Record revealed
Request for compensation for the Boston Tea Party
On 16 December 1773, 340 chests of tea were thrown into Boston harbour by protesting colonists. This letter from the East India Company requests reimbursement.
Series
Board of Inland Revenue: Inspector of Taxes: Examination Papers
Catalogue reference: IR 57
What's it about?
IR 57
This series contains a selection of departmental and Civil Service Commission examination papers set for the various competitions for the Assistant Inspector of Taxes grade.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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IR 57
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Title (The name of the record)
- Board of Inland Revenue: Inspector of Taxes: Examination Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1932-1971
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains a selection of departmental and Civil Service Commission examination papers set for the various competitions for the Assistant Inspector of Taxes grade.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The files are in chronological order under the reference and headings given to them by the Chief Inspectors Branch. Where one examination overlaps into two files, the figures (i), (ii) etc appear in the description column.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also the records of the Civil Service Commission: CSC
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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)
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- Board of Inland Revenue, Chief Inspector of Taxes Office, 1957-1974
- Board of Inland Revenue, Chief Inspectors Office, 1918-1957
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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147 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
- Taxation
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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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Examinations were held at various centres throughout the United Kingdom. The Civil Service Commission examinations were concerned with competitive entry into the Service. The departmental papers were set for Inspectors as part of their in-service training and qualification.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9395/
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Within the department: IR
Records of the Boards of Stamps, Taxes, Excise, Stamps and Taxes, and Inland Revenue
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Board of Inland Revenue: Inspector of Taxes: Examination Papers
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