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Expand 1 - Records of the Unreformed Cambridge Corporation1 - Records of the Unreformed Cambridge Corporation
Expand 2 - Municipal Corporation 1835-19742 - Municipal Corporation 1835-1974
Collapse 4 - Cambridge Improvement Commissioners4 - Cambridge Improvement Commissioners
Expand 1 - Minute books of General Meetings of the Cambridge Improvement Commissioners 1 - Minute books of General Meetings of the Cambridge Improvement Commissioners
Expand 2 - Draft minute books and agenda 2 - Draft minute books and agenda
Expand 3 - Committee minutes, report books and papers3 - Committee minutes, report books and papers
Expand 4 - Commissioners qualification books4 - Commissioners qualification books
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Collapse 10 - Contracts, bonds and tenders10 - Contracts, bonds and tenders
Expand 1 - Sewerage contracts 1 - Sewerage contracts
Collapse 2 - Gas lighting contracts2 - Gas lighting contracts
1 - Draft contract between Mr William Bailey and the Improvement Commissioners for lighting the town with coal gas
2 - Cases for the opinion of Mr Roapell and Mr Denman on the default of the contract for lighting the town between the Commissioners and Mr William Bailey
3 - Draft contract between Mr John Grafton and the Improvement Commissioners for lighting the town with coal gas
4 - Case for the opinion of Fitzroy Kelly on the ownership of pipes and infrastructure relating on the expiration of the contract between the Improvement Commissioners and John Grafton
5 - Case for the opinion of Fitzroy Kelly on the obligation of John Grafton to remove gas pipes and infrastructure on the expiration of his contract with the Improvement Commissioners
6 - A list of questions [not completed] from the clerk to the Cambridge Gas Light Co to the company chairman requesting details of the current supply of gas to the Improvement Commissioners to aid the renewal of their contract
7 - Specifications and conditions for tenders for the lighting of the town of Cambridge with gas
8 - Answers to Commissioners' queries relating to tenders for new contract for lighting the town with gas
9 - A letter from Mr Grafton to the Improvement Commissioners relating to a tender for the gas contract
10 - Case for the opinion of counsel on the rights of the previous gas contractor to retrieve equipment
11 - Draft copy of the contract between the Cambridge Gas Light Company and the Improvement Commissioners for the lighting of the town with gas for fourteen years from 1 Jun 1840
12 - Draft copy of the contract between the Cambridge Gas Light Company and the Improvement Commissioners for the lighting of the town of gas for fourteen years from 1 Jun 1840
13 - Breviate of proposed contract between the Cambridge Gas Light company and the Commissioners
14 - Suggested amendments by the directors of the Cambridge Gas Light Co to the contract for the provision of gas to the town
15 - Minutes of a conference between the directors of the Cambridge Gas Light Company and the Improvement Commissioners relating to a dispute over the terms of the proposed contract
16 - Case for the opinion of Edward Jacob and Fitzroy Kelly on whether the tender of the Cambridge Gas Light Company is legally binding
17 - A copy of a letter from Edward Randall to the Director of the Cambridge Gas Light Company relating to the company's tender and the draft contract
18 - A letter from Edward Randall to the directors of the Cambridge Gas Light Company informing them that the Commissioners will no longer insist on the right to enter their premises to ascertain the quantity of gas consumed
19 - A printed copy of the contract between the Cambridge Gas Light Company and the Improvement Commissioners for the lighting of the town for fourteen years from 1 Jun 1840
20 - Specifications and conditions for tenders for the lighting of the town of Cambridge with gas with two printed notices for tender from newspapers
21 - A printed copy of the contract between the Cambridge Gas Light Company and the Improvement Commissioners for the lighting of the town for fourteen years from 1 Jun 1854
22 - Sealed contract between the Cambridge Consumers Gas Company and the Improvement Commissioners for lighting the town for a period of fourteen years
23 - Sealed contract between the Cambridge University and Town Gas Light Company and the Improvement Commissioners for lighting the town for a period of fourteen years
24 - A bound printed copy (with annotations) of the contract between the Cambridge University and Town Gas Light Company and the Improvement Commissioners for the lighting of the town for fourteen years from 24 Jun 1868
25 - A covering letter and receipt for work undertaken by Messrs Barlow and Co relating to the 1879 gas contract
26 - The Cambridge University and Town Gas Bill, 1881
27 - A letter from Edmond Foster, town clerk, to the clerk to the Improvement Commissioners reporting on the supply of gas
28 - An extract from 'The Times' on the regenerative gas burner
29 - A letter from GW Stevenson to CW Palmer on the system of supplying gas in Brighton
30 - A letter from GW Stevenson to CW Palmer relating to gas lighting in Nottingham and Birmingham
31 - A letter from James Freeman, town clerk of Brighton, to CW Palmer accompanying a copy of the conditions of the contract to supply gas to Brighton
