on various lines for 12 month periods. These sheets note monthly information for each route, some sheets covering a single route only. Disbursements include coal, wages, loading, dues, and supplies. Other sheets record more general profit and loss information for each line or route. Inside the front cover are parchment sheets containing summaries covering the period 1871-1905, including analysis of balance sheets.

Ref.

U370/F/123

Date:

5 Jan 1907 – 6 Apr 1912

Title:

Gross Earnings

Level: item Extent: c600pp Scope and Content:

Volume recording amounts in relation to tonnage and inward and outward movement of goods, cattle, and passengers for stated routes, each month. Information grouped under route (Fishguard, Bristol, Liverpool, etc).

Ref.

U370/F/124

Date:

20 Apr 1912 – 30 Jun 1917

Title:

Gross Earnings

Level: item Extent: c600pp Scope and Content: See U370/F/123 above

Ref.

U370/F/125

Date:

7 Jul 1917 – 30 Sep 1920

Title:

Gross Earnings

Level: item Extent: c600pp

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