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PUNJAB RECORD ,
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Reference Book for Civil Officers .
VOLUME XII,
1877.
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FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORDERS , 8
1877.
Circular
Subject. Date. Page.
No.
A.
Abkari.- See Excise.
Accounts.- See Returns. - Land Revenue. - Cesses.
Acquisition of land. -Revised rule relating to the pro
vision and disbursement of funds required
for payment for land taken up for public
purposes, IV- 8 8th March 6-7
-Applications for-to be accompanied
by draft Notifications required by the rules,
in duplicate, XI- 18 24th April 19
-Reductions of revenue on l XV- 25 19th June 27-29
and {
taken up for public purposes, XXIX-49 26th Novr . 64-65
Advances.-General instructions regarding Govern
ment- of all kinds, ... XXIII-38 8th Octr. 39-41
Advices to accompany despatches of postage stamps ;
and receiving officers to count such stamps
126
before passing them into the Treasury, 23 14th June 2(

Agents, Revenue. - Persons holding certificates of hav
ing passed the first law examination of the
Punjab University College may be admitted
as-without further examination , ... X-17 17th April 11
Agricultural advances. - Attention drawn to Section 89
of the Registration Act re transmission of
copies of certifieates granted for advances
1127
under the Land Improvement Act, ... XVI-26 29th June

Alluvion and Diluvion.-Right of occupancy tenants
to lands submerged by fluvial action and
subsequently restored, ... XXI- 35 3rd Octr. 3'
Annual Report.- List of returns to be furnished with—
of 1876-77, ... 11 14th March 12-1;
-Subjects to be treated of in the Excise
Report for 1876, ... 16 16th April 1:
Arms and Ammunition . -Addition to quarterly trade
returns of two headings showing trade in XIIIS-20S 24th May 2
Attorney, Powers of.-Principle to be followed in stamp
ing joint 24 19th June 21
I INDEX TO FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORDERS.
Circular
Subject. No. Date. Page.
B.
Banks. -Government money not to be deposited in

private- XIX- 32 27th Augt. 34
Bhang. -Conditions under which- may be transported
from Districts or Native States in the Punjab
3383
into Districts in the North West Provinces, XVIII- 31 15th Augt.
Boulders. In the administration paper of all villages
a clause to be inserted, reserving to Govern
ment the right to take, without compensation,
boulders lying in the beds of rivers and
streams, VIII- 14 20th March 15
Budget.-Timely provision to be made for the purchase
of new tents, 4 2nd Feby. 3
Revised rule relating to the provision and
disbursment of funds required for payment
for land taken up for public purposes, IV- 8 8th March 6-7
C.
Camping grounds. - See Encamping grounds.

Canals. -- See Irrigation.
Carriage of troops. -Compensation for damage done
by troops to crops, IX- 15 13th April 17
Cattle.- Rules prescribing the manner in which appli
cations are to be made for Bulls and Rams
from the Hissar Cattle farm, 12 20th March 14-15
Cesses. - Road, Education and Dak-to be shown in
quarterly local rate cess returns, 7 5th March 6
Charas. Alteration in the rules relating to the grant XXXIII 69
7th Decr.
of passes to merchants importing—into the 53
Punjab from Yarkand, ...
Collections. Crediting of payments of land revenue
made in districts other than those in which
due, I- 3 23rd Jany. 2
Court fees.- Revised form of daily register of Court XXXIV-- 18th Decr. 69-70
fees realised in Settlement Courts, ... 55
34 26th Septr. 35-36
Crops.-Estimated out-turn of kharif in each Division, 42 17th Octr. 57
54 7th Decr. 69
Customs. - Attention drawn to the Inland Customs Act,
1875, and the rules issued in conformity
therewith, III- 6 5th March 5
-Powers conferred upon Revenue officers un
der the Inland Customs Act, ... XXIV- 39 10th Octr. 41-43
INDEX TO FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORDERS. III
04 Circular
No.
D.
Damage to crops. - Compensation for-by troops on the

march, IX- 15 13th April. 17
Deaths.-Instructions relative to reporting- of XXVIII- 22nd Novr. 62-64
Civil pensioners, 1 48
Deposits, Security. - Furnished by Government servants,
not to be deposited in private Banks, XIX- 32 27th Augt. 34
E.
Encamping grounds. -Attention directed to the state of, XXX- 50 27th Novr. 65
Examinations. - Persons holding certificates of having
15 passed the first law examination of the
Punjab University College may be admitted
as Revenue Agents without further examina
tion, X-17 17th April 18
Excise.-Revised rates of duty on spirit, manufactured
by the native method in Punjab distilleries,
sanctioned, ... II -5 21st Feby. 3
-Subjects to be treated of in the Excise Re
port for 1876, 16 16th April 18
-Excise establishments to be restricted to
Excise duties, ... XIV- 21 25th May 22-23
-Conditions under which Bhang may be trans
17 ported from districts or Native States in the
Punjab into districts in the North West
Provinces, XVIII- 31 15th Augt. 33
15 -Enquiry as to the arrangements made by
persons who have bought leases, to supply
themselves with liquor or drugs ; and as to
the disposal of stock remaining in hand after
the expiry of contracts, ... Memo 5924 22nd Octr. 59
-Alteration in the rules relating to the grant
of passes to merchants importing charas XXXIII- 7th Decr. 69
into the Punjab from Yarkand, ... 53
F.
Fees, Settlement. - Advances to Settlement officers to be
ད་ charged against the Settlement grant, parcha
fees in such cases being credited in full to Gov
ernment, XIIS -19 21st May 21-22
Foreign trade. See Trade.
G.
Government money not to be deposited in private
Banks, XIX-32 27th Augt . 34
IV INDEX TO FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORDERS.
Circular
No.
H.
34 26th Septr. 35-36

Harvests.-Estimated out-turn of Kharif in each Di
42 17th Octr. 57
vision, ...
54 7th Decr. 69
Hissar Cattle Farm.- Rules prescribed regarding the
manner in which applications are to be made
for bulls and rams from the ... 12 20th March 14-15
I.
Indents, Stationery.-Consolidated instructions for pre

paration of 41 13th Octr. 43-56
Irrigation.- Statement showing the amount of land
revenue due to canals to be submitted half
yearly in future instead of yearly, ... 2S 22nd Jany. 1-2
K.
34 26th Septr. 35-36

Kharif.-Estimated out-turn of-in each Division, 42 17th Octr. 57
54 7th Decr. 69
L.
Land.-Revised rule relating to provision and disburse

ment of funds required for payment for land
acquired for public purposes, ... IV- 8 8th March 6-7
-Revised rules for the sale of waste lands, ... VI- 10 12th March 8-12
-Definition of the term " nazul land,” ... VII- 13 20th March 15
-Applications for acquisition of laud to be ac
companied by draft notifications required.
by the rules, in duplicate, ... XI- 18 24th April 19
-Reduction of revenue on land taken up for
public purposes, XV- 25 19th June 27-29
Attention drawn to Sec. 89 of the Registration
Act re transmission of copies of certificates
granted for advances under the Land Im
provement Act, ... XVI- 26 29th June 29
Land Improvement Act. -General instructions regarding
Government advances of all kinds, XXIII- 38 8th Octr. 39-41
Land revenue. - Statement showing the amount of land
revenue due to canals to be submitted half
yearly in future instead of yearly, ... 2S 22nd Jany. 1-2
-Crediting of payments of- made in dis
tricts other than those in which due, ... I-3 23rd Jany. 2
INDEX TO FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORDERS.
Circular
No.
Land revenue. - Reduction of revenue on lands taken f XV- 25 19th June 27-29
up for public purposes, ... { XXIX- 49 26th Novr. 64-65
-Conditions on which the revenue on land
planted with the Chinese mulberry will be
remitted, XXII- 37 6th Octr. 38-39
-Minute by Sir Richard Tempie, regard
ing the question of postponment versus re
mission of land revenue, ... 45 8th Octr. 61
See Cesses.
Licenses. -Enquiry as to the arrangements made by
persons who have bought leases to supply
themselves with liquor or drugs ; and as to
the disposal of stock remaining in hand after
the expiry of contracts, ... Memo 5924 22nd Octr. 59
M.
Medical certificates.-As a rule, in the case of Govern
ment servants drawing Rs. 100 per mensem
and upwards, retiring on invalid pensions, the XXVII -47 15th Novr. 62
applicant must appear before a Medical
Committee.
Mines and Quarries. - See Boulders.
Mulberry trees. -Conditions on which the revenue on
land planted with the Chinese mulberry will
be remitted, ... XXII- 37 6th Octr. 38-39
Municipal Trade Returns. - Orders relating to the pre
paration of-for 1876-77, ... 30 S 27th July 32
N.
Naib Tahsildars. -Rules regarding the employment
at Tahsils, before appointment, of candidates
for the post of— ... XX-33 1st Septr. 35
Nazul land.- Definition of the term, ... VII- 13 20th March 15
O.
Occupancy tenants. -Right of-to lands submerged by

fluvial action and subsequently restored, ... XXI-35 3rd Octr. 37
P.
Padlocks, Treasury.-References on the subject of-to

be made to Financial Commissioner and not
to Accountant-General, Memo 5923 22nd Octr. 59
Patwaris.- Rule regarding the succession of minors
to the office of patwari , .... V-9 9th March 7
VI INDEX TO FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORDERS.
Circular Date.
Subject. Page.
No.
-
Patwaris.-Attention drawn to rules regarding the 2

crediting of the income from which budget
provision is made for- schools, 28 19th July 31
-Imposition of fees on certificates of pro XXXII
ficiency granted to patwaris who have pass 6th Decr. 68
52 }
ed, prohibited, ...
Pauper suits. -Instructions for the guidance of Deputy
Commissioners in relation to the interests
of Government in ... XXXI-51 3rd Deer. 67-68
Pensions. —As a rule, in the case of Government ser
vants drawing Rs. 100 per month and up
wards, retiring on invalid pensions, the ap
plicant must appear before a Medical Com
mittee, XXVII -47 15th Novr. 62
-Instructions relative to reporting deaths XXVIII- 22nd Novr. 62-64
of civil pensioners , Į 48
Postage stamp labels.-Revised rules for the custody,
distribution and sale of— XVII - 29 23rd July. 31
Powers. -Applications for Civil and Criminal - for Tah
sildars to be sent direct by Commissioners
to the Chief Court, 27 19th July 31
-Powers conferred upon Revenue officers under
the Inland Customs Act, ... XXIV-39 10th Octr. 41-43
Powers of attorney.- Principle to be observed in stamp
ing joint 24 19th June 27
Price currents. - Where there is no military bazar the
district officer is not required to prepare
Form C. for the Commissariat Department, 40 11th Octr. 43
-Certain districts to show in their fort
nightly price currents the wholesale prices
of the articles shown in the existing price
current, exceptirg salt and firewood, ... Memo 5875 19th Octr. 57-58
R.
Registration Act.-Attention drawn to Section 89 re

transmission of copies of certificates granted
for advances under the Land Improvement
Act, XVI- 26 29th June. 29
Remissions of land revenue. — Minute by Sir Richard
Temple regarding the question of postpone
ment, versus ... 45 8th Octr. 61
Reports. - Subjects to be treated of in the Excise -for
1876, 16 16th April 18
All changes of Tahsildars and Naib Tahsil
dars to be reported to Financial Commis
sioner, 46 10th Novr. 61-62
C
INDEX TO FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORDERS . VII
Circular
No.
Reports. Instructions relative to reporting deaths of XXVIII - 22nd Novr. 62-64

civil pensioners, ... 48
Revenue.-See Land Revenue.
Revenue Agents. - Persous holding certificates of having
passed the first law examination of the Pun
jab University College may be admitted as
without further examination , X-17 17th April. 18
Returns.-Attention directed to the subject of the
registers kept up in tahsils, 1 18th Jany. 1.
--Statement showing the amount of land
revenue due to canals, to be submitted half
yearly in future instand of yearly, ... 2 S 22nd Jany. 1-2
-Road, Education, and Dak cesses to be shown
in quarterly local rate cess returns, 7 5th March 6
-List of returns to be forwarded with Annual
28888
Report for 1876-77, 11 14th March 12-13
-Addition to quarterly trade returns of two XIII S
headings showing trade in arms and ammuni 24th May 22
20 S
tion,
-Monthly returns of foreign trade prescrib 22 S 4th June 25-26
ed, 36 3rd Octr. 37-38
--Orders relating to the preparation of re
turns of Municipal trade for the year 1876-77 , 30 S 27th July 32
--Certain districts to state in their fortnightly
price currents , the wholesale prices of the
articles shown in the existing price current,
excepting salt and firewood, ... Memo 5875 19th Octr. 57-58
--Revised form of daily register of court ƒ XXXIV- 18th Decr. 69-73
fees realised in Settlement Courts, ... 55
S.
Sale of waste lands. - Revised rules for the VI-10 12th March 8-12
Salt. See Customs.
Schools, Patwaris. -Attention drawn to the rules as to
proper mode of crediting the income from
which budget provision is made for, ... 28 19th July 31
Settlements. In the administration papers of all vil
lages a clause should be inserted, reserving
to Government the right to take, without
compensation, boulders lying in the beds of
rivers and streams, VIII- 14 20th March 15
--Advances to Settlement Officers to be charg
ed against the Settlement grants, parcha fees
in such cases being credited in full to Govern
ment, XII S-19 21st May 21-22
VIII INDEX TO FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORDERS.
Circular
No.
Settlements. - Right of occupancy tenants to lands sub

merged by fluvial action and subsequently
restored, ... XXI-35 3rd Octr. 37
Silk culture. -Conditions on which the revenue on
land planted with the Chinese mulberry will
be remitted , ... XXII- 37 6th Octr. 38-39
Spirits. - Revised rates of duty on-manufactured by
the native method in the Punjab distilleries,
sanctioned , II-5 21st Feby.
Stamps. -Advices to accompany despatches of postage
stamps ; and receiving officers to count such
stamps before passing them into the trea
sury, ... 23 14th June 26
-Principle to be observed in stamping joint
powers of attorney, 24 19th June 27
-Revised rules for the custody, distribution
and sale of postage stamp labels, ... XVII - 29 23rd July 31
-Cases of forgery or fraudulent use of stamps
to be reported to the Superintendent of
Stamps, ... Memo 5605 6th Octr. 39
Duties chargable under Act XVIII of 1869
on all instruments executed by the holder of
any salaried office under Government or by
his surety, for the due performance of the
duties of such office, remitted, ... XXV-43 22nd Octr. 58
-Every licensed vendor shall without delay deli
ver any stamp which he has in his possession for
sale, on demand by any person tendering the
value in any currency which would be accept
ed on behalf of Government : licensed vendor
shall not demand or accept for any stamp
any consideration exceeding the value of such
stamp, ... XXVI-44 22nd Octr. 59
Statements. -See Returns.
Stationery Indents. -Consolidated instructions for pre
paration of, ... 41 13th Octr. 43-56
T.
Tahsildars.-Attention directed to the subject of the
registers kept up in tahsils, 1 18th Jany 1
---Applications for Civil and Criminal powers
for-to be sent by Commissioners direct to
Chief Court, ... 27 19th July 31
--Every change of Tahsildars and Naib
Tahsildars to be reported to Financial Com
missioner, ... 46 10th Novr. 61-62
INDEX TO FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORDERS. IX
Circular
No.
Takavi. - General instructions regarding Government

advances of all kinds, ... XXIII-38 8th Octr. 39-41
Tents. Timely budget provision to be made for pur
chase of new 4 2nd Feby. 3
Trade.-Addition to quarterly returns of two head- § | XIII S— 24th May 22
ings showing trade in arms and ammunition, 20 S
22 S 4th June 25-26
-Monthly returns of foreign trade prescribed , 36 3rd Octr. 37-38
Orders relating to the preparation of returns
of Municipal - for 1876-77, ... 30 S 27th July 32
Treasury padlocks. -References on the subject of-to be
made to Financial Commissioner and not to
Accountant General, Memo 5923 22nd Octr. 59
W.
Waste lands.- Revised rules for the sale of, ... VI- 10 12th March 8-12
INDEX
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SETTLEMENT DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS ,
1877.
A.
Abdul Ghani. - Confirmed in his appointment in the Settlement Department, vice
Chiranjit Lal, promoted, 13 ; above Notification cancelled, and confirmed in his
appointment in the Settlement Department, vice Chiranjit Lal promoted, 15.
Amritsar Khas. - Notification of Settlement, and Extra Assistant Commissioner Agha
Kalbabid to be the officer in charge, 1 .
B.
Bannu Settlement.- Lieutenant J. A. L. Montgomery, to officiate as Settlement Officer
during Mr. Thorburn's absence on leave, 4 ; Lieutenant Montgomery invested with
powers, 5 ; Mr. S. S. Thorburn, Ganga Ram, Mumtaz Hossain, Shekh Abdulla,
Ghulam Farid, and Harbans Lal invested with powers, 12 ; Mr. H. E. Perkins,
Additional Commissioner, Derajat, to exercise the powers of a Commissioner
on the Revenue side, 16 ; Nanak Chand, Deputy Superintendent, invested with
powers, 16 ; Hari Ram, Deputy Superintendent, invested with powers, 16 ;
Ghulam Farid, Superintendent, to hold charge of the office of Superintendent
of the Bannu parganua, during the absence on leave of Mumtaz Husein, 18 ;
Ghulam Farid's powers extended to the Banuu parganna during such time as
he may conduct the Superintendent's duties, 18 ; Sobha Ram invested with
powers, 24.
C.
Channing, Mr. F. C, to be Settlement officer, 3rd grade, 21 .
Chiranjit Lal, to be Extra Assistant Commissioner 3rd Class, 1st Grade, vice Allahdad
Khan, Kakar, promoted, 13 ; above promotion to have effect from 1st April
1876, vice Said-ud-din Khan, retired, 15 .
D.
Delhi Settlement. - Mauza Bibipur, Tahsil Delhi, added to the list of villages under regular
settlement, 2 ; Adjudhia Parshad to be Superintendent in the Bullabgarh tahsil,
9 ; Adjudhia Parshad to rauk as Extra Assistant Commissioner, 3rd Class 2nd
Grade, 9 ; Adjudhia Parshad invested with powers, 10 ; Bande Ali, Superinten
dent, invested with powers, 14 ; villages of Alamgirpur and Gadlic Mendo ex
cluded from the list of villages under Settlement, and the village of Bakkarwala
added thereto, 15 ; Adjudhia Parshad, Extra Assistant Settlement Officer, invested
with powers, 21 ; Adjudhia Parshad, invested with criminal powers, 22 ;
Bansidhar, Superintendent, granted 92 days' leave on Medical Certificate, and
Chandan Lal Deputy Superintendent, to officiate, 24 ; Chandan Lall invested
with powers, 24.
Dera Ismail Khan Settlement. -Mr. E. B. Steedman to officiate as Assistant Settlement
Officer, 2 ; Mr. Steedman to officiate as Settlement Officer during Mr. Tucker's,
absence on leave, 6 ; Mr. Steedman invested with powers, 6 ; Mr. H. C. Fanshawe
II INDEX TO SETTLEMENT DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS.
to officiate as Assistant Settlement Officer during Mr. Steedman's absence, 9 ;

Mr. H. St. G. Tucker, Mr. Steedman, Chiranjit Lal, Aulad Hossain , Khushal
Singh, Abdul Rahman, Hakim-ud -din and Karm Chand invested with powers,
12 ; Aziz-ud-din, Officiating Superintendent, invested with powers, 13 ; Mr. H.
E. Perkins, Additional Commissioner, Derajat, to exercise the powers of a
Commissioner on the Revenue side, 16 ; Mr. Steedman, rejoined from leave on
the 11th November 1876, 16 ; Aziz-ud-din, Officiating Superintendent, invested
with powers, 17-18 ; Aziz-ud-din to officiate as Superintendent, during the
absence of Mirza Abdul Rahman on privilege leave, 18 ; Isar Das, Deputy
Superintendent, appointed to officiate as Superintendent vice Aulad Husein
proceeding on privilege leave, 20 ; Aulad Husein to officiate as Extra Assistant
Settlement Officer, during the absence on leave of Chiranjit Lal, 23 ; Isar Das,
Officiating Superintendent, invested with powers, 23.
F.
Financial Commissioner. -Invested with powers of a Court of final appeal in Kohat

