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The first American invention to obtain an English patent
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Series
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Ministry of Food: Infestation Control...
Catalogue reference: MAF 44
What's it about?
MAF 44
Files dealing with the legislative and administrative functions of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Ministry of Food in connection with the destruction and control of rats and mice, musk rats, rabbits and other pests; and the...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MAF 44
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Ministry of Food: Infestation Control Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1893-1960
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files dealing with the legislative and administrative functions of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Ministry of Food in connection with the destruction and control of rats and mice, musk rats, rabbits and other pests; and the protection of wild birds. They include:
- A file series: Horticulture: Diseases, destructive insects and pests, 1893-1915
- G file series: General 1918-1919
- LP file series: Land pests 1924-1947
- TB file series: Small livestock (breeding) 1921-1940
There are no papers for the period 1901 to 1917.
This series also includes papers re-registered from the I file series (MAF 130), the LPN (LP/N) file series (MAF 131), the IR file series (MAF 212), and the II file series: MAF 214
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Files on injurious weeds can be found in MAF 235
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Further files from A file series, Horticulture: Diseases, destructive insects and pests, 1893-1915 are in
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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A, G, LP and TB file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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85 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Food and drink
- Fishing
- Farming
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10445/
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