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Official: Treasury: various papers from the 1929-1930 Budget file., 12 Jul 1928 - 13 Apr 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/100

Scope and Contents

Includes memoranda, minutes, notes and letters by individuals, mainly Treasury officials, including WSC and: Sir Francis Floud [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise] (3); Charles Hardisty [HM Customs and Excise]; Sir Ernest Gowers [Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue] (6); Sir Sydney Chapman [Chief Economic Adviser to Government]; Sir Alfred Watson [Government Actuary] (2); Augustus Webb [?Chief of Intelligence Branch, HM Customs and Excise] (2); Frederick Phillips [Principal Assistant Secretary] (5); Sir Richard Hopkins [Controller of Finance and Supply Services] (4); James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer]; Gilbert Upcott [Deputy Controller]; Donald Fergusson [Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer]; Frederick Leith-Ross [Deputy Controller of Finance]; George Ismay; Sydney Wood [Board of Education]; Harold Emmerson [Ministry of Labour] (2); Sir Horace Wilson [Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour].Also includes reports, circulars and comparative studies on: national income; juvenile labour; Municipal Savings Banks; Inland Revenue history 1925-1928; Customs and Excise Revenue 1925-1926 and 1928-1929; comparison of government expenditure 1924-1929.Subjects covered by the file include: consumption of beer, tea and sugar; thrift agencies; national debt; income tax estimates for 1929; import duties; the fluctuation of profits in depressed industries; using revenue to promote employment; tax and co-operative societies; the yield of duty on tyres; changes in wages and cost of living.

Dates

  • Creation: 12 Jul 1928 - 13 Apr 1929

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Extent

1 item(s) (1 file (187 loose folios))

Language of Materials

English

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Subject

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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