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'Manual of Instructions to Officers of the Political Department of the Government of India' [‎12r] (34/478)

The record is made up of 1 volume (202 folios). It was created in 1924. 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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Manual of Instructions to Officers
of the Political Department of
the Governme it of India.
CHAPTER i.
Official correspondence, etc.
1. In all official correspondence the point or C j Home Dept .
Official correspondence. . points to which attention Reso'ln. No. 768,'
is directed should be clear- dated 18th Ma y
ly indicated in the letter about to issue in such a ciJ^No^am-ST’
manner that a reference to enclosures of the letter a., dated 12 th
may not be necessary in order to ascertain what 8 ^- 1902 » For *
questions are submitted for decision or what subjects ^s.'g Cir ’ dated
are communicated for information. The enclosures 16 th Oot. 1908.
of a letter should include no paper which is not
essential to a proper understanding of the question
dealt with.
So far as possible"each letter should be confined
to the treatment of a single subject, reference being
made, where necessary, to separate letters dealing
with connected questions.
Any reference to a letter or resolution of the
Government of India, or to previous correspondence,
whether in the opening paragraph or in the body of
a letter, or its enclosures, should be specific and pre
cise, and comprise the date, year, number (with
the letters if any affixed thereto) and the Depart
ment.
Any allusion to a circumstance, or an event,
of which the Government is supposed to be cognisant
should be accompanied by a marginal reference to
the paper in which it was reported, or, where this
precision is not possible, the best clue that can be
given should be afforded to permit of the matter
being traced without unnecessary difficulty.
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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.

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1 volume (202 folios)
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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.

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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.

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