Series
Exchequer and Audit Department: Section Reference Files
Catalogue reference: AO 30
What's it about?
AO 30
This series consists of reference files compiled by, and for the use of, sections of the Exchequer and Audit Department responsible for the audit of specific account or subjects. For the purpose of discharging their audit responsibilities the...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AO 30
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Title (The name of the record)
- Exchequer and Audit Department: Section Reference Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1851-1977
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of reference files compiled by, and for the use of, sections of the Exchequer and Audit Department responsible for the audit of specific account or subjects. For the purpose of discharging their audit responsibilities the staff of the Exchedquer and Audit Department operated in small groups or sections. Each section was responsible for the audit of specific accounts or subjects and accordingly was required to compile a set of reference files as a permanent aid to their work.
Each file contains a contents index.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Each section kept a record, a journal index, of the journals raised, and the journal reference number is a composite of the year in which it was raised, its numerical place in the index, and the account audited.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Post Office Section files from 1876 to 1964 are in AO 27
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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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- Commissioners of Audit, 1785-1866
- Exchequer and Audit Department, 1867-1984
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 58 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2387/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: AO
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Exchequer and Audit Department: Section Reference Files