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Board of Trade: General Department: Correspondence and Papers
Catalogue reference: BT 63
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BT 63
Correspondence and papers of the General Department.The files up to 1934 relate mostly to merchandise marks. The papers after 1934 concern food, agricultural marketing schemes, control over food imports and exports and overseas negotiations on...
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BT 63
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Title (The name of the record)
- Board of Trade: General Department: Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1928-1940
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Description (What the record is about)
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Correspondence and papers of the General Department.
The files up to 1934 relate mostly to merchandise marks. The papers after 1934 concern food, agricultural marketing schemes, control over food imports and exports and overseas negotiations on food questions, and also to plans for the distribution of food in an emergency.
Also included in the series are the minutes, memoranda and reports of the Severn Tidal Power Informal Committee on the Severn Barrage Scheme, and the Board of Trade and Ministry of Health evidence to a Committee on Food Law.
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Arrangement
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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)
- Board of Trade, General Department, 1928-1940
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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26 box(es)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3106/
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Board of Trade: General Department: Correspondence and Papers
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