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Ministry of Fuel and Power and Successor: Valuation and Compensation Division: Coal...
Catalogue reference: POWE 35
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POWE 35
The papers in this series contain details of capital outlay refunds, interim incomes, terms of settlement assets, subsidiary and coal industry valuations, payment of costs, and partial satisfaction of compensation in the case of thirty-two...
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POWE 35
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Fuel and Power and Successor: Valuation and Compensation Division: Coal Industry Nationalisation Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1946-1969
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Description (What the record is about)
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The papers in this series contain details of capital outlay refunds, interim incomes, terms of settlement assets, subsidiary and coal industry valuations, payment of costs, and partial satisfaction of compensation in the case of thirty-two representative collieries. Also in the series are various summaries of valuations and of compensation paid, mainly by districts.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Committee reports and other related papers are in POWE 28
Records of the Central Valuation Board are in POWE 42
For records of the Coal Division see
For papers containing the statements of interest, solicitors' correspondence, compensation units and severance claims of thirty two representative private collieries see POWE 36
For related finance files see POWE 39
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- Central Valuation Board, 1946-1949
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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250 files and volumes
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Subject to 30 year closure
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- Topics
- Coal
- Mining and quarrying
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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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The Central Valuation Board, convened under Sections 10(4) and 12(3) of the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946, recommended on 1 February 1949 the apportionment of compensation to be awarded to the various valuation districts on the nationalisation of the industry.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11851/
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Ministry of Fuel and Power and Successor: Valuation and Compensation Division: Coal Industry Nationalisation Papers
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