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Ministry of Food and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Statistics and...
Catalogue reference: MAF 156
What's it about?
MAF 156
Most files in this series contain reports and general information from the Ministry of Food and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on a variety of commodities in relation to supply and demand, stocks, imports and exports, marketing...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MAF 156
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Food and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Statistics and Intelligence Division: Correspondence and Reports
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1937-1960
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Description (What the record is about)
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Most files in this series contain reports and general information from the Ministry of Food and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on a variety of commodities in relation to supply and demand, stocks, imports and exports, marketing schemes etc, and the results of surveys notably the Wartime Food Survey, Family Food Survey and National Food Survey. Other papers deal with the administration and organisation of the division and liaison with other government departments.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Some papers in the SSI series, which forms part of this series, have been re-registered in the STC file series; see
Files on the administration of the National Food Survey from 1956 were re-registered into the new file series 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)
- SSI file series
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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)
- 750 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10556/
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Ministry of Food and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Statistics and Intelligence Division: Correspondence and Reports
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