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Series

Board of Customs: Quarantine orders and detentions

Catalogue reference: CUST 149

What's it about?

CUST 149

This series consists of Privy Council quarantine orders and quarantine returns

Full description and record details

Reference

CUST 149

Title
Board of Customs: Quarantine orders and detentions
Date

1825 - 1875

Description

This series consists of Privy Council quarantine orders and quarantine returns

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Board of Customs, Office of the Inspector General of Waterguard, 1826-1853
  • Board of Customs, Secretarys Office, 1671-1909
Physical description

3 volume(s)

Access conditions

Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated

Immediate source of acquisition

In 2002 Board of Customs and Excise

Accumulation dates

File series ran from 1826 to 1853

Accruals

No further accruals expected

Selection and destruction information

The series has been preserved intact as little of this sort of material has been archived. Shows policy and administrative processes, section 2.2.1.5 of the acquisitions policy

Administrative / biographical background

The Secretary's Branch was the administrative and executive organisation through which the Board of Customs discharged its functions. The Inspector General of Waterguard was the head of the Customs Preventative Service.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15704/

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Board of Customs: Quarantine orders and detentions