Serie GB 0813 POST 8 Series - Post Office: Auditing of Accounts and Systems of Financial Accounting and Compiling Statistics

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GB 0813 POST 8 Series

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Post Office: Auditing of Accounts and Systems of Financial Accounting and Compiling Statistics

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  • 1802-1991 (Creación)

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142 files and volumes

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The Post Office annual accounts, like those of other government departments, were liable to examination by the Public Accounts Audit Commissioners. One of the main duties of the accountant General was to superintend the making out and examining of the general accounts of Post Office revenue and to certify their validity before the Exchequer.

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GB 0813 POST 8 Series 1802-1991 Series 142 files and volumes Post Office

The Post Office annual accounts, like those of other government departments, were liable to examination by the Public Accounts Audit Commissioners. One of the main duties of the accountant General was to superintend the making out and examining of the general accounts of Post Office revenue and to certify their validity before the Exchequer.

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This series consists of records of the Public Accounts Audit Commissioners' checks on GPO annual accounts and the Accountant General's checks on accounts received from agents and postmasters in the first half of the 19th century. Also included are various reports and other papers relating to financial systems, methods of accounting and collecting, collating and presenting business statistics in the Post Office.

The material is arranged in chronological order within series.

Public Record

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English

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Records containing statistical data can be found in POST 9

Some pieces have been transferred to: POST 9, POST 19, POST 64, POST 76

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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This series consists of records of the Public Accounts Audit Commissioners' checks on GPO annual accounts and the Accountant General's checks on accounts received from agents and postmasters in the first half of the 19th century. Also included are various reports and other papers relating to financial systems, methods of accounting and collecting, collating and presenting business statistics in the Post Office.

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The material is arranged in chronological order within series.

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Public Record

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Idioma del material

  • inglés

Escritura del material

  • latín

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English

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Records containing statistical data can be found in POST 9

Some pieces have been transferred to: POST 9, POST 19, POST 64, POST 76

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British Postal Museum and Archive: The Royal Mail Archive

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • inglés

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