'British Enactments in Force in Native States, Volume V: Orders relating to Railways in Native States'
IOR/R/15/5/395
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The record is made up of 1 volume (119 folios). It was created in 1914. 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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The volume is British Enactments in Force in Native States, Volume V: Orders relating to Railways in Native States. Originally compiled by John Molesworth Macpherson, Secretary of the Government of India, Legislative Department, it was revised and continued up to 15 August 1899 by A Williams, for the Second Edition, and up to 19 April 1913 by Oswald Vivian Bosanquet, for this Third Edition. The volume was printed by Superintendent Government Printing, Calcutta, 1914.
The volume lists all laws relating to railways enacted by either the British Legislature or the British Indian Executive Government and in force in the Native States of India. The volume begins with three prefaces to each of the three editions, with notes on arrangements and definitions of terms.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (119 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is divided into two parts, each covering different types of acts. Each part is then arranged by geographical division: Eastern, Northern, North-Western, Western, North Central, South Central, and Southern. A breakdown of which railway lines are included in which division is found at the beginning of Part 1 (folios 9-11).
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- English in Latin script
- Type
- Archival file
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- 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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- Archive reference
- IOR/R/15/5/395
- Date(s)
- 1914 (CE, Gregorian)
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- RailwaysColonial legislation
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- India
- People & organisations
- Government of India, Legislative DepartmentOffice of the Superintendent of Government Printing
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- IOR/R/15/5/395
- Title
- 'British Enactments in Force in Native States, Volume V: Orders relating to Railways in Native States'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:120v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence
