Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Establishment Departments: Registered Files, Establishments, General (EG Series)

Reference:

MAF 227

Title:

Description:

The series deals with general establishment policy and organisation matters. Subjects covered include: committees and commissions associated with the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF); Departmental Whitley Councils; honours and awards; the Wilson Committee on provincial and local organisation and procedures of MAFF; Crichel Down Inquiry; grant and subsidy schemes; County Agricultural Executive Committees (CAECs); the history of MAFF; promotion procedures; tribunals and inquiries; field officers' duties; the Fulton Committee on the Civil Service; milk administration etc. Some pieces contain maps, plans or photographs.

Some early EG files contain pre-1949 papers annexed from other series, especially the SE series: MAF 39

Date:

1916-1981

Arrangement:

Arranged in former reference order with these accessions: MAF/1-34, 35-38, 39-299, 300-335, 336-355, and 356-360. Unregistered papers are listed after the EG files in an accession.

Related Material:

For other papers relating to Crichel Down see
CRES 44
MAF 236

Held by:

The National Archives, Kew

Former references:

in its original department: EG file series

Legal status:

Public Record

Language:

English

Physical description:

382 file(s)

Access conditions:

Open

Immediate source of acquisition:

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food , from 1979

Accumulation Dates:

1949 onwards

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