Catalogue description Board of Customs and Excise and predecessor: Private Office Papers

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Reference: CUST 118
Title: Board of Customs and Excise and predecessor: Private Office Papers
Description:

Known as the 'White Volumes', these are collections of correspondence, reports, notes, etc of the Board of Customs and its successor the Board of Customs and Excise on particular revenue duties or policy matters including legislation. They were kept for reference in the office of the private secretary to the chairman of the board. They contain copies as well as original records.

Date: 1861-1990
Arrangement:

Pieces are arranged in rough chronological order, though this order appears to be based more on the date when the piece terminated than when it commenced. Most of the pieces have former references which were probably originally shelf references.

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Board of Customs, 1671-1909

Board of Customs and Excise, 1909-2005

Physical description: 749 files and volumes
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

1994-2005 Board of Customs and Excise

Accruals: No further accruals are expected

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