District, 3 ; invested with powers of a Court of final appeal in the jagir of
Rai Dalip Singh in the Kullu sub-division of the Kangra District, 4 ; special
jurisdiction within the areas of Razzar and Utman-nama, two tappas of the
old Yusafzai tahsil of the Peshawur District, withdrawn, 4—5.
Fryer, Mr. F. W. R., transferred from the Settlement Department to the General
line, 19.
G.
Gurdaspur Settlement. -Certain villages placed under settlement, Deputy Commissioner
and Kaim Ali, Extra Assistant Commissioner to be in charge, 16–17.
Gurgaon Settlement. -Altaf Hosein to be Superintendent and to rank as Extra Assistant
Commissioner 3rd Class 2nd Grade, 9 ; Sri Ram, Officiating Superintendent,
invested with powers, 10 ; Mannu Lall, Superintendent of Palwal invested with
powers ; Altaf Hosein invested with further powers, 18 ; Sri Ram to officiate as
Superintendent during the absence on leave of Naubahar-ud-din, 19 ; Altaf
Hosein invested with criminal powers, 22 ; Sri Ram, Officiating Superintendent,
invested with powers, 23.
H.
Hastings, Captain E. G. G., to be Settlement Officer, 1st grade, during Captain Wace's
absence on furlough, 12 ; reverted to his substantive grade on 28th October
1876, the date on which Captain Wace returned to duty, 17 ; to be Settlement
Officer 1st grade, 21 .
Hukm Chand, to be Extra Assistant Commissioner, 1st class 3rd grade, 13.
I.
Ibbetson, Mr. D. C. J., promoted to Settlement Officer 3rd grade, 21 .
J.
Jagir of Rai Dalip Singh, Kullu sub-division of the Kangra district. -Notification of Set
tlement, and Assistant Commissioner of Kullu to be the officer in charge, 3 ;
Assistant Commissioner of Kullu invested with powers, 4 ; District Officers
directed to exercise their powers on the Revenue side, 4 ; Financial Commissioner
invested with powers of a Court of final appeal, 4 ; Nathu Ram appointed Super
intendent, vice Bhagwan Singh transferred, and invested with powers, 11 .
INDEX TO SETTLEMENT DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. III
Jhang Settlement. - Assa Nand, Officiating Extra Assistant Settlement Officer, invested
with powers, 5 ; Lieutenant J. A. L. Montgomery to officiate as Settlement Offi
cer during Mr. Fryer's absence on privilege leave, 6 ; Assa Nand, Superintendent,
invested with powers, 6 ; Lt. Montgomery to officiate as Settlement Officer during
Mr. Fryer's absence on duty, 7 ; Munshi Abdul Ghani, Officiating Extra Assis
tant Settlement Officer, from the Jhelum to the Jhang Settlement, vice Gopal
Dass appointed Judicial Assistant, 7 ; Mr. E. B. Steedman, Officiating Settle
ment Officer, invested with powers, 8 ; Munshi Abdul Ghani invested with
powers, 8 ; Ram Singh, Deputy Superintendent, invested with powers, 11 ; Lieute
nant Montgomery was attached to this Settlement as Assistant Settlement offi
cer from 6th to 21st October 1875, 11 ; Mr. F. W. R. Fryer, Abdul Ghani,
Mala Singh, Nazr Muhammad and Alif Din invested with powers, 12 ; Assa
Nand, Superintendent, invested with powers, 13 ; Alif Din, Superintendent , in
vested with powers, 13 ; Nazar Muhammad, Superintendent, obtained 18 days
privilege leave, Rattan Chand, Deputy Superintendent carrying on his duties,
18 ; Mr. Steedman to officiate as Settlement officer, 19 ; Rattan Chand, Deputy
Superintendent, to officiate as Superintendent, 22 ; Mr. Steedman invested with
powers, 23 ; Rattan Chand, Officiating Superintendent, invested with powers, 23.
Jhelum Settlement. -Munshi Abdul Ghani, Officiating Extra Assistant Settlement Officer,
from the Jhelum to the Jhang Settlement, vice Gopal Das appointed Judicial
Assistant, 7 ; Dherm Mal appointed Superintendent and invested with powers,
9 ; Dherm Mal invested with further powers, 9 ; Lieutenant J. A. L. Mont
gomery, Assistant Settlement Officer, invested with powers, 9 ; Lieutenant Mont
gomery to officiate as Settlement Officer, 11 ; Lieutenant Montgomery attached
as Assistant Settlement Officer, from 18th to 21st March 1876 , 16 ; Captain E.
G. Wace assumed charge on 28th October 1876 , 16 ; Mr. R. M. Dane to officiate .
as Assistant Settlement Officer, 20 ; Mr. W. E. Purser, appointed Settlement
Officer, vice Captain Wace, 20 ; Captain Wace, Officiating Deputy Commissioner,
Jhelum, held charge of the Settlement, in addition to his other duties, from
16th April to 15th May 1877, 20 ; Mr. Dane invested with powers, 22 ; Mr.
Dane invested with criminal powers, 23 ; Captain Wace, Deputy Commissioner
of Jhelum, placed on special duty for a period of 3 months for the purpose of re
porting on the assessment of the Jhelum District, 18.
K.
Karnal Settlement. -Pandit Kidar Nath, Superintendent, invested with powers, 4 ; Gobind
Sahai to be Superintendent of Panipat and to rank as an Extra Assistant Com
missioner 3rd class 2nd grade, 9 ; Gobind Sahai invested with powers, 10-11 ;
Khadim Hussein, Superintendent of Panipat, invested with powers, 14 ; Gobind
Sahai, Extra Assistant Settlement Officer, invested with powers, 20-21 ; Go
bind Sahai invested with criminal powers, 22.
Kazi Ghulam Murtaza, confirmed in his appointment in the Settlement Department,
vice Pohlu Mal, promoted, 12 ; above notification annulled, and confirmed in his
appointment in the Settlement Department vice Mian Harri Singh, promoted, 15 .
Kohat Settlement. - Captain E. G. Hastings, Settlement Officer, invested with powers, 2 ;
District Officers directed to exercise their powers on the Revenue side , 2-3 ;
Financial Commissioner invested with powers of a Court of final appeal, 3 ;
Hakim Rai appointed Extra Assistant Settlement Officer, vice Muhammad Hyat
Khan, Popalzai, and invested with powers, 15 ; Captain E. G. Hastings , Hakim
Rai, and Nur-ud-din invested with powers, 15 ; Nehal Chand to officiate as
Superintendent during the absence of Nur-ud-din on two months' privilege
leave, 25.
IV INDEX TO SETTLEMENT DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS.
M.
Mirza Azim Beg, to be Extra Assistant Commissioner 1st class, 1st grade, 14.
Montgomery, Lieutenant J. A. L. , to be Settlement Officer 3rd grade during Captain
Wace's absence on furlough, 12 ; reverted to his substantive grade on 28th
October 1876 , the date on which Captain Wace returned to duty, 17 ; pro
moted to Settlement Officer 3rd grade vice Mr. Fryer transferred to the general
line, 19 ; above promotion cancelled , 21 .
Mooltan Settlement. -Muushi Anant Ram to officiate as Superintendent, and invested
with powers, 8 Mr. C. A. Roe, Hukam Chand, Fazl Hossain, Anant Ram,
Lachman Das, Pallad Das, and Janki Nath invested with powers, 12 ; Mr.
H. C. Fanshawe, to officiate as Settlement Officer, 19 ; Narain Das, Superin
tendent, invested with powers, 19 ; Mr. Fanshawe, Officiating Assistant Settle
ment Officer, invested with powers, 20 ; Darbara Singh, Superintendent, in
vested with powers, 21-22 ; Mr. T. G. Walker appointed to officiate as As
sistant Settlement Officer, 23 ; Mr. Walker invested with civil and criminal
powers, 24.
Muzaffargarh Settlement. - Munshi Ghulam Murtaza, Officiating Extra Assistant Settle
ment Officer, invested with powers, 7 ; Ghulam Murtaza invested with
criminal powers, 7 ; Pundit Narain Das to officiate as Superintendent, and
invested with powers, 8 ; Mr. E. O'Brien, Ghulam Murtaza, Shekh Suba,
Bhagwan Das, and Pandit Narain Das invested with powers, 12.
O.
O'Brien, Mr. E. , to officiate as Settlement Officer 2nd grade during Mr. Fryer's ab
sence on duty, 7 ; to be Settlement Officer 2nd grade during Captain Wace's
absence on furlough, 12 ; reverted to his substantive grade on 28th October
1876, the date on which Captain Wace returned to duty, 17 ; promoted to be
Settlement Officer 2nd grade, vice Mr. Fryer transferred to the general line, 19,
P.
Peshawur Settlement. - Muhammad Hyat Khan, Popalzai, Extra Assistant Settlement
Officer, obtained privilege leave, 1 ; Hakim Rai, Superintendent, to officiate for
Muhammad Hyat Khan, 1 ; services of Lieutenant J. A. L. Montgomery, Assis
tant Settlement Officer, Peshawur, placed temporarily at disposal of Settlement
Commissioner, 1 ; Settlement operatious complete within the areas of Razzar and
Utman-nama, two tappas of the old Yusafzai tahsil, special jurisdiction con
ferred upon District and Settlement Officers, and the Financial Commissioner
withdrawn, 4-5 ; Asa Nand , Superintendent, to officiate as Extra Assistant
Settlement Officer during Gopal Das ' absence on privilege leave, 5 ; Hakim
Rai, Superintendent, invested with powers, 5 ; all original suits, applications
for review of judgment and appeals to be transferred to the District Courts
from 10th April 1876, 10.
Purser, Mr. W. E., to be Settlement Officer 2nd Grade, 21 .
R.
Rohtak Settlement. - Mr. C. L. Tupper to officiate as Settlement Officer during Mr.
Purser's absence on furlough, 2 ; Mr. Tupper invested with powers, 2 ; Mr. H.
C. Fanshawe to officiate as Settlement officer, vice Mr. Tupper officiating as
Under Secretary to Government, 6 ; Mr. Fanshawe invested with powers, 6 ;
Pundit Maharaj Kishen, Extra Assistant Settlement Officer, invested with powers,
7 ; Pandit Maharaj Kishen invested with Criminal powers, 7 ; Pandit Maharaj
Kishen's appointment to have effect from 12th October 1875, 8 ; Kishen Par
INDEX TO SETTLEMENT DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS.
shad, Officiating Superintendent, obtained 15 days leave without pay, Fattah-ulla,

Deputy Superintendent, carrying on his duties, 18 ; Fattah-ulla, Deputy Super
intendent, to officiate as Superintendent, vice Alimulla proceeding on privilege
leave, 20 ; Mr. Fanshawe appointed to the charge of the Settlement, 20 ; Mr.
Fanshawe invested with Criminal powers, 22.
S.
Settlement Commissioner. -Lieutenant Colonel A. A. Munro to officiate as-pending Mr.

Lyall's return from furlough, in addition to his other duties, 1 ; services of
Lieutenant J. A. L. Montgomery, Assistant Settlement Officer, Peshawar, placed
temporarily at disposal of-1 ; Mr. Lyall received charge on 12th January 1875;
2, Captain E. G. Wace to officiate as- during the absence on leave of Mr.
Lyall, 24.
Settlement Secretary to the Financial Commissioner. — Mr. F. W. R. Fryer to officiate as
during Mr. Young's absence on privilege leave, 6 .
Steedman, Mr. E. B., confirmed in appointment of Assistant Settlement Officer, vice
Lieutenant Montgomery promoted, aud will continue to officiate as Settlement
Officer 3rd Grade, during the absence of Lieutenant Montgomery on leave, 19 ;
confirmed in appointment of Assistant Settlement Officer, 21 .
INDEX
ΤΟ
POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS ,
1877.
Circular Date.
Subject. Page.
No.
A.
6-11
Accounts . —Registers of contingent expenditure pre- Circular 6 8th March
Letter 1069 17th April 18
scribed, ... 51
Circular 23 19th July
-Income returns to be carefully scrutinized, Memo 792 26th March 15-16
-Rules regulating the conditions on which
public service transfer receipts may, and
may not, be drawn, Memo 1254 30th April 21-22
-Rules governing applications for house rent, Memo 1386 11th May 44-45
-Rules to improve the check over the receipt
and payment of fines, Cir. 26 13th August 59-60
--In returns of savings, excess drawings to be
shown, and the net result brought out in the
total of col. 4, ... Memo 3603 10th Novr. 90
Ages.-Eighteen prescribed as the minimum age for
Uncovenanted Europeans who may be appoin
ted as gazetted Police Officers, ... Cir. 10 5th April 25
Agreements. See Contracts.
Allowances-Acting-should be included in batta cal
culations, ... Memo 983 10th April 17
-Officers summoned from their head-quar
ters to conduct examinations entitled to a
deputation allowance of Rs. 10 for every night
spent from their respective stations, Cir. 18 21st May 40-42
-Inspector General empowered to deal
with the deputation of gazetted and other
Police Officers , Memo 2466 13th August 55-56
-General rules on the subject of halting Cir. 33 22nd Septr. 73
Appointments.- No Police Officer to be appointed, either
to an officiating or permanent appointment
in another Department without sanction of
the Inspector General, ... Cir. 4 26th Feby. 4
-Men of certain castes not to be en
rolled as policemen, ... Memo 1966 5th July 49
II INDEX TO POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS.
Circular
No.
Appointments-(continued. ) - Sikh Kallals may be en

tained, Letter 2443 13th August 55
-An officer who is reduced from one
rank or grade to another, takes his posi
tion in the rank or grade to which he has
been reduced , as if he had been appointed to
it on the day of his reduction, Cir. 24 10th August 58-59
-No person to be enrolled as a mounted
constable unless he is of good family, a good
rider, and able to read Urdu manuscripts,
and write from dictation with accuracy , ... Cir. 28 21st August 66
Age of recruits to be accurately record
ed on enrolment, Memo 2722 3rd Septr. 69
--Before the enrolment or re-enrolment
of any Police Officer, a medical certificate in
prescribed form to be obtained, Cir. 34 25th Septr. 74
-Men who take their discharge to be
warned that a police officer who has attained
the age of 25, and who does not present him
self for re-enlistment within the year, will be
considered disqualified on the ground of age, Memo 3700 20th Novr. 91
Arms and Accoutrements. - Police to clean their own- ;
siklighars only to be employed to repair
swords and scabbards, ... Letter 1428 21st May 45
-On jail guards, when the Memo 1705 12th June 47
carbine and bayonet are carried , swords are Letter 2089 14th July 50
not to be worn ,
-Rules regarding the custody
of Government rifles, ammunition and accou
trements in the hands of the Trans -Indus Police , Cir. 22 26th June 47-48
-It is preferable to make com
plete and not partial issues of accoutrements
worn by the whole force, as worn by an entire
branch of the force, Memo 2153 19th July 50
-Form of security bond to be
furnished by policemen to whom rifles are
issued, ... Letter 2645 27th August 57-58
-Issues of Irish Constabulary
revolvers, Memo 2652 28th August 58
Arrest. Procedure to be adopted in executing warrants
of- in cases where the person to be appre
hended is a railway servant , ... Memo 2293 31st July 52-54
B.
Batta.-Acting allowances should be included in - cal
culations, ... Memo 983 10th April 17
INDEX TO POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS . 111
Circular
No.
Cir. 16 10th May 32-38

Bills.-Consolidated Circular regarding Pay ... { Letter 49
1892 2nd July
Budget. -Orders regarding the maintenance of the
Municipal Police at full strength by filling
all vacancies at once, and the future credit of
Municipal Police savings to the Provincial
Police, ... Memo 2732 4th Septr. 69-70
Buildings.- All- provided for in the P. W. Budget to
be brought on the Executive Engineer's books, Memo 1155 23rd April 19
Attention drawn to the orders regarding
the execution of petty repairs to -by the
Police themselves, ... Memo 2176 23rd July 55
Execution of repairs, and the rules under
which repairs of--may be executed by Civil
Officers, ... Memo 2991 25th Septr. 71-72
C.
Camps.-Rule regarding the relief of officers on duty .

with, Cir. 42 11th Decr. 95
Castes.-Men of certain-not to be enrolled as police
men, ... Memo 1966 5th July 49
-Sikh Kallals may be entertained , Letter 2443 13th August 55
Cattle-trespass.-Name of the place where the seizure is
made to be added to the particulars ordered
in col. 5 of the register, Cir. 31 30thAugust 68
Chanda.- Register of horses aud camels on the- Fund
to be kept up, Cir. 7 20th Marchi 13-14
--Definition of the term " good condition," Letter 796 27th March 16
-Consolidated Circular regarding the- Fund, Cir. 15 8th May 27-31
Clothing -Uniform of Sergeants of the 1st, 2nd and
3rd grades , Cir. 3 16th Feby. 3-4
-Pockets not to be worn outside the summer
blouse, Memo 1547 29th May 46
-In very hot weather, and except on orderly
duty, shoes made after the European pattern
may be substituted for long boots, Cir. 39 8th Novr. 90
-Second-hand cloth coats added to the full
kit, Cir. 40 9th Novr. 90
Price of fatigue kurta to be recovered from
the men, Cir. 41 28th Novr. 91
Confiscated swords to be made over to the Police De
partment, ... Cir. 29 27th August 66-67
Cir. 6 8th March 6-11
Contingencies. - Registers of contingent expenditure Letter 1069 17th April 18
prescribed, ...
Cir. 23 19th July 51
IV INDEX TO POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS.
Circular
No.
Contingencies (continued. ).— Carriage of tents and pay

of marching establishment to be entered only
in District Superintendent's contingent bill Letter 1086 18th April 18-19
Contracts.-Rules regarding the execution of public Cir. 30 28th August 67-68
Conveyance ofprisoners.-- Revised orders regarding- S Cir. 36 15th Octr. 80-84
by rail, ... Memo 4026 22nd Decr. 105
Convictions. -Record of- when proof of them on a sub
sequent similar offence will affect the sentence, Cir. 11 20th April 25
Certain - of persons not being native
Indian subjects, to be published in the Police
Gazette, Cir. 20 29th May 44
-English register of offences to be main
tained , Cir. 35 3rd Octr. 75-76
Correspondence. -Confidential - to be conducted on
small dockets as of old, Memo 307 13th Feby. 3
--Recognition of customary abbrevia
tions of franks enjoined pending a considera
tion of the best way of modifying existing
rules, ... Memo 2556,20th August 56
Country paper.-Charges for-used in lithographic
printing to be separated from the cost of such
printing, Memo 1236 27th April 19-20
-Rules to lessen expenditure on sta
tionery, and to secure uniformity in Police
records , Cir. 9 3rd April 23-24
Court Fees. -See Stamps.
Criminal tribes. -Observations on the rules under the
-Act, ... Cir. 19 28th May 42-43
-More adequate measures to be taken
for preventing the absence without leave of
persons registered under the-Act, ... Cir. 25 11thAugust 59
D.
Deaths.-Correction in the heading of column 8 of the

return of of European uncovenanted officers, Memo 2607 27th Augt. 57
-Special report of-of Civil pensioners to be Cir. 37 17th Octr. 84-85
made to Deputy Commissioner,
Deputation.- Inspector-General empowered to deal with Memo 2466 13th Augt. 55-56
the of Gazetted and other Police officers ,
Deputation Allowances. -See Allowances.
Deposits, Security. -Proper mode of dealing with cash Memo 2835 14th Septr. 70-71
deposited by way of security, Memo 835 29th March 16
Diaries.-Fire engine practice to be noted in weekly
INDEX TO POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. V
Circular
No.
E.
Enhanced punishment. - Record of convictions when
proof of them on a subsequent similar offence
will affect the sentence, Cir. 11 20th April. 25
Enlistments. - Measurement of recruits to be conduct
ed by the District Superintendent or his
Assistaut, ... Cir. 1 24th Jany. 1
Enrolments. -See Appointments.
Escorts. - Modification of the rules relating to- over
treasure, ... Memo 1526 28th May 46
Examinations. - Modification of Form E prescribed by
Book Circular V regarding— ... Cir. 14 3rd May 26-27
--Resolution of the Government of India
regarding the conduct of examinations by
officers of Government, ... Cir. 18 21st May 40-42
-Post mortem -for the Police stations of
Tamman, Talagang and Kalar Kahar to be
performed by Medical Officer Talagang, ... Memo 1698 11th June 47
--The order of Government prescribing
certain educational tests for all persons ap
pointed to an office of which the salary ex
ceeds Rs. 25 , does not apply to the Police, ... Memo 2250 50
30th July
Execution of deeds. -Rules regarding the-to which
Government is a party , ... Cir. 30 28th Augt. 67-68
F.
Fines. -Rules to improve the check over the receipt

and payment of, ... Cir. 26 13th Augt. 59-60
Fire Engines. - Fire engine practice to be noted in week
ly diaries, ... Memo 835 29th March 16
Folding of correspondence. - Confidental correspondence
to be conducted on small dockets as of old, Memo 307 13th Feby. 3
Foreign territory.-Police jurisdiction on those parts
of the G. T. road which pass though Memo 3360 22nd Octr. 86-87
Forms. - Rules to lessen expenditure on stationery,
aud to secure uniformity in police records, ... Cir. 9 3rd April 23-24
Cir. 16 10th May 32-38
-New forms of pay bills, 49
.. { Letter 1892 2nd July
Franks. -Recognition of customary abbreviations of—
enjoined, pending a consideration of the best
way of modifying the existing rules, ... Memo 2556 20th Augt. 56
Furlough.- See Leave.
G.
Grain riots.-Measures to be taken to prevent crime
where there may be a reasonable apprehen
sion of a disturbance of the peace owing to
the rise in prices, ... Memo 3135 5th Octr. 77-79
VI INDEX TO POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS.
Circular
No.
Gratuities. -See Pensions and Gratuities.

Guards. - On jail-, when the carbine and bay J Letter 1705 14th
Memo 2089 12th July
June. 47
are carried, swords are not to be worn, ... 50
H.
Halting Allowance. -General rules on the subject of Cir. 33 22nd Septr. 73

Horses. List of-on the Chanda Fund to be kept up, Cir. 7 20th March 13-14
-Definition of the term " good condition," ... Letter 796 27th March 16
858 3rd April 17
-Conditions under which horses are to be 46
1542 29th May
taken by rail on transfer of police officers,... 49
2070 13th July
-Horses' tails to be cut in October or Novem
ber only, Letter 1247 30th April 21
-Consolidated Circular regarding the Chanda
Fund, ... Cir. 15 8th May 27-31
House rent.- Rules governing applications for— ... Memo 1386 11th May 44-45
I.
Income Returns to be carefully scrutinized, Memo 792 26th March 15-16

Indents. Indents for stores procurable in India to be
despatched on 1st January annually, ... Cir. 12 21st April 26
-It is preferable to make complete and not
partial issues of accoutrements worn by the
whole force, as worn by an entire branch of
the force, ... Memo 2153 19th July 50
-Issue of Irish constabulary revolvers , ... Memo 2652 28th Augt. 58
Revised Circular regarding-for stationery, Cir. 27 20th Augt. 60-65
Inspectors holding charge of office of District Super
intendent or Assistant District Superintend
ent to draw travelling allowance as if they
held such appointment, subject to a special
certificate , ... Cir. 13 1st May 26
-Inspectors and Deputy Inspectors trans
ferred on promotion will obtain travelling
expenses : if transferred at their own request,
must bear the expenses of their journey
themselves, ... Letter 1737 18th June 47
J.
Jurisdiction- Police -on those parts of the grand trunk

road which pass through foreign territory, Memo 3360 22nd Octr. 86-87
K.
Kallals may be entertained in the Police, provided they

are Sikh Kallals, ... Letter 2443 13th Augt. 55
INDEX TO POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. VII
Circular
No.
L.
Leave.-Ordinarily no- to be granted to probationers

until they have passed their examination, ... Circular 2 7th Feby. 3
--Clauses 2 and 3 of Rule IX of the Furlough
Regulations of 1868 amended, ... Memo 615 13th March 12
M.
Cir. 17 15th May 39-40
Medals. -General instructions on the subject of ...
Erratum 7th July 49
Medical Certificate. -Before the enrolment or re-enrol
ment of any Police officer, a-in prescrib
ed form to be obtained, Cir. 34 25th Septr. 74
Mounted Constables. -No person to be enrolled as a
mounted constable unless he is of good family,
a good rider, and able to read Urdu manu
scripts, & write from dictation with accuracy, Cir. 28 21st Augt. 66
In very hot weather, and except on
orderly duty, shoes made after the Euro
pean pattern may be substituted for long
boots, Cir. 39 8th Novr. 90
Municipal Police. - Orders regarding the maintenance
of the at full strength by filling all vacan
cies, and the future credit of Municipal
Police savings to the Provincial Police Budget, Memo 2732 4th Septr. 69-70
-Municipal Police establishments to
be kept up to the full strength ; and present
states discontinued, ... Cir. 32 4th Septr. 72-73
N.
Cir. 5 6th March 5-6
Non-gazetted officers.-Rules for determining the tra Cir. 21 4th June 47
velling allowances of ...
Letter 2100 16th July 50
Consolidated Circular on the
subject of travelling allowances, ... Cir. 43 15th Decr. 95-104
O.
Offences. -English register of- to be maintained , ... Cir. 35 3rd Octr. 75-76
-Measures to be taken to prevent crime where
there may be a reasonable apprehension of
a disturbance of the peace owing to the rise
in prices, ... Memo 3135 5th Octr. 77-79
Ordnance Stores. -Depôts from which are to be ob
tained, 44 Memo 536 6th March 5
VIII INDEX TO POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS.
Circular
No.
P.
Cir. 16 10th May 32-38
Pay Bills.-Consolidated orders regarding— ... 49
{ Letter 1892 2nd July
Pensions and Gratuities. - Service passed as a Jemadar,
Subadar, Subadar- Major, Resaldar, Resaidar,
Woordi-Major, or Resaldar-Major of Military
Police, counts in full for pension , Memo 1059 16th April 18
-Mode of calculating- under
A and B scales, Memo 1241 30th April 20
-2nd and 3rd grade Sergeants
may be retained in the service after they
have been invalided, pending the decision
on their applications for pension or gratuity, Memo 2465 13th Augt. 55
-Particular attention drawn to
the 2nd note to Section 54, Civil Pension Code
requiring certain particulars in the cases of
men invalided on the grouúd of general de
bility before attaining 55, ... Memo 2595 24th Augt. 56
-Lists of all civil pensioners
to be furnished to District Superintendents,
giving their names, residencies and other ad
ditional particulars, Cir. 37 17th Octr. 84-85
-Superannuation pensions and
pensions to men whose salaries do not exceed
Rs. 20 per month to have effect from date
on which their pay ceased , Cir. 38 25th Octr. 87
-Attention drawn to the
alterations in the Civil Pension Code, rul Memo 3536 6th Novr. 89-90
ing that a gratuity is not to be given when Memo 4014 21st Decr. 104
it would be more valuable than a pension,
-Correspondence relative to
the identification, by quinquennial commit
tees, of Police pensioners, and form of Com
mittee report prescribed, ... Memo 3792 29th Novr. 91-94
Petty repairs.-Attention drawn to the orders regard
ing the execution of-to buildings by the
Police themselves, ... Memo 2176 23rd July 55
-See Repairs.
Police Gazette.-Certain convictions of persons not
being native Indian subjects, to be published
in the Police Gazette, Cir. 20 29th May 44
--Officers mayobtain private copies of
the-for Rs. 4 per annum, ... Memo 1442 21st May 45
Post mortem examinations. - Medical officer at Talagang
to perform-for the Police Stations of Tam
man, Talagang and Kalar Kahar, ... Memo 1698 11th June 47
INDEX TO POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. IX
Circular
No.
Pounds.- Name of the place where the seizure is made

