Agency number |
CA 10 |
Title |
Department of Trade and Customs, Central Office |
Date range |
01 Jan 1901 - 11 Jan 1956 |
Series recorded by this agency |
Series |
Organisation controlling |
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Location |
Australian Capital Territory, Victoria |
Agency status |
Department of State |
Function |
01 Jan 1901 - 01 Jan 1911 01 Jan 1901 - 07 Mar 1921 01 Jan 1901 - 31 Aug 1930 01 Jan 1901 - 11 Jan 1956 01 Jan 1904 - 01 Apr 1911 01 Jan 1906 - 01 Apr 1911 01 Jan 1914 - 24 Jun 1925 01 Jan 1918 - 01 Jan 1925 17 Jul 1918 - 16 Jan 1925 01 Jan 1923 - 11 Jan 1956 14 Mar 1923 - 16 Jan 1925 01 Jan 1947 - 11 Jan 1956
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Agency note |
The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act of 1900 gave the Commonwealth Government exclusive control of the collection of Customs and Excise duties and of the administration of associated laws and regulations. (1) On 1 January 1901, the establishment of the Department of Trade and Customs was notified, under the administration of the Right Honourable Charles Cameron Kingston, PC. (2)
The Customs Act (No. 6 of 1901) was assented to on October 3, 1901, providing for a Comptroller-General of Customs, who was to be the permanent head of the Department and H N P Wollaston, (3) the Secretary for Trade and Customs, Victoria, was appointed to the position which he held until 16 January 1911. (4) The Excise Act (No. 9 of 1901) was assented to on October 5, 1901 (5) and it was from this and the Customs Act (6) that the Department derived its major powers.
The records in AA1963/44 refer to the Commonwealth Prices Branch. The main functions of the Department included the collection of revenue for governmental purposes through Customs, Excise and primage duties and the administration of associated laws, regulations and procedure, the development and protection of Australian industry and the encouragement and regulation of Australian overseas trade. (7)
The Central Office of the Department of Trade and Customs was located in Melbourne from its establishment to 1927, when Federal Parliament and some Commonwealth Government Departments were transferred to Canberra. (8)
By 1906 the Department was responsible for administration of:
bounties;
copyrights;
Customs and Excise;
designs and patents;
lighthouses, lightships, beacons, buoys;
quarantine;
trade and commerce (including navigation and shipping);
trade marks, dumping, monopolies and combines;
weights and measures; and the
censorship of literature and films.
It administered the following Acts:
Australian Industries Preservation Act 1906
Beer Excise Act 1901
Commerce (trade descriptions) Act 1905
Copyright Act 1905
Customs Act 1901
Customs Tariff 1902
Customs Tariff (South African Preference), 1906
Customs Tariff (Agricultural Machinery), 1906
Designs Act 1906
Distillation Act 1901
Excise Act 1901
Excise Tariff 1902
Excise Tariff 1905 (Sugar)
Excise Tariff (Amendment) 1906 (Sugar)
Excise Tariff (Spirits) 1903
Excise Tariff, (Agricultural Machinery) 1906
Patents Act 1903
Patents Act 1906
Sea - Carriage of Goods Act 1904
Secret Commissions Act 1905
Spirits Act 1906
Sugar Bounty Act 1903
Sugar Bounty Act 1905
Trade Marks Act 1905. (9)
In 1912 the Department was charged with the administration of fisheries and the Bureau of Agriculture (CA 222). In the same year the administration of copyrights, designs, patents and trade marks was transferred to the Attorney-General's Department (CA 5). In 1916 the Bureau of Agriculture and the administration of weights and measures were moved away from the department but in 1918 the department was granted additional functions relating to Board of Trade (CA 98), Institute of Science and Industry (CA 550), film censorship, price fixation and marketing of butter and wheat. Marketing of flax, fruit, meat, dairy products and sugar control came under the department's jurisdiction in 1923.
