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'Manual of Instructions to Officers of the Political Department of the Government of India' [46r] (106/478)
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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4. .Kestricted permission is contemplated for
Decorations which have been conferred in recognitioi
of personal attention to the Head of a Foreign StaFe
or Member of a Reigning House, and which are there
fore of a more or less complimentary character.
Restricted permission is as a rule only giv^ on
exceptional occasions, when in the public inxerest
and for political reasons it is deemed expedient that
the acceptance of a Foreign Decoration shoujid not be
declined.
5. Both in the case of full and in that of restricted
permission the matter will be submitted/xo the King
by His Majesty’s Principal Secretarw^bf State for
Foreign Affairs. fr
The desire of the Head of a Foreign State to
confer upon a British subject thp Insignia of an
Order, or the fact that he has done so, must be
notified to His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs either/through the British
Diplomatic Representative accredited to the Head
of the Foreign State, or through the Diplomatic
Representative of the latte© at the Court of St.
James. His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs shall bjc under no obligation to
consider claims that areAot brought to his notice
through one of these channels.
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 Maje/ry’s permission for the person
in whose favour it b&s been made to wear the Insignia
of a Foreign Ordot, he shall signify the same to His
Majesty’s Princiwhl Secretary of State for the Home
Department, inAnder 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 sifth Warrant shall have been signed by
the King, / notification thereof shall be inserted in
the £t Garotte,” stating the service for which the
Foreign 0rder has been conferred.
Pensons in whose favour such Warrants are issued
will be required to pay to His Majesty’s Principal
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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.
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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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- Title
- '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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