North Wales slate as roofing material,
Statement of the suitability and availability of North Wales slate as roofing material, 1917, compiled for members of the Committee on Building Construction, with related documents including prices and particulars, 1919.
Minutes of a Slate Conference, 5 April 1940, at Abbey House, Westminster, to discuss the position of the UK slate industry. Includes related letters.
Printed items relating to the slate industry.
Printed copy of Chapter 22 of the Act.
Oakeley slate quarries, Ffestiniog,
Article based on the personal experience of the writer when visiting the Oakeley quarries, Ffestiniog. Reprinted from the North Wales Observer and Express, 10 July 1891.
Rule book of the National Association of Slate Merchants and Slaters,
The Welsh Slate Industry = : Y Fasnach Llechi Gymreig,
Welsh pamphlet, and an English translation, written by Richard Davies, addressed to those connected to the slate industry of Ffestiniog, in advance of the general election held in January 1910.
National Federation of Building Trades Employers,
Report of the proceedings at the conference held 6 October 1910, and two annotated copies of a report on a further conference held 30 April 1913.
Papers relating to his activities as a slate merchant with his brother Richard Davies, as company liquidator of several local quarry companies; his own business interests, 1859-1933; the construction and renovation of rail networks in the Ffestiniog and Porthmadog area, 1867-1920; Porthmadog harbour improvements, 1913-1920; and miscellaneous business interests, 1883-1904.
Records relating to slate quarries in which Jonathan Davies had business interests-mainly as liquidator, including Bugail Slate Company Limited, 1875-1905; Moelpenamnan Quarry, 1873; Votty and Bowydd Slate Quarries Company, Limited, 1885-1933; and Wrysgan Slate Quarry Co. Ltd, 1859-1933.
Papers relating to the management of the quarry, 1875-1883, following Jonathan Davies's appointment as administrator of this company when placed in liquidation.
Bugail Slate Company (Wales)
Minutes of meetings of the directors and of Annual General Meetings.
Annual report and balance sheet,
Printed annual report submitted to the Annual General Meeting held in Edinburgh.
Share certificate.
Share certificate of Robert Roberts, Tan-y-marian, Blaenau Ffestiniog,
An appendix records the transfer of the share to his son Robert R. Roberts of Newborough.
Votty and Bowydd Slate Quarries Company, Limited,
Papers relating to the agreement of a dispute, 1885, amalgamation with the Oakley quarry, 1905, and Directors' reports, 1913-1933.
Votty and Bowydd Slate Quarries Company (Wales)
Agreement of a boundary dispute between F. S. Percival, esq., Votty and Bowydd Slate Co., and the Diphwys Casson Slate Co.
Printed annual report, balance sheet and statement of accounts for years ending 1912-1919, 1922-1932. There is also a notice of an Extraordinary General Meeting for the reduction and re-organisation of capital, 1922.
Papers relating to meetings to discuss the amalgamation of Votty & Bowydd Slate Quarries Co. Ltd and the Oakley Slate Quarries Co. Ltd