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Entry books of letters written by the Collector to the Scottish Board of Customs and to its successor bodies, including the Board of Customs and Excise after 1909.

This series comprises two types of communications (i) general orders addressed by the Board to all collections and (ii) particular correspondence addressed by the Board to individual ports. Sometimes these two types of correspondence were entered in separate series of letter books. But it was a not uncommon practice to mix both together and the titles of the various series ‘Boards Orders’, ‘Board's General Orders’, ‘Board's Letters’, ‘General Letters’, etc give no reliable indication of the character of the material. In addition it frequently occurs that no master set of Board's Orders was maintained in a port - each official keeping sets of those Orders which concerned his own particular functions. All volumes containing particular material addressed by the Board to a port have been retained and general material has been retained in all cases where it is not substantially duplicated in other series.

These are entry books of out-letters addressed by the Collector to firms and individuals outside the service of the Board.

This class includes inter alia Registers of Ages and Capacities, Board of Trade letter books, letter books containing internal correspondence within the port, Seizures Registers, lists of furniture and premises, charges against officers, Wreck Letter Books, Report Books, Arrival Books, Sailing Books, King's Warehouse Registers, Registers of Fees and Deeds, etc. This class also includes Royal Naval Reserve registers which were administered by the Collector on behalf of the Royal Navy.

Entry books of letters written by the Collector to the Scottish Excise Board and its successor bodies including the Board of Customs and Excise after 1909.

This series comprises entry books of out-letters and volumes of in-letters between the Collector and firms, and individuals outwith the service.

This series parallels series 2 and similarly may include both general and particular letters of the Board of Excise and its successor bodies including the Board of Customs and Excise after 1909.

This series includes inter alia Registers of Frauds and Seizures, Store and General Registers, account and cash books, stock inventories, rates of duties, etc.