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Board of Trade and Department of Trade and Industry: Commercial Relations and Treaties...
Catalogue reference: BT 401
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BT 401
This series contians a ledger of licences regarding the import of plumage. The volume contains details of all licences issued for the importation of plumage under the Importation of Plumage (Prohibition) Act 1921: date licence issued, licence...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BT 401
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Title (The name of the record)
- Board of Trade and Department of Trade and Industry: Commercial Relations and Treaties Department and successors: Import of Plumage, Ledger of Licences
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1922-1975
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contians a ledger of licences regarding the import of plumage.
The volume contains details of all licences issued for the importation of plumage under the Importation of Plumage (Prohibition) Act 1921: date licence issued, licence number, name of applicant, quantities by birds; eg blackbird wings, peacock quills, annual returns and annual rations (quotas) licensed and actually imported. A list of the birds scheduled in the Act is endorsed on the front cover.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Records relating to the passage and administration of the Act are in BT 11
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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)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Board of Trade, Commercial Relations and Exports Department, 1949-1970
- Board of Trade, Commercial Relations and Treaties Department, 1919-1949
- Department of Trade and Industry, Commercial Relations and Exports Department, 1970-1974
- Department of Trade, Commercial Relations and Exports Division, 1974-1981
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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in 2011 Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
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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)
- No further accruals are expected.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Selected under themes 3.1 Policy and processes of the state: the formulation of policy and its execution and 3.1.4 Regulation and support of economic activity by government, including industry, services, agriculture, transport, energy, trade, employment and productivity.
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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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In the late 19th century there was a huge demand for plumage to adorn hats, hair and corsages. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds secured the passage of the Importation of Plumage (Prohibition) Act 1921 which prohibited the import of plumage other than birds imported alive or for eating and halted the destruction of birds for the feather trade. The Board of Trade was responsible for the implementation of the Act and administered the quotas (or rations as they were then termed). Only those who had a special purpose for the feathers would be considered. The majority were issued to fly fishing manufacturers.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18480/
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