The Commonwealth Tariff Board (CA 103) was constituted in December 1921, under the Tariff Board Act and from its inception has been associated with the Department of Trade and Customs. (10)
By 18 November 1927 after the creation of the Department of Markets and Migration (CA 20), the Commerce Branch of the Department of Trade and Customs was transferred to the new Department. (11)
On the establishment of the Department of Markets and Transport (CA 23) in 1928, functions in relation to marketing were allotted to that department, as were, on paper only as it turned out, lighthouses, lightships, beacons, buoys, navigation and shipping. (12) The Acts controlling these latter matters, namely the Navigation Act of 1912-1926 (13) and The Lighthouses Act of 1911-1919 (14), specified that they were to be administered by the Minister for Trade and Customs, requiring a change in the Acts Interpretation Act, so that notification in the Administrative Arrangement Orders would take precedence over the provisions of the Acts themselves. This was accomplished by Section 19A of the Acts Interpretation Act, 1901, which was assented to on August 14, 1930. (15) By this date the Department of Markets and Transport had been abolished. The Acts; and the matters they controlled, therefore remained under the Department of Trade and Customs, until the Administrative Arrangements Order of 4 September 1930 placed them with the Department of Transport [I], (CA 26). (16)
During World War II, the Department became responsible for the administration of the following Regulations made under the National Security Act:
(a) National Security (Metal foil and paper) Regulations
(SR 1941, 1946)
(b) Control of Liquor Order issued under National Security
(General) Regulations Reg 59 (16.3.1942)
(c) National Security (Malt) Regulations (SR 1943, No. 62)
(d) National Security (Tobacco Rationing) Regulations
(SR 1942, No. 73)
(SR 1943, No. 399)
(e) National Security (Wine Industry) Regulations
(SR 1940, No. 54)
(f) National Security (Exchange Control) Regulations
(part 11A) SR 1940, No. 282 as amended. (17)
By 1946 the Department also administered: (18)
(a) National Security (Prices) Regulations
(b) National Security (Rationing) Regulations
(c) National Security (Requisitioned Cargoes) Regulations
(d) National Security (Supplementary) Regulations 14, 38, 49 (19)
(e) National Security (Tea Control) Regulations
The Department also gained responsibility for matters involved in Economic Warfare: seizure of enemy owned vessels, control of contraband, ship's stores, strategic war materials, trading with the enemy.
By 1951, the Department was charged with the following Acts, divided broadly according to subject matters: (20)
(a) Customs, Imports Reports (Policy and Administration:
Customs Acts; Customs Tariff Acts;
Tariff Board Act 1921-1950; Trading
Administration) with the Enemy Act 1939-1947.
New Zealand Re-Export Act 1924-1927
(b) Trade Treaties and Agreements
Trade Agreement (Belgium) Act 1936
Trade Agreement (Brazil) Act 1939
Trade Agreement (Czechoslovakia) Act 1936
Trade Agreement (France) Act 1936
Trade Agreement (Greece) Act 1940
Trade Agreement (South Africa) Act 1936
Trade Agreement (Switzerland) Act 1938
Trade Agreement (Southern Rhodesia) Act 1941
U.K. and Australia Trade Agreement Act 1932
(c) Control of the Manufacture and delivery of goods subject to
Excise duty:
Distillation Act 1901-1950
Beer Excise Act 1901-1950
Excise Act 1901-1949
Excise Tariff 1921-1950
Excise Tariff Validation Acts
Spirit Acts
Coal Excise Act 1949
(d) Bounties and Industrial Development:
Canvas and Duck Bounty Act 1929
Development Flax Canvas Bounty Act 1950
Papua and New Guinea Bounties Act 1926-1936
Papua and New Guinea Bounties Act 1937
Raw Cotton Bounty Act 1940-1946
Sulphur Bounty Act 1939-1944
Tractor Bounty Act 1939-1950
Tyre Cord Bounty Act 1939
Wine Export Bounty Act 1947
Sugar Agreement Acts
Australian Industries Preservation Act 1906-1950
Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905-1950 insofar as it
