‘File 15/4 RULES AND REGULATIONS. Rules for the Supply of Stationery and Forms etc.' [‎3v] (6/78)

Content

The file contains several Government of India circular letters and memoranda 1926-1928, 1930 and 1937-1939, for information and guidance on the ordering and supply of government paper, printed forms and other items of stationery. These letters of instruction were issued mainly by the Office of the Controller of Printing, Stationery and Stamps and its branches, in particular, the Central Printing Office, New Delhi and the Central Stationery and Stamp Office, Calcutta.

The instructions refer to amendments made to the following regulations: the Stationery Office Rules, 1924; the Rules for the Supply and Use of Stationery Stores, 1924; the Rules for Printing and Binding, 1925 and the Rules for the Supply of Articles for the Public Service. Published extracts from some of the amended rules are included in the file.

The file also includes the following correspondence:

• Letter dated 30 June 1930 from the Office of the Controller of Printing and Stationery, Calcutta to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain, notifying him of the stationery budget allocated to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain for the financial year 1930-1931;
• Letter dated 1 October 1927 from the Central Printing Office, New Delhi to the Secretary to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire, discussing the supply of new judicial forms in Arabic for use in the Court of the Resident, Aden and potentially elsewhere in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

Extent and format

1 file (37 folios)

Arrangement

File papers are arranged chronologically, according to the date they were circulated to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain and others. The last file enclosure (folio 46) consists of file notes and lists four documents in the file that are numbered folios 36 to 39. This list wrongly identifies the document numbered folio 37 as folio 38 and vice versa.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: numbered 1-3, 5-17, 17A, 18-19, 27, 29-46. The numbers 4, 20-26 and 28 have been omitted. The numbering is written in pencil in the top right corner of the folio, starting at the front of the file, on the file cover (f 1) and ending on the inside cover at the back of the file (f 47).

Condition: folio 5 is damaged. A tear in the bottom right corner partly obliterates the following written information: ‘1926’and ‘the Foreign’.

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English in Latin script

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