Report / Royal Commission on the Distribution of the Industrial Population.

  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on the Distribution of the Industrial Population.
Date:
1940
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Credit: Report / Royal Commission on the Distribution of the Industrial Population. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GEORGE R.I. GEORGE THE SIXTH, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, KING, Defender of the Faith, to Our Trusty and Well-beloved Herbert Henry Elvin, Esquire, Greeting ! Whereas We did by Warrant under Our Royal Sign Manual bearing date the eighth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven appoint Commissioners to inquire into the causes which have influenced the present geographical distribu- tion of the industrial population of Great Britain and the pro- bable direction of any change in that distribution in the future; to consider what social, economic or strategical disadvantages arise from the concentration of industries or of the industrial population in large towns or in particular areas of the country; and to report what remedial measures if any should be taken in the national interest: And whereas a vacancy has been caused in the body of Commissioners appointed as aforesaid by the resignation of Our Trusty and Well-beloved Ernest Bevin, Esquire: Now know Ye that We reposing great confidence in your knowledge and ability do by these Presents appoint you the said Herbert Henry Elvin to be a Commissioner for the purposes aforesaid, in the room of the said Ernest Bevin. Given at Our Court at Saint James’s the twenty-third day of June, 1938; In the Second Year of Our Reign. By His Majesty’s Command,