related to imports
(e) Miscellaneous:
Banking Act 1945, insofar as it related to part III of the
Banking (Foreign Exchange) Regulations
Defence (Transitional Provisions) Act 1946-1950, insofar as it
related to the National Security (Tea Control) Regulations
Merchant Shipping Acts insofar as they related to the
registration of British Ships
Secret Commission Act 1905
The following persons were appointed as Ministers for Trade and Customs: (21)
1 Jan 1901 - 24 Jul 1903 : Hon Charles Cameron Kingston
11 Aug 1903 - 27 Apr 1904 : Hon Sir William John Lyne
27 Apr 1904 - 17 Aug 1904 : Hon Andrew Fisher
18 Aug 1904 - 5 Jul 1905 : Hon Allan McLean
5 Jul 1905 - 30 Jul 1907 : Hon Sir William John Lyne
30 Jul 1907 - 13 Nov 1908 : Hon Austin Chapman
13 Nov 1908 - 1 Jun 1909 : Hon Frank Gwynne Tudor
2 Jun 1909 - 29 Apr 1910 : Senator the Hon Sir Robert Wallace Best
29 Apr 1910 - 29 Jun 1913 : Hon Frank Gwynne Tudor
24 Jun 1913 - 17 Sep 1914 : Hon Littleton Ernest Groom
17 Sep 1914 - 14 Sep 1916 : Hon Frank Gwynne Tudor
29 Sep 1916 - 14 Nov 1916 : Hon William Morris Hughes
14 Nov 1916 - 17 Feb 1917 : Hon William Oliver Archibald
17 Feb 1917 - 13 Dec 1918 : Hon Jens August Jenson
13 Dec 1918 - 17 Jan 1919 : Hon William Alexander Watt
17 Jan 1919 - 21 Dec 1921 : Hon Walter Massy Greene
21 Dec 1921 - 5 Feb 1923 : Hon Arthur Stanislaus Rodgers
9 Feb 1923 - 26 May 1924 : Hon Austin Chapman
29 May 1924 - 13 Jun 1924 : Hon Sir Littleton Ernest Groom
13 Jun 1924 - 7 May 1928 : Hon Herbert Edward Pratten
8 May 1928 - 24 Nov 1928 : Hon Stanley Melbourne Bruce
24 Nov 1928 - 22 Oct 1929 : Hon Henry Somer Gullett
22 Oct 1929 - 4 Feb 1931 : Hon James Edward Fenton
4 Feb 1931 - 6 Jan 1932 : Hon Francis Michael Forde
6 Jan 1932 - 14 Jan 1933 : Hon Henry Somer Gullett
14 Jan 1933 - 8 Nov 1938 : Hon Thomas Walter White
8 Nov 1938 - 26 Apr 1939 : Hon John Arthur Perkins
26 Apr 1939 - 23 Feb 1940 : Hon John Norman Lawson
23 Feb 1940 - 14 Mar 1940 : Hon Robert Gordon Menzies
14 Mar 1940 - 28 Oct 1940 : Senator the Hon George McLeay
28 Oct 1940 - 7 Oct 1941 : Hon Eric John Harrison
7 Oct 1941 - 26 Apr 1946 : Senator the Hon Richard Valentine Keane
26 Apr 1946 - 18 Jun 1946 : Hon John Johnston Dedman
18 Jun 1946 - 1 Nov 1946 : Senator the Hon James Macintosh Fraser
1 Nov 1946 - 19 Dec 1949 : Senator the Hon Benjamin Courtrice
19 Dec 1949 - 11 Jan 1956 : Senator the Hon Neil O'Sullivan
The following Secretaries of the Department were:
17 Jan 1911 - 10 Aug 1913 : N C Lockyer (CP 176)
11 Aug 1913 - 22 Sep 1922 : S Mills
23 Sep 1922 - 14 Mar 1923 : P Whitton
15 Mar 1923 - 27 Aug 1927 : R McK Oakley
28 Aug 1927 - 4 Dec 1933 : E T Hall
5 Dec 1933 - 5 Jul 1944 : E Abbott
6 Jul 1944 - 6 Feb 1949 : J J F Kennedy
7 Dec 1949 - 30 Nov 1952 : W T Turner
1 Dec 1952 - 10 Jan 1956 : Sir Francis Meere
The Department of Trade and Customs was abolished on 11 January 1956. (22) Tariff policy, Tariff Board and Trade agreements went to the Department of Trade (CA 64); cotton, sulphuric acid, flax etc policy went to the Department of Primary Industry (CA 63) and the remainder of the functions went to the Department of Customs and Excise (CA 62). (23)
References:
1. Commonwealth Acts, Vol 1 p 19
2. Commonwealth Gazette, No 1, 1 January, 1901, p 4
3. Commonwealth Gazette, No 54, 11 October, 1901, p 198
4. Public Service Board Annual Report, 1973, p 126
5. Commonwealth Acts, Vol 1, 1901-2, p 148
6. Commonwealth Acts, Vol 1, 1901-2, p 63
7. Commonwealth of Australia. Department of Trade and Customs.
Departmental Handbook for In-Service Training, p 1
8. Ibid, p 2
9. Commonwealth Gazette, No 71, 15 December 1906, p 1537
10. Commonwealth of Australia. Department of Trade and Customs.
Departmental Handbook for In-Service Training, p 10
11. Commonwealth Gazette, No 128, 18 November 1927, p 2668
Commonwealth Gazette, No 119, 6 December 1926, p 2235
12. Commonwealth of Australia. Department of Trade and Customs.
Departmental Handbook for In-Service Training, p 3.
