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

Identificatie

referentie code

GB 0813 POST 8 Series

Titel

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

Datum(s)

  • 1802-1991 (Vervaardig)

Beschrijvingsniveau

Reeks

Omvang en medium

142 files and volumes

Context

Naam van de archiefvormer

Biografie

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.

Geschiedenis van het archief

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.

Please contact the Archive for further information.

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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Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging

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Inhoud en structuur

Bereik en inhoud

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.

Waardering, vernietiging en slectie

Aanvullingen

Ordeningstelsel

The material is arranged in chronological order within series.

Voorwaarden voor toegang en gebruik

Voorwaarden voor raadpleging

Public Record

Voorwaarden voor reproductie

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Taal van het materiaal

  • Engels

Schrift van het materiaal

  • Latijn

Taal en schrift aantekeningen

English

Fysieke eigenschappen en technische eisen

Records containing statistical data can be found in POST 9

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

Toegangen

Please contact the archive for further information.

Verwante materialen

Bestaan en verblifplaats van originelen

Bestaan en verblijfplaats van kopieën

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Related descriptions

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Geografische trefwoorden

Naam ontsluitingsterm

Genre access points

Beschrijvingsbeheer

Identificatie van de beschrijving

Identificatiecode van de instelling

British Postal Museum and Archive: The Royal Mail Archive

Toegepaste regels en/of conventies

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.

Status

Niveau van detaillering

Verwijdering van datering archiefvorming

Taal (talen)

  • Engels

Schrift(en)

    Bronnen

    Voorwaarden voor raadpleging en gebruik