Digitisation and Online Publication of FO 228 China Correspondence Records

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The National Archives awarded a contract to Adam Matthew Digital Limited for the digitisation and online publication of the Foreign Office: Consulates and Legation, China: General Correspondence, Series I (FO 228).

The contract includes a commercial license to publish digital images and associated metadata, requiring conservation, digital image capture, metadata creation for searchability, and online publication.

The supplier delivers the contract at nil cost to The National Archives and provides a royalty return during the contract period.

The series contains general correspondence of the British legation and consulates in China, including exchanges with Chinese authorities, colonial governments, ports, fleets, India, the Supreme Court, and Foreign Ministries, as well as correspondence relating to Korea up to 1896.

The contract value is AUD 1,686,978.