13. Commonwealth Acts, Vol XIX, 1921, p 33
14. Commonwealth Acts, Vol 1, 1901-1935, p 1499
15. Commonwealth Acts, Vol III, 1901-1935, p 2352
16. Commonwealth Gazette, No 78, 4 September 1930, p 1795
17. Committee of Review - Civil Staffing of Wartime Activities.
Report on the Department of Trade and Customs, 16 October 1945,
p 2
18. Commonwealth Acts, Vol XLIV, 1946, p 259
19. Commonwealth Gazette, No 52, 14 March 1947, p 892
20. Committee of Review - Civil Staffing of Wartime Activities.
Report on the Department of Trade and Customs, 16 October 1945,
pp 1-2.
21. Colin A Hughes and B D Graham, A Handbook of Australian
Government and Politics 1890-1964, Australian National
University Press, Canberra 1968
22. Executive Council Minute No 1 of 11 January 1956, notified in
Commonwealth Gazette, No 3, 12 January 1956, p 173
23. Public Service Board Annual Report 1955/56, p 6
Historical agency address
by1916- 1927: 31 Spring Street, Melbourne
1927- 1936: Canberra
by1936- 1950: Commonwealth Offices, East Block, Canberra
by1950- 1956: Barton, Canberra
Legislation administered
The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, 1900. Customs Act, 1901. Excise Act, 1901.
Abolition: Executive Council Minute No. 1 of 11 January 1956
Previous agency unregistered
1901: Other colonies - subject to research (? colonial treasuries) [Subject to further research]
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Previous agency |
01 Jan 1901 CA 1254, Victorian Department of Trade and Customs 01 Jan 1950 CA 287, Commonwealth Prices Commissioner - Commonwealth Prices Branch
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Subsequent agency |
01 Apr 1911 CA 5, Attorney-General's Department, Central Office - for patent function 01 Sep 1916 CA 979, The Public Trustee - Comptroller-General 07 Mar 1921 CA 17, Department of Health, Central Office - for Federal Quarantine Services; Commonwealth Serum Laboratory 16 Jan 1925 CA 20, Department of Markets and Migration, Central Administration - for Commerce Branch 24 Jun 1925 CA 5, Attorney-General's Department, Central Office - for Clearing Office under Peace Treaties and Custody and Expropriation of Enemy Property 27 Aug 1930 CA 26, Department of Transport [I], Central Office - for navigation and shipping, lighthouses 16 Oct 1945 CA 52, Department of Works and Housing, Head Office - for landlord and tenant regulations 11 Jan 1956 CA 62, Department of Customs and Excise, Central Office - Customs and Excise 11 Jan 1956 CA 63, Department of Primary Industry [I], Central Office - for sugar agreements, cotton, sulphuric acid, and policy in relation to bounties 11 Jan 1956 CA 64, Department of Trade [I], Central Office - for tariff policy, trade agreements, import licensing policy
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Controlled agency |
01 Jan 1901 - 11 Jan 1956 CA 785, Collector of Customs, Sydney/ (from 1985) Australian Customs Service, State Administration, New South Wales 01 Jan 1901 - 11 Jan 1956 CA 789, Collector of Customs, Melbourne [Victoria] 01 Jan 1901 - 11 Jan 1956 CA 792, Collector of Customs, Brisbane, Queensland 01 Jan 1901 - 11 Jan 1956 CA 802, Australian Customs Service, State Administration, South Australia 01 Jan 1901 - 11 Jan 1956 CA 808, Collector of Customs, Western Australia/ (from 1985) Australian Customs Service, Western Australia 01 Jan 1901 - 11 Jan 1956 CA 816, Australian Customs Service, Regional Administration, Tasmania 01 Jun 1904 - 01 Apr 1911 CA 555, (1) Patent Office, 1904-1992;
(2) Trade Marks Office, 1906-1992;
(3) Designs Office, 1907-1992;
(4) Copyright Office [I], 1907-1913;
(5) Copyright Office [III], 1930-1969 01 Jan 1908 - 11 Jan 1956 CA 668, (1) Commonwealth Laboratory, Central Office, Melbourne 1908-1973 [also (2) Laboratory Branch, Victoria, 1955-1969] 01 Jul 1909 - 07 Mar 1921 CA 4712, Quarantine Service, South Australia 01 Jul 1909 - 07 Mar 1921 CA 1672, Quarantine Service, New South Wales 01 Jul 1909 - 07 Mar 1921 CA 1754, Quarantine Service, Western Australia 05 Jul 1909 - 07 Mar 1921 CA 3168, Quarantine Station, Hobson's Bay/ (from 1852) Nepean Promontory, Portsea [Victoria] 11 Aug 1913 - 29 Mar 1920 CA 248, Inter-State Commission [I] 08 Sep 1913 - 01 Jul 1927 CA 2294, Lighthouse Branch (also known as Lighthouse Service) 01 Dec 1915 - 31 Dec 1923 CA 194, Australian Wheat Board [I] 16 Mar 1916 - 14 Sep 1920 CA 492, Advisory Council of Science and Industry 10 Aug 1916 - 31 Aug 1920 01 Sep 1916 - 10 Jan 1920 23 Feb 1917 - 01 May 1919 CA 1925, Commonwealth Film Censorship Board [I] 30 Apr 1917 - 19 Jun 1919 CA 686, Commonwealth Winter Butter Pool Committee 26 Jul 1917 - 06 Feb 1919 CA 461, Federal Butter Committee 27 Jul 1917 - 31 Dec 1926 CA 286, Wheat Storage Commission 01 Jan 1918 - 30 Jun 1923 CA 99, Bureau of Commerce and Industry/Commercial and Industrial Bureau of the Board of Trade 26 Mar 1918 - 31 Dec 1926 CA 471, Commonwealth Flax Industry Committee 26 Apr 1918 - 16 Jan 1925 CA 98, Commonwealth Board of Trade 18 Oct 1918 - 08 Sep 1922 CA 460, Commonwealth Dairy Produce Pool Committee 26 Oct 1918 - 31 Oct 1919 30 Oct 1918 - 30 Apr 1919 CA 196, Commonwealth Paper Advisory Board 01 May 1919 - 02 Jan 1929 01 Jan 1920 - 28 Jan 1925 CA 557, Clearing Office (Enemy Debts) and Public Trustee 05 Jan 1920 - 21 Apr 1930 14 Sep 1920 - 21 Jun 1926 CA 550, Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry 01 Jan 1921 - 30 Jun 1927 CA 1691, Deputy Director of Navigation and (from 1922) Superintendent, Mercantile Marine Office, Tasmania - Navigation Service, Central Office 10 Mar 1922 - 11 Jan 1956 01 Feb 1923 - 16 Jan 1925 CA 484, Australian Dairy Council 01 Feb 1923 - 16 Jan 1925 CA 485, Australian Fruit Council 01 Jan 1924 - 16 Jan 1925 CA 2250, Australian Wheat Board Trustees 02 Jan 1929 - 11 Jan 1956 CA 144, Commonwealth Film Censorship Board [II] 01 Sep 1931 - 11 Jan 1956 CA 336, Export Sugar Committee 01 Sep 1931 - 11 Jan 1956 CA 339, Fruit Industry Concession Committee/ (by 1957) Fruit Industry Sugar Concession Committee 01 Jul 1933 - 24 Jun 1937 07 Jul 1933 - 23 Oct 1933 CA 376, Tobacco Leaf Production Investigation Committee 24 Jun 1937 - 11 Jan 1956 CA 156, Literature Censorship Board 28 