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Catalogue reference: MAF 78
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MAF 78
This series contains files which deal with the supply of farm and garden seeds; the control of exports and imports of seeds; the operations of the Seeds Import Board; liaison with the Seed Production Committee and the Seeds Advisory Committee;...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MAF 78
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and predecessors: Seeds Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1918-1961
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files which deal with the supply of farm and garden seeds; the control of exports and imports of seeds; the operations of the Seeds Import Board; liaison with the Seed Production Committee and the Seeds Advisory Committee; the administration of orders made under the defence regulations for the maintenance of supplies and essential services; and also matters concerning the production, distribution and use of seeds, arising in connection with the administration of the Seeds Acts, 1920 and 1925.
Contains some files re-registered from the SDB file series (MAF 273) and the SDS file series: MAF 370
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For further records on standards see
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Some SDS files re-registered in the AK file series; see
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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)
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Fertilisers and Seeds Division, Seeds Branch, 1946-1954
- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Supplies Division III, Seeds Branch, 1940-1945
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Fertilisers, Seeds and Hill Farming Division, Seeds Branch, 1955-1955
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Labour, Machinery and Seeds Division, Seeds Branch, 1956-1959
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Labour, Safety and Seeds Division, Seeds Branch, 1960-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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70 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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Important orders made by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries regarding seeds included: (1) the Agricultural Seeds Order, 1940. This Order made it necessary for every person carrying on any undertaking in England and Wales which involved the production, storage, distribution and use of seeds, to keep records and to furnish estimates and returns relating to that undertaking.2) The Agricultural and Vegetable Seeds Order, 1941. This Order restricted the importation into the United Kingdom, and the buying and selling, of certain specified seeds, to licensed seedsmen.(3) The Growing of Seed Crops (Control) Orders, 1942 and 1943. These Orders controlled the growing of certain specified crops for the production of seeds except under and in accordance with the terms of a licence granted by or on behalf of the minister.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10479/
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