to be added to the particulars ordered to be
entered in column 5 of the register, ... Cir. 31 30th Augt. 68
Printing. -Charges for country paper used in lithogra
phic printing to be separated from the cost.
of such printing, ... Memo 1236 27th April 19-20
Prisoners. -Revised orders regarding the conveyance Cir. 36 15th Octr. 80-84
of—by rail, ... { Memo 4026 22nd Decr. 105
Private entertainments. - Supply of Police for ... Letter 3282 18th Octr. 85
Probationers. -Ordinarily no leave to be granted to
until they have passed their examination, ... Cir. 2 7th Feby. 3
-Must go up for the regular examinations :
good reasons to be given for extending the
period of probation, ... Letter 643 15th March 12
Punishments. —An officer who is reduced from one rank
or grade to another, takes his position in the
rank or grade to which he has been reduced,
as if he had been appointed to it on the day
of reduction, ... Cir. 24 10th Augt . 58-59
Punitive posts. -Attention drawn to para. 6 Book Cir. I
regarding applications for the continuance of- Memo 4002 20th Decr. 104
Punjab Record.- Arrangements for the supply of the
Police portion of the-to Police officers for
Rs. 4 per annum , ... Memo 1242 30th April 20
R.
Railway.-Procedure to be adopted in executing

warrants of arrest in cases where the person
to be apprehended is a― servant, Memo 2293 31st July 52-54
Cir. 36 15th Octr. 80-84
-Revised orders regarding the conveyance of {
prisoners by Memo 4026 22nd Decr. 105
Recruits. Measurement of recruits to be conducted by
the District Superintendent or his Assistant, Cir. 1 24th Jany . 1
Age of-to be accurately recorded on enrol
ment, ... Memo 2722 3rd Septr. 69
Reductions. An officer who is reduced from one rank
or grade to another, takes his position in the
rank or grade to which he has been reduced,
as if he had been appointed or promoted to
it on the day of his reduction, ... Cir. 24 10th Augt. 58-59
Registers.-Registers of contingent expenditure pre Cir. 6 8th March 6-11
scribed, Letter 1069 17th April 18
-Contents of miscellaneous station book,... Cir. 8 21st March 15
-Record of convictions when proof of them
on a subsequent similar offence will affect
the sentence, ... Cir. 11 20th April 25
X INDEX TO POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS.
Circular
No.
Registers (continued.) - Remarks in Minute Book what

to embrace, ... Cir. 14 3rd May 26-27
-Name of the place where the seizure is
made to be entered in column 5 of the
Pound register . Cir. 31 30th Augt. 68
--English register of offences to be maintained, Cir. 35 3rd Octr. 75-76
Reliefs. -Rule regarding the relief of officers on duty
with camps, ... Cir. 42 11th Decr. 95
Remittances.-- Rules regulating the conditions on
which public service transfer receipts may,
and may not, be drawn. ... Memo 1254 30th April 21-22
Rent. -See House rent.
Repairs. -Rules under which- of buildings may be
executed by Civil officers, ... Memo 2991 25th Septr. 71-72
See Petty Repairs.
Repairs to Arms. — Police to keep their own arms clean ;
siklighars only to be employed to repair swords
and scabbards, Letter 1428 21st May 45
Returns. Instructions regarding the correct preparation
of Vagrancy Memo 704 20th March 12-13
-Income returns to be carefully scrutinized, Memo 792 26th March 15-16
-Correction in the heading of column 8 of the
Returns of deaths of European Uncovenan
ted officers, ... Memo 2607 27th Augt. 57
-Municipal Police establishments to be kept up to
full strength ; and present states discontinued , Cir. 32 4th Septr. 72-73
Revolvers.- Issues of Irish Constabulary ... Memo 2652 28th Augt. 58
Rewards.- No - paid in excess of budget provision
will be sanctioned, ... Memo 1084 18th April 19
See Medals.
Rifles. -See Ammunition.
Riots, Grain. Measures to be taken to prevent crime
where there may be a reasonable apprehension
of a disturbance of the peace owing to the
rise in prices, ... Memo 3135 5th Octr. 77-79
S.
Salary Bills. - See Pay Bills.
Savings. -Future credit of Municipal Police-to the
Provincial Police budget , ... Memo 2732 4th Septr. 69-70
Savings. In the return of , excess drawings to be
shown and the net result brought out in the
total of column 4, Memo 3603 10th Novr. 90
Security. Proper mode of dealing with cash deposited
by way of Memo 2835 14th Septr. 70-71
Security Bond. - Form of-to be furnished by policemen
to whom rifles are issued, ... Letter 2645 27th Augst . 57-58
INDEX TO POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS . XI
Circular
No.
Sergeants. -Uniform of-of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades, Circular 3 16th Feby. 3-4
-Rank of Sergeant in Punjab Police corres
ponds with that of Head Constable, with
reference to Sections 19 and 20, Inland
Customs Act, ... Letter 1122 20th April 19
-2nd and 3rd grade may be retained in service
after they have been invalided, pending the
decision on their application for pension or
gratuity, ... Memo 2465 13th Augst. 55
Siklighars. -Police to keep their own arms clean ;
only to be employed to repair swords and
scabbards, Letter 1428 21st May 45
Stamps. Copies ofjudgments and depositions required
by Police officers exempt from ... Memo 2292 30th July 51
Station Books.-Contents of miscellaneous book, ... Circular 8 21st March 15
Remarks in Minute book what to embrace,... Circular 14 3rd May 26-27
Stationery.- Rules to lessen expenditure on-and to
secure uniformity in police records, ... Circular 9 3rd April 23-24
-Revised Circular regarding Indents for Circular 27 20th Augst. 60-65
Stores. -Survey Committee to assemble in April of
each year, and indents to be despatched on
1st May annually, ... Circular 12 21st April 26
Stores, Ordnance. -Depots from which- are to be ob
tained, ... Memo 536 6th March 5
Summer Uniform. - See Uniform.
Swords.-All confiscated- to be made over to the Police
Department, ... Circular 29 27th Augst. 66-67
T.
Talagang. - Medical Officer at-to perform post mor

tem examinations for Police stations Tamman,
Talagang and Kalar Kahar, ... Memo 1698 11th June 47
Telegrams. No charges for any other than State- to
be made in contingent bills, ... 4005 21st Decr. 105
Trans-Indus Police.-- Rules regarding the custody of
Government rifles, ammunition and accout
rements in the hands of the Circular 22 26th June 47-48
Travelling Allowances. - Rules for determining the-off Circular 5 6th March 5-6
non-gazetted officers, ... Circular 21 4th June 47
Memo 858 3rd April 17
-Conditions under which horses are to be
"" 1542 29th May 46
taken on transfer of Police Officers, 49
"" 2070 13th July
-Carriage of tents and pay of marching estab
lishment to he entered only in District Su
perintendent's contingent bill, ... Letter 1086 18th April 18-19
XII ▼ INDEX TO POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS.
Circular
No.
Travelling Allowances- (continued).-Inspectors holding

charge of office of District Superintendent or
Assistant District Superintendent to draw
as if they held such appointments, subject to
a special certificate, Circular 13 1st May 26
Officers summoned from their head-quarters
to conduct examinations entitled to the ordi
nary-and to a deputation allowance of Rs.
10 for every night spent away from their re
spective stations, "" 18 21st May 40-42
-Inspectors and Deputy Inspectors transferred
on promotion will obtain travelling expenses ;
if transferred at their own request must bear
the expenses of their journey themselves, ... Letter 1737 18th June 47
-Clerks of Deputy Inspector Generals' offices
admitted to the benefits of Police Circular 5
of 1877 , Letter 2100 16th July 50
-General rules on the subject of halting allow
ance, Circular 33 22nd Septr. 73
-Rules for regulating the travelling allow- )
ances, on occasions of temporary absence Memo 3175 8th Octr. 79-80
from head-quarters, of Police Officers above "" 329819th Octr. 85-86
the rank of Inspector, ...
Consolidated Circular on the subject of ... Circular 43 15th Decr. 95-104
Treasure.-Modification of the rules relating to escorts
over ... Memo 1526 28th May 46
Tribes, Criminal. - Observations on the rules under the
-Act, ... Circular 19 28th May 42-43
-More adquate measures to be taken for pre
venting the absence without leave of persons
registered under the -Act, Circular 25 11th Augst. 59
U.
Uniform.- Flat braid, half an inch wide, to be worn on
the summer uniform of gazetted officers, in
stead of square cord : Silver full ball buttons
to be worn, Memo 1057 16th April 18
V.
Vagrancy Returns.-Instructions regarding the correct.
preparation of Memo 704 20th March 12-13
W.
Warrants. Procedure to be adopted in executing-of
arrest in cases where the person to be appre
hended is a railway servant, ... Memo 2293 31st July 52-54
INDEX
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JAIL DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS ,
1877 .
Circular
Subject. Date. Page .
No.
A.
Accounts.-Closing of Superintendent's books on the Memo.
expiry of each month, ... 5809. 23rd Novr. 27
B.
Bills--Superintendents to pass the amounts of their
general- into their books on the date Memo.
23rd Novr. 27
on which they send their general bills 5809.
to the Inspector General
Budget. - Adjustment of bills in the accounts of the
39
year to which they appertain, 6 4th April
Estimates for 1877-78, ... 16 25th June
C.
Correspondence. - Every paragraph in a letter to be
numbered 12 25th May 7
-Superintendents should themselves open
all official and demi-official letters addressed
to them, and Jail Clerks are forbidden to
perform this duty, ... 24 12th Septr. 23
D.
Descriptive rolls of officials dismissed for miscon
duct to be more carefully prepared, ... 7 5th April 3-4
E.
Extra-mural labour. -Attention directed to the rules
laid down with regard to the selection of
prisoners for employment on, ... 1 10th Jany. 1
F.
Franking of covers. - Official designation of franking
officer to be entered in full, 5 23rd March 3
II INDEX TO JAIL DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS.
Circular
No.
G.
Gram.- See Parched Gram.
H.
Hospital diet.- Modification of column 849 of Reg
ister 42, ... 17 3rd July 11
J.
Juvenile offenders. -Statistics called for regarding
each prisoner under 16 years of age, ... 28 6th Novr. 27
L.
Lithographic printing. -Proposal to make the scale
of charges for- the same at all jails, ... 15 18th June 9
Lithographic writers.-Is it not more economical to

pay-by piece work than by fixed monthly
salaries ? ... 10 1st May 7
M.
Manual, Jail. -Addition to para 257 of, 19 6th August 13
Manufactory contingent bills. - Instructions on the sub
ject of vouchers pertaining to, ... 9 26th April 4-5
-Temporary manufactory establishment not
to be charged for in, ... 22 14th Augst. 21
P.
Paper.-Priced samples of-made at each jail, called
for, ... 11 12th May 7
-Paper to be regarded as a distinct
transaction from Lithographic printing, and
to be settled for separately under the rules
in force, ... 13 29th May
ས
Parched gram.- Gram for prisoners to be parched

in the jails. ... 26 8th October 25
Propertyfund. -Superintendents may send the family
of a prisoner all or part of the money
to credit of a prisoner in the prisoners' ... 2 16th Jany. 1
R.
Railway. Precautions to be taken when despatching
prisoners by rail, ... 8 21st April 4
Release ofprisoners. -Superintendents will be held re
sponsible for adhering strictly to the orders
laid down by the Chief Court regard
ing 21 7th August 21
INDEX TO JAIL DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. III
Circular
No.
Rewards for capture of prisoners.--Superintendents

not to offer to pay-without first hav
ing obtained Inspector General's sanc
tion, ... 23 22nd August 21
Rupar.-Bi-monthly, instead of monthly, despatches

---
of prisoners to be made to ... 3 25th Jany. 1-2
-Only able-bodied and strong men fit for
hard labor to be sent to ... 14 4th June 9
-Transfers of prisoners to- to cease till
after the rains, ... 18 5th July 11
-Despatch of prisoners to-to be recom
menced, ... 25 24th Septr. 23
S.
Solitaryimprisonment.-Attention drawn to the rules
on the subject of ... 27 17th October 25
Stationery.- Price list of-issued by the Superinten

dent of Stationery for manufactory pur
poses, ... 20 3rd August 13-20
W.
Whipping.- Illegal to carry out sentences of whip
ping in addition to imprisonment just be
fore the release of prisoners, ... 4 22nd March 3
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ACCOUNT DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS ,
1877.
Circular
No.
A.
Accounts. -Debt heads of account now standing under
Provincial Services to be removed from Pro
vincial to Imperial books, ... 406 10th May. 3
B.
Bill rules.-Modification of para. 31 (k), and para.
33 (c) ; addition to para. 33 ; and para. 13
of Circular 27 cancelled, ... 412 16th July 7-8
-Addition to para 33 (c), also to the para
regarding " Stock-book " communicated with
Circular 34, ... 413 2nd Augt . 9
C.
Cemeteries. All receipts from-to be paid into the
Treasury to credit of the P. W. Depart
ment ... 407 19th May. 3
Currency. -Government revenue realized in foreign
circle notes will be reported in future in
the Quarterly Statement of Currency Notes ... 408 9th June 5
-Banks of Bengal, Madras and Bombay and
their branches where Government bank with
them, will also furnish, through the Provin
cial Accountant General, a quarterly report
of foreign circle notes 413 2nd Augt 9
-The free exchange of silver for legal-tender General
copper coin, in parcels of the nominal value Letter 12th Nov. 13
of not less than two rupees, directed ... 15,743
Custody of valuables. -Rules for the guidance of Trea
sury Officers dealing with valuables tendered
for safe custody in the Treasury under Cir
cular XXXVI of Smyth's Judicial Circulars... 414 7th Sept. 11
II INDEX TO ACCOUNT DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS.
Circular
No.
D.
Deposits. From 1st April 1877, the three classes of
known as Revenue, Civil Court, and Criminal
Court deposits should not be separately ex
hibited, but be adjusted under the one head
" Revenue Deposits . " ... 404 17th Feby. 1
F.
Forest Department.-General instructions regarding 409 9th June 5-6
Forest Accounts 411 16th July
L.
Leave Statements. -When no member of an office es
tablishment on superior service has been ou
leave during the month for which the salary
bill is drawn, a certificate in prescribed form
to be appended to the bill ; and attention
directed to the careful preparation of— ... 416 5th Decr. 14
M.
Military Department. - Adjustment of advances to the 405 22nd Feby. 2
P.
Pensioners. On the decease of a pensioner his half of
every permanent pay order should be im
mediately returned by his family to the Dis
trict Officer, with a report of the date of his
decease ... 410 9th July 7
Post Office. -Supply of funds to Post Masters, 405 22nd Feby. 1
R.
Remittances. Charges for extra potédárs for—within a
district are inadmissible, but for remittances General
between districts and provinces the sum Letter 10th Novr. 13
actually incurred may be allowed, provided it 15,690
shall not exceed 8 anas per diem
T.
Telegrams, State. - No charges for any other thau- to
be made in contingent bills, 415 8th Decr. 13-14
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REGISTRATION DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS ,
1877.
Circular
No.
F.
Fire proof safes. -Attention drawn to the rules on the

subject of-for the preservation of wills &c. , 3 27th Augt. 7
R.
Registration Returns. - Form of-for the year 1876-77, 1 1st Feby. 1
Registration Act. -Attention drawn to the changes in

the new- III of 1877, ... ... ... 2 6th March, 3-6
INDEX
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STAMP DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS ,
1877.
Circular Date.
Subject. No. Page.
A.
Accumulations - Instructions to prevent the accumula

tion of excessive stocks of stamps in District
Treasuries, ... 7 10th Decr. 11-13
C.
Court Fees.--The greatest vigilance to be exercised by

Judicial Officers in examining and punching
-labels, ... 1 24th April . 1-2
-Instructions regarding the proper mode
of cancelling-labels, 2 27th April. 2
Court Fee labels to be punched in the
Court in which the documents are first pre
sented, and not in the Courts to which they
are subsequently distributed, ... 4 10th July. 5
P.
37
Postage stamp labels. -Revised rules for the custody, 3 30th May.
distribution and sale of, 5 16th Augt.
S.
Stamps.-Instruments requiring to be stamped must

be presented to the proper officer before, and
not after, execution, ... 6 19th Octr. 9
INDEX
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SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS ,
1877 .
A.
Page.
Accounts. ―――The transactions of Local Governments which have, since 1871-72 ,
been represented by a single net entry in the Imperial esti
mates and accounts, to be re-incorporated in those estimates
and accounts , ... 8-11
-Rules and conditions which apply to the administration by the
Local Governments of all Revenues and Services surrendered to
Provincial uses and management , .. 8-11
Any expenditure incurred for the deportation of a native of
Europe discharged from the service of Government, shall be
recorded as a charge to the department from which he is
discharged, ... 23
-Mode of adjustment to be followed in respect to expenditure in
curred for famine relief works, ... 39-40
-Accountants General authorised to write off, under the sanction
of the Local Governments, the irrecoverable value of stores or
public money lost, whatever the amount, when the loss falls
on Provincial or Local resources, ... 47
-In all accounts of expenditure on public works undertaken by
the State for the relief of distress caused by famine, a clear
distinction should be maintained between the cost of materials
and skilled labour, and the outlay on unskilled labour, ... 50-51
-Mode of adjusting charges for stores from England which are
required for the joint purposes of Imperial and Provincial
services, ... 57-58
Acting Allowance Code.- Additions to and modifications of the
Page. Sec. 23 (c), ... 44
Rule 1 (a and b) Sec. 29, ... 5 Sec. 25, Rule 3, ... 53
Sec. 37 , ... 7 Sec. 15 case (c), ... 54
Sec. 24, ... 16 Sec. 25, example, ... 55
Exception (7) under Sec. 25, 21 Sec. 38 (a), ... 63
Sec. 2 (b) ... 34 Sec . 2 (b), ... 65
Sec. 37, ... 34 Chapter I, note, 71
Chapter IX (Page 236) , ... 38 Sec. 1 (a ) note, 71
Sec. I (b), ... 43 Rule 4, Sec. 25, 71
Clause (a 1 ) , Sec 38 (a), 43-44 Chapter IV, note, ... 72
Advances.-Consolidated Resolution regulating the advance of public money
on loan, ... 47-50
Agreements. See Contracts.
II INDEX TO SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS.
Page.
Allowances. When a Civil Surgeon is required to proceed beyond the limits
of his charge in order to appear as a witness in any judicial pro
ceedings, he shall, in addition to the salary of his office, con
tinue to draw the local allowances attached thereto without
prejudice to the claim of his locum tenens to draw these allow
ances, ... 15
-Modification of the rule that, without the previous sanction of
the Government of India, no addition to any salary paid from
Imperial funds shall be made from Provincial or Local funds,
or from any funds administered by the Government or its officers
as trustees, ... 15
-The batta of a ministerial officer shall be three-tenths of his
salary and not of his pay, 15
-Allowances of Military or Civil officers when in charge of the
duties of aCantonment Magistracy, in addition to their own duties, 16
-The grant of fees to officers of Government for conducting ex
aminations ordered by Government, prohibited, ... 17-18
-No officer to draw any allowance for house-rent while occupying
39
Government quarters without paying rent therefor,
A ministerial officer may be appointed to act for another minis
terial officer in the same office whose pay is higher than his
own ; but a ministerial officer appointed to act for another whose
pay is progressive cannot draw more than the minimum payofthe
office in which he acts,
-Halting allowance may only be drawn when the halt is on
duty, or on an authorised holiday, and may not be drawn for
more than 10 days at one place, ... 43
The pay ofan officer deputed to Europe on duty shall be reduced from
the date on which he makes over charge of his office, and he
shall not aga'n receive full pay and allowances until he re
sumes charge of his office in India, ... 50
-Department from which a Commissioned Military Officer hold
ing a Civil appointment on consolidated pay which is less than
his Military pay, is to draw the difference between them, ... 57
-If any bonus or honorarium is paid to any public officer, it must
be recorded in the public accounts, and treated by the offices
of Audit and Account as an addition to salary, and be made
subject to the rules which govern such additions, ... 66-67
As a rule, it is better to maintain the strength of an office by
employing a substitute in the place of an absentee, instead
of distributing his salary among other clerks in the office, ... 106-107
Amnesty. The exception from the-granted in 1859 of persons who were
leaders of revolt, withdrawn, with certain exceptions, ... 1
Appeals. An appeal from an act or order of the Governments in India may
be preferred to the Home Government at any time, except in
the case of appeals from a judicial decision in which the Judge
is a Political Officer, in which case a limit of twelve months is
fixed, 51
Arms and Ammunition. -Consignment of-by railway to places in Native States, 29-30
Arrests.—On the arrest of a Railway servant, measures to be previously taken
to provide for the proper performance of his duties , ... 40-42
Asylums, Lunatic. -Rules regulating the admission of lunatics into asylums, 63-64
INDEX TO SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS. III
Page.
B.
Band instruments - Regimental - exempted from import duty, ... 64
Batta. -See Allowances .
Bonus. -See Honorarium.
Buildings. -Attention drawn to the instructions which from time to time
have been issued in view to the preservation of-of historical
or architectural interest, 52
C.
Cantonment Magistrate.-As a rule, the appointment of-should be held by
a Military Officer allowances of civilians when it is unavoid
ably necessary to place one in charge of the current duties, ... 16
Cemeteries.-Rules for the care and use of Government- throughout India,
except those in Calcutta, ... 94-103
Chaplains.-Modification of the rule regarding the travelling expenses of
the wives and families of— ... 85
Civil Surgeon. - See Medical.
Codes of the Financial Department. - The Addenda and Corrigenda to the
are issued under the orders of Government, and should be
treated as authoritative without any further notification of
each change, ... 65
Contracts.-Officers authorised to execute certain -on behalf of the Secretary
of State in Council, ... 34-36
Copies.-Copies of judgments and depositions required by the Police Depart
ment in appeals on behalf of Government ; and all copies of
records taken by, any Government Advocate or Pleader for the
purpose of advising the Government in connection with any
345
criminal proceeding, exempt from stamp duty, ...

