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Catalogue description Board of Trade: Departmental Committee on the Non-Ferrous Mining Industry: Minutes of Evidence and Report
| Reference: | BT 329 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Board of Trade: Departmental Committee on the Non-Ferrous Mining Industry: Minutes of Evidence and Report |
| Description: |
Records of the Non-Ferrous Mining Industry Committee containing the minutes of evidence from 37 of the 60 sittings and a copy of the presented report. |
| Date: | 1919-1920 |
| Arrangement: |
All these documents previously formed part of the reserve stock in the libraries of the Board of Trade and successor Departments; the numbering on the spines of the volumes is the library classification, not an original reference. |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Board of Trade, Departmental Committee on the Non-Ferrous Mining Industry, 1919-1920 |
| Physical description: | 37 volume(s) |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
In August 1919 the President of the Board of Trade set up a Committee under the chairmanship of H B Betterton to 'investigate and report upon the present condition and economic possibilities of non-ferrous mining in the United Kingdom' and to make recommendations to the Government. The Committee confined its work to the ores of tin, lead and zinc and the minerals associated with them, holding 60 sittings and hearing evidence from 72 witnesses. The Committee's report (Report of the Departmental Committee Appointed by the Board of Trade to Investigate and Report Upon The Non-Ferrous Mining Industry (Cmd 652,1920) was presented to the Government in March 1920. |
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