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Catalogue description General Shipping Policy: Registered Files
| Reference: | MT 73 |
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| Title: | General Shipping Policy: Registered Files |
| Description: |
This series contains files of the ministries of Transport, the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation and the Ministry of War Transport. They relate to a wide range of national and international shipping policy matters including: emigration to the Commonwealth and the colonies; refugees; passenger and freight services, including those of Northern Ireland and Scotland; shipbuilding and repair; the registration and sale of ships abroad; sea fishing and whaling; negotiations on a fixed Channel Link; the Central Commission of the Rhine, 1946 to 1947; the Beira negotiations, 1948 to 1950; the Pan-African Transport Conference, 1949 to 1950; economic policy matters such as subsidising the British shipping industry; government involvement in British shipping companies, particularly the Cunard Steamship Co Ltd; and shipping legislation. |
| Date: | 1922-1991 |
| Arrangement: |
The series contains files registered under two different systems. Piece numbers 1 to 230 were raised by the Ministry of Transport, using a numerical series. Pieces 231-327, raised by the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, follow a theme system. |
| Related material: |
For related files of the Ministry of Technology and successors: Electrical, Chemical (Process Plant) see FV 36 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | GSP series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Board of Trade, General Shipping Policy Division, 1965-1970 Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, General Shipping Policy Division, 1953-1959 Ministry of Transport, General Shipping Policy Division, 1946-1953 Ministry of Transport, General Shipping Policy Division, 1959-1965 Ministry of War Transport, Shipping Division, 1941-1946 |
| Physical description: | 629 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 1974 Department of Trade and Industry |
| Accruals: | No further accruals are expected |
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