Sep 1939 - 31 Dec 1950 CA 287, Commonwealth Prices Commissioner 01 Sep 1941 - 31 Dec 1947 CA 69, Division of Import Procurement 24 Feb 1942 - 31 Dec 1947 CA 371, Tobacco Distribution Committee, New South Wales 24 Feb 1942 - 31 Dec 1946 CA 372, Tobacco Manufacturers' Advisory Committee 24 Feb 1942 - 31 Dec 1947 CA 3456, Tobacco Distribution Committee, Western Australia 24 Feb 1942 - 31 Dec 1947 CA 3457, Tobacco Distribution Committee, Queensland 24 Feb 1942 - 31 Dec 1947 CA 3458, Tobacco Distribution Committee, Victoria 24 Feb 1942 - 31 Dec 1947 CA 3459, Tobacco Distribution Committee, Tasmania 24 Feb 1942 - 31 Dec 1947 CA 3460, Tobacco Distribution Committee, South Australia 20 Mar 1942 - 31 Dec 1951 23 Apr 1942 - 17 Oct 1942 CA 313, Central Cargo Control Committee 14 May 1942 - 23 Nov 1950 25 Jul 1942 - 31 Dec 1950 CA 359, Requisitioned Cargoes Committee 19 Mar 1943 - 31 Dec 1946 CA 351, Malt Industry Committee 10 May 1944 - 01 Oct 1947 01 Jan 1947 - 11 Jan 1956 CA 1610, Central Import Licensing Branch 01 Jan 1952 - 11 Jan 1956 01 Mar 1952 - 11 Jan 1956 CA 341, Consultative Committee on Import Licensing 18 Mar 1952 - 11 Sep 1952 CA 320, Sugar Inquiry Committee 01 Apr 1952 - 31 Dec 1953 CA 340, Import Review Committee
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Persons associated with agency |
01 Dec 1903 - 31 Dec 1913 CP 171, Stephen MILLS CMG - Secretary 21 Mar 1904 - 06 Jul 1909 CP 195, Robert McKeeman OAKLEY CBE, VD - Authorizing Officer in Minister's Office 27 Apr 1904 - 17 Aug 1904 CP 713, The Rt Hon Andrew FISHER - Minister 23 Jun 1906 - 31 Dec 1910 CP 176, Sir Nicholas Colston LOCKYER CBE, ISO - Assistant Comptroller-General of Customs 30 Jul 1908 - 13 Nov 1908 CP 709, Hon Sir Austin CHAPMAN KCMG - Minister 06 Jul 1909 - 27 Apr 1914 CP 195, Robert McKeeman OAKLEY CBE, VD - Chief Clerk 15 Sep 1913 - 22 Sep 1922 CP 171, Stephen MILLS CMG - Comptroller-General 29 Sep 1916 - 14 Nov 1916 CP 290, The Rt Hon William Morris HUGHES CH, KC - Minister 14 Nov 1916 - 17 Feb 1917 CP 548, Hon William Oliver ARCHIBALD - Minister 29 Oct 1917 - 28 Apr 1918 CP 195, Robert McKeeman OAKLEY CBE, VD - Acting Comptroller-General 27 Mar 1918 - 17 Jan 1919 CP 170, The Hon Sir Walter MASSY GREENE KCMG - Minister in Charge of Matters relating to Price Fixing 17 Jan 1919 - 21 Dec 1921 CP 170, The Hon Sir Walter MASSY GREENE KCMG - Minister 23 Sep 1922 - 15 Mar 1923 CP 195, Robert McKeeman OAKLEY CBE, VD - Deputy Comptroller-General 09 Feb 1923 - 26 May 1924 CP 709, Hon Sir Austin CHAPMAN KCMG - Minister 15 Mar 1923 - 01 May 1923 CP 195, Robert McKeeman OAKLEY CBE, VD - Acting Comptroller-General 01 May 1923 - 27 Aug 1927 CP 195, Robert McKeeman OAKLEY CBE, VD - Comptroller-General 01 Dec 1924 - 01 Dec 1925 CP 173, Ernest James CORK - Tariff Branch 24 Dec 1924 - 31 May 1928 CP 264, Edwin ABBOTT CBE - Chief Surveyor 01 Dec 1925 - 31 Dec 1951 CP 173, Ernest James CORK - Value for Duty Branch - Appraiser 17 Dec 1925 - 10 Sep 1936 CP 245, Sir Francis Anthony MEERE OBE - Clerk 01 Jan 1927 - 14 Mar 1935 CP 399, Francis Jeremiah MARCUSSON OBE - Tariff Branch - Clerk 