Application on behalf of the Kerguelen Whaling Company for permission to catch sea-elephants in the Crozet Islands

Abstract

GG 310 5/5 1 folder, 4 pages. Pages are out of order. Manuscript documents. Correspondence file. Application made by on behalf of Mr. A.E. Larsen, Manager of the Union Whaling Company Limited of Durban, to the Imperial Government for a concesion to catch seals on the Crozet Islands and Prince Edward Islands for a period of 5 years or more and the request for a site of about ten acres in extent at Walfish Bay, on the West coast of Africa, to erect a whaling station. Reply that the Crozet Islands are not British territory and that an exclusive licence has already been granted to Mr. J.H. Irving