-Revised general notification excempting certain-from stamp duty,
Correspondence. -Proper channel of- between Civil and Military authorities, 15
Court Fees.--See Stamps.
Currency. The inscription " Victoria Empress " to be substituted for the
inscription "Victoria Queen " on all coins coined after 1st January
1877, ... 1
-Mint Masters authorised to cut or break all coins tendered to
them which have lost more than two per cent in weight,
or are counterfeit, &c., ... 14
-Mint Masters authorised to receive silver coins coined and issued
which have lost more than two per cent in weight &c. , and to
pay for the same at the rate of one rupee per tola, ... 14
-The free exchange of silver for legal-tender copper coin in par
cels of the nominal value of not less two rupees, directed, ... 80
-A tender of payment of money, if made in the rupees coined
under the Native Coinage Act, 1876 , for the State of Alwar,
shall be a legal tender in British India, ... 84-85
-All silver coins, coined and issued before the 1st of September
1835 , called in, ... 93
Customs.-All rice exported by sea, entered outwards for either of the French
ports of Pondicherry and Karikal &c. , exempted from export duty, 1-2
-Value of raw silk the produce of the Tasar or other wild worm ,
when such silk is imported from China, fixed at Rs. 4 per fb,... 7
IV INDEX TO SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS.
Page.
Customs (continued).—Gunny bags and gunny cloth exempted from all duties
of ... 8
-Importations of mock gold leaf to be assessed for duty at 5 per cent
ad valorem, ... 23
-Lac exempted from import duty, ... 44
Export duty on shell lac to be one rupee eight annas per cwt. ,
and the export duty on button lac to be one rupee four annas
per cwt ; all other sorts of lac exempted from export duty, ... 44
Regimental band instruments exempted from import duty, ... 64
-Wooden railway sleepers and current coin and bullion exempted
from import duty, ... 69
-Duty on salt imported into Bengal fixed at Rs. 3-4, reduced to
Rs. 3-2 per maund, ... 104
-On and after 1st January 1878, the exemption from duty of customs
on salted fish imported into the Province of Sind, cancelled, ... 104
--Duty to be levied on salt manufactured in the Division of Orissa ( 104-105
by persons licensed under Bengal Act VII of 1864, ... 106
-Revised rates of duty on salt and sugar, 105
-Provisions of Inland Customs Act extended to Sind, 105
-Manufacture of salt in the province of Sind, except by or on behalf
of Govt., or by persons licensed by the Government, prohibited, 105
D.
Deeds.- Officers authorised to execute certain contracts , -and other instru
ments on behalf of the Secretary of State in Council, ... 34-36
Demolitions. -Attention drawn to the instructions which from time to time
have been issued in view to the preservation of buildings of
historical or architectural interest, ... 52
Discharged employees. -Any expenditure incurred for the deportation of a
native of Europe discharged from the service of Government
shall be recorded in the public accounts as a charge to the
department from which he is discharged, ... 23
E.
Elephants.-Rules relative to the indenting by the Civil on the Commissariat
Department for elephants, ... 5
Estimates. -Rules and conditions which apply to the administration by the
Local Governments of all Revenues and Services surrendered
to Provincial uses and management, ... 8-11
Examinations. - The grant of fees to officers of Government for conducting
ordered by Government , prohibited, ... 17-18
-Trustees of the Gilchrist Educational Trust are prepared in
future to assign a sum of not less than £ 50 for the return
passage of each successful scholar whose passage shall not have
been otherwise provided for, ... 19
Execution of Contracts. - See Contracts.
F.
Family Remittances. -See Remittances.
Famine relief works.- Mode of adjustment to be followed in respect to expen
diture for ... 39-40
INDEX TO SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS.
Page.
Famine reliefworks-(continued ).— In all accounts of expenditure on public
works undertaken by the State for the relief of distress, a clear
distinction should be maintained between the cost of materials
and skilled labour, and the outlay on unskilled labour, ... 50-51
Despatch from the Viceroy to the Secretary of State
regarding the purchase and import of grain by Government for
the supply of the famine districts, ... 86-90
Fees.-The Government does not undertake to reimburse to a public servant
-which he may have occasion to pay to a medical practitioner
not in the public service, or the cost of medicines which he may
purchase privately, ... 47
Financial Codes. - The Addenda and Corrigenda to the-are issued under the
orders of Government, and should be treated as authoritative
without any further notification of each change, ... 65
Frontier.-Officers prohibited from crossing the border into Khelat territory
without previously communicating with the Political Officer
in charge, ... 16
G.
Gilchrist Educational Trust. - Trustees of the- are prepared in future to
assign a sum of not less than £50 for the return passage of
each successful scholar whose passage shall not have been
otherwise provided for, ... 19
Government quarters. -See House-rent.
Gunny.-Gunny bags and gunny cloth exempted from all duties of customs, 8
H.
Halting allowance. -May only be drawn when the halt is on duty, or on an
authorised holiday, and may not be drawn for more than 10
days at one place, ... 43
See Travelling Allowance.
Honorarium.-If any bonus or-is paid to any public officer, it must be re
corded in the public accounts, and treated by the offices of
Audit and Account as an addition to salary, and be made
subject to the rules which govern such additions, ... 66-67
Hospital Assistants. - Resolution regarding the supply of Hospital Assistants
for the Civil Department, ... 58-60
House rent. - Local Governments to take care that the officer who audits his
claims for pay and allowances is informed whenever an officer
of Government is allowed to occupy any public building without
payment of rent, ... 39
I.
Interest. -Recovery of " instalments or-on account of loans of public money
in cases where such loans are repayable with interest by fixed
instalments , 30
K.
Khelat.-Officers prohibited from crossing the border into - without previously
communicating with the Political Officer, . 16
Vİ INDEX TO SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS.
Page.
L.
Lac.-Lac exempted from import duty, ... 44
-Export duty on shell- to be one rupee eight anuas per cwt., and the
export duty on button-to be one rupee four annas per cwt.;
all other sorts of-exempted from export duty, ... 44
Leave Code, Civil. -Additions to and modifications of the
Page.
Rule 6 (d) Chapter IX, ... 1 Sec. 24, Rule 8, 55
Sec. 1 (b), ... 2 Sec. 38, Rule 11A, ... 55
Sec. 4 (e), ... 5 Sec. 30, Rule 5, ... 60
Note at head of Chapter IV, 5 Sec. 38, Case (a 2). ... 61
Sec. 4 to (a 3) ... 7 Supplement F, Sec. 1 (6), Excep
Case (7 A) in Appendix A,... 20 tion 4, ... 63
Sec. 4 (b), ... 32 Sec. 37, Rule 1 B, 68-69
Rule 2 A, Chapter IX, ... 32 Sec. 83 A, ... 69
Sec. 4 (page 118), ... 37 Chapter 1 , Note, ... 71
Sec. 36 A, ... 37-38 Sec. 4 ( g ), ... 71
Sec. 16 (b), ... 44 Supplement F, Sec. 1 (b), ... 71
Sec. 34, Rule 3, ... 44 Sec. 2, Note, ... 71
28885
Sec. 30, Rule 4 (A), ... 46 Supplement E, Sec. 13, ... 72
Supplement F, Sec. 1 , Rule 5 , 46 Sec. 36 (v), ... 79
Chapter VIII, Note, ... 54 Chapter VIII , Note, 86
Sec. 37, Rule 1 A, ... 54 Supplement F, Sec. 12, 93
Loans. - Recovery of instalments or interest on account of-of public money in
cases where the loans are repayable with interest by fixed in
stalments, ... 30
-Consolidated Resolution regulating the advances of public money on
loan, ... 47-50
Lotteries.-Local Governments to enforce the law prohibiting the publication
of advertisements of ... 84
Lunatics.-Rules regulating the admission of-into Government asylums, ... 63-64
M.
Marching Allowance.-See Travelling Allowance.
Medical.-When a Civil Surgeon is required to proceed beyond the limits of
his charge in order to appear as a witness in any judicial pro
ceedings, he shall, in addition to the salary of his office, con
tinue to draw the local allowances attached thereto without
prejudice to the claim of his locum tenens to draw these allow
ances, ... 15
-Rates of travelling allowance for Civil Surgeons prescribed, ... 20
-Government does not undertake to reimburse to a public servant,
fees which he may have occasion to pay to a medical practi
tioner not in the public service, or the cost of medicines which
he may purchase privately, ... 47
-Resolution regarding the supply of Hospital Assistants for the
Civil Department, ... 58-60
-Except for special reasons, and with the previous sanction of the
Government of India, no one but a Commissioned Medical
officer to be appointed to any office reserved for the Covenant
ed Medical services, ... 77-79
INDEX TO SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS. VII
Page.
Medical-(continued).- Per-centage to be charged to cover all incidental
charges in connection with the supply of Medical stores, ... 107
Medical Certificate. -When any public officer is compelled to leave a station
where there is no medical officer, in order to procure medical
advice, he may draw travelling allowance at the ordinary rates
to and from the station where the nearest civil medical officer is
located, ... 7
Memorials . -See Appeals.
Mint. -See Currency.
Mock gold leaf - Importations of-to be assessed for duty at 5 per cent. ad
valorem , ... 23
Mutiny, Indian.-The exception from the Amnesty granted in 1859 of persons
who were leaders of revolt, withdrawn, with certain exceptions, 1
N.
Native States. - Consignment of arms and ammunition by rail to places in— 29-30
P.
Pension Code, Civil.- Additions to and modifications of the
Page.
See. 56,: Rule 3, ... 2 Sec. 48, A, ... 53
Sec. 75 , ... 2 Sec. 54, Note 2, ... 54
Sec. 48, A., Chapter X, 2 Sec. 123, Rule 1 , ... 54
Rule 2, Sec. 59 (a), ... 2-3 Sec. 43 (a), Note, ... 55
Sec. 14, ... 3 Rule 2, Sec. 52 , ... 57
21 Sec. 37, Proviso, ... 60
Rule 1 under Sec. 3 of Sup- { 23-24 Sec. 70 (a) ... 60
Proviso under Sec. 60, ... 23 Clause (b), page 40, ... 60
Sec. 18 (b), ... 30 Supplement A, Sec. 6, ... 60
Sec. 88, ... 31 Sec. 6 , Exception (4), ... 63
Appendix A, Form B, ... 31 Suplement F, Sec. 1 (b), 65
Sec. 15, Rule 6, ... 33 Sec. 38, Rule 10, A, ... 69
Sec. 64, Rule 1, ... 33 Sec. 52, Rule 2, A, ... 69
Section 7, ... 33 Note between Chapter I, and
Sec. 85 , Notes, ..33-34
... Definitions ... 70™
Sec. 31 , Rule 3, Supplement C, 36 Sec. 1, (a) ... 70
Rule 7, (page 55), ... 36-37 Sec. 59, Clause (c), ... 70
Sec. 13, Note, ... 45 Sec. 60, proviso ... 70
Chapter VII, head note, ... 45 Sec. 95, Rule 5 ... 70-71
Sec 38, Rule 5, ... 45 Supplement A. Sec. 8, ... 86
Sec. 6, Rule 2, ... 52 Sec. 56, ... 103-104
Sec. 55, Rule 1 , ... 52
Pensions. -Local Governments to issue instructions to the Police to make
•
prompt report to the District Officer of the decease of every civil
pensiouer, and District Officers to make immediate enquiries
into the cause of the non-appearance of any pensioner to take
his pension , ... 20-21
-Mere length of service, however faithfully performed, is not in
itself a sufficient ground for exceptional reward, ... 31-32
Police. -Rules for regulating the travelling allowances, on occasions of tem
porary absence from head-quarters on duty, of Police Officers
above the rank of Inspector, ... 61-62
VIII INDEX TO SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS.
Page.
Postage Stamp Labels.-Rules for the custody, distribution, and sale of ..d 24-27
Post Office. - Revised postage rates and conditions, to have effect from the
dates mentioned, consequent on the admission of certain coun
tries into the General Postal Union, ... 11-14
-Rates of postage chargeable on inlaud parcels and on inlaud
packets of books and other articles on and after 1st September
1877, 46
-Registered letters and parcels may be insured for the actual 81-84
value as certified on them by the sender, for transmission 105-106
by inland post, ...
---Additional postage not to be charged upon any letter or other
article re-directed at any Post Office on or after 1st January 1878, 93
---Privilege of transmission by letter post at the rates prescribed
for registered newspapers under the conditions applicable to
proof sheets, extended to " Manuscript for the Press," ... 93
Precedence.- New Warrant of-for India, ... 73-77
Preservation of Buildings.-See Buildings.
Profit and Loss. -Accountants General to write off, under the sanction of the
Local Governments, the irrecoverable value of stores or public
money lost, whatever the amount, when the loss falls on Pro
vincial or Local resources , ... 47
Provincial Services and Accounts. - See Accounts.
R.
Raffles.-See Lotteries .
Railways. Consignment of arms and ammunition by-to places in Native
States, 29-30
On the arrest of a Railway servant, measures to be pre
viously taken to provide for the proper performance of his
duties, ... 40-42
Remittances. - In future, Treasury Officers may grant to all officers in civil
employ, on the issue of pay, transfer receipts on the General
Treasury at the capital of their Presidency at 2 per cent.
premium , ... 20
-Arrangements made for paying remittances made by mechanics
and others in India for the benefit of their families residing in
foreign countries, ... 32
-Privilege of making family-extended to mechanics and ar
tisans who have been engaged in India for the service of Go
vernment, ... 52-53
Rent. -See House rent.
Rice.-All-exported by sea and entered outwards for either of the French
ports of Pondicherry and Karikal &c., exempted from export
duty, ... 1-2
S.
Scheduled Districts. -The Scheduled Districts Act declared to be in force
in the Scheduled Districts of the Punjab, ... 65
-The Specific Relief Act, 1877, extended to the-of the
Punjab, ... 65
-The Code of Civil Procedure (X of 1877) extended to the
-of the Punjab, ... 68
INDEX TO SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS, IX
Page.
Silk.—The value of the raw-the produce of the Tasar or other wild worm,
when such silk is imported from China, fixed at Rs. 4 per b. , ... 7
Snakes. Returns showing the destruction of- in British India, ... 90-91
Stamps. -Rules for the custody, distribution, and sale of postage stamp labels, 24-27
Copies of judgments and depositions required by the Police Depart
ment in appeals on behalf of Government ; and all copies of
records taken by any Government Advocate or Pleader for
the purpose of advising the Government in connection with
any criminal proceeding, exempt from stamp duty, ... 43
-Revised General Notification exempting certain copies from duty, 45
-The fee chargeable on plaints filed in suits for possession of im
moveable property under Section 9 of the Specific Relief Act,
to be one-half of the amount prescribed in the scale of fees for
plaints in Schedule I , Art. 1 of the Court Fees Act, ... 46
A licensed vendor shal! not demand or accept for any stamp any
consideration exceeding the value of such stamp, ... 66
-Bills of exchange drawn in Berar on and after 1st January 1878
and on account of which the full rate of stamp duty may have
been paid in Berar, exempted from further payment of duty on
being negotiated in British India, &c., ... 103
T.
Takavi. -Consolidated Resolution regulating the advances of public money on
loan, 47-50
Tarif. -See Customs.
Telegrams, State. -No charges to be entered in any contingent bill for other
than ... 107
Trade.-Nos. IX and X of the Rules for the furtherance of trade with Eastern
Turkistan , revised , ... 62-63
Travelling Allowance. - When any public officer is compelled to leave a station
where there is no medical officer, in order to procure medical
advice, he may draw at the ordinary rates to and from the
station where the nearest civil medical officer is located, ... 7
-Rates of-for Civil Surgeons, ... 20
-An officer who, while absent from duty on privilege or
examination leave, is transferred to a new station, may draw
for the journey direct to his new station, at the rate to which
he would have been entitled if he had been on duty : provided
that the allowances thus drawn shall not exceed the total sum
which he might have charged for the journey direct from his
old station to his new one, ... 23
-Rules for regulating the travelling allowances, on oc
casions of temporary absence from head-quarters on duty, of
Police Officers above the rank of Inspector, ... 61-62
-In calculating-at mileage rates, fractions of a mile to
be omitted from the calculation . ... 65
-Local Governments authorised to deal with cases in
which camp establishment is kept up and expenses are actually
incurred, on the understanding that the payments which may
be authorised shall not exceed the actual expenses of the camp, 67-68
X INDEX TO SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS.
Page.
Travelling Allowance-( continued ).—Travelling allowances for ministerial and
menial officers required to travel on duty by railway, ... 81
A person proceeding from one non-gazetted appointment
in the public service to another, is not entitled to- unless he is
permitted to draw pay or acting allowance for the period
of transit, 85
-Notification of the rule regarding the travelling expenses
of the wives and families of Chaplains, ... 85
See Allowances. - Halting Allowance.
W.
Warrant of Precedence. - New-for India, .... 73-77

Wild Animals. -Returns showing the destruction of- in British India, ... 90-91
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FUNJAB GOVERNMENT ORDERS ,
1877 .
A. Page
Accounts.- Rales relating to the audit of Municipal Fund- 38-55
Acquisition of land. -Local Governments to take no steps for the taking up
of land for military purposes without the previous authority of
the Government of India, 2
Alvances. - Consolidated orders regarding the repayment of-made from pub
lic funds, ... 35
Advertisements relating to Lotteries. - Prohibition against- appearing in the
newspapers in English and the Vernacular, withdrawn, ... 9
-Provisions of Section 294A, Indian Penal Code,
prohibiting the publication of lotteries not authorized by Go
vernment, to be uniformly enforced, ... 64-65
gents.-Certain persons declared to be the recognised -of parties under the
Code of Civil Procedure, ... 58
Allowances.--When the whole time of an officer is paid for by the State, the
Government is at full liberty to employ him in his own sphere
upon the public service, in such manner as may be convenient,
and such officer is not entitled to separate or additional re
muneration for duty which he may be required to perform con
nected with service the cost of which is borne by local funds, 1
Grant to Government servants of extra allowances for duties
connected with local funds, ... 5
-The batta of a ministerial officer to be three-tenths of his salary
and not of his pay. 6
Allowances to Government officers for extra duties in connec
tion with examinations , &c. , 13
Analysis.-Articles should not be unnecessarily sent to the Chemical Exami
ner in cases in which the examination could have been as
satisfactorily conducted by the local Civil Surgeon, ... 13-14
Arms Act. The general provisions of the-declared to have effect in districts
under the Punjab Government. 14-15
Arms and Ammunition. - Consigument of-by Railway to places in Native
States, 26
Arrests. - Railway servants not to be arrested without measures being pre
viously taken to provide for the proper performance of their
duties, ... 27
Assistant and Extra Assistant Commissioners.-Modification in the rules for the
examination of 27
Extra Assistant Commissioners
( to give early intimation when they do not intend availing them
selves of the whole of the leave granted to them, ... 57
II INDEX TO PUNJAB GOVERNMENT ORDERS.
Page.
Asylums, Lunatic.-Rules for regulating the admission of lunatics into ... 55
Attachments. - Rules for the custody, while under attachment, of live stock
and other moveable property, ... 58
B.
Batta.-See Allowances.
Bhusa. -The word " fodder " to be used instead of-in the orders exempting
from octroi food grains and bhusa produced on lands within
municipal limits, ... 5
C.
Chemical Examiner. —Articles should not be unnecessarily sent to the-for
analysis in cases in which the examination could have been as
satisfactorily conducted by the local Civil Surgeon, ... 13-14
Cholera.- See Sanitation.
Code of Civil Procedure. - Certain persons declared to be recognized agents
of parties , ... 58
Rules for the custody while under attachment of
live stock and other moveable property, ... 58.
-No land, or interest in land, shall be sold without
the previous sauction of the Commissioner, and in the case
of hereditary or joint-acquired property in land, without the
previous sanction of the Chief Court. All sales to be made by
the Deputy Commissioner, .. 58-59
-Whenever a judgment-debtor is arrested in execu
tion of a decree, the Court shall inform him that he may apply
to be declared an insolvent, ... 59
Commissariat Elephants. -See Elephants.
Companies' Act. - Regulations under Sec. 190 ofthe ... 34
Confiscated swords . -All - to be made over to the Police Department, ... 33
Copies. Copies of judgments and depositions required by the Police De
partment, in appeals on behalf of Government, exempted from
888
stamp duty, ... 28