08 May 1928 - 24 Nov 1928 CP 23, The Rt Hon Viscount Stanley Melbourne BRUCE CH, MC - Minister 31 May 1928 - 05 Dec 1933 CP 264, Edwin ABBOTT CBE - Deputy Comptroller-General 24 Nov 1928 - 22 Oct 1929 CP 530, Hon Sir Henry Somer GULLETT KCMG - Minister 22 Oct 1929 - 04 Feb 1931 CP 81, The Rt Hon Francis Michael FORDE - Minister Assisting 04 Feb 1931 - 06 Jan 1932 CP 81, The Rt Hon Francis Michael FORDE - Minister 06 Jan 1932 - 14 Jan 1933 CP 530, Hon Sir Henry Somer GULLETT KCMG - Minister 14 Jan 1933 - 08 Nov 1938 CP 145, Hon Sir Thomas Walter WHITE KBE, DFC, VD - Minister 05 Dec 1933 - 05 Jul 1944 CP 264, Edwin ABBOTT CBE - Comptroller-General 01 Jan 1934 - 31 Dec 1943 CP 493, Arthur Claude MOORE CBE - Principal Adviser's Office; Assistant Comptroller-General's Office; Director's Office 12 Oct 1934 - 11 Mar 1937 CP 530, Hon Sir Henry Somer GULLETT KCMG - Minister without portfolio responsible for trade treaties 14 Mar 1935 - 14 Aug 1949 CP 399, Francis Jeremiah MARCUSSON OBE - Tariff Revision, Trade Treaties, and Trade Agreements Branch - Clerk, Investigation Officer, Senior Clerk 10 Sep 1936 - 23 Aug 1945 CP 245, Sir Francis Anthony MEERE OBE - Assistant Tariff Officer 23 Feb 1940 - 14 Mar 1940 CP 54, The Rt Hon Sir Robert Gordon MENZIES KT, CH, AK - Minister 23 Feb 1940 - 14 Mar 1940 CP 27, The Rt Hon Harold Edward HOLT CH - Minister without Portfolio Assisting the Minister 14 Mar 1940 - 28 Oct 1940 CP 206, Hon George MCLEAY - Minister 28 Oct 1940 - 07 Oct 1941 CP 648, The Rt Hon Sir Eric John HARRISON KCMG, KCVO - Minister 07 Oct 1941 - 26 Apr 1946 CP 179, Hon Richard Valentine KEANE - Minister 19 Oct 1944 - 06 Jan 1945 CP 81, The Rt Hon Francis Michael FORDE - Acting Minister 01 Jan 1946 - 31 Dec 1948 CP 315, John Patrick BREEN - Trade Commissioner for the Middle East 01 Mar 1946 - 30 Sep 1946 CP 393, Bernard Francis EGAN - Clerk 01 May 1947 - 03 Feb 1949 CP 245, Sir Francis Anthony MEERE OBE - Assistant Comptroller General (General) 05 Jun 1947 - 17 Mar 1949 CP 280, Charles Evors MORTON - Assistant Comptroller General 03 Feb 1949 - 01 Dec 1952 CP 245, Sir Francis Anthony MEERE OBE - First Assistant Comptroller-General (Administration) 04 Aug 1949 - 12 Mar 1953 CP 399, Francis Jeremiah MARCUSSON OBE - Trade Relations Officer 03 Nov 1949 - 28 Jun 1951 CP 398, Kenneth Norman JONES AO, CBE - Commercial Policies Research Branch - Research Officer Grade 1 19 Dec 1949 - 11 Jan 1956 CP 144, Hon Sir Neil O'SULLIVAN KBE - Minister 01 Jan 1951 - 31 Dec 1956 CP 173, Ernest James CORK - Appraisement Branch - Central Office - Appraiser 01 Dec 1952 - 11 Jan 1956 CP 245, Sir Francis Anthony MEERE OBE - Comptroller-General 12 Mar 1953 - 21 Oct 1954 CP 399, Francis Jeremiah MARCUSSON OBE - Assistant Comptroller-General (Administrative and Establishments) 30 Sep 1954 - 09 Jan 1955 CP 246, The Rt Hon Sir William Henry SPOONER KCMG, PC, MM - Acting Minister 21 Oct 1954 - 11 Jan 1956 CP 399, Francis Jeremiah MARCUSSON OBE
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Date registered |
12 Dec 1980 |
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