Valley Pier and Trading Company Papers

Scope and Content

Papers of the Valley Pier and Trading Company including a Memorandum of Association, Certificate of Incorporation, Regulations for the Management of the Company, Share Certificates and Counterfoils and Minute Book.

Administrative / Biographical History

The objects of the Valley Pier and Trading Company according to its Memorandum of Association was :(a) To erect quays or piers with all appliances required for discharging, loading and accommodating vessels and merchandise(b) To carry on any business, trade, or undertaking that may be considered advantageous or desirable(b) To carry on any business, trade, or undertaking that may be considered advantageous or desirable(c) To purchase for cash or paid up shares or other consideration or otherwise acquire the whole, or any part of any business, trade or undertaking, share or shares in vessels, or any other company, or other real or personal property(d) To advance money on loan with or without security(d) To advance money on loan with or without security(e) To raise or borrow any sums of money by bond bill of exchange, promissorz note debenture or otherwise as may be deemed but the Directors advisable(e) To raise or borrow any sums of money by bond bill of exchange, promissorz note debenture or otherwise as may be deemed but the Directors advisable(f) To transact, do and perform all such other acts matters and things as are incidental or otherwise conducive to the attaining of the above objects or any of them

Arrangement

Incorporated into the General Collection of Bangor Manuscripts

Access Information

Open to all users.

Acquisition Information

Papers deposited by Messrs Stead, Taylor and Stead, Chartered Accountants, Liverpool.

Note

Description compiled by Elen Wyn Hughes, June 2003.

Other Finding Aids

A typescript catalogue is available at the Archives Department of the University of Wales Bangor. Reference numbers : General Collection of Bangor Manuscripts 13935-13939

Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright conditions apply. Reprographics are made at the discretion of the Archivist.

Geographical Names