Series
Board of Inland Revenue: Stamp Duty on Newspapers: Correspondence
Catalogue reference: IR 56
Date: 1836-1870
This series consists of surviving nineteenth century files from the Board of Inland Revenue relating to stamp duty on newspapers.
Series
Lottery Office: Lottery Office Papers
Catalogue reference: IR 55
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IR 55
This series contains correspondence, reports, papers and accounts of Lottery Managers and of the Lottery Office, together with lottery tickets, lists of the holders of fortunate tickets, certificates and orders for payment of prizes, bonds and...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- IR 55
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Title (The name of the record)
- Lottery Office: Lottery Office Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1713-1844
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains correspondence, reports, papers and accounts of Lottery Managers and of the Lottery Office, together with lottery tickets, lists of the holders of fortunate tickets, certificates and orders for payment of prizes, bonds and affidavits concerning lost tickets and papers on assessment for property tax of officers of the Lottery Office.
Also included in the series are engraved copper plates used for printing forms etc, and a bag of wooden balls used for drawing a private lottery. There are also a few records of the Board of Stamps (Board of Stamps and Taxes from June 1833) arising out of residual work taken over from the lottery office following its abolition in 1831.
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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)
- 30 bundle(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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9393/
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