Correspondence. - Proper channel of-between Civil and Military authorities, 6
Criminal Tribes.- Attention drawn to the procedure required by the- Act ... 6
-Correspondence relative to the working of No. 7 ofthe rules
under Sec. 18 of the-Act ...
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-All Deputy Commissioners of Districts where the rules

under the--Act are in force to furnish a separate annual report
in regard to each tribe, ... 33-34
Customs. -All Deputy Commissioners invested with the powers of a Collector
of in their respective districts ; and for the purposes of Act
VIII of 1875, each district as constituted for Revenue purposes
to be deemed a " Customs Circle." ... 28
--All Assistant and Extra Assistant Commissioners invested with the
powers of Inspectors ; all Tahsildars with the powers of Sub
Inspectors &c. , under the-Act, ... 28
D.
Dalhousie.-Provisions of Section 29 of Act XXII of 1864 extended to the
civil station of Dalhousie, 0.000 59
INDEX TO PUNJAB GOVERNMENT ORDERS. III
Page.
Dispensaries. For the future, dispensaries under the charge of Assistant
Surgeons to be inspected once in six months, and those under
the charge of Hospital Assistants or Native Doctors once a
quarter, ... 27
District Committees.-The schools supported at present partly or wholly from
the General Local Fund in Municipalities, and which were
formerly supported by the Educational cess, to be hereafter
supported by Municipal and District Funds in proportion to
the number of children, whether urban or rural, taught in them. 5
E.
Education. The schools supported at present partly from the General Local
Fund in Municipalities, and which were formerly supported by
the Educational cess, shall be hereafter supported by Municipal
and District Funds in proportion to the number of children,
whether urban or rural, taught in them , 5
Emigration. —All District Officers to furnish the Protector of Emigrants,
Calcutta, regularly in future with copies of all registrations
effected by them under Section 27, Act VII of 1871 , ... 57-58
Elephants. -Rules regarding the use of Commissariat-by the Civil Depart
ment, 3
Examinations. —Allowances to Government Officers for extra duties in connec
tion with- &c., 13
-Modification in the rules for the examination of Assistant and
Extra Assistant Commissioners, ... 27
--Rules for the examination of Tahsildars and Naib-Tahsildars
in the Pushtu language extended to native members of the
upper and lower subordinate establishment of the Irrigation
Branch of the Public Works Department, 37
-Attention called to the orders prescribing an educational test
for candidates for Government employment, 67
Extraordinary Pensions. -See Pensions and Gratuities.
F.
Fees. —Table of-to be levied under the Registration Act 1877, ... 28-32
Forms. -All charges for paper to be taken against the grants of the depart
ment supplied, 9-11
-The Lahore Central Jail Press to despatch annual supplies of printed
forms on indents duly countersigned by heads of departments,
direct to indenting officers, instead of making them over to the
central or head office for despatch, ... 28
Franking of covers.-Officers to comply strictly with the provisious of the
Postal Guide regarding the franking of official covers, ……. 7-9
-Recognition of customary abbreviations of franks enjoined,
pending a consideration of the best way of modifying existing
rules, 33
G.
Game. -Levy of taxes on- &c ., brought for sale or sold in the Municipalities
of Dharmsala, Delhi, Simla and Dalhousie, during the " close "
season, sanctioned , ... 25-26
IV INDEX TO PUNJAB GOVERNMENT ORDERS.
Page.
Government employment. - See Examinations.
.
Grain Riots.- Principles which should be observed in dealing with the grain
trade in the Punjab, 37-38
H.
Holidays.-List of sanctioned -for public offices during the year 1878, ... 69
I.
Indents. -Heads of Departments who will submit consolidated -for stationery, 6
Insolvency. Whenever a judgment-debtor is arrested in execution of a
decree, the Court shall inform him that he may be declared
an insolvent, ... 59
-Judges of Courts of Small Causes at Lahore, Amritsar, and
Delhi invested with the powers relating to insolvency confer
red upon District Judges by Sections 344 to 359 of the Code
of Civil Procedure, ... 66
-Judicial Assistants of Districts, other than Lahore, Amritsar and
Delhi, invested with the powers relating to Insolvency coufer
red upon District Judges by Sections 344 to 359 of the Code
of Civil Procedure, ... 66
Inspections. - Attention of Commissioners drawn to the subject of inspection.
of Treasuries, ... 1-2
-Dispensaries under the charge of Assistant Surgeons to be in
spected once in six months, and those under the charge of Hos
pital Assistants or Native Doctors, once a quarter, ... 27
J.
Jails.-Procedure to be observed in temporary appointments to the executive
charge of when the local officer in charge goes on short leave, 57
Judicial Assistants. Should arrange to take such privilege leave as may
be due to them, so as to include the mouth in which the Civil
Courts are closed , 14
Powers of a Court of Small Causes conferred upon the
Judicial Assistants of Ludhiana, Jullundhur, Hoshiarpur and
Peshawar, withdrawn : Ludhiana and Hoshiarpur will conti
nue to exercise insolvency jurisdiction until pending cases are
disposed of, .. 66
L.
Land.- Local Governments to take no steps for the taking up of—for mili
tary purposes without the previous authority of the Government
Ст
of India, ... 2
-No land, or interest in land, to be sold without the previous sanc
tion of the Commissioner, and in the case of hereditary or joint
acquired property in land, without the previous sanction of the
Chief Court : such sales to be made by the Deputy Commis
sioner, 58-59
Leave.-Judicial Assistants should arrange to take such privilege leave as
may be due to them, so as to include the month in which the
Civil Courts are closed, ... 14
-Extra Assistant Commissioners to give early intimation when they
do not intend availing themselves of the whole of the leave
granted them, 57
INDEX TO PUNJAB GOVERNMENT ORDERS. V
Page.
Leper Asylums. - The charge made by the Amritsar Municipality to other
districts for the support of lepers sent by them to the Tarn
Taran Asylum, raised from Rs. 3 to 4 per head, ... 35-36
Loans.-Consolidated orders regarding the repayment of-made from public
funds, ... 35
Local Funds.- Grant to Government servants of extra allowances for duties
connected with ...
Lotteries. -Prohibition against advertisements appearing in the newspapers
in English and the Vernacular relating to-, withdrawn, ... 9
-Provisions of Section 294A, Indian Penal Code, prohibiting
the publication of- not authorized by Government, to be uni
formly enforced, ... 64-65
Lunatics.- Insane patients who are natives of India should not be sent at
the public expense to England, and Europeans should be sent
only in cases where their transfer to Europe is likely to pro
mote their recovery, ... 11
-Rules regulating the admission of- into Asylums, ... 55
M.
Municipal. The word " fodder " to be used instead of " bhusa " in the
orders exempting from octroi food grains and bhusa produced
on lands within municipal limits, ... 5
-The schools supported at present partly or wholly from the
General Local Fund in Municipalities, and which were former
ly supported by the Educational cess, shall be hereafter sup
ported by Municipal and District Funds in proportion to the
number of children, whether urban or rural, taught in them,... 5
-Levy of a tax of Rs. 5 on every game-bird or hare brought
for sale or sold within the limits of the Dharmsala Municipa
lity, between 15th March and 15th August, sanctioned, ... 25
Levy of taxes on game brought for sale or sold within the limits
of the Delhi Municipality, between 1st April and 31st August,
sanctioned, 25
-Levy of a tax of Rs. 5 on every game-bird brought for sale or
sold within the limits of the Simla Municipality, between 15th
March and 15th August, sanctioned, 25
-Levy of a tax of Rs. 5 on every game-bird, hare or deer found
in the possession of any person within the limits of the
Dalhousie Municipality, between 1st April and 31st August,
sanctioned, ... 25-26
Rules relating to the audit of Municipal Fund Accounts, ... 38-55
N.
Native States. Consignment of arms and ammunition by Railway to places
in 26
O.
Octroi.-See Municipal.
P.
Pensions and Gratuities. - Mere length of service, however faithfully per
formed, is not in itself a sufficient ground for exceptional
reward, ... 25
INDEX TO PUNJAB GOVERNMENT ORDERS.
Page.
Pensions and Gratuities-(continued).- Rules for the guidance of Committees
for the identification of police pensioners, ... 61-64
-Committee appointed in each district for the iden
tification of police pensioners, ... 65-66
Post Office. -Officers to comply strictly with the provisions of the Postal
Guide regarding the franking of official covers, ... 7-9
-The recognition of customary abbreviations of franks enjoined,
pending a consideration of the best way of modifying the
existing rules, 33
Powers.-Deputy Commissioners, Assistant Commissioners, and Tahsildars
invested with the powers of Customs Officers under Act VIII
of 1875, ... 28
Powers of a Judge of a Court of Small Causes conferred upon the
Judicial Assistants of Ludhiana, Jullundur, Hoshiarpur, and
Peshawur, withdrawn ; Ludhiana and Hoshiarpur will continue
to exercise insolvency jurisdiction until pending cases are
disposed of ... 66
See Insolvency.
Printing. -All charges for paper to be taken against the grants of the depart
ments supplied, ... 9-11
-The Lahore Central Jail Press to despatch annual supplies of
printed forms on indents duly countersigned by heads of
departments direct to indenting officers, instead of making
them over to the central or head office for despatch, 28
Pushtu. -Rulesfor the examination of Tahsildars and Naib Tahsildars extended
to native members of the upper and lower subordinate estab
lishment of the Irrigation Branch of the Public Works Depart
ment, ... 37
R.
Raffles.-See Lotteries.
Railways.-Railway servants not to be arrested without measures being pre
viously taken to provide for the proper performance of their
duties, ... 27
Registration Act. - Rules made by the Inspector General of Registration under
Section 69 of the ... 15-24
-Table of fees to be levied under Act III of 1877, ... 28-32
Riots, Grain.- Principles which should be observed in dealing with the grain
trade in the Punjab, ... 37-38
S.
Salary.- See Allowances.
Sanitation.-Attention of officers drawn to the importance of maintaining at
2888
all times the highest possible state of sanitation, and of atteud

ing to precautionary measures with the view of ensuring, as
far as possible, the highest standard of health, ... 25
-Rules laying down the measures to be adopted in India on the
outbreak of chodera, or appearance of small-pox, ... 68
Small pox.-Measures to be adopted on the appearance of— ... 68
Stamps. -Copies of judgments and depositions required by the Police Depart
ment in appeals on behalf of Government, exempted from
duty, ... 28
INDEX TO PUNJAB GOVERNMENT ORDERS. VII
Page.
-
Stationery.-Heads of Departments who will submit consolidated indents for 6
Swords.-All confiscated-to be made over to the Police Department, ... 33
T.
Takavi.-Consolidated orders regarding the repayment of loans made from
public funds, ... 35
Tarn Taran Leper Asylum. -The charge made by the Amritsar Municipality
to other districts for the support of lepers sent by them to
the-, raised from Rs. 3 to Rs. 4 per head, ... 35-36
Treasuries.-Attention of Commissioners drawn to the subject of the inspec
tion of ... 1-2
Tribes, Criminal. - Attention drawn to the procedure required by the- Act, 6
-Correspondence relative to the working of No. 7 of the
rules under Sec. 18 of the - Act, ... 7
All Deputy Commissioners of districts where the rules
under the-Act are in force to furnish a separate annual report
in regard to each tribe, ... 33-34
;
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SELECTIONS FROM THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE
OF THE FINANCIAL COMMISSIONER, PUNJAB,
1877.
Page.
No. XLIX.- Rain-fall during 1875, ... 498-527

FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORDERS ,
1877.
FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORDERS .
CIRCULAR No. 1 OF 1877.
(No. 217).
Dated the 18th January 1877.
Το
ALL COMMISSIONERS AND DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS, PUNJAB.
The attention of all officers is directed to the subject of the registers kept up
Tahsildars' accounts and in tahsils, forms and instructions connected with which
returns. are contained in Appendix XXII of Directions to Collectors.
2. The Financial Commissioner desires that during the present season officers
on tour will inspect these registers and ascertain how far they are in accordance
with existing orders. It is important that, as far as practicable, uniformity should
be observed. The Financial Commissioner, however, does not wish this principle to
be pushed at once so far as to lead to great inconvenience.
3. Where the registers now kept up give the information required . the pre
sent forms may, if the Deputy Commissioner desires it, be allowed to stand until
the books are finished .
If any registers are not kept up, new books should be opened in the prescribed
form.
4. If registers not specially prescribed are kept up, the necessity which exists
for keeping them should be carefully considered ; and if the registers are not really
needed, they should be discontinued .
5. All registers should be carefully examined, and those that are to be main
tained should, as far as possible, be brought into accordance with the prescribed
forms.
6. The Financial Commissioner requests that a report on the subject may be
submitted by Deputy Commissioners through Commissioners in April next.
S
CIRCULAR No. 2 or 1877.
(No. 277) .
Dated the 22nd January 1877.
To
THE COMMRS . AND SUPERINTENDENTS DELHI, HISSAR ,

AMRITSAR, LAHORE, MOOLTAN, DERAJAT, & RAWALPINDI.
In continuation of Circular 20 of 1876, prescribing an annual statement show

ing the amount of land revenue due to cauals, requests
Irrigation. that in future these statements may be prepared and
submitted half-yearly instead of annually, for the half
2 FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORDERS. [ RECORD
years ending 30th September and 31st March, as soon after the close of those periods
as possible.
2. In para 1 of the above-quoted Circular for the words " amount of land
revenue credited to the canal department," the following should be substituted :
" Amount of land revenue for which the canal department is entitled to take
credit in its accounts."
BOOK CIRCULAR No. I.
(No. 339. )
Dated the 23rd January 1877.
Το
ALL COMMISSIONERS AND DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS IN THE

PUNJAB.
Manner of crediting pay As a diversity of practice exists in regard to the mode

ments ofland revenue made of exhibiting in the land revenue tauzis, the collections
in a district other than that which are sometimes made in one district on account ofan
in which due.
other, the following instructions on the subject are issued :
2. When land revenue is paid into the treasury of a district other than that
in which it is due, the money will , when both treasuries are within the Punjab, be
credited in the accounts of the receiving treasury, prompt information being sent
to the treasury of the district in which the land revenue is due, and a note entered
below the certificate attached to the tauzi for the month of the amount realized, the
district on account of which realized, with an intimation that its realization has been
communicated to the Deputy Commissioner concerned.
3. The Deputy Commissioner of the district in which the revenue is due shall,
on receiving intimation of its realization, show the amount as collected in columns
5, 7 , and 10 of form XII of his tauzi, and make a note at foot of certificate attached
to his tauzi, explaining the cause of difference thereby occasioned between the col
lections and the cash account submitted to the Accountant General.
FEBY. 1877. 1 FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORDERS.

(No. 558.)
Dated 2nd February 1877.
Το
ALL COMMISSIONERS, DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS, AND SET
TLEMENT OFFICERS, PUNJAB.
As applications for the purchase of new tents, which are needed for the public
Provision to be made be service, have occasionally to be refused owing to the
forehand in budgets for want of budget provision, it is requested that officers
tents which are likely to be will be careful, at the time of preparation of the annual
required during the year. budget estimate of contingent expenditure, to ascertain
the condition of their camp equipage, and make provision for the purchase of any
new tents which may be required.
BOOK CIRCULAR No. II.
CIRCULAR No. 5 OF 1877 .

(No. 896. )
Dated 21st February 1877.
To

PUNJAB.
With the sanction of the Governor-General in Council, communicated to this

office in Punjab Government No. 940 of 12th April 1876 ,
Duty on spirits.
it is hereby notified that the rates of duty on spirit
manufactured in the native method in Punjab distilleries will, from 1st April 1877,
be as follows :
Per imperial gallon.
Rs. A. P.
On spirit from 25 % below proof to proof ... ... 3 0 0
On spirit from 50% below proof to 25 % below proof 2 8 0
On spirit under 50 % below proof ... ... 2 0 0
except in the Delhi and Umballa divisions, where the rates will remain as at
present, Rs. 2-8, 2-0, and 1-8 respectively.
2. In the Rawalpindi and Mooltan divisions and the Hazárá district the
enhanced rates are already in force, and will continue.
3. These instructions supersede rule 35 of Appendix XI to Directions for Col
lectors, except that the rule, that no spirits are to be issued above proof, remains
in force.
4. The duty on spirits distilled in the European method has already been.
raised from Rs. 3 to 4 by Punjab Government Notification No. 1843 of 5th July
1876.
MARCH 1877. ] FINANCIAL CIRCULAR orders. Q
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BOOK CIRCULAR No. III.

(No. 1061. )
Dated 5th March 1877.
To
ALL COMMISSIONERS AND DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS , PUNJAB.
The attention of all officers is drawn to the Inland Customs Act VIII of 1875
Consolidated Inland Cus- and the rules issued in conformity therewith by the
toms Act, and rules pub- Governor General in Council, which appeared in the
lished thereunder. Gazette of India dated 1st July 1876.
The rules, including some minor amendments subsequently notified bythe
Government of India, together with the separate Notification No. 344 of 14th
December 1876, are annexed hereto.
3. The following Circulars of this Department are cancelled by these rules :
Circular No. 29 of 1851.
"7 No. 55 of 1855.
Book Circular No. XXVI of 1858.
"" No. LXXXVIII of 1859.
"" No. XCV of 1859.
"" No. IX of 1860 .
"" No. XIX A of 1861 .
"" No. XXXII of 1863.
‫در‬ No. XXI of 1867.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA,
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE, AND COMMERCE.
No. 344, the 14th December 1876.-In exercise of the power conferred by section 28 ofthe
Inland Customs Act, 1875, the President in Council is pleased to make the following rules , that
is to say :
1. When any salt is, after the 16th day of December 1876, brought from foreign territory ,
no person shall move such salt into or over any tract of British territory lying to the west of
the customs zone between the rivers Sutlej and Narbada, except subject to the following con
ditions, namely :
(a). That such salt be in transit to some place within or to the eastward of the customs
zone ;
(b). That it be covered by a pass issued by such officer as the Commissioner of Inland
Customs from time to time appoints in this behalf ; and
(c). That it be taken direct from the point at which it enters British territory to its desti
nation within or to the eastward of the zone, by such route as may be prescribed
in such pass, and without stopping at any intermediate place for a longer time
than may be permitted by an order endorsed on such pass by such officer as the
Commissioner of Inland Customs from time to time appoints in this behalf.
2. No person shall move any salt which may be within the limits of any such tracts on
the said 16th day of December 1876 , except under a pass granted by such officer as the Com
missioner of Inland Customs from time to time appoints in this behalf.
3. The Commissioner of Inland Customs may from time to time, by a general order under
his hand, exempt from the operation of this Notification, upon such conditions as he thinks fit,
such quantities of salt not exceeding in each case ten maunds as are intended for consumption
within any such tract.
4. Nothing herein contained shall apply to any salt covered by a rawanna issued under
paragraph 10 of the rules contained in Notification No. 156 dated the 30th June 1876.
CUSTOMS AND SALT.
No. 156, the 30th June 1876.
The following rules made by the Governor General in Council in exercise of the powers
conferred by " The Inland Customs Act, 1875," are published under section 30 of the said Act,
and shall take effect from the 1st August 1876 *
* Forthe rules, See Punjab Record for 1876, under head " Supreme Govt. Orders, " pp. 40-60 and 118.
CIRCULAR No. 7.
(No. 1065).

To
ALL DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS IN THE PUNJAB.
It is requested that for the future the particulars of the demand, collections,
CESSES. and balances of the cesses marginally
Road, education, and dák cesses to be noted, of which the demand is fixed, may
shown in quarterly local rate cess returns. be exhibited in the quarterly statement
1 % cent, road cess. of demand, collections, and balances of local
1 % education cess. rates, prescribed by this office Circular No. 44
% district post cess. of 22nd August 1873.
The monthly collections on account of these cesses should also appear in the
monthly statements of Provincial Services and Local Funds income now rendered
to this office, which should exhibit the actual collections in rupees, aunas and pies.
BOOK CIRCULAR No. IV.

(No. 1122).
To
PUNJAB.
In continuation of Book Circular VII of 14th March 1876, the annexed rule,
Acquisition of land for sanctioned by Government, is prescribed in place of rule
public purposes. 28 of that Circular, relating to provision and disburse
ment of funds ; and rule 29 is hereby cancelled .
1. The annexed new rules 47 a and 47 b, sanctioned by Government, are
added to Chapter II of the Circular.
Amended Rule XXVIII.
XXVIII - When land is taken up by compulsory process under Act X of 1870, the
compensation becomes due when the amount has been determined
(2). Land taken up under Act by award of the Deputy Commissioner under Section 14 of the
X of 1870.
Act or by the Court if a reference has been made to the Court
under Part III of the Act. If an appeal lies against the order of the Court, Section 42 provides
for the withholding of payment nntil the time for appeal has expired, or, if an appeal has been
preferred, until the appeal has been disposed of. When this provision does not apply, the
Deputy Commissioner should at once disburse the amount due, and, charge it in his list of pay
ments, attaching a bill supported by (duplicate) receipt of the payee, and his copy of the award
or order, fixing the amount of the compensation . On the bill must be noted the number and
dat of the declarat on under Act X of 1870, which authorizes the taking up of the land, and
the purpose for which the land is taken up. The question, whether the department concerned
has sufficient budget provision to meet the demand is one with which the Deputy Commissioner
has nothing to do. The compensation paid by the Deputy Commissioner under this rule will
be disbursed from the Civil Cash balance, and not from the balance at credit of any Executive
Engineer. But when a Civil officer is specially employed in taking up land, he will be regarded
as a Public Works disburser, and be supplied with funds by the Executive Engineer, or by means
of credit orders issued by the Accountant General in his favor on application of the Controller.
He will make payments out of these funds, and will duly account for them to the Controller.
This arrangement is not, however, to cause any delay in payment of admitted claims.
MARCH 1877. ] FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORDERS.
Rules 47 a and 47 b.
XLVII a.- A Railway Company is liable to pay compensation to a Native State for land
occupied by them belonging to Class C, which is in British territory, provided at
the cost of the company.
XLVII b.-The agricultural profits of land belonging to a Native State which has been
taken up under Class A, but is not required at once for Railway purposes, must
not be enjoyed by the company, but should be surrendered to the Native State.
BOOK CIRCULAR No. V.

(No. 1173).
Dated the 9th March 1877.
Το
ALL COMMISSIONERS AND DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS ,
AND SETTLEMENT OFFICERS , IN THE PUNJAB.
The annexed correspondence, regarding the succession of minors to the office

Patwaris. of patwari, is circulated, by desire of Government, for
Succession of minors to information and guidance, with reference to Rules A IL
the office of patwari. under the Punjab Land Revenue Act.
No. 359, dated 23rd November 1876, from Commissioner and Superintendent Delhi
Division, to Settlement Secretary to Financial Commissioner, Punjab.
Forwards copy of Assistant Settlement Officer Gurgaon's No. 313 of the 13th instant, and
requests he will obtain an expression of the views of the Financial Commissioner on the
subject. Commissioner would be inclined to advocate the appointment of patwaris' sons,
provided they were not below a certain age, say twelve years, at the time of their fathers'
decease. There are, as Mr. Channing says, many advantages in maintaining, as far as possible,
the hereditary character of the office.
No. 313 dated 18th November 1876, from Assistant Settlement Officer Gurgaon, to
Commissioner and superintendent Delhi Division.
In the case of the death of a patwari , leaving an infant son, who will be unable to dis
charge the duties of the office for several years, can such a son be appointed ? He can hardly,
under rule 8, be held to be 66 in all respects qualified for the office."
2. To put the case in a concrete form. The patwari of * whose family have held
the office since the commencement of British rule, has died, leaving a son, aged five years,
whom the lambardars wish to be appointed. Should such an infant be appointed ? and, if so,
should he be allowed to draw any portion of the pay until he hereafter proves his fitness to
take up the work?
3. The evils arising from his appointment would be that the assistant, knowing that he
must hereafter lose the post, would (especially if the original patwari has to be given a por-.
tion of the salary) be a man of inferior ability, while, however great a knowledge of the circle
he might attain, he would be liable hereafter to be summarily dismissed. On the other hand,
the late Commissioner often appointed such minors, and of course the making the post as far
as possible hereditary has many advantages.
No. 7500S dated 22nd December 1876, from Settlement Secretary to Financial Commissioner,
Punjab, to the Commissioner and Superintendent Delhi Division.
In reply to your No. 359 dated 23rd ultimo, I am desired to intimate that the Financial
Commissioner quite concurs with you as to the advantage of making the office of patwari
hereditary. One reason for this practice is that the son may be associated with the father,
and may thus become familiar with the duties of the office. If the father dies when the son
is of tender age, the advantages of hereditary succession are in a great measure lost. If the
son is nearly old enough, and is qualified for the office in other respects, the Financial Com
missioner thinks a minor may be allowed to succeed, and a substitute may be appointed until
the son is old enough to work himself. It is difficult to lay down a limit of age. Mr. Egerton
thinks 12 years is too young, and he is inclined to say 15 years is the lowest age at which a
son can be admitted to succeed if he is otherwise qualified. If the son is younger than 15
years, some other male relative should be appointed .
BOOK CIRCULAR No. VI.

(No. 1220).
To
ALL COMMISSIONERS AND DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS.
The attention of all officers is drawn to the revised rules for the sale of waste
Sale of waste lands. lands contained in Punjab Government Notification No.
1450 of 15th December 1876, published in the Punjab
Gazette of 21st December 1876, and which are annexed hereto.
2. These rules modify para 186 of Directions to Collectors in so far as
allusion is made in that para to the rules of 1865, contained in Appendix XVIII,
as those rules are cancelled by the new rules.
3. Book Circular III of 1st March 1872, circulating Resolution of the
Government of India, No. 1-145 of 6th February 1872, remains in force, inas
much as that Resolution lays down the principles on which different classes of
waste land sales and grants are to be dealt with.
4. The annual return of alienations of State lands, prescribed by Book
Circular XVIII of 13th October 1876 , will continue to be rendered. All other
orders are cancelled by the present orders.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, REVENUE AND COMMERCE.

