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‘File 16/3 Miscellaneous. Memorials and messages submitted to the Government of India and his Majesty’ [‎21r] (41/110)

The record is made up of 1 file (52 folios). It was created in 10 Dec 1917-22 Jul 1946. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .

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Copy of a letter No. Jr. 371-G/29 dated the
24th Necemher 1929 from the Deputy Secretary to the^*^-^
'foreign and Political Department, Delhi, to all Local
Governments.
No. 2357-U dated the 12th September 1919) I am directed
to state that, in order to equalise, so far as possible
the treatment of telegraphic messages of a purely
personal and private nature transmitted through the
authorities in India to ii&s Majesty the King Kmperor
and of those sent direct to Buckingham ralace, the
procedure for dealing v/ith such messages has been
revised.
2. I am to enclose copy of a memorandum received
forth the revised procedure as finally approved, and
to say that it will supersede, to the ex.tent indicated
thereby, the rules at present in force in India for
the memorandum will be forwarded by the Government of
India to the Secretary of otate by despatch but Political
Officers should make their own recommendations in case
of any particular message which they consider should
be transmitted and acknowledged by telegraph under
paragraph 1(c) (i) of the memorandum.
Memorandum regarding the method of dealing
with messages of a purely personal and private
nature addressed to His Majesty.
(In co
tion of letter from the Government
of India in
.e foreign and Political Department
from His Majesty’s Secretary of State
transmiss
ion and acknowledgement of such messages.
Messages falling under paragraph 1 ^c) (ii) of

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Copies of revised and reissued Government memoranda and official notifications, outlining procedures to be followed in the submission, receipt and transmission of memorials and petitions to the King and to the Governor General in Council. The instructions are distributed by the Government of India, and received by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain via the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The instructions include details of: acknowledgement of memorials, dependent on whether the sender is entitled to an eleven-gun salute; form and manner of petitions; method of submission of petitions; circumstances under with a petition may be withheld; transmission of memorials and petitions by provincial governments.

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1 file (52 folios)
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (f 53) mirror the chronological arrangement, but only cover that portion of the file’s correspondence dated 1939-1946.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 54; 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.

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