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'File 15/18 FOREIGN AND POLITICAL DEPARTMENT CIRCULARS RECEIVED FROM THE GOVT OF INDIA.' [108v] (210/370)
The record is made up of 1 file (185 folios). It was created in 19 Nov 1928-2 Nov 1944. 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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A' Offices in or in relation to the tribal areas in
Assam.
1. Interpreters.
2. Ministerial appointments in the offices of
the Assam Rilies Battalions.
3. Riflemen, Supernumeraries, recruit boys
and followers in the Assam Rifles.
VTI. Offices in or in relation to the Baluchistan
Tribal Areas.
1. Central Service Class II, Baluchistan Civil
Service, Extra Assistant Commissioners.
2. Baluchistan General Administration Minis
terial appointments.
5. Baluchistan General administration Inferi
or appointments.
4. Baluchistan Subordinate Revenue and
Judicial Service.
.)• Baluchistan Subordinate Excise Service.
6. Baluchistan Subordinate Forest Service.
7. Baluchistan Subordinate Treasury Service.
8. Baluchistan Subordinate Jail Service.
9. Baluchistan Subordinate Police Service.
10. Baluchistan Subordinate Levy Service:—
(a) District Levies.
(b) Levy Corps.
11. Baluchistan Subordinate Educational Ser
vice.
12. Baluchistan Subordinate Medical Ser-
vice.
13. Baluchistan Subordinate Veterinarv Ser-
vice.
14. Baluchistan Subordinate Irrigation Ser
vice.
VIII. Offices in or in relation (o the tribal areas
'n the
North-West Frontier
Region of British India bordering Afghanistan.
Province.
1. Civil Secretariat, N .-W. F. P.
Ministerial and Inferior appointments.
2. Office of the Secretary to the Governor of
the
North-West Frontier
Region of British India bordering Afghanistan.
Province-
Ministerial and Inferior appointments.
3. Conservator of Forests—
Forests Officers, ministerial and inferior
appointments.
4. Inspecting Officer, Frontier Corps-
Indian Officers. Other Ranks, Non-Com-
batants. Ministerial and Inferior ap
pointments.
5. Inspector General of Police and Subordinate
oraces—
Assistant Sub-Inspectors, and Foot Con
stables.
6. K ju ble the Judicial Commissioner and,
Subordinate Courts— *
Ministerial and Inferior appointments.
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i. Commandant, Frontier Constabulary, N.-
W. F. P.—
Indian Officers, Indian Other Ranks, Non-
Combatants, Ministerial and Inferior
appointments.
8. Kexenue and Divisional Commissioner, N.-
W . F. P., and Subordinate offices—
1 atwaris, \\ asil Baki Nawis, Kanungos,
Naib Tahsildars, Tahsildars, Excise
Officers, Custom Officers, Ministerial
and Inferior appointments.
9. Inspector General of Civil Hospitals and
Jails and Subordinate offices—
Medical, Ministerial and Inferior appoint
ments.
10. Director of Public Instruction and Sub
ordinate offices—
Inspector of Vernacular Education, N.-W
F. P. District Inspector of Schools|
subordinate Educational Service,
Ministerial and Inferior appointments.
11. Miscellaneous—
Provincial Civil Service and Provincial
Judicial Service.
12. Agricultural Department-
Agricultural officers. Ministerial and In
terior appointments.
13. Industrial Department—
Weaving Expert, Ministerial and Inferior
appointments.
14. Co-operative Departments-
Assistant Registrars, Inspectors, Sub-
Inspectors, Sub-Inspectors Consolida
tion of Holdings, Ministerial and In
terior appointments.
15. \ eterinary Department
Veterinary officers. Ministerial and In-
tenor appointments.
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te sws mini9teri81 and iaten0r ^
17. Museum—
Curator.
18. Appointments under the Control of Politi-
A g euts . North and South Waziristan—
Political and Treasury officers, Patwans
Ivunungos Teachers Traffic Inspectors!
Bazar Jemadars, Indian Officers in
vhassadar force, Indian Other Ranks
■ a Kliassadars, Ministerial and In
ferior appointments.
' ments-— W01 ' fa ^ Irri « ation Depart-.
Enpneeringofficers, technical, Ministerial
and Inferior appointments.
H. A. F. METCALFE,
Secy, to the Govt, of India.
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The file contains Government of India circular letters, memoranda and notices issued mainly by the Foreign and Political Department. These were sent to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire who forwarded them to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain and others. The circulars contain instructions, information and guidance on a wide range of topics. Most circulars are about the staffing and financing of departments and offices of the Government of India. Topics addressed include the following:
- The grant of an exemption to British consular and political officers stationed in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , from payment of rent for their accommodation, 1929;
- Revised regulations regarding the wearing of foreign orders, decorations and medals by both Government of India officers and British subjects, 1930;
- An instruction to review local expenditure and actively reduce costs as part of a drive for retrenchment of expenditure by all departments and offices of the Government of India, 1930;
- Notice of a new declaration to be made to Persian Customs by foreign travellers and pilgrims entering Persia, about the amount of foreign money in their possession, under a new Persian Foreign Exchange Law, 1931.
There are also several circulars in the file that communicate official British foreign policy in other parts of the world during periods of disturbance, so that British officials elsewhere would be able to counteract any inaccurate reports in circulation. Included are circulars about British occupied Palestine in 1928-1929, as follows:
- Printed circular memoranda from the Colonial Office, London, 1928, entitled ‘The Western or Wailing Wall in Jerusalem’, ‘Disturbances in Palestine’ and ‘Arming of Jews’;
- Circular telegram from the British High Commissioner, Jerusalem, 1929, about the reaction of the Arab population in Jerusalem to his instructions temporarily regulating religious observance at the wailing or western wall , pending a British Government enquiry into the existing rights of Muslims and Jews.
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- 1 file (185 folios)
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File papers are arranged chronologically. They are followed by file notes (folios 184-188), which include a chronological list of documents in the file dated 1938 onwards (folios 109-182), together with their unique document reference numbers to help identify them. The list also records the folio number and a simple reference number from 37 to 65 that has been written on many documents, usually the circulation slips, in red or blue crayon and encircled, to help locate them in the file.
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Foliation is written in pencil in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the second folio, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 189. Some of the parts of the file have been paginated, which means that there are a number of folio numbers missing from the sequence. Foliation omissions: f 7, f 11, f 13, f 15, ff 76-77, ff 166-169. Foliation errors: f 3 is followed by f 3A, f 123 is followed by ff 123A-C. Folio 94 is folded.
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- 'File 15/18 FOREIGN AND POLITICAL DEPARTMENT CIRCULARS RECEIVED FROM THE GOVT OF INDIA.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:3v, 3ar:3av, 4r:6v, 8r:10v, 12r:12v, 14r:14v, 16r:75v, 78r:118v, 120v:123v, 123ar:123cv, 124r:132v, 133v:165v, 170r:188v, back-i, back
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