Record

Ref NoDF/ADM/1007
Alt Ref NoDF1007
TitleDirector's Office: Registers of Payable Orders
DescriptionThis series consists of a complete record of all the payable orders raised for the provision of goods and services by the Museum. Orders are listed numerically for each financial year, together with notes on the balances left in the different subhead accounts. There were 900 orders raised in 1886-1887, 1500 in 1930-1931, and over 3000 in 1974-1975. Order details are written by hand in items 1-43, and printed from computer files in items 44-46.
Date1883-1975
AccessStatusOpen
Held ByNHM Archives
Extent47
LevelSeries
AdminHistoryThe series was produced by a clerk in the Museum Secretary's office until 1931 when finance became the responsibility of Thomas Wooddisse, who was appointed as Accountant. In 1975 finance became a Section in the newly formed Department of Administrative Services.
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