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Correspondents include: 2nd Lord Hamilton of Dalzell [Jockey Club Steward] (4); Sir Francis Floud [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise] (2); Charles Hardisty [HM Customs and Excise]; Francis Weatherby, Secretary to the Jockey Club.Subjects covered by the file include: the yield if the tax had been levied differently; the level of evasion; clubs not paying betting duty.

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir Francis Floud [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise] (3); Charles Hardisty [HM Customs and Excise] (3); James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (3); Sir Benjamin Hawkins [Solicitor to the Board of Customs and Excise]; Wilfrid Spender [Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, and Head of Civil Service, Northern Ireland] (2); Sir Richard Hopkins [Controller of Finance and Supply Services, Treasury].Also includes a draft of the...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Charles Hardisty [HM Customs and Excise] (2); John Davidson [Conservative Party Chairman]; Sir Francis Floud [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise] (9); Attorney-General, Sir Douglas Hogg [later 1st Lord Hailsham]; Sir Ernest Gowers [Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue]; bookmakers' representatives, including Ladbroke and Company (4), the Northern Bookmakers' and Backers' Protection Association (2), the National Sporting League, and the Betting Duty Reform...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir Francis Floud [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise] (10); Donald Fergusson [Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (3); Walter Guinness [later 1st Lord Moyne]; James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (7); Charles Hardisty [HM Customs and Excise] (2); Director of Public Prosecutions, Sir Archibald Bodkin; 1st Lord D'Abernon [Chairman Thoroughbred Horse-breeders' Association] (2).Also includes: cutting from the...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: 4th Lord Salisbury [earlier Lord Cranborne, Lord Privy Seal]; 2nd Lord Hamilton of Dalzell [Jockey Club Steward] (4); Sir Horace Hamilton [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise, until mid-1927] (5); James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (4); Sir Francis Floud [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise, from latter part of 1927] (2).Also includes: notes of interviews between Sir Horace Hamilton and the Jockey Club and the...