No. 1450 dated 15th December 1876.
NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified that the rules for the sale of waste lands in the Punjab, issued under
Punjab Government Notification No, 635 dated September 16, 1865, are hereby cancelled .
2. Persons desirous of purchasing Government waste lands in the Punjab should apply
in writing to the Deputy Commissioner of the district in which the land required is situated.
3. Except under special circumstances, and with the express authority of the Local
Government, all future sales of waste lands, the property of Government in the Punjab, will
be made only after a notice in the annexed Form A with its two schedules has been issued
and published in the Punjab Government Gazette, and in strict accordance with the terms of
the notice.
The annexed Forms B and C are prescribed for adoption in all casses where a sale of
Government waste lands pursuant to a notice under Form A is completed, and Form D when
the circumstances render a mortgage necessary .
FORM A.
Whereas an application has been made to the Deputy Commissioner of the district of
by A B, the son of C D of for the purchase of the lot of Government
waste land, described in the particulars hereunto annexed, and marked Schedule I, notice is
hereby given that a plan of the said lot of waste land is open to inspection, free of charge, at
the office of the Deputy Commissioner at 9 and that the said lot will be put up to
Not less than three clear sale by public auction at the said office on the day
months from the date of this of next, at in the forenoon [afternoon],
notice.
and will be sold upon the conditions hereunto annexed and
marked Schedule II unless the sale shall in the meantime have been stopped or postponed by
order of superior authority, or in consequence of claims or objections made under Act XXIII
of 1863, or for any other reason.
Issued this day of 187 " at
by the undersigned.
Y. Z.
Deputy Commissioner.
MARCH 1877. ] FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORDERS.
SCHEDULE I.
Particulars of the lot to be sold.
1. The land to be sold is Government waste land, situate in tahsil in
the district of
2. It comprises an area of acres more or less, and is bounded as follows :
Boundaries.
3. The trees and underwood and all other products whatever of the above land, whether
above or below the soil, will be included in the sale of the land.
Exception.
1. [ In the case of a stream or a canal with a well-defined and permanent channel , the
bed and the land for tow-paths should be excepted , and the dimensions or area be approxi
mately stated. ]
2. [When the land is traversed by a made road , on each side of which it is desired to
keep a strip of sixty feet, the road and strips should be excepted, and the dimensions or area
should be approximately stated.]
3 &c. [Any other similar exceptions . ]
SCHEDULE II.
Conditions of sale.
I. The land will be sold subject to all rights of way or water and other easements, if any,
* Here enter the name of, or subsisting thereon [ and subject in particular to the right of
describe otherwise, any navigable the public to use the *
stream or cana! with a shifting together with a tow-path of twenty feet in width on each side of
channel which traverses the lot the channel of the same for the time being ] , and further subject
to be sold.
to all other conditions or reservations which, under the provisions
of Section 2 of Act XXIII of 1863, may be notified by the Deputy Commissioner at the time
of sale.
II. The land will be sold in full proprietary right, but subject to payment of the land
revenue demand for the time being assessed thereon, and subject to all general taxes and local
taxes, rates or cesses to which revenue-paying lands are liable, and to payment of such royalty
as shall be fixed by the Local Government upon all mines and minerals discovered therein also
subject to the limitation next following.
III. The purchaser shall not alienate any portion of the lot sold before he shall have
received the deed of conveyance hereinafter mentioned.
IV. The land will be put up in one lot, and the biddings shall commence at an upset
price of Rs. No purchaser shall advance at each bidding less than Rs. , and
no bidding shall be retracted, and the highest bidder above the upset price shall be the pur
chaser. In case of dispute between two equal bidders, the lot shall be put up again at the
last preceding bidding.
V. The purchaser shall immediately after the sale pay into the hands of the Deputy
Commissioner, or whoever acts as auctioneer, the costs of survey and demarcation if not
already paid by him, and a deposit in part payment of the purchase-money of not less than 1
rupee per acre of the lot, as estimated in the foregoing particulars, and sign an agreement in
the Form B hereto annexed upon stamp paper to be provided at his expense.
VI. In default of such payment, or in the event of refusal to sign such agreement, the
lot may be put up again and resold. In the event of the foregoing conditions being fulfilled
the purchaser shall receive an attested copy of the said agreement upon stamp paper to be
provided at his expense.
VII. The purchaser, if he shall so require, will be supplied with a map of the land sold,
to be prepared at his expense, upon his depositing the sum estimated by the Deputy Commis
sioner to be sufficient for the purpose.
VIII. Upon the expiration of one month from the date of sale simple interest at the
rate of 10 per cent. per annum shall be charged upon the balance of the purchase-money for
the time being remaining unpaid.
IX. Within three months from the date of sale the purchaser shall, without demand, pay
a sum which, together with the amount paid at the date of sale, shall amount to not less than
one-half of the purchase money, and shall also pay the interest, if any, due at the date of such
payment.
The payment within the period specified of such amount and of the interest due, if any,
shall be deemed to be of the essence of the contract for sale.
X. Ifthe purchaser shall duly make such payment, he will thereupon be placed in pos
session of the land sold, by an officer appointed in that behalf by the Deputy Commissioner,
and shall furnish to such officer a written acknowledgment of receipt of possession.
XI. If the purchaser shall make default in such payment, the Deputy Commissioner may
rescind the contract, and the deposits shall be forfeited to the Government,
XII. If the purchaser shall make the payment as required in Clause IX, he shall, subject
to the proviso in Clause XIII , within two months from the date of delivering to the Deputy
Commissioner at his office the stamp paper requisite for a deed of conveyance of the lands sold
or the value of such paper, receive through the Deputy Commissioner a deed of conveyance in
English signed by the Secretary to the Punjab Government in the Form C annexed to the
Punjab Government Gazette Notification No. dated , or to the same effect.
The delivery of such deed within the period specified shall not be deemed of the essence
of the contract for sale, and the purchaser shall not, in default of such delivery, be entitled to
rescind the contract.
XIII . Provided that, if the whole of the purchase-money shall not have been paid
previous to the delivery to the purchaser by the Deputy Commissioner of the deed of convey
ance above mentioned, the purchaser shall execute when tendered a mortgage deed to secure
payment within five years of the unpaid balance with interest thereon, such deed to be attached
to the deed of conveyance in Form D, annexed to Punjab Government Gazette Notification
No. dated or to the same effect. The deed of conveyance and the deed of
mortgage shall both be registered , and the latter stamped at the purchaser's expense, and
shall remain in the possession of the Local Government until the whole of the purchase-money
with the interest due thereon shall have been paid, when the conveyance shall be made over
to the purchaser, or his heirs or assigns, the mortgage deed having first been cancelled by the
Deputy Commissioner of the district for the time being.
XIV. All payments to be made under these conditions on account of purchase-money or
interest, or any other charges, shall be made at the office of the Deputy Commissioner at
XV. If the land is believed and shall be taken to be correctly described as to quantity
and otherwise, and if any error, mis statement, or omission in the foregoing particulars shall
be discovered, the same shall not annul the sale, nor shall any compensation be allowed by
the Government or by the purchaser in respect thereof.
FORM B.
Form of Agreement, referred to in No. 5 of theforegoing conditions.
8 annas stamp.
I, A B, the son of CD, of do hereby acknowledge that on the sale by auction
this day of 187 of the property described in the particulars annexed to
the notice of sale issued by the Deputy Commissioner of under date
the published at page of the Punjab Government Gazette, I was the highest
bidder, and was declared the purchaser thereof, subject to the conditions of sale annexed to
* NOTE. - To be inserted when the said notice [* and to the further conditions and reservations
any such conditions or reserva by the Deputy Commissioner under the first of the said condi
sions have been notified.
tions ] at the price of Rs. and that I have paid the sum
of Rs. by way of deposit and in part payment of the paid purchase-money to the
Deputy Commissioner of " and I hereby agree to pay the remainder of the
said purchase-money and complete the said purchase according to the aforesaid conditions.
Signature ofpurchaser.
I hereby ratify this sale and acknowledge receipt of the said deposit of Rs.
Signature of Deputy Commissioner.
FORM C.
Deed of Conveyance referred to in No. 12 of the foregoing conditions.
This deed of grant made* the day of in the year of our Lord one thousand
* Enter the date on which it is eight hundred and seventy between the Secretary of State for
signed by the Secretary to Gov India in Council (hereinafter called the grantor), of the first
ernment, Punjab. part, and A B, the son of C D (hereinafter called the grantee ), of
the second part, witnesseth that in pursuance of a contract of
sale entered into by and on behalf of the parties aforesaid, and dated the day of
187 and in consideration of the sum of Rs. (of which amount the sum
of Rs. has, before the date of these presents, been paid by the said A B to the grantor,
whereof receipt is hereby acknowledged), and of the promises hereinafter contained, and by
the said A B to be observed and performed, the Secretary of State for India in Council doth
hereby grant and convey to the said A B the lands described in the schedule* hereunto annexed,
When a map has been made, to hold the said lands unto him, the said A. B, his heirs and
insert the words " and delineated assigns for ever in full proprietary right, but subject neverthe
in the map," after " schedule," less to all existing rights of way and water and other easements,
if any, subsisting thereon ; and to payment of the land revenue
demand for the time being assessed thereon, and of all general taxes and local taxes, rates or
14
MARCH 1877. ] FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORDERS. 11
cesses for the time being imposed by competent authority in respect of the lands hereby con
veyed or any part thereof, and further subject to payment of such royalty as may from time
to time be fixed by the grantor in respect of mines and minerals within the said lands.
And the grantee doth hereby, for himself, his heirs and assigns, agree with the grantor,
his successors, and assigns, as follows :
That he will duly pay the said land revenue demand, taxes , rates and cesses, when and as
the same shall from time to time become due and payable ;
And that he will erect permanent boundary marks on the limits of the lands hereby
granted, and will at all times maintain the same in good and substantial repair ;
ཟླ་ And that in case mines or minerals of any kind whatsoever shall be discovered within the
2 said lands, he will pay such royalty as may from time to time be fixed and demanded by or on
behalf of the grantor in respect of the working or taking thereof ;
And that it shall be lawful for the officers of Government duly authorised in that behalf,
after notice given, to enter upon any part of the lands hereby granted, and do all acts and
things reasonably necessary for the purpose of fixing the royalty to be demanded in respect of
sueh nines and winerals.
And that he will maintain such establishment for the purposes of police and conservaney
} in respect to the said lands as may be required by the general rules in force for the time being
in that behalf.
2.
In witness whereof the undersigned have hereunto subscribed their hands.

Secretary to Government, Punjab, by order of the Lieute
nant-Governor of the Punjab, on behalf of the Secretary
of Statefor India in Council.
Signed in presence of X. Y, witness, this day of
187 •
A B the purchaser).
Signed in presence of Y. Z, witness, this day of
187
Schedule.
acres more or less of Government waste land situate in tahsil
in the district of and bounded as follows :
(Boundaries).
C. together with the trees and underwood and all other products whatever of the said land,
and whether above or below the soil, excepted and reserved [ describe exceptions
with area or dimensions, and add, when there is a map, "delineated in (color), on the map
kereunto annexed ."]
(Sd.) Secretary to Government, Punjab.
A B (the purchaser).
Map, (if any) signed as above.
FORM D.
Mortgage deed to be attached to Form D. referred to in No. 13 of the foregoing conditions.
This deed of mortgage made the* day of 187 between the parties to the
above-written deed of grant, dated the day of
The date of signature by the 187 , witnesseth that A B, the son of CD, the above-named
mortgagor. grantee, doth hereby acknowledge that the sum of Rs. 1
in part of the purchase money of the lands granted and conveyed by the said deed, remains
due and owing to the Secretary of State for India in Council the above-named grantor, and
the said A B doth hereby, for himself, his heirs and assigus, agree with the said grantor, his
successors and assigns, that he will pay the said principal sum of Rs. together with simple
interest, calculated upon the whole or such portion thereof as shall from time to time remain
unpaid, at the rate of 10 per cent per annum, from the* day of
The date on which payment 187 by five annual payments of not less than Rs.†
of the first half of the purchase and in addition thereto of interest calculated as aforesaid up to
money was completed. the date of each payment made, the first of such payments of prin
→ One-tenth of the purchase cipal and interest to be made on or before thef day
money. of next ensuing, and the remaining payments on or before
The anniversary of the date the same day in each of the four succeeding years, or until the
above written. whole principal amount secured with interest thereon shall have
been paid at the office of the Deputy Commissioner of the district at
And for the further and better securing of such payments, the said A B doth hereby grant
and convey to the said grantor, his successors and assigns by way of mortgage, the whole of
the lands granted and conveyed to him. the said A B, by the above writte deed of grant, but
so as that possession of the said lands shall be and continue with the said A B , his heirs and
assigns.
And this deed further witnesseth that the said A B hereby agrees that in case default
shall be made by the said A B, his heirs or assigns in any one or more of the payments herein
before agreed to be made, the whole of the balance of the principal sum remaining unpaid at
the date of such default shall be deemed thereupon to accrue due and payable immediately,
and it shall be lawful on any such default for the said grantor, his successors or assigns to
enter upon the lands hereby mortgaged, or any part thereof, and thenceforth quietly to possess
and enjoy the same and receive the rents and profits thereof, aud also with or without such
entry at any time or times, and without any further consent on the part of the said A B, his
heirs or assigns, to sell the said lands or any part thereof by public auction, and at any such
sale to buy in the said lands or any part thereof, with power also to execute deeds, give effec
tual receipts for the purchase-money, and do all other acts or things for completing the sale
which the said grantor, his successors or assigns, shall think proper, and also to seize and make
sale by public auction of the whole or any part of the movable property of the said A B, his
heirs or assigns that may be found upon the lands hereby mortgaged or elsewheresoever ; and
it is hereby agreed and declared that the said grantor, his successors and assigns shall stand
possessed of the moneys arising from any such sale in trust first to pay and retain the costs
and expenses attending such sale, or otherwise incurred in relation to this security, and in the
next place to pay and satisfy the moneys which shall then be owing upon the security of these
presents, and lastly to pay the surplus, if any, to the said A B, his heirs or assigns.
And the grantor for himself, his successors and assigns, doth hereby agree with the said
A B, his heirs and assigns, that if he or they shall duly pay the whole of the principal sum
bereby secured, together with the interest due thereon, he, the said grantor, his suceessors or
assigns, will thereupon cause the above written deed of grant to be delivered to the said A B,
his heirs or assigns, with this deed of mortgage cancelled by the Deputy Commissioner of the
district of for the time being.
In witness whereof the undersigned have hereunto subscribed their hands.
A B (Purchaser)
Signed in presence of X Y, witness, this day of 187 •
L. M.
Secretary to Government, Punjab, by order of the Lieutenant- Governor of the Punjab,
on behalf of the Secretary of Statefor India in Council.
Signed in presence of Y Z, witness , this day of 187 ·
(No. 1274).
To
PUNJAB.
A list of the returns, to be furnished with the Annual Revenue Report for
1876-77 , is herewith forwarded . The forms for these
Annual Revenue Report returns are in Press, and will shortly be issued in both
and Returns for 1876-77 .
English and Vernacular.
2. It is found necessary to draw attention to the instructions in this office
Book Circular No. VII of 1863 , directing officers to submit separate references on
matters requiring special orders, and not to ask for such orders through the
medium of the Revenue Report.
3. The manner in which column 28 of Statement No. XI should be filled up
does not seem to be clearly understood in some district offices. This should be done
by entering in the first line all the cases of previous years, irrespective of the mode
MARCH 1877. ] FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORDERS. 13
in which the land was acquired, and in the next three lines the cases of the years
under report according to the mode of acquisition employed. In other words the
headings of column 3 are not to apply to column 28.
4. The list of subjects for the report will be the same as that appended to
this office Circular No. 18 of 1876. The only addition being that Commissioners
and Deputy Commissioners are requested to notice their inspections of Tahsil
Treasuries, and also that Deputy Commissioners should explain any marked diff
erences in the statistics of manufactures (Statement No. XXXVII), as compared
with the entries in the previous year's return.
List of Returns to be submitted with Annual Revenue Report for 1876-77.
No of Return. Name of Return .
I Land Revenue.
II Alterations in Land Revenue.
III Fluctuating and Miscellaneous Revenue.
V Local rate cess.
IX Government estates.
X and X A Alluvion and Diluvion.
XI Land taken up for public purposes,
XII Land Revenue assignments.
XIII Pensions.
XIV Minor coercive processes.
XV | Khám holdings .
XVI Taqávi advances.
XVII Revenue business.
XVIII Appeals.
XXI and XXII Settlement statements (to be submitted by Settlement Officers only).
XXIII (Imperial I. E. 1. ) Existing settlements.
XXIIIA Working of Section 20, Act XXXIII of 1871.
XXIV Rain-fall.
XXVIIA (Imperial I. E. 5.) Transfers.
XXVIIB (Imperial I. E. 6.) Land Revenue.
XXIX (Imperial III. D. 1. ) Crops.
XXIXA (Imperial III. D. 3. ) Rates of rent and produce.
XXXI ( Imperial III . E. 1. ) Prices of produce.
XXXII Prices Current.
XXXV Land sold .
XXXVB Lands mortgaged and lands redeemed from mortgage.
XXXVI Government suits. To be submitted to Govern
XXXVIA Outstanding decrees of civil suits. ment Advocate, vide Book Cir
XXXVIB Expenditure in litigation . cular No. XIII of 1876.
XXXVII (Imperial III. G. ) Manufactures.
XXXVIII Estates under the management of the Court of Wards.
XXXIX Enhancement of rent.
XXXIX A and B Working of Punjab Tenancy Act.
XL Cattle fairs.
XLI Interest on loans and accounts.
XLII Notice of officers.
XLIII Transfers of Superintendents and Deputy Superintendents.

(No. 1455).
To
PUNJAB.
In continuation of Circular No. 35 dated 5th June 1876 , and other orders on
Cattle. the subject, the accompanying rules are prescribed by
Bulls and Rams from Government regarding the manner in which applications
Hissar. are to be made for bulls and rams from the Hissar Cattle
Farm. The letter from Government, No. 185 dated 23rd February, circulated
herewith, directs that applications are to be made to Government through Commis
sioners and Financial Commissioner.
No. 185 dated 23rd February 1877, from Officiating Assistant Secretary to Government,
Bo Punjab, to Secretary to Financial commissioner, Punjab.
In reply to your Memo No. 150 of the 13th February, I am desired to state that the ap
plications for bulls and rams are, under rule 1. required to be submitted to the Local Govern
ment. and the Deputy Commissary General will probably require distinct intimation that this
Government " is satisfied " under rule 2, but His Honor the Lieutenant Governor desires that
they should be received through the Financial Commissioner.
No. 2 dated 15th January 1877, from Under- Secy, to the Government of India, Department of
Revenue, Agriculture, and Commerce, to the Officiating Secretary to Government, Punjab.
I am directed to forward, for the information of His Honor the Lieutenant Governor, a
copy of the rules which have been issued for the supply of bulls and rams from the Hissar
Cattle Farm .
Military D partment, the January 1877.

Rules for dealing with applications for breeding stock from the Hissar Cattle Farm.
" I. Officers in charge of districts wishing to have bulls or rams sent to their districts should
submit requisitions to the Local Government through the Commissioner of the division . They
should show——
1st. The number of bulls and rams received from the farm remaining in the district.
2nd. The number and date of those last received .
3rd.—The breed of cattle and sheep preferred in those districts, showing whether the
cattle and sheep are large or small.
4th. The column of remarks should show the result of the breeding from the
Government bulls and rams in the district during the past year, and the name
of the Government subordinate official who has been entrusted with the charge
of the bulls and rams, and the duty of lending them out for breeding purposes.
II. If the Local Government is satisfied that the supply of the animals is desirable, and
that their use for breeding will be carefully supervised and promoted, the requisition will be
sanctioned and forwarded to the Deputy Commissary General, Upper Circle, for compliance.
III. The requisitions should reach Umballa early in October, so that the bulls and rams
may be despatched from the farm in the cold weather.
IV. Pro forma credits in accounts will be given. viz.,
For bulls ... Rs. 150 each.
For rams ... ,, 20 19
V. In the case of private individuals, whether native zamindars or others, or Europeans,
cash payment at the above values will be required, and the sale of bulls or rams will be at the
discretion of the Superintendent of the Farm and the Deputy Commissary General, Upper
Circle.
VI. About 62 bulls and 125 rams will be reserved annually for supply from the farm for
breeding purposes, and they will be held available in the first instance to meet the requisitions
of officers in charge of districts, of which there are 30 in the North-Western Provinces and 32
in the Punjab; but as it is not expected that anything like the number of bulls and rams to be
held in reserve, with reference to the number of districts, will be applied for annually, a large
number will be left for private parties.
MARCH 1877. ] FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORDERS . 15
VII. The Superintendent of the Farm will publish annually in November, in the Lahore
and Allahabad papers, the number of bulls and rams that will be available for breeding pur
poses after meeting the requisitions of officers in charge of districts, and the terms on which
they can be obtained by private individuals.
VIII. On applications being received, a memorandum of the terms, which should be
printed and held in readiness in the Superintendent's office, on which bulls and rams are avail.
” able from the farm, will be sent in duplicate to the applicant, if a private individual. One copy
of the memorandum will be kept, and the other sent back to the Superintendent of the Farm
accepting the terms, when the cattle will be sent off as may be requested, at the risk of the
5 3 2 Sad
applicant.
BOOK CIRCULAR No. VII or 1877.

(No. 1456 ) .

T To
ALL COMMISSIONERS, DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS, AND SETTLE
MENT OFFICERS IN THE PUNJAB.
A question having arisen as to the description of property which comes under
Government lands. the term " nazul," as used in para 277 of the revised
Definition of the term edition of Directions for Collectors of Land Revenue, the
" nazul land." following extract from Government of Punjab letter No.
434 dated 20th February 1877, to this office, is circulated for general information : —
"L
Practically the Lieutenant Governor thinks the nature of nazul property does
not admit of much dispute, and he would regard such property as consisting of
lands and houses in the immediate neighbourhood of a town which have come into
the hands of Government, and which are not distinctly connected with a mahal or
estate, and which cannot be deemed to belong to land revenue proper, or escheats
of gardens, lands or buildings belonging to late governments comprised in the
limits of a town or municipality. Shares in wells in the interior of districts would
not fall within the meaning of the term ."
2. There may be cases in which property is nazul without coming within the
scope of the above definition ; these must be judged on their respective merits.
BOOK CIRCULAR No. VIII OF 1877.

