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Baxter Reforms Naval Stores Tender System At Admiralty
The article recounts secretary of the admiralty reforms to store procurement. It details the removal of the Comptroller of Victualling and Storekeeper General, the shift from fixed schedules to market pricing, and the elimination of coal lists. It notes improved efficiency, a new spirit among officials, and political backlash from Tories while praising Baxter’s civil service integrity.
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Admiralty
Baxter
Whitehall
Inser
House of Commons
Quarterly Review
Quarterly
Liberal Party