Colonial Office: Natal Original Correspondence

Description and record details

Reference	CO 179
Title	Colonial Office: Natal Original Correspondence
Date	1846-1910
Description	This series contains original correspondence relating to Natal.
Arrangement	Bound volumes arranged chronologically within the following subject headings: Despatches (letters of the Governors), Offices (letters of government departments and other organisations), and Individuals (arranged alphabetically). With some case volumes. Each volume with a contents list, or a précis of each letter giving name of correspondent, date of letter and subject matter.
Related material	For correspondence after 1910 see CO 551 For correspondence relating to Zululand before 1898 see CO 427
Held by	The National Archives, Kew
Legal status	Public Record(s)
Language	English
Physical description	256 volume(s)
Unpublished finding aids	For registers to this correspondence see CO 326 under 'Cape of Good Hope' before 1849, CO 357 after 1849. For indexed précis of correspondence see CO 714.
Administrative/ biographical background	In 1844 Natal was annexed to Cape Colony, from which it was separated in 1856. In 1910 it became a province of the Union of South Africa. Zululand was administered through Natal from 1887, and annexed to Natal in 1897.

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