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BRITISH OVERSEAS AIRWAYS CORPORATION
The British Overseas Airways Corporation was established on
24th November, 1939, under the British Overseas Airways Act which
received the Royal Assent in August of that year*
2* The members of the Corporation are appointed ty the Secretary
of State for Air* The Airways Stock, a fixed-interest security
guaranteed by the Treasury, carries no voting rights, and is owned by
nominees of H*M*Government• No profit earned by the Corporation
can accrue or be distributed to any individual*
3* On 1st April, 1940, the day on which the Corporation took
over the undertakings which it succeeded, the Secretary of State
for Air, by order made under Section 7 of the Air Navigation Act
1920, required the Corporation to place the whole of its under
taking at his disposal* From that date all the air services
and other operations of the Corporation have been undertaken in
compliance with the Secretary of State # s directions.
4* A large proportion of the fleet of aircraft and of the
buildings and equipment at present used by the Corporation is
directly owned by H.M.Government, and has been allocated to the
Corporation for the express purpose of maintaining the communica
tions required by the Secretary of State for Air*
5* The operations of the Corporation are financed by H.M*
Treasury and the Corporation accounts to the Secretary of State
for Air for all revenue and expenditure in connection with them*
6* The traffic carried by the Corporation is determined by
H*M.Government which has exclusive control over priorities. To
a preponderating extent, the loads consist of official passengers
and goods and of troop and other mails*
7* Thus, the Corporation is in no sense a commercial under
taking* It operates as a service of H*M*Government•
(Sgd.) A*W.Street*
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Air*
23rd August, 194 2*
No.1126-3.
British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. & Consulate-General,
Bushire, the 3rd November, 1942*
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