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Records of the Accounts Department
Catalogue reference: Division within CO
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Division within CO
Records of the Accounts Department and predecessors relating to the internal finances of the Colonial Office.Correspondence of the department is in CO 431, with registers in CO 622. Entry books and registers of out-letters are in CO 621....
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Division within CO
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records of the Accounts Department
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1794-1954
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the Accounts Department and predecessors relating to the internal finances of the Colonial Office.
Correspondence of the department is in CO 431, with registers in CO 622. Entry books and registers of out-letters are in CO 621. Miscellanea in CO 701 includes some Colonial Office accounts before 1869.
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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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- Colonial Office, Accounts Branch, 1869-1874
- Colonial Office, Accounts Department, 1898-1952
- Colonial Office, Financial Department, 1874-1898
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 6 series
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- Topics
- International
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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 1869 an Accounts Branch was established under the chief clerk, but by 1874 it was no longer under his control and had been renamed the Financial Department. From 1898 it was called the Accounts Department to avoid confusion with the General and Financial Department set up in 1896 to deal with major financial questions. The Accounts Department continued until 1952, when its functions were divided between the Economic General and Finance Departments.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C450/
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