Prince Edward and Marion Islands vol. 4

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BTS 10/96/1(4) 1 folder, 272 pages. Pages are out of order. Some documents are hard to read. Contains duplicates. Manuscript notes and documents Correspondence re. the shipping of stores to Heard Island, using a S. African frigate, Nov ’48. Telegrams re. transfer to the Union Government of rights, title and interest in connection with the Prince Edward Islands Group. Letter from the Sec. for Transport to the Sec. for Ext. Affairs entitled Marion Island Expedition: March 1949, 15.12.48. Letter from the Sec. for Commerce and Industries to the Sec. for Ext. Affairs entitled Exchange of Information: Islands in the Antarctic, 18.12.48. Letter from the Sec. for Ext. Affairs to the Chief Archivist entitled Exchange of Notes with United Kingdom: Prince Edward and Marion Islands, 15.3.48. Correspondence dealing with the visit to the Union of Mr P.G. Law, Head of the Antarctic Division, Canberra, who will represent Australia on the forthcoming Anglo-Scandinavian Antarctic Expedition which will sail from Cape Town in December 1949. Letter from the Sec. for Transport to the Sec. for Ext. Affairs entitled Marion and Heard Islands: Exchange of Information between Union and Australian Governments, 20.8.49. Letter from the Sec. for Ext. Affairs to the Sec. for Transport entitled Bird Species on Marion Island, 4.11.49. With other correspondence re. Letter from the Political Secretary to the Sec. for Ext. Affairs entitled Transfer of Sovereignty: Heard Island, 11.3.50. With other correspondence re. Letter from the Sec. for Ext. Affairs to the Sec. for Justice entitled Transfer of Sovereignty: Heard and MacDonald Islands, 25.3.50. With other correspondence re. Letter from the Actg. Sec. for Transport to the Sec. for Ext. Affairs entitled Chart Heard Island, 5.7.50. Report on Prince Edward Isles. Report on Marion Island (in Afrikaans). Letter from the Sec. for Transport to the Sec. for Ext. Affairs entitled Voyage of research ship Discovery: Marion Island, 17.7.51. Letter from the High Comm. to the Sec. for Ext. Affairs entitled Cocos or Keeling Islands: Transfer of Sovereignty, 11.2.55. Bill for an Act to provide for the acceptance of the Cocos or Keeling Islands as a Territory under the Authority of the Commonwealth and to provide for the Government of that Territory, 1954-55 + Proclamation. The Cocos (Keeling) Islands Bill 1955: Second reading speech by the Minister for Territories, P.M.C. Hasluck. Press statement: Transfer of Cocos Island to Australia: Statement by the Minister for Territories, the Hon. Paul Hasluck, 10.11.55. Letter from the Consul-General to the Sec. for Ext. Affairs entitled Visit of Moçambique Journalists to Marion Island, 10.1.58. Copy of Bilateral agreements in force between the Republic of South Africa and the United Kingdom and Territories for whose international relations the United Kingdom is responsible, 20.8.32. Memorandum from the Dept. of Foreign Affairs entitled Treaties between the Republic of South Africa and the United Kingdom, 13.2.69.