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Series
Development Commission: Advances from the Development Fund: Reports and Registers
Catalogue reference: D 2
What's it about?
D 2
Reports of evidence for grant applications submitted to the Development Commission for advances from the Development Fund.The series includes details of the allocation of grants or loans. These might be to individuals or groups, for the promotion...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- D 2
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Title (The name of the record)
- Development Commission: Advances from the Development Fund: Reports and Registers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1910-1987
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Description (What the record is about)
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Reports of evidence for grant applications submitted to the Development Commission for advances from the Development Fund.
The series includes details of the allocation of grants or loans. These might be to individuals or groups, for the promotion of tourism, or for the construction of a new factory. A list of conditions is detailed with each grant. There are also letters from various scientific bodies requesting financial aid to support research. The volumes are indexed.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 103 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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- Topics
- Manufacturing
- Travel and tourism
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Until 1971 the development commissioners reported to the Treasury for approval of schemes. After that date the commissioners reported to the Department of the Environment.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5726/
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Development Commission: Advances from the Development Fund: Reports and Registers
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