J.M. Merriman to William Mackinnon. - proposal to take over Damaraland in S.W. Africa by a corporation or N. Borneo style organisation - German claim said to be unclear; fertile cattle-land near Walvis Bay Br. protectorate, has very rich copper mines at Oitavie (modern Otavi) provides a temporate route to African interior trade against the Congo tropical one; enclosures mentioned, missing


Order number: PP MS 1, Box 122
Date(s) of creation: 26 Aug 1885
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

Order number: PP MS 1, Box 122
Access status: Open
Language: English
Finding aids: Handlist available
Format: Archive