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Series
Colonial Office: Accounts Branch and successors: Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 431
What's it about?
CO 431
This series contains records of the Accounts Branch and successors consisting of correspondence with colonial governors, the Treasury and other departments and with individuals relative to financial matters.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CO 431
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Accounts Branch and successors: Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1868-1925
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the Accounts Branch and successors consisting of correspondence with colonial governors, the Treasury and other departments and with individuals relative to financial matters.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Bound volumes of correspondence with governors, public offices and individuals arranged chronologically and by the registered numbers taken from the registers in CO 622.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also CO 701
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 152 volume(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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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
- International
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- For a register of correspondence see CO 622
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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 financial work of the Colonial Office was originally handled by the chief clerk. In 1869 the Accounts Branch, set up in pursuance of the Exchequer and Audit Act 1866, was brought under his control. By 1874 it was a distinct body, no longer under the chief clerk, and had been renamed the Financial Department. The General and Financial Departments were fused in 1896 as the General and Financial Department under the chief clerk and dealt with major financial questions. It was renamed the General Department in 1901. A second Financial Department, set up in 1896, was concerned with accounting and became the Accounts Department in 1898.
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Copies information (Indicates existence, availability, location and format of copies)
- Microfilm copies were created as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project (1948-1997). The microfilm images have been digitised and made available online by the National Library of Australia.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4621/
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