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    <titlestmt>
      <titleproper encodinganalog="Title">Stornoway Port Authority, Stornoway, Lewis</titleproper>
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      <address>
        <addressline>Iochdar</addressline>
        <addressline>South Uist</addressline>
        <addressline>United Kingdom</addressline>
        <addressline>Email: iochdarschool@gnes.net</addressline>      </address>
      <date normal="2012-07-19" encodinganalog="Date">2012-07-19</date>
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    <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Stornoway Port Authority, Stornoway, Lewis</unittitle>
    <unitid repositorycode="GBX" countrycode="GB" encodinganalog="3.1.1">GB GBX TS12</unitid>
    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1865/2010" encodinganalog="3.1.3">1865-2010</unitdate>
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      <corpname>Stornoway Port Authority</corpname>
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    <physdesc>
      <extent encodinganalog="3.1.5">c15 linear metres</extent>
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    <repository>
      <corpname>Records held privately</corpname>
      <address>
        <addressline>Iochdar</addressline>
        <addressline>South Uist</addressline>
        <addressline>United Kingdom</addressline>
        <addressline>Email: iochdarschool@gnes.net</addressline>
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    <language langcode="eng">English</language>  </langmaterial>  </did>
  <bioghist encodinganalog="3.2.2"><p>Stornoway Pier &amp; Harbour Commission was established in 1865.  In 2004, it was reconstituted as the Stornoway Port Authority.</p></bioghist>  <scopecontent encodinganalog="3.3.1"><p>Administrative records:  Byelaws 1977, trustee election papers 1831-1986, minutes 1865-present, letter books 1864-1938, harbour acts / orders 1976

Financial records:  Abstract of accounts 1872-2007, account books 1865-1960, 1989-2004, cash books 1864-1996, journals 1929-1994, general ledgers 1924-1955, 1975-1995, treasurers ledgers 1900-1923, county ledgers 1939-1975, town ledgers 1964-1981, crane ledgers 1972-1991, steamers ledgers 1936-1980, debtors ledgers 1986-1991, rest house ledgers 1927-1977, manifests and accounts log books 1937-2006, bank account log 1926-1930, administration book 1930-1959, rent books 1937-1991, gifted property rentals 1951-1970

Legal records: Legal papers 1834-1983

Harbour records: Arrivals and sailings 1865-1996, rates and dues 2008, dues of fishing boats/vessels 1936-1991, fishing boat registers 1936-1984, fishing boat logs 1960-1985, fish import/export logs 1940-1994, stations book 1933-1939

Property records: Ferry terminal 1997, Goat Island 1951-2004, Cromwell Street Quay 1932-1933. harbour works n.d., plans and drawing 20th cent.

Publicity records: Christmas cards 170s-2000s, photographs 1950s-2000s

Projects: Project files 1993-2002

Subject files: Filing cabinets contents 1865-2000s, separated archive subject files 1917-1974

Archives &amp; History: Miscellaneous 1950s-2005</p></scopecontent>  <controlaccess>
    <corpname role="Creator">Stornoway Port Authority</corpname>
    <subject source="">Fishing industry</subject>
    <subject source="">Fishing ports</subject>
    <subject source="">Fishing vessels</subject>
    <subject source="">Harbours and coastal engineering</subject>
    <subject source="">Harbours</subject>
    <subject source="">Trustees</subject>
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  <phystech encodinganalog="3.4.3"><p>Paper records, photographs, planss</p></phystech>  <accessrestrict encodinganalog="3.4.1"><p>Records held privately. Please contact Tasglann nan Eilean Siar in the first instance.</p></accessrestrict>  <otherfindaid encodinganalog="3.4.5"><p>Digital and manual survey list available in the searchroom of Tasglann nan Eilean Siar</p></otherfindaid>
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