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A typescript copy of a memorandum [by D. E. Jenkins] on 'The Records of the Established Church in Wales and their Disposal by Disestablishment', in which it is proposed that, in the bill being prepared for the disestablishment of the Anglican Church in Wales [1912], provision should be made for (1) the retention of the diocesan and parochial records of that church 'as the property of the Nation', (2) the conversion of existing diocesan registries into national repositories with a salaried official in charge, (3) making the records available to holders of research permits, and (4) the granting of Treasury subsidies for the publication of parish registers, etc. Also a typewritten copy of a letter from [D. E. Jenkins] from Denbigh, to T. Huws Davies, Home Office, Whitehall, January 1912 (requesting recipient to bring an enclosed copy of the above mentioned memorandum to the notice of the Home Secretary).