Written on cover in ink: Salaries & Wages 1944. Inscribed in front cover with ‘Drumcraft Ltd’. Scrap paper attached to the front cover is on Besson & Co Ltd headed paper. Includes headings for Boosey & Hawkes, Besson & Co (c1944-1959), Besson & Co Ltd (c1944-1959), C. Wheatstone (1944-1951), Rudall Carte Co Ltd (1946). Includes war work and government related contracts. Shows short profits and loss entries (general) (1944-1962), expenses paid for rent, salaries incl directors’ remuneration, insurance, taxes, etc. p188-193: drums (1944-1948), p194-6 Musical instruments (1949-1951), p208-211 xylophones (1944-1948), p220 mouthorgans (1944-1948). Tools, trading & profit & loss account (1944-1959).
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