(No. 1457).
Το
ALL COMMISSIONERS IN CHARGE OF SETTLEMENTS AND
SETTLEMENT OFFICERS .
With reference to rules C III, V 33, clause 13, published under the Punjab
Mines and Quarries. Land Revenue Act, it is hereby ruled, with the sanction
Right of Government to of Government, that in the administration papers of all
boulders in the river beds. villages a clause shall be inserted, reserving to Govern
ment the right to take, without compensation, boulders lying in the beds of rivers
and streams in the village concerned.
14T FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORDERS. [ RECORD

(No. 1455).
Το
PUNJAB.
In continuation of Circular No. 35 dated 5th June 1876, and other orders on
Cattle. the subject, the accompanying rules are prescribed by
Bulls and Rams from Government regarding the manner in which applications
Hissar. are to be made for bulls and rams from the Hissar Cattle
Farm . The letter from Government, No. 185 dated 23rd February, circulated
herewith, directs that applications are to be made to Government through Commis
sioners and Financial Commissioner.
No. 185 dated 23rd February 1877, from Officiating Assistant Secretary to Government,
Punjab, to Secretary to Financial commissioner, Punjab.
In reply to your Memo No. 150 of the 13th February, I am desired to state that the ap
plications for bulls and rams are, under rule 1 , required to be submitted to the Local Govern
ment, and the Deputy Commissary General will probably require distinct intimation that this
Government " is satisfied " under rule 2 , but His Honor the Lieutenant Governor desires that
they should be received through the Finaucial Commissioner.
No. 2 dated 15th January 1877, from Under- Secy. to the Government of India, Department of
Revenue, Agriculture, and Commerce, to the Officiating Secretary to Government, Punjab.
I am directed to forward, for the information of His Honor the Lieutenant Governor, a
copy of the rules which have been issued for the supply of bulls and rams from the Hissar
Cattle Farm .
Military Department, the January 1877.
Rules for dealing with applications for breeding stock from the Hissar Cattle Farm.
I. Officers in charge of districts wishing to have bulls or rams sent to their districts should
submit requisitions to the Local Government through the Commissioner of the division. They
should show
1st. The number of bulls and rams received from the farm remaining in the district.
2nd. The number and date of those last received.
3rd. The breed of cattle and sheep preferred in those districts, showing whether the
cattle and sheep are large or small.
4th. The column of remarks should show the result of the breeding from the
Government bulls and rams in the district during the past year, and the name
of the Government subordinate official who has been entrusted with the charge
of the bulls and rams, and the duty of lending them out for breeding purposes.
II. If the Local Government is satisfied that the supply of the animals is desirable, and
that their use for breeding will be carefully supervised and promoted, the requisition will be
sanctioned and forwarded to the Deputy Commissary General. Upper Circle, for compliance.
III. The requisitions should reach Umballa early in October, so that the bulls and rams
may be despatched from the farm in the cold weather.
IV. Pro forma credits in accounts will be given. viz.,
For bulls ... Rs. 150 each.
For rams ... 27 20 19
V. In the case of private individuals, whether native zamindars or others, or Europeans,
cash payment at the above values will be required, and the sale of bulls or rams will be at the
discretion of the Superintendent of the Farm and the Deputy Commissary General, Upper
Circle.
VI. About 62 bulls and 125 rams will be reserved annually for supply from the farm for
breeding purposes, and they will be held available in the first instance to meet the requisitions
of officers in charge of districts, of which there are 30 in the North- Western Provinces and 32
in the Punjab; but as it is not expected that anything like the number of bulls and rams to be
held in reserve, with reference to the number of districts, will be applied for annually, a large
number will be left for private parties.
MARCH 1877. ] FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORders. 15
VII. The Superintendent of the Farm will publish annually in November, in the Lahore
and Allahabad papers, the number of bulls and rams that will be available for breeding pur
poses after meeting the requisitions of officers in charge of districts, and the terms on which
they can be obtained by private individuals.
VIII. On applications being received, a memorandum of the terms, which should be
printed and held in readiness in the Superintendent's office, on which bulls and rams are avail.
able from the farm, will be sent in duplicate to the applicant, if a private individual. One copy
of the memorandum will be kept, and the other sent back to the Superintendent of the Farm
accepting the terms, when the cattle will be sent off as may be requested, at the risk of the
applicant.
BOOK CIRCULAR No. VII or 1877.

(No. 1456).

Το
ALL COMMISSIONERS, DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS, AND SETTLE
MENT OFFICERS IN THE PUNJAB.
A question having arisen as to the description of property which comes under.
Government lands. the term " nazul," as used in para 277 of the revised
Definition of the term edition of Directions for Collectors of Land Revenue, the
" nazul land." following extract from Government of Punjab letter No.
434 dated 20th February 1877, to this office, is circulated for general information :—
"L
Practically the Lieutenant Governor thinks the nature of nazul property does
not admit of much dispute, and he would regard such property as consisting of
lands and houses in the immediate neighbourhood of a town which have come into
the hands of Government, and which are not distinctly connected with a mahal or
estate, and which cannot be deemed to belong to land revenue proper, or escheats
of gardens, lands or buildings belonging to late governments comprised in the
limits of a town or municipality. Shares in wells in the interior of districts would
not fall within the meaning of the term ."
2. There may be cases in which property is nazul without coming within the
scope of the above definition ; these must be judged on their respective merits.
BOOK CIRCULAR No. VIII OF 1877.

(No. 1457).
To
SETTLEMENT OFFICERS.
With reference to rules C III, V 33, clause 13, published under the Punjab
Mines and Quarries. Land Revenue Act, it is hereby ruled, with the sanction
Right of Government to of Government, that in the administration papers of all
boulders in the river beds.
villages a clause shall be inserted, reserving to Govern
ment the right to take, without compensation, boulders lying in the beds of rivers
and streams in the village concerned.
CIRCULAR No. 16 1877.

( No. 1961 ).
Dated the 16th April 1877.
Το
The subjects to be treated of in the Excise Report for the past year will be the
Instructious for Excise same as were specified in Circular No. 6 of 11th February
Report, 1876-77. 1876, and in the same order.
2. The numbering of the Returns has been slightly altered, but the series as
annexed consists as before of 10 returns, of which 2 are in the old form, and 8 are
the imperial returns required by Government of India.
3. Forms will shortly be issued.
List of Returns to be submitted with the Annual Report on Excise Adminis

tration for 1876-77.
No. of
Return. Name of Return.
I || Imperial No. I ).—Total revenue derived from liquors and drugs.

II Comparative Statement of income and charges of central distilleries.
III ( Imperial No. II).- Revenue derived from consumption of spirit.
IV ( Ditto III) -Revenue derived from consumption of European liquors
imported or locally manufactured .
V ( Ditto IV ) -Revenue derived from consumption of country spirit.
VI Ditto V)-Materials from which country spirits are manufactured.
VII ( Ditto VI).-Revenue from wine, beer and fermented liquors.
VIII Comparative Statement of demands, collections, and balances on account of
opium and intoxicating drugs.
IX ( Imperial No. VII).- Revenue derived from opium and its preparations.
X ( Ditto VIII) -Revenue derived from hemp and its congenors.
BOOK CIRCULAR No. X.

(No. 1996 ).
To
With reference to Book Circular No. XX of 13th September 1866, regarding
Revenue Agents. Revenue Agents' examination rules, the fol
Members of Punjab University College lowing additional rule is prescribed by the
who have passed the first law examina- Financial Commissioner with the sanction of
tion eligible to practice as Government :
Rule 10 A.- Persons holding certificates of having passed the First Law Examination of
the Punjab University College may be admitted as Revenue Agents without further examins
tion, at the discretion of the Financial Commissioner.
APRIL 1877. ] FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORDERS. 19
BOOK CIRCULAR No. XI.

No. 2,234 ).
Dated the 24th April 1877
To
It is requested that in all cases of application for acquisition of land

under section 6 , Act X of 1870, the draft
Acquisition of Land.
Applications for-to be accom. notification required by rule xiv of this office
panied by draft Notifications re Book Circular No. VII of 1876 may be furnished
quired by the rules in duplicate. in duplicate.
>
18 FINANCIAL CÎRCULAR ORDERS. [ RECORD
CIRCULAR No. 16 1877.

( No. 1961 ).
Το
ALL COMMISSIONERS AND DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS, PUNJAB .
The subjects to be treated of in the Excise Report for the past year will be the
Instructious for Excise same as were specified in Circular No. 6 of 11th February
Report, 1876-77. 1876, and in the same order.
2. The numbering of the Returns has been slightly altered, but the series as
annexed consists as before of 10 returns, of which 2 aro in the old form, and 8 are
the imperial returns required by Government of India.
3. Forms will shortly be issued.
List of Returns to be submitted with the Annual Report on Excise Adminis

tration for 1876-77.
No. of
Return. Name of Return.
IImperial No. I).-Total revenue derived from liquors and drugs.

II Comparative Statement of income and charges of central distilleries.
III ( Imperial No. II ) .— Revenue derived from consumption of spirit.
IV ( Ditto III) -Revenue derived from consumption of European liquors
imported or locally manufactured.
V Ditto IV ).-Revenue derived from consumption of country spirit.
VI Ditto V). Materials from which country spirits are manufactured.
VII Ditto VI). Revenue from wine, beer and fermented liquors.
VIII Comparative Statement of demands, collections, and balances on account of
opium and intoxicating drugs.
IX ( Imperial No. VII ).- Revenue derived from opium and its preparations.
X ( Ditto VIII) -Revenue derived from hemp and its congenors.
BOOK CIRCULAR No. X.

(No. 1996 ).
To
ALL COMMISSIONERS AND DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS, PUNJAB
With reference to Book Circular No. XX of 13th September 1866, regarding
Revenue Agents. Revenue Agents' examination rules, the fol
Members of Punjab University College lowing additional rule is prescribed by the
who have passed the first law examina- Financial Commissioner with the sanction of
tion eligible to practice as Government :
Rule 10 4.- Persons holding certificates of having passed the First Law Examination of
the Punjab University College may be admitted as Revenue Agents without further examina
tion, at the discretion of the Financial Commissioner.
APRIL 1877. ] FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORDERS. 19
BOOK CIRCULAR No. XI.

No. 2,234 ).
Dated the 24th April 1877
To
It is requested that in all cases of application for acquisition of land

Acquisition of Land. under section 6, Act X of 1870, the draft
Applications for-to be accom. notification required by rule xiv of this office
panied by draft Notifications re Book Circular No. VII of 1876 may be furnished
quired by the rules in duplicate. in duplicate.
MAY 1877. ] FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORDERS. 21
S.
BOOK CIRCULAR No. XII OF 1877.

(No. 2721 ).
Dated 21st May 1877.
Το
SETTLEMENT OFFICERS.
Forwards, for information and compliance, copy of a letter No. 794 dated 10th
Settlement fees. February 1877, from the Secretary to Government of
India, Financial Department, to the address of the Secre
Advances to settlementoffi tary to Government, Punjab, and of the Secretary's endorse
cers to be charged against ment No. 492 dated 28th February 1877 , prescribing that
the settlement grant, par
cha fees in such cases being the advances made to the settlement officers of Delhi and
credited in full to Govern Gurgaon shall be at once charged against the settlement
ment. grant, any fees realized being credited to revenue.
2. As these orders are applicable to all districts in which advances repayable
from the settlement parcha fees have been made by Government, settlement officers
of all such districts are hereby instructed to credit to Government all amounts
hitherto realized, or hereafter realized, on account of parcha fees, under paras. H 56
of the rules issued under the Punjab Land Revenue Act. Such fees must be credit
ed in full to Government as realized, and no expenditure per contra must be made
from them.
3. If further advances are required to meet expenditure which is ordinarily
debitable to parcha fees, application for such advances, up to the estimated amount
of the total realizations on account of parcha fees, may be made.
4. The settlement officers of all districts for which advances have been sanc
tioned are hereby further instructed to submit a return showing the amounts
expended from such advances during 1876-77, and the total estimated expenditure
from such advances during the year 1877-78, with a statement of the objects upon
which they have been expended. In submitting their budgets for 1878-79 they will
add a supplementary budget showing the advances which will be available for that
year, and the estimated expenditure therefrom, with the objects on which the expen
diture will be made.
In regard to districts for which no advances repayable from parcha fees have
been sanctioned, the arrangements at present in force for the collection and expen
diture of parcha fees may be continued until further orders, but it must be under
stood that any application for such advances will result in the necessity for crediting
to Government all the parcha fees which may be realized during settlement
operations.
No. 794 Dated 10th February 1877.

From The Secretary to the Government of India, Financial Department,
To- The Secretary to Government, Punjab.
In forwarding to you the accompanying copy of a letter from the Accountant General,
Punjab, No. 1342, dated the 31st January 1877, I am directed to state that it has been decided
by the Governor General in Council that the advances made to the settlement officers of Delhi
and Gurgaon shall be at once charged against the settlement grant, any fees realized being
Rs. 63,500 in 1876-77, and Rs. credited to revenue. Accordingly, the amounts of advances
51,600 in 1877-78. estimated to be required in 1876-77 and 1877-78 should be pro
vided for in the estimates for those years.
Endorsement by Government Punjab, Financial Department.

No. 492, dated 28th February 1877.
Copy of the above forwarded to the Secretary to Financial Commissioner, Punjab, for in
formation and guidance, with reference to previous correspondence ending with his office
endorsement No. 1401 dated 2nd December last.
S
BOOK CIRCULAR No. XIII OF 1877.
S
(No. 2803).
Dated 24th May 1877.
Το
ALL COMMISSIONERS AND DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS CONCERNED,
REGISTRAR OF CONSERVANCY SAKKAR.
In continuation of this office Book Circular No. XIX of 1876, the Financial
Trade. Commissioner, by order of Government, prescribes the
Addition of two headings addition of the following headings for registration of arti
showing trade in arms and cles of trade to those contained in the appendix to that
ammunition quarterly circular. An attempt should be made to give returns
trade returns .to
under these headings from the commencement of the year
1877-78, viz. , from 1st April 1877, or, if this is impracticable, from the date of this
:
circular :
Under class B.
"Fire-arms."
Under class C.
" Ammunition."
2. Deputy Commissioners of districts where registration is effected by means
of the customs posts should communicate these additions to the customs officer.
The Deputy Commissioner of Delhi should inform the East Indian Railway
Company.
BOOK CIRCULAR No. XIV OF 1877.

(No. 2829. )
To
In circular No. 55 of 15th November 1876, the Financial Commissioner directed

Excise. that Excise dároghas and Excise moharrirs should be
Excise establishments to be employed exclusively in the supervision of the Excise
restricted to excise duties, establishment and the other duties connected with the
Excise administration of the district, and it was requested that cases not in con
formity with this rule might be reported for orders.
MAY 1877. ] FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORDERS. 23
2. The reports on these cases having been submitted to Government, the

accompanying orders have been received, to the effect that the Excise establishments
are to be restricted, without any exception, to the performance of Excise duties.
No. 2108 dated 12th May 1877.

From- Offg. Secretary to Government, Punjab.
To-The Secretary to the Financial Commissioner, Punjab.
In reply to your letter No. 188 of the 28th February, on the subject of the employment of
excise officials as readers in judicial courts, I am directed to observe on the general question
that the Lieutenant Governor considers it exceedingly undesirable that excise clerks should be
employed in judicial offices. The proper conduct of the work of distilleries, passing out and
gauging liquor, is performed by these men, and if they are employed on other duties, there can
be little doubt but that the Government revenue will suffer, and that the work, which should
be undertaken by responsible officers, will be made over to chaprásís. His Honor considers
that you should issue instructions to Commissioners of divisions that in future excise moharrirs
be confined to their own prescribed duties ; should extra clerks be required for judicial courts
(and those of Náib-Tahsildars not being judicial courts, it is not understood why they require
moharrirs at all), other arrangements must be made, which can, if necessary, be reported on
separately.
JUNE 1877. ] FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORDERS . 25
S.
(No. 3016. )
Dated 4th June 1877.
To
COMMISSIONERS UMBALLA, JULLUNDUR, AMRITSAR, RAWAL
PINDI, PESHAWAR, DERAJAT AND DEPY. COMMISSIONERS
CONCERNED.
The Supreme Government is desirious of obtaining monthly returns of the

Trade. trade of the Punjab with countries and territories external
Monthly returns of foreign to British India, for incorporation in the monthly returns
trade required. of the trade of British India -published by the Department
of Revenue, Agriculture and Commerce.
2. In lieu, therefore, of the quarterly statements prescribed in para 19 of this
office Book Circular V A (Circular 10) of 1874, Deputy Commissioners of the dis
tricts in which the registration posts hereafter mentioned are situated, are request
ed to furnish these returus through Commissioners every month, as soon after its
close as possible. The returns for the month of April 1877 should be submitted
without delay, as it is desirable to institute the new system from the commencement
of the year 1877-78.
3. The returns for the several posts in each district should be compiled in
the district office, with reference to the different countries or provinces to and from
which the articles are conveyed. It will probably be convenient to show the trade
Kashmir. with each of the territories, * of which the trade is sepa
Ladakh. rately shown in the annual returns, on separate sheets,
Chinese Tibet. both for imports and exports ; and where a distinction of
Bajaur.
Kabul. routes is made in accordance with the instructions conveyed
Tirah. in para 7 of this office Book Circular No. XIX of 1876,
Siwestan. separate forms should be used for each of such routes.
4. The Financial Commissioner hopes that every effort will be made to ensure
compliance with these instructions at an early date.
Posts on account of which Monthly Returns are to be compiled in the District.

DISTRCT. POST.
Simla ... Wangtu.
Kángra ... ... ... Sultanpur.
Gurdaspur ... ... Basaoli.
Zafarwál.
Sialkot ... ... Dilawali.
:
Salihpur.
Gujrat Daulatnagar.
:
:..
Gattalián.
:.
Jhelum Manjala.
:.
:.
Dhangrot.
:
Lachman Ferry.
Rawalpindi Murree.
:.
Mangal.
Hazárá
Darband.
:
:.
:.
DISTRICT. POST.
Tangi.
Shankargarh.
Michni Ferry.
Peshawar ...
Sara Sang.
:.
Burj Hari Singh.
Bálákot.
Kohat.
Kohát ...
Teri.
Edwardes-abad.
Bannu ...
Lakkhi.
:
Tánk.
Gumál.
Dera Ismail Khan Chaudwán.
Gurwáli.
Vehowah.
Sangarh.
Dera Ghazi Khan Sakhi Sarwar.
:
:
Rajhan.*

(No. 3273).
Το
A case having occurred in which some sheets of postage stamps were abstracted
Stamps . from a despatch sent from one treasury to another, the
Advices to accompany des Financial Commissioner finds, from an inspection of the
patches of postage stamps ; proceedings, that the misappropriation of the stamps was
receiving officers to count facilitated by the fact that the despatching officer did not
such stamps before passing send the advice of the stamps at the same time as the
them into the treasury.
stamps themselves ; consequently, it was not known at the
receiving treasury how many stamps the packet should contain till many days after
it had been received . It was also found that the receiving officer did not count the
stamps on arrival, or cause them to be counted in his presence, as required by rule
XVII of the postage stamp rules ( page 86 A, Punjab Stamp Manual ). The packet
was passed on through several hands before the contents were counted.
2. It was apparently owing to these irregularities that the loss of stamps in
this case occurred, and the Financial Commissioner desires Deputy Commissioners
and officers in charge of treasuries to pay careful attention to these points, and to
see that stamps received from Calcutta or from other treasuries are not made over
uncounted to subordinates who are not directly responsible for their custody.
* But if the trade passing Rajhan is with Sind, then it should be shown separately, and not
amalgamated with the trade with foreign territory.
JUNE 1877. ] FINANCIAL CIRCUL ORders . 2T
CIRCULAR No oF 1877.
(No. 3377. )
Το
The accompanying correspondence, containing an opinion of the Government
Stamps. Advocate as to how far two are more persons may join
Duty on joint powers of together in executing a power of attorney on a single
attorney. stamp in favor of one person, is circulated for information.
No. 1226 dated 12th March 1877, from Secretary to Financial Commissioner, Punjal, to the
Government Advocate, Punjab.
Forwards, in original, a letter No. 25 of the 28th ultimo and enclosures from the Inspector
General of Registration , Punjab, and requests he will be good enough to favor the Officiating
Financial Commissioner with his opinion as to whether two or more persons can, in a single in
strument executed on an eight rupee stamp, convey a general power of attorney to one and the
same individual.
No. 221 D- A, dated 12th May 1877, from Officiating Government Advocate, Punjab, to the
Secretary to Financial Commissioner, Punjab.
In reply to your No. 1226 dated 12th March 1877, I am of opinion that there is no objection
to two or more persons jointly executing a general power of attorney to one and the same
individual, provided there is a community of purpose between the persons so executing the in
strument, although inter se they may have separate interests and liabilities-(see Ramsbottom
v. Davis, IV Mee. and Welsb. 584 ; Shipton v. Thornton IX A. and E. 314. ) Thus, a power
of attorney by all the members of a mutual insurance club nominating an attorney to
execute policies, has been held to require a single stamp ( Allen versus Morrison , 8 B. and C. 565.)
The point to be regarded in such cases is, have the parties executing the instrument a common
object or purpose. Where this can be shown, a single stamp will be sufficient, but where the
appointment is made for the purpose of protecting or carrying out entirely separate and distinct
interests, a single stamp would not be sufficient.
2. In the particular case which you have referred, the question of stamp must be decided
by the above rule ; but considering the relationship of the parties, and the probability that they
have a common holding in the village, it is extremely likely that the instrument was intended
to operate with reference to dealings in which the parties had a joint or common interest.
BOOK CIRCULAR NO . XV OF 1877.

