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Board of Trade: Raw Cotton Commission: Minutes and Correspondence
Catalogue reference: BT 134
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BT 134
Minutes and Correspondence of the Raw Cotton Commission.
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- BT 134
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Title (The name of the record)
- Board of Trade: Raw Cotton Commission: Minutes and Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1947-1969
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes and Correspondence of the Raw Cotton Commission.
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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)
- Board of Trade, Raw Cotton Commission, 1947-1954
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 4 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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- 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 Raw Cotton Commission was set up under the provisions of the Cotton (Centralised Buying) Act, 1947, and from January 1st 1948 was responsible for the buying, importing, holding and distribution of raw cotton.
The Act provided for the appointment by the Board of Trade of a Chairman of the Commission, one or two full-time independent members, who had specialised knowledge of the cotton industry, up to ten part-time members, most of whom also had specialised knowledge of some branch of the industry, and two trade union representatives. Mr. H.O.R. Hindley was appointed Chairman.
The Commission continued to operate until 31st August 1954 from which date the Cotton Act, 1954, provided for a return to private buying.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3172/
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