Department of Trade (BT)
Files of dissolved limited companies, from 1856 (BT2); selected merchant shipping crew lists, 1867-1914 (BT3); register of business names, 1917-82 (BT4).
Cabinet Office (CAB)
Minutes and papers of the Cabinet, War Cabinet, Committee of Imperial Defence and Cabinet committees, 1881-1966.
Customs and Excise (CE)
Scottish Board of Customs minute books, general orders and letters (CE1,3,7,14,15), 1707-1840; Scottish Excise Board letters, order books and papers, (CE2,4-6,8-11,13, 16,17) 1707-1845; local excise records (CE35-37), 1776-1973; customs outport records (CE51-106), 1694-1993, including registers of shipping.
For further information on these records, go to our Customs and Excise records guide.
Crown Estate Commissioners (CR)
Reports on fishing, 1846-78 (CR1); leases and deeds, from 1919 (CR7); salmon fishings, from 1812 (CR10); foreshore files, from 1833 (CR11); mines, 1840-1963 (CR14).
Inland Revenue (Scotland) (IRS)
Land tax files and miscellanea, (IRS2-3), 1794-1965; succession duty registers, 1853-79 (IRS12); Scottish charities files, 1854-1988 (IRS21).
Ministry of Health (MH)
Inspector of Anatomy for Scotland, (MH1-3), registers, accounts, reports and letter books, including supply of bodies to schools of anatomy, 1842-1949; Scottish child care files, 1954-74 (MH4).
Ministry of Transport (MT)
Correspondence on Caledonian and Crinan Canals, 1803-1950 (MT1); Western Highlands and Islands steamer services, 1925-62 (MT2).
Ministry of Works/Department of Environment/Property Services Agency (MW)
Ancient monuments, 1794-1975 (MW1); royal palaces, parks and gardens, 1816-1968 (MW2-3); public buildings, 1808-1979 (MW5).
Ordnance Survey (OS)
Name books, 1845-1952 (OS1-2); surveyors' reconnaissance reports, 1960-74 (OS3).
