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Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and...

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Reference MAF 227
Title Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Establishment Departments: Registered Files, Establishments, General (EG Series)
Date 1916-1981
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

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 reference in its original department EG file series
Legal status Public Record(s)
Language

English

Physical description 382 file(s)
Access conditions Open
Immediate source of acquisition

From 1979 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Accumulation dates 1949