Identity area
Reference code
JM JARD 1B/11-4
Title
Crop Accounts
Date(s)
- 1740 - 1927 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
101 textual volumes
Context area
Name of creator
(1661 - 1999)
Administrative history
The Island Record Office was established in 1879 following the passage of the Island Records Law (Law 6 of 1879), which took over the functions and records of the long established Office of the Island Secretary. Island Secretary's office was responsible for enrolling in the proper registers all deeds, conveyances, patents, wills which have been admitted to probate, laws of the island, annual accounts, produce of estates, accounts current of executors, administrators, trustees, attorneys, agents and persons acting in a fuduciary character. The Office also kept a register of the medical practitioners in the island. Additional, the Island Secretary was responsible for the registration of dissenters' marriages and baptisms, marriages and burials solemnized and performed by ministers of the Church of England.
With the establishment of the Records Office the Chief Justice became Keeper of the Records and a Deputy Keeper with functions similar to that of the Island Secretary was appointed.
With the establishment of the Records Office the Chief Justice became Keeper of the Records and a Deputy Keeper with functions similar to that of the Island Secretary was appointed.
Repository
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Volumes containing accounts of rents, issues, profits, proceeds and produce on estates. They were made in accordance with two Laws, which sought to prevent frauds and breaches of trust by attorneys or agents of absentee planters (13 Geo II, chapter 9, 1740 and 24 Geo II, chapter 19, 1751).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
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Finding aids
There are three index volumes, which are arranged alphabetically by the name of the estates or persons.
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Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
All the files with the exception of numbers 1 to 4 and 10 have their own indexes.
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Name access points
- Island Record Office (Creator)