Corporate entry: Business and Industry - Cairns. Samuel Allens and Sons Limited, Lake Street, Cairns, 4870
Summary
The company was founded in 1896 and became a well-known business house throughout north Queensland. The Cairns office was opened in 1906; at one time some records were destroyed by a fire in this office. Holdings include:
Balance sheets and profit and loss accounts, including some inventories of plant and goods, 1915-1921, 2 folders.
Wages sheets, 1911-1918, 1 folder.
Some records of the Atherton office held, including reports on clients' accounts, chiefly Chinese clients, with notes on their economic viability, prospects for their maize crops
etc., 1911, typescript, pp. 5.
A small collection of photographs of company directors and staff and company buildings held.