'Manual of Instructions to Officers of the Political Department of the Government of India'

Content

The volume is the second edition of Manual of Instructions to Officers of the Political Department of the Government of India , printed by the Government of India Press, Simla, 1924. The volume begins with extracts from the proclamations and speeches of Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, and King George V that relate to India (folio 9), followed by an introduction containing general instructions (folios 10-11). The volume is then divided into twelve chapters (I-XII) plus appendices, as follows:

I. Official Correspondence, etc.

II. Financial, Railway and Industrial Arrangements in Indian States

III. Telegraphs and Telephones

IV. Decorations, Honours, Salutes and Ceremonial

V. Tours and Visits of Ruling Princes and Chiefs

VI. Successions and Miscellaneous Matters Affecting Indian States

VII. Extradition

VIII. Certain Matters Affecting the Administration of Justice

IX. The Armed Forces of Indian States

X. Certain Matters Affecting the Army in India

XI. Appointment, Leave, etc., of Political Officers; Use of State Houses, Conveyances, etc.

XII. Miscellaneous

Throughout the volume are manuscript notes and printed corrigenda and addenda affixed with glue at the appropriate pages.

Extent and format

1 volume (202 folios)

Arrangement

At the beginning of the volume is a list of contents (folios 5-8A). At the rear of the volume is an index (folios 187-198), arranged in alphabetical order. Both refer to the original pagination.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 204; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/5/396

History of this record

Date(s)

1924 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

GuidesColonial administration

People & organisations

Government of India Press, Simla, publishersGovernment of India, Foreign and Political Department

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