01898ntc a22002177i 45000010005000000080041000050400026000461000032000722450019001043000041001233360021001643370023001853380032002085000018002405060028002585200387002865330077006735400079007505450704008298560147015332430140313k18971912xx            000 0|eng d  aANU:PMBcANU:PMBerda1 aArundel, John T.d1841-191910aCorrespondence  a1 reel; 35mm microfilm. Digital PDF.  atext2rdacontent  acomputer2rdamedia  aonline resource2rdacarrier  aAU PMB MS 493  aAvailable for reference2 aArundel (1814-1919) was a leading figure in the Pacific phosphate industry from the 1860s until his death, active largely in Kiribati and Nauru. See Pacific Islands Monthly, April 1974, pp.59-61. The correspondence is chiefly with Lord Stanmore who was chairman of the Pacific Islands Company Ltd, and later the Pacific Phosphate Company Ltd, of which Arundel was the Vice-Chairman.  aElectronic reproduction:bCanberra :cPacific Manuscripts Bureau, d2014  aAvailable for referenceuhttp://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/copyright.php0 aJohn T. Arundel was a leading figure in the Pacific phosphate industry on Kiribati and Nauru. He initially travelled to the Pacific in 1860 and 1868, and established John T. Arundel & Co. in the Pacific 1871 with financial support from Houlder Brothers and Co. In 1897, John T. Arundel & Co merged its business with trading and plantation firm Henderson and Macfarlane. They formed the Pacific Islands Company Ltd (PIC), which was based in London with trading activities in the Pacific, particularly Kiribati. In 1902, PIC became the Pacific Phosphate Company and began phosphate mining on Banaba, Kiribati in 1901 and on Nauru in 1906. Arundel died 30 November 1919 in Bournemouth, England.41uhttp://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/digital/catalogue/index.php/correspondence-17zView this item in the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau Catalogue.