London and India Docks, original documents 1889–1898
a bound collection of booklets, from the Chief Clerk's Office. including police, messengers, pay, regulations etc
Author
Publisher
Printing Details
This is a bound collection of original documents concerning the staff and workings of the London and India Docks during the period 1889 to 1898. The booklets are bound in a folder which is title by hand to the front cover "General Staff Regulations and Superannuation Deed", and has "The Chief Clark, Manager's Office" in pen to the ffep. Below this is "Presented by Digby Davies Esq" in a later pencil annotation. One of the booklets is stamped "Port of London Authority Library" to the rear cover.
The folder measures 24 × 16cm and is half leather. Five booklets are bound in and five are loosely inserted. The booklets form an interesting collection of the network of docks in East London used to import and export goods all over the empire.
The collection consists of:
1. London and India Docks (Joint Committee): General regulations for the Guidance of Staff, with an Appendix containing the Rules of the Superannuation and Guarantee Funds 1889. 12pp + 11pp. Printed on one side only to allow for additions and amendments (there are a couple of handwritten notes).
2. Part II of the above, "being the instructions of the Directors to the Superior Staff". 9pp.
3. Instruction Book for the Guidance of the Police, 1889. A smaller 23 page booklet instructing the dock police in their duties (courts, prisoners, saluting, the Marshall Hall Method in Drowning etc)
4. Instructions for Messengers, 1891. 4pp. (Must be smart, punctual, uniformed etc). If caught accepting a gratuity or smoking, then dismissal.
5. Rules and Regulations for the Labour Staff. 7pp. Qualifications, scales of pensions etc
Then there are five loosely inserted booklets:
1 & 2. Two copies of Supperannuation for the London and St Katherine Docks Company, dated 1886.
3. Another copy of the General Regulations for 1889.
4 & 5. Further copies of the no 3 for 1895 and 1898.
Two of the booklets are signed by an F H Habben, believed to be an author on the history of London street names.
Condition
Generally good for age. The documents themselves remain in strong readable condition, some tanning to the pages and wear where they are bound in. The folder is rather bumped and rubbed.
Books are currently zero-rated for duty (as of June 2026), so the price shown is the price you pay.
Price
£80.00
