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'Manual of Instructions to Officers of the Political Department of the Government of India' [‎48ar] (110/478)

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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Cf. Foreign
and Political
Department
Circular
No. 136-H.,
dated the 6th
December
1924.
Cf. Foreign
and Political
Department
Circular
No. 139-H.,
dated the
27th Jannary
1926.
v
Addenda to the “ Manual of Instructions to Officers ot
the Political Department of the Government ot
India, 1924.”
No. i.
Add as sub-para. 2 to para. 30 on page 36.
Baronets and
On the death of a Baronet or of a Knight Bachelor a report of the
fact together -with particulars regarding
place and date of death should be
made to the Secretary to the Govern
ment of India in the Foreign and Political Department for communica
tion to the 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. .
Reports of deaths of
of Knights Bachelor.
(Dated 9th February 1925).
No. 2.

Under the beading ‘Hot Weather Evening Dress
Uniform,’ add the following note at the end of page 185 of
the Political Department Manual (1924).
Note. —Spurs should be worn when overalls are worn.
(Dated 9th February 1925).

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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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English in Latin script
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