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'Manual of Instructions to Officers of the Political Department of the Government of India' [‎30v] (75/478)

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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(c) that it is confined to telegrams addressed
to the Viceroy, the Governor of any
Province, the Political Secretary, a
Local Government or a local Political
Officer.
(lii) A Ruler who is a member of the Chamber of
Princes in his own right may, when absent from his
State in India, send from any telegraph office in India
on the occasion of any grave public emergency affect
ing his State, a Clear the Line message to—
{a) his Chief or Senior Minister, and
(b) any of the addressees mentioned in clause
(u) (c).
(iv) In the absence of a Ruler from his State the
Chief or Senior Minister is authorised to send Clear
the Line messages on an occasion of grave public
emergency to the Ruler himself when the Ruler is in
India, or to any of the addressees mentioned in clause
(ii) (c). The Ruler who receives a Clear the Line
message in such circumstances may Clear the Line in
reply.
VII. (i) Ruling Princes who are members of the
Chamber of Princes in their own right and their
ministers are entitled to mark their messages “ Prio
rity ” in matters of urgency within the limits of their
own States.
(ii) In periods of unusual congestion the Govern *
ment of India are prepared to authorize Ruling
Princes and their senior ministers specially affected
to mark messages “ Priority” for any part of India
as a temporary measure. The chief telegraph officer
in a State will be instructed to inform the senior
Minister of the existence of unusual congestion.
24. Until the g
Wireless telegraphic installat
in Indian States.
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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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