Colonial Consignment and Distributing Co
of 15, Dowgate Hill, E.C.
1895 The company was registered July 18, 1895, to acquire the English branch of the business of Nelson Brothers, Limited, meat warehousemen and salesmen, to extend the present facilities for the sale in Great Britain and Ireland and elsewhere of colonial produce, and to take over freezing stores, &c., necessary for the business.
1908 Directors: Sir E. M. Nelson, K.C.M.G. (Chairman and Managing Director), E. H. Byas, W. S. Davidson, E. T. Doxat, W. T. Holmes, F. Nelson, H. Nelson, Sir W. B. Perceval, K.C.M.G.,and M. C. Thomson. Secretary: P. B. Proctor.