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and 1.1 million aperture cards*. The second sub-office in
Aberdeen houses the Intermediate Records Division which at
present serves only the public works departments.
Documents stored in the Public Records Office include land
and court records, war time records and maps and
photographs of archival value.
humidity levels of the
controlled and each is
prevention system.
three
The temperature and
are strictly
repositories
protected
by an automatic fire
5.
Decisions on which records are to be retained or
destroyed are normally made by the department or agency
of records of this
creating the records. The appraisal of
purpose may be undertaken on
periodically as an ad hoc exercise.
а routine basis or
Before records are
destroyed the PRO may be asked to identify material that
should be kept permanently as archives.
6.
Since 1952 it has been the practice under the
on a regular basis,
Vital Records Programme to microfilm,
certain classes of records designated as vital on the
ground that accidental loss or destruction of the originals
would cause serious disruption of official business or
injury to the interests of members of the public. Such
records are nominated from time to time by
various
Government agencies for
copying on microfilm.
These
include
drawings and plans, departmental
orders
*
Aperture Card : A card containing an opening or window into which is placed a single frame of microfilm, usually for mounting images of maps and plans.