Corn Department
Receiver and Comptroller of Corn Returns 1821-65
In 1770 the Treasury was given statutory authority to appoint a Receiver of Corn
Returns. (fn. 3) In 1821 the responsibility for these returns was transferred to the Board of
Trade together with the right to appoint the Receiver. (fn. 4) In 1827 the title of the office
was changed to Comptroller of Corn Returns and the right of appointment vested
nominally in the crown. (fn. 5) In 1865 the Corn Department was abolished and the office
of Comptroller combined with that of Superintendent of the Statistical Department. (fn. 6)
In 1821 Dowding, who had held office under the Treasury, was reappointed with
a salary of £800. (fn. 7) In 1822 the salary scale was assimilated to that of a First Class
Clerk in the General Department: £700 rising by annual increments of £10 to £800. (fn. 8)
The salary was fixed at £600 in 1842 and reduced to £500 in 1851. (fn. 9)
| 1821 |
24 July |
Dowding, W. |
| 1822 |
17 July |
Jacob, W. |
| 1842 |
5 Jan. |
Joyce, G. |
| 1851 |
|
Jadis, H. F. |
Deputy Receiver and Comptroller of
Corn Returns 1821-65
This office, originally known as that of Principal Clerk of Corn Returns, was created
in 1821 with a salary of £300. (fn. 10) In 1822 the salary scale was assimilated to that of a
Senior (Second Class) Clerk in the General Department: £300 rising by annual
increments of £10 to £500. (fn. 11) It was fixed at £500 rising by annual increments of £10
to £550 in 1842, at £450 rising by annual increments of £10 to £500 in 1843 and at
£400 in 1851. (fn. 1) The office was abolished in 1865. (fn. 2)
| 1821 |
24 July |
Joyce, G. |
| 1842 |
5 Jan. |
Lack, E. J. |
| 1843 |
11 May |
Jadis, H. F. |
| 1851 |
|
Bunter, F. |
Clerks 1821-53
In 1821 provision was made for one Clerk in the Corn Department apart from the
Deputy Receiver or Principal Clerk. The salary was then fixed at £90. (fn. 3) In the
following year it was assimilated to that of a Junior (Third Class) Clerk in the
General Department: £100 rising after three years by annual increments of £10 to
£300. (fn. 4) About the same time a second Clerk was appointed. (fn. 5) The number was
increased to three in 1842 but reduced to two in 1848 and to one in 1850. (fn. 6) In 1853
the remaining Clerk was incorporated into the ordinary establishment of the Board
as a Junior Clerk. (fn. 7)
| 1821 |
24 July |
Jadis, H. F.
|
| 1822 |
|
Nedham, W. T. |
| 1825 |
26 Jan. |
Lack, F.
|
| 1827 |
12 July |
Carey, J.
|
| 1829 |
26 Jan. |
Rawson, R. W.
|
| 1834 |
31 Jan. |
Joyce, G.
|
| 1842 |
5 Jan. |
Jadis, H. F.
|
| 1842 |
13 July |
Blair, W. E.
|
| 1843 |
10 Aug. |
Lack, E. J. |
Footnotes
| 3 |
10 Geo. III, c 39, s 6. The earlier holders of the office were William Cooke 1770-8, John Barnes
1778-9, John James Catherwood 1779-1813 and William Dowding 1813-21. For the organisation of
the office during this period, see TM 25 May 1813 (T 29/123 pp. 359-61). |
| 4 |
1 & 2 Geo. IV, c 87, s 4; BT 5/29 pp. 381-4. |
| 5 |
7 & 8 Geo. IV, c 58, s 3. |
| 6 |
27 & 28 Vict., c 87; BT 13/1, Board of Trade to Treasury, 23 Nov. 1864; Ind. 20470 no. 4. |
| 7 |
BT 5/29 pp. 381-4. |
| 8 |
BT 5/30 pp. 325-6, 406. |
| 9 |
BT 5/50, 5 Jan. 1842; HC 238 p. 12 (1852) xxix, 326. |
| 10 |
BT 5/29 pp. 381-4. |
| 11 |
BT 5/30 pp. 325-6. |
| 1 |
BT 5/50, 5 Jan. 1842; BT 5/51, 11 May 1843; HC 238 p. 12 (1852) xxix, 326. |
| 2 |
BT 13/1, Board of Trade to Treasury, 23 Nov. 1864; BT 5/73, 20 May 1865. |
| 3 |
BT 5/29 pp. 381-4. |
| 4 |
BT 5/30 pp. 182-4, 406. |
| 5 |
The appointment of a second Clerk was authorised in the establishment of 1822 (ibid.). The
appointment was probably made in that year although it is not until 1824 that such a Clerk occurs in
office (Royal Kal. (1824), 135). |
| 6 |
BT 5/50, 13 July 1842; BT 5/57, 24 Feb. 1848; HC 268 p. 13 (1849) xxxi, 327; HC 211 p. 12
(1851) xxxii, 326; BT 3/41 pp. 89-93. |
| 7 |
Royal Kal. (1854), 160. |