32 - A copy of the conditions of the contact to supply gas to the street lamps and public buildings in the Borough of Brighton
33 - A letter from the town clerk's office in Southampton to CW Palmer relating to conditions of the contract for the town's supply of gas
34 - A telegram from GW Stephenson to CW Palmer arranging an appointment to discuss a draft contract
35 - A letter from GW Stevenson to CW Palmer relating to costs for gas lighting in Brighton
36 - A letter from GW Stevenson to CW Palmer relating to costs for gas lighting in Brighton
37 - A list of sections from the special gas committee minute books
38 - A letter form CW Palmer to GW Stevenson relating to discussions between the Improvement Commissioners and the Gas Company relating to the cost of wages
39 - Revised breakdown of costs for the supply of gas and wages following discussions between the Improvement Commissioners and the Gas Company
40 - A list of numbers of lights required for summer and winter lighting by the Cambridge University and Town Gas Light Company
41 - A covering letter for the draft contract between the Cambridge University and Town Gas Light Company and the Improvement Commissioners
42 - Contract between the Cambridge University and Town Gas Light Company and the Improvement Commissioners for lighting Cambridge for seven years from 1 Jun 1882
43 - Contract between the Cambridge University and Town Gas Light Company and the Improvement Commissioners for lighting Cambridge for seven years from 1 Jun 1882
44 - A draft printed copy of the contract between the Cambridge University and Town Gas Light Company and the Improvement Commissioners for lighting Cambridge for seven years from 1 Jun 1882
45 - A printed copy of the contract between the Cambridge University and Town Gas Light Company and the Improvement Commissioners for lighting Cambridge for seven years from 1 Jun 1882
46 - A covering letter for costs by GW Stephenson
Expand 3 - Paving contracts3 - Paving contracts
Expand 4 - Masonry contracts, bonds and tenders4 - Masonry contracts, bonds and tenders
Expand 5 - Supply contracts for gravel and stone5 - Supply contracts for gravel and stone
Expand 6 - Casual work contracts6 - Casual work contracts
Expand 7 - Building work contacts7 - Building work contacts
Expand 8 - Haulage contracts8 - Haulage contracts
Expand 9 - Dredging the River Cam contracts9 - Dredging the River Cam contracts
Expand 10 - Contracts for refuse collection from houses10 - Contracts for refuse collection from houses
Expand 11 - Tenders and contracts for scavenging works11 - Tenders and contracts for scavenging works
Expand 12 - Contracts for appointments as rate collectors12 - Contracts for appointments as rate collectors
Expand 13 - Bonds for the faithful discharge of the office of treasurer by Edmund John Mortlock esq13 - Bonds for the faithful discharge of the office of treasurer by Edmund John Mortlock esq
Expand 14 - Agreement, and draft, of George Flood to act as an ambulance bearer for the removal of infectious cases to hospital14 - Agreement, and draft, of George Flood to act as an ambulance bearer for the removal of infectious cases to hospital
15 - Applications and payments for delivery and collection of voting papers
16 - Lease of the tolls for one year from 29 Sept 1865 between the Improvement Commissioners and Messrs John and Frederic Cain
17 - Agenda for a meeting of the Cambridge Improvement Commissioners
Expand 11 - Changes to Borough and parish boundaries 11 - Changes to Borough and parish boundaries
Expand 12 - Bye-laws and regulations12 - Bye-laws and regulations
Expand 13 - Frederic Barlow's liability in fraud case against the assistant clerk, John Wright Neville13 - Frederic Barlow's liability in fraud case against the assistant clerk, John Wright Neville
Expand 14 - Eligibility of parish commissioners14 - Eligibility of parish commissioners
Expand 15 - Memorials and petitions to the Commissioners15 - Memorials and petitions to the Commissioners
Expand 16 - Mill Road improvement loan16 - Mill Road improvement loan
Expand 17 - Repeal of paving tolls17 - Repeal of paving tolls
Expand 18 - Scheme for the diversion of sewage from the River Cam 18 - Scheme for the diversion of sewage from the River Cam
Expand 19 - Surveyor and Engineering Department19 - Surveyor and Engineering Department
Expand 20 - Medical Officer of Health 20 - Medical Officer of Health
Expand 21 - Indexes to the collection received at the time of deposit21 - Indexes to the collection received at the time of deposit
Expand 5 - Overseers of the Poor for the 13 ancient parishes of Cambridge5 - Overseers of the Poor for the 13 ancient parishes of Cambridge
Expand 6 - Overseers of the Poor for Cambridge and Cambridge Without 6 - Overseers of the Poor for Cambridge and Cambridge Without
Expand 8 - Trumpington Parish Council8 - Trumpington Parish Council
Expand 9 - Cherryhinton Parish Council9 - Cherryhinton Parish Council
Expand 10 - Cambridge City Charities10 - Cambridge City Charities
Expand 12 - Cambridge Town Court of Pleas12 - Cambridge Town Court of Pleas
Expand 13 - Court Leet13 - Court Leet
Expand 14 - Cambridge[shire] County Court14 - Cambridge[shire] County Court
Expand Co - Cambridge Borough CoronerCo - Cambridge Borough Coroner
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