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Catalogue description Railway and Canal Commission
| Reference: | MT 68 |
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| Title: | Railway and Canal Commission |
| Description: |
This series consists of case papers of the Railway and Canal Commission (1888-1949) and annual reports of the Commission (1889-1919), and of its predecessor, the Railway Commission (1873-1888). The papers in this series relate to cases of railway charges and facilities. |
| Date: | 1873-1949 |
| Related material: |
Further case papers reflecting the jurisdiction of the Commission are in J 75 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Railway and Canal Commission, 1888-1949 Railway Commission, 1873-1888 |
| Physical description: | 31 files and volumes |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
In 1974 Department of Transport |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
Initially set up under the title of the Railway Commission in 1873, the Railway and Canal Commission was established in 1888 by the Railway and Canal Traffic Act. The Lord Chancellor was responsible for the staff of the commission. The Commission's jurisdiction was extended to cover telegraphic operations (from 1878), hours of railway employees (1893), metropolitan Water Supply (1897), orders under the Defence of the Realm (Acquisition of Land) Acts 1916 and 1920, appeals against rating decisions of the Railway assessment Authority (from 1930) and applications for variations of the constitution and rights of companies under various Mining (Working Facilities, etc.) Acts 1938. These functions were retained until the abolition of the Commission under the Transport Act 1947, its jurisdiction over railway and canal company charges was largely transferred after the First World War to the Railway Rates Tribunal, and the Rates Advisory Committee respectively. |
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