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'Manual of Instructions to Officers of the Political Department of the Government of India' [36v] (87/478)
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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5. Both in the case of full and of restricted permission the matter
will be submitted to the Kinpr by His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, who shall be under no obligation to consider
applications for permission unless the desire of the Head of a Foreign
State to confer upon a British subject the Insignia of an Order is notified
to him before the Order is conferred, either through the British Diplomatic
Kcpresentative accredited to the Head of the Foreign State, or through the
Diplomatic Representative of the latter at the Court of St. James.
6. When His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs shall have taken the King’s pleasure on any such application, and
shall have obtained His Majesty’s permission for the person in whose
favour it has been made to wear the Insignia of a Foreign Order, he shall
signify the same to His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the
Home Department, in order that he may cause a Warrant, if it be a case
for the issue of a Warrant as defined in Rule 2, to be prepared for the
Royal Sign-Manual.
When such Warrant shall have been signed by the King, a notification
thereof shall be inserted in the “ Gazette ”.
Persons in whose favour such Warrants are issued will be required
to pay to His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Home Depart
ment a stamp duty of 10«?.
7. The Warrant signifying His Majesty’s permission may, at the
request and at the expense of the person who has obtained it, be registered
in the College of Arms. Every such Warrant as aforesaid shall contain a
clause providing that His Majesty’s licence and permission does not
authorise the assumption of any style, appellation, rank, precedence, or
privilege appertaining to a Knight Bachelor of His Majesty’s Realms.
Medals.
8. Medals, with the exceptions specified below, and State decorations
not carrying membership, of an Order of Chivalry, are subject to the
Regulations in the same manner as Orders, but permission to wear is
given by Letter and not by Royal Warrant. No permission is needed to
accept a Foreign Medal if it is not to be worn.
9. Medals for saving or attempting to save life at sea or on land,
whether conferred on behalf of the Head or Government of a Foreign
State or by private Life Saving Societies or Institutions, may be accepted
and worn without restriction.
Applications for His Majesty’s permission to w r ear other Medals
conferred by Private Societies or Institutions, and Commemorative Medals,
cannot be entertained.
10. His Majesty will not grant permission to wear any Foreign War
Me lal if the person on whom it is to be or has been conferred was during
the war acting in contravention of the Foreign Enlistment Act.
General.
11. Ladies are subject to the Regulations in all respects in the same
manner as men.
(File No. 42-H. of 1930.)
HI 35FD—600—31-5-30—GIPS
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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.
- 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.
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- 'Manual of Instructions to Officers of the Political Department of the Government of India'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:4v, 5ar:5av, 5r, 5br, 5v, 5bv, 6r:7v, 8ar:8av, 8r:12r, 12ar, 12br:12bv, 12v:13v, 14ar:14bv, 14r:15v, 15ar:15av, 16r:19r, 20r, 21r, 22r, 23r, 24r:47v, 48ar, 48r:52v, 53ar:53av, 53r, 53br:53bv, 53v:54r, 54Ar, 54Av, 54v:55v, 55Ar, 55Av, 56r:79v, 79Ar, 79Av, 80r:81v, 81Ar, 81Av, 82r, 82Ar, 82Av, 82r:82v, 83Ar, 83Av, 83r:84v, 85Ar, 85Av, 85r:90v, 91Ar, 91Av, 91r:105r, 105Ar, 105Av, 105r:106r, 106Ar, 106Av, 106v, 107Ar, 107Av, 107r:113r, 113Ar, 114r:117v, 118Ar, 118Av, 118r:136v, 136Ar, 136Av, 137r:146v, 147Ar, 147Av, 147r:149v, 150Ar, 150Av, 150r:155v, 155Ar, 155Av, 156r:188r, 188Ar, 188v:189v, 190Ar, 190Av, 190r, 190Br, 190v:191v, 191Ar, 191Av, 192Ar, 192Av, 192Br, 192Bv, 192r:192v, 193Ar, 193Av, 193r, 193Br, 193Cr, 193v, 194Ar, 194Av, 194r:196r, 196Ar, 196v:203v, back-i
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