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Board of Trade: Profiteering Act Department: Files
Catalogue reference: BT 68
What's it about?
BT 68
The series includes specimens of every order issued by the Profiteering Act Department under the Profiteering Acts 1919 to 1920; and minutes and reports of Committees and Sub-Committees.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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BT 68
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Title (The name of the record)
- Board of Trade: Profiteering Act Department: Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1919-1921
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Description (What the record is about)
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The series includes specimens of every order issued by the Profiteering Act Department under the Profiteering Acts 1919 to 1920; and minutes and reports of Committees and Sub-Committees.
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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)
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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, Profiteering Act Department, 1919-1921
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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92 file(s)
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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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- Topics
- Trade and commerce
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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 Profiteering Act, 1919, the Profiteering (Continuance) Act, 1919, and the Profiteering (Amendment) Act, 1920, gave powers to the Board of Trade to investigate complaints against profiteers and to proceed publicly against them if necessary, and to determine proper rates of profit. This department was set up in August 1919 to administer the acts, and was disbanded in May 1921 when they expired.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3111/
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