Catalogue description Office of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues: Office Establishment: Entry Books of Out Letters and Treasury Report Books

Entry books of out-letters, 1885 to 1901, and Treasury report books, 1898 to 1913, of the Office of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues. The letters concern a wide range of subjects, from accounts arrears to Treasury instructions regarding legal proceedings. The Treasury report books contain reports to the Treasury with the related Treasury letters, minutes and warrants. The subjects dealt with cover a wide range of establishment matters including appointments of staff, salaries, fees, superannuation, the organisation of the Office, furniture and repairs, Office charges, accounts, estimates, bank accounts, investments, the National Insurance Act 1911, and, as well as England, establishments in Scotland, Wales, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.

All material is indexed by subject and name, though the cross-referencing of the index entries within each volume is not always consistent. The entry books of out letters contain the texts of all letters despatched, bound in chronological order.

Office of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, 1851-1924