CIRCULAR No. 25 or 1877 .
( No. 3378).
To
ALL COMMISSIONERS AND DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS , PUNJAB .
In further explanation of the Government orders in the Circulars noted in the
*
Acquisition of Land. margin, the annexed + correspondence
Reduction of revenue on lands taken up for is circulated for guidance, laying down
public purposes. the principle that, when land paying
Government land revenue is taken up
* Financial Commissioner's Book Circular XXVI for a public purpose, the revenue demand
of 4th December 1873.
Financial Commissioner's Book Circular XVI will be reduced if the work is chargeable
of 29th September 1876. to imperial revenues, but when the work
+ Financial Commr's. No. 395--2360 dated 1st is chargeable to provincial and local
May 1877, to Secy. to Govt. Punjab ; Secy. to Govt. revenues, such as a district road, the
Punjab, reply No. 570 dated 16th idem.
revenue demand will be payable from
local funds by the municipal or district committeg till next revision of settlement.
No. 395-2360 dated 1st May 1877, from the Secretary to Financial Commissioner,
Punjab, to the Secretary to Government, Punjab.
Applications are frequently received in this office for the reduction of landrevenue on land
taken up for roads and other works undertaken by municipal and district committees. 4.k
2. Finl. Commr's. Book Circular XXVI of 4th December 1873 circulated a Government
letter No. 1634 dated 7th November 1873, which lays down that in the case of revenue paying
land purchased by a municipal committee, the committee will become liable to the payment of "
the land revenue, unless remitted by the Government, and that only in very special cases would M
the Government remit the demand. +
3. In Book Circular XVI of 29th September 1876, it was further laid down in accordance
with Government No. 991 dated 14th August 1876, that the order of Government above quoted,
with reference to the purchase of land by municipal committees, applied also to the case of land
taken up by a district committee.
4. These orders having come under the notice of the Government of India, a letter was
addressed to you by that Government No. 1 dated 9th January 1877, communicated to this office
with your No. 132 dated 18th January 1877 , to the effect that the instructions contained in those
two circulars were correct, provided that the word " ordinarily " used in the circular of 4th
December 1873, means that " when the land taken up is subject to the payment of land revenue,
such revenue will continue to be payable, unless the Government specially remit it."
5. These orders of Government do not indicate the circumstances under which any such
application for reduction of revenue is to be considered " special," so as to allow of its being
sanctioned, and the Financial Commissioner is still in doubt how to deal with cases that
come up.
6. The case on which the Government ruling in No. 991 dated 14th August 1876 was
issued, was that of a water course from the canal for the civil station of Rohtak. The Financial
Commissioner represented on that occasion that the main test for judging whether a purpose
was a public one, was whether a notification had been issued under the Act. In this case there
had been no notification and no sanction of Government for taking up the land. On these
grounds the remission of revenue was not recommended ; the inference being that had a notifi
cation been issued the reduction might have been recommended .
7. In a case now sent up by the Commissioner of Rawalpindi, the Gujrat district committee
have widened a road in the district. The land required was taken up by private negotiation,
and hence no gazette notification was applied for. No sanction of Government was obtained.
The Financial Commissioner therefore refused to sanction the remission of Rs. 5 land revenue
applied for until the sanction of Government to the appropriation should be obtained.
8. The Commissioner now sends up a notification for publication in the gazette, a course
which seems scarcely appropriate, as the land has been acquired long ago and compensation
paid. The object of the Commissioner is to obtain formal sanction of Government for the appro
priation of the land in order that the land revenue may be remitted. But the Financial Com
missioner is uncertain whether to apply to Government for this sanction, because he is not sure
what constitutes a " special case."
9. The Financial Commissioner remarks that the absence of a notification may occur
through inadvertence in a case that is really one of public utility, and that the omission to
obtain Government sanction at the proper time is a defect that can afterwards be remedied ; so
that as the question at present stands the Financial Commissioner would be able to sanction
the reduction of revenue in every case in which Government sanction for the appropriation
existed ; while in other cases the sanction of Government could be obtained subsequently, and
the sanction of the reduction would then follow.
10. The Government of India letter above quoted seems however to contemplate that
there are cases in which land revenue will continue to be payable by district and municipal com
mittees, but what the cases are is not laid down, and it is on this point that the Financial
Commissioner desires further instructions.
11. The point for consideration seems to be that there is a distinction between public works
of an imperial character chargeable to imperial revenues, and those of a local character charge
able to local funds, and that under the present system of imperial and local finance, the reduc
tion of revenue, being in another form a portion of the cost of a work, should be met from the
same source as the work itself.
12. On the other hand, at the settlement of land revenue, public roads are not assessed,
being excluded from the malguzári or revenue paying land. In the case therefore of roads
made by district committees, the imperial revenue would at the next settlement lose the land
revenue originally assessed upon the land taken up. The question therefore narrows itself to
this in the case of works not chargeable to imperial funds for which revenue paying land is
taken up under proper sanction, who is to pay the revenue up to the next revision of settlement?
JUNE 1877. ] FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORDERS. 29
No. 570 dated 16th May 1877 , from the Officiating Secretary to Government, Punjab, to the
I am desired to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No. 395 dated 1st instant, soliciting
instructions for the disposal of applications for the reduction of land revenue on land taken up
for roads and other works undertaken by district and municipal committees, and in reply to
state the principle to which regard should be had in dealing with such references is, that no part
of the cost of a work of a local character chargeable to local funds should be adjusted so as to
fall upon the imperial revenues. A permanent charge or a charge for a term of years upon land
taken up for such works is necessarily a part of their cost : hence the land revenue should con
tinue to be paid from local funds unless there are very special reasons to the contrary. The
issue or absence of a gazette notification under the Land Acquisition Act cannot therefore be
used as the criterion to distinguish between the cases in which land revenue should or should
not be remitted, but the distinction must be made with reference to the particular circumstances
of each case as it arises, bearing in mind the principle stated above.
2. In the case of public roads alluded to in your 12th para., the area converted into high
way during the currency of the term of settlement would continue to pay the land revenue
assessment for the period of such term. When a re-settlement of the revenue was made, such
area would be excluded from the lands subject to assessments, but the revenue leviable upon it
during the interval would not be remitted or refunded. Such, at least, His Honor believes to
be the existing practice, and such he considers should be the rule in the case of roads made by
district and municipal committees in lands assessed to land revenue, the revenue up to the next
revision of settlement being payable by the committees concerned .
3. The reference of the Commissioner of the Rawalpindi Division in the matter of the road
made by the Gujrat district committee can be decided in accordance with the foregoing remarks.
The Lieutenant Governor thinks with the Financial Commissioner, that as the land has been
long ago acquired , a notification under Act X of 1870 would be unnecessary and inappropriate.
There appear to be no special circumstances in the case, and the Rs. 5 land revenue should be
paid by the district committee till the next revision of settlement, when the land taken up for
the road will be excluded from future assessment in the usual course.
BOOK CIRCULAR No. XVI OF 1877.

(No. 3576)
To
The attention of Deputy Commissioners is drawn to section 89 of the Indian
Registration Act, III of 1877, extracted be
Advances Agricultural.
Registration Act.- Copies of certifi low, requiring them to transmit to the regis
cates for takavi advances to be sent to tration office concerned copies of certificates
registration office. granted for advances under the Land Impro
vement Act.
2. It will be seen from clause 6 section 17 of the Act that certificates and
instruments of collateral security under the Land Improvement Act are exempt from
registration in the ordinary way, whereas hitherto they have been liable to registra
tion in certain cases, under rule XVIII, Appendix X of Directions to Collectors.
3. The rules relating to fees for copies of records contained in Financial
Commissioner's Circular 23 of 1871 remain in force under section 2 of the Registra
tion Act.
Extract Section 89 from the Indian Registration Act, 1877.

89. " Every officer granting a certificate under the Land Improvement Act, 1871 , shall
send a copy of such certificate to the registering office within the local limits of whose jurisdic
tion the whole or any part of the land to be improved, or of the land to be granted as collateral
security, is situate, and such registering officer shall file the certificate in his book No. I."
JULY 1877. ] FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORDERS. 31

(No. 4072). Dated 19th July 1877.
Το
COMMISSIONERS AND SUPERINTENDENTS, PUNJAB.
Powers. With reference to the Government circulars
noted in the margin,* it has been arranged, in com
Judicial powers for Tahsildars.
munication with the Chief Court, that, applications
for civil and criminal powers for Tahsildars need not be referred to the Financial
*No. 10-737 dated 9th June 1866. Commissioner, but should be sent by Com
No. 44-2182 dated 21st June 1872. missioners to the Chief Court for orders of
No. 6-256 dated 21st June 1873. Government.

(No. 4073). Dated 19th July 1877.
To
ALL DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS, PUNJAB.
As it appears from correspondence that has passed between Government and
Patwaris. the Accountant General that the proper mode of crediting
the income from which budget provision is made for pat
Patwaris school receipts wáris schools is not uniformly understood and acted on,
and expenditure.
Deputy Commissioners are reminded of the instructions
contained in Circular No. 43 of 28th July 1876.
2. Fees taken from non-patwáris, for instruction in the patwárís' school, and fines
imposed on patwárís, are both to be credited to the head " patwaris' fees and fines" sub
ordinate to the head " education" under "registration” in the provincial services budget.
3. The income should not be appropriated to any other purpose, as the ex
penditure on patwárís schools is in part dependent on it.
BOOK CIRCULAR No. XVII.

CIRCULAR No. 29 of 1877.
(No. 4142). Dated 23rd July 1877.
To
The attention of all officers is drawn to the revised rules for the custody, dis
tribution and sale of postage stamps, published in the Gazette of India dated 26th
May 1877, and to the annexed memo. of Director General of the Postal Department,
indicating the points in which the new rules differ from the old.
No. 2019, dated 19th June 1877.
From The Post Master General, Punjab ;
To-The Financial Commissioner, Punjab.
I have the honor to forward for your information a copy of Director General's No. 1390,
dated 6th June 1877, together with a copy of the revised rules for the custody, distribution and
sale of postage stamp labels.
MEMORANDUM No. 1390.
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR GENERAL POST OFFICE OF INDIA.
The 6th June 1877.
The revised rules for the custody, distribution and sale of postage stamp labels published
in the India Gazette dated 26th May (pages 295 to 315 ) differ from the previous rules only in
the following respects.
Rule V. After the words " Rule VIII" in the 1st paragraph have been added in brackets
the words " not being a person employed in a Government Treasury."
After the words Government officials" in the 2nd paragraph have been added the words
"without restriction as to a minimum amount."
Rule IX. The second last sentence about conditions which may be attached to licenses
is entirely new, the special object being to provide for cases where ( as in some Presidency
towns) the lincensed vendors all congregate in the principal thoroughfares and leave the leas
frequented neighbourhoods unsupplied.
S.
(No. 4248). Dated 27th July 1877.
Το
ALL COMMISSIONERS AND SUPERINTENDENTS, PUNJAB.
The accompanying letter from the Secretary to Government No. 662 dated 9th
June, conveys orders relating to the preparation of re
Municipal Trade Returns turns of Municipal Trade for the year 1876-77.
for 1876-77.
2. It will be observed that returns for this year are required only on account
of Municipalities of the first class, but to these should be added an account of any
special industry carried on in other parts of the Province.
3. With the sanction of Government, the following instructions are conveyed
regarding the mode in which these returns should be submitted.
4. A return is required for each first class Municipality in the form prescribed
in Book Circular VIII of 1876, similar to those used for returns of external trade,
which are based upon the classified list of articles issued with Book Circular XIX of
1876. Forms of these returns sufficient for the first class Municipalities in your
Division are herewith forwarded.
Import. Export. Import. Export.
Delhi ... 2 2 Dalhousie ... 2 2
Simla ... ... 2 2 Lahore ... ... 2
Dharmsála ... 2 2 Murree ... ... 2 2
Amritsar ... ... 2 2 Mooltan ... ... 2
5. In addition to this return, a report is required for each first class Munici
pality in the Province, in which mention should be made of the following par
ticulars :
(1). A review of the trade of first class Municipalities for the year, with such
statistics of manufactures and industries carried on in such Municipalities
as it may be possible to include.
(2). Mention if any class of Imports and Exports of first class Municipalities,
which, owing to imperfect registration, are not included in statement 1,
hereby prescribed. The Financial Commissioner hopes that the state
ments will be made as complete as possible.
6. As these instructions have been delayed some time beyond the expiry of
the year 1876-77, to which they refer, no time should be lost in completing the re
ports and returns, which it is hoped will reach the Financial Commissioner's Office
not later than 15th August.
Copy of a letter No. 662 dated 9th June 1877, from Officiating Secretary to Government,
Punjab, to the Secretary to Financial Commissioner, Punjab.
In reply to your letter No. S-495 of the 24th May, I am desired to state that the Hon'ble
the Lieutenant Governor considers that it would be an advantage for the report and returns
noted in your letter, to be submitted through the Financial Commissioner, who is intimately
acquainted with the subject, and whose opinion on the returns as submitted, will be of advan
tage to the Government.
2. I am to request the attention of the Financial Commissioner to the correspondence end
ing with my No. 95 dated 29th January last, on the subject of the submission of reports from
Municipalities, containing a review of the trade of the towns during the year, with such statis
tics of manufactures and trades as it may be possible to include. These reports the Lieutenant
Governor considers for the present year might be confined to 1st class Municipalities, and one
of these, that one compiled with the most intelligence and precision , may be published in the
Gazette as an example which other Municipalities may with advantage follow. The Liente.
nant Governor would be obliged if the Financial Commissioner would suggest the form which
this report should take, and the statements which should be attached to it for general adop
tion.
AUGUST 1877. ] FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORDERS. 33
BOOK CIRCULAR No. XVIII OF 1877.
(No. 4620. )
Dated 15th August 1877.
Το
The annexed correspondence with the Board of Revenue, North Western Pro
Transport of Punjab Bhang vinces, indicating the conditions under which Bhang may
into the North Western Pro- be transported from districts or Native States in the
vinces.
Punjab into districts in the North Western Provinces,
is circulated for information and guidance.
Copy of a letter No. 2816, dated 24th May 1877, from the Secretary to Financial Commissioner,
Punjab, to the Secretary to Board of Revenue, North Western Provinces, Allahabad.
"I am directed by the Financial Commissioner to forward a copy of Commissioner of
Umballa's letter No. 99 of 23rd April, and annexures, regarding the exportation of Bhang
from the Kalsia State, into the North Western Provinces, and with reference to rule 2 appen
dix XVII page 31 of the North Western Provinces Excise Manual, to enquire whether there
is any objection to the exportation of Bhang from Kalsia, or other places in the Punjab, into
districts in the North Western Provinces, provided the exporter furnishes himself with a pass
from the Deputy Commissioner of the exporting district in the Punjab, and again with a pass
from the Collector of the North Western Provinces district into which he transports the Bhang,
or of the first North Western Provinces district on his route.
2. A copy of the rule quoted by the Deputy Commissioner of Umballa is annexed for
the information of the Board.
3. There is no express provision in the Punjab rules regarding the transport of Bhang
into the North Western Provinces, though there is express provision for the transport of
Charras, because this drug comes chiefly from Yarkand, and could only reach the North Wes
tern Provinces through the Punjab. But on the other hand there is no express prohibition in
the Punjab rules against the export of Bhang, while the rules quoted above appear to indicate
the manner in which such export may lawfully be made into the North Western Provinces. "
Copy of a letter No. 219 - V.S. , dated 17th July 1877, from the Officiating Secretary to the
Board of Revenue, North Western Provinces, Allahabad, to the Secretary to Financial
Commissioner, Punjab.
"With reference to your letter No. 2816 , dated 24th May last, and enclosure, I am directed
to inform you that in the opinion of the Officiating Senior Member, there is no objection to per
mitting the importation of Bhang from the Punjab, under the conditions laid down in clause
2, appendix XVII of the Excise Manual."
Copy of Rule 2, Appendix XVII of the North Western Provinces Excise Manual.
"2nd- No ganja, bhang, or charras shall be imported into any district of the North Wes
tern Provinces, except under a pass signed, or in the case of charras imported under the pre
ceding rule, countersigned by the collector or officer in charge of the excise revenue of the
border district into which the drug is to be imported. This rule does not apply to ganja,
bhang, or charras, carried by railway through the North Western Provinces ; and in cases where
ganja, bhang, or charras, is imported by railway for consumption in the North Western Pro
vinces, the border district shall be held to be that in which it leaves the railway premises."
The rule here referred to is rule 11 at page 302 Directions to Collectors.

BOOK CIRCULAR No. XIX OF 1877.

(No. 4828. )
Το
It having come to the notice of the Financial Commissioner that some security
Government money not deposits of public servants had been deposited in a pri
to be deposited in private vate Bank, and risk of loss thereby incurred, officers are
Banks. reminded that Government money must not under any
circumstances be so deposited, but must be placed in a Government Treasury.
2. In the case of security deposits, on which the parties have a fair claim to
receive interest, the proper course is either to take the security in the shape of Go
verninent paper, or, if cash is received, to deposit it in the Government Savings
Bank under No. 33 of the Savings Bank Rules hereto annexed.
Copy of Rule 33 of the District Savings Bank Rules, 1874.

33. Security deposits lodged with Government officers will be received on the following
terms: the money will be received directly from the person depositing it, and the account will
be opened in his name ; he will be required to sign ( Form 15) addressed to the Secretary to the
District Savings Bank undertaking not to make any claim on the Bank for the principal of the
sum deposited, except with the express written sanction of the Government officer ; not to ob
ject to the payment by the Bank to the Government officer upon his claiming it, and not to
make any claim for the interest after such officer shall have revoked the authority to him to
receive it.
35
FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORDERS .
SEPTR. 1877. ]
BOOK CIRCULAR No. XX of 1877.
(No. 4961.)
Dated 1st September 1877.
To
The accompanying letter from Government regarding the employment , before

Employment of candi- appointment , of candidates for Naib-Tahsildarships , is
circulated for information and guidance ; and Commis
siones rs
date ils . sted
Tahsreque
at are to see that none but accepted candidates are employed at
Tahsils in the manner indicated .
Copy ofa letter No. 3219, dated 11th August 1877, from Offg. Secretary to Government, Punjab,
to the Secretary to Financial Commissioner , Punjab.
In reply to your letter No. 759 of 30th July, asking for further instructions with regard to
the manner of employment of candidates for Naib-Tahsildarships
in Tahsils ; I desire to state that His Honor the Lieutenant Gover
Home.
nor considers that such candidates should only be placed with selected Tahsildars , who would
be responsible that no abuse arose from their employment in the Tahsil office. The meaning
His Honor intended to convey in my former letter was that candidates could better learn the
duties of Naib- Tahsildar in Tahsil than in Sadr offices ; and it must rest with the Tahsildars
with whom they are placed , to decide upon what work, such as drafting reports or other
matters , they should be employed .
CIRCULAR No. 34.
(5412 A. )
Dated 26th September 1877.
To
As the agricultural state of the province has gradually, owing to the failure of
Estimated out-turn of the summer rains, become, in certain districts, less
favorable than usual, it is necessary to obtain, with as
Kharif.delay as possible , a forecast of the probable out-turn of the Kharif in each
little
division ; and Commissioners are accordingly requested to report on the subject at
once.
2. For the purposes of the present enquiry, it will not be necessary to make
detailed measurements through Patwaris ; or to make such prolonged official investi
gation as may tend to unsettle the minds of subordinate revenue collectors, and
revenue taxpayers generally, and to raise delusive hopes of remissions and suspen
sions of revenue for which no sufficient grounds may exist. What is needed, is an
approximate estimate for each Tahsil of the area sown with the principal crops for
the present Kharif, (distinguishing between the area irrigated by canals and wells ; and
the unirrigated area dependent on rain, ) and the proportion likely to be harvested.
3. The enquiry should be specially directed to the crops most largely cultiva
ted for food, or for export, and on which the livelihood of the people chiefly depends.
36 FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORDERS . [ RECORD
4. General information should be given regarding the amount and direction

of export of food grains -the course of prices -the estimated stock of grain in
hand-the state of the cattle-and the supply of grass and fodder.
5. It is specially requested that Commissioners will send their replies to this
Circular with the least possible delay compatible with, not complete accuracy, but
with a fair approximation to correctness.
6. If in the case of any district the Commissioner anticipates that there
would be a longer delay than 10 or 12 days in sending a reply, the Financial Com
missioner will feel obliged if the Commissioner will, in that case, in auticipation ofa
more detailed report, send in a preliminary report founded on his own personal
enquiries and observations, somewhat in the manner of the reports which were pub
lished in the North-West Provinces Gazette of 15th September, regarding two divi
sions in those Provinces.
OCTR. 1877. ] FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORDERS. 37
BOOK CIRCULAR No. XXI.

(No. 5559.)
Dated 3rd October 1877.
Το
ALL COMMISSIONERS OF SETTLEMENT AND SETTLEMENT
OFFICERS.
The accompanying Circular addressed by Major Wace, Officiating Settlement

Alluvion and Diluvion. Commissioner, to the Settlement Officers subordinate to
Tenancy. him, relating to the right of occupancy tenants to lands
submerged by fluvial action and subsequently restored, is
herewith circulated for the guidance of all Settlement Officers, as the Financial
Commissioner entirely concurs in the instructions therein contained.
Circular No. 25- S, dated 27th July 1877, from the Officiating Settlement Commissioner,
Mooltan and Derajat Divisions, to all Settlement Officers.
I have the honor to request your attention to the subject dealt with by the decisions of the
Punjab Record : Chief Court Chief Court noted in the margin. You will see from those deci
Civil Judgments Nos. 19 and 83 sions, that it is now a fairly well established point of law, that in
of 1876 and 59 of 1877. the absence of a well established custom to the contrary, the sub
mersion of a hereditary tenant's holding by fluvial action , and the consequent suspension of its
cultivation , does not of itself determine his right of occupancy : but that on the river's receding
and the land again becoming culturable, the hereditary tenant's right survives, as effectively
as that of the proprietor, who directly engages with Government for the revenue.
2. It is of course necessary that the holding should be identifiable ; and in the cases last
above named the identification was effected by the means of the settlement maps and field
register.
3. In view of the principle of law thus established it is very important that the codes of
customs and administration papers of those tracts now under settlement which are subject to
fluvial action, should state what is the custom on this point. I therefore request you will take
measures to this end, and that you will notice the subject in your final report.
4. The point is precisely one of those on which a detailed examination of previous records
is likely to throw much light, and the statement of the principal persons belonging to the owner
and tenant classes should also be recorded.
5. If you find that the practice in certain villages does not agree with the custom observed
in the majority of the adjacent villages ; you should not merely on that account discredit the
exceptional practice. The past history of adjacent villages has often differed much, and the
strength or weakness of a tenant's privileges justly depends on the circumstances out of which
it has arisen and through which it has continued .
Whatever can be shown to be the well established custom of a village, or of a small tract,
is as much protected by Section 7 of the Punjab Laws Act as those that prevail over a wider
area.

(No. 5560. )
Dated 3rd October 1877.
To
ALL COMMISSIONERS AND DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS CONCERNED.
The following instructions in regard to the preparation of quarterly or monthly

statements of trade, submitted in accordance with Book
Trade.
Circular No. XIX of 1876 , or Circular No. 22 of 1877 , are
issued by the Financial Commissioner in continuation of those Circulars, with refer
ence to certain points which have come to his notice in reviewing the annual state
ments for 1876-77, and monthly statements since received from frontier districts.
2. Whenever a Deputy Commissioner finds it necessary to make a large altera

tion in the tariff value of any article in class A, which is not ordinarily liable to great
fluctuation in price, he should add a foot note explaining such alteration, or report
it by letter.
3. In all cases where articles entered in classes B or C have an excessive value
assigned to them, a foot note should be added explaining such high valuation.
This remark applies especially to headings No. 71 and 72 - Miscellaneous
manufactured and unmanufactured articles.
4. Through an inadvertence, the following entries of class B are shown in the
Appendix VI, circulated with Book Circular No. XIX of 1876 , among articles of
which the number is to be recorded.
6 Canes, rattans and bamboos
66 Timber.
These articles should in future be shown by weight in maunds, which can ordi
narily be ascertained by the Statistical Moharrir, according to the standard loads for
the description of carriage employed for their conveyance, (para. 12 of Book Circular
No. V A, of 1874 ) . These articles will continue to be valued by the statistical
writers, and shown in class B. It should be understood that "Timber," No. 66,
comprises beams, rafters, poles, aud all kinds of wood other than " Firewood " (No. 67).
5. When the entries in any return are few in number, there is no necessity
for using one of the large printed forms, but the entries may be abstracted in manu
script, the serial number proper to each being retained in column 1 and the classes, A,
B, C, being indicated, with a columu for weight and value or number and value
according to the instructions, and a column for tariff value in the case of goods be
longing to class A.
6. Annas and pies should be carefully excluded from the columns of value, as
enjoined in para. 10 of Book Circular No. XIX of 1876 , but it will be necessary to
show annas (seldom pies) in the column for tariff values in many cases, and to this
there is no objection.
BOOK CIRCULAR No. XXII OF 1877.

(No. 5,604. )
Dated the 6th October 1877.
To
The Government having in a letter No. 839 of 10th July 1876, sanctioned the
Silk culture - Mulberry remission of assessment on land planted with the Chinese
trees. mulberry (morus sinensis) on the same conditions as are
applicable to land planted with timber trees, detailed in
Book Circular X of 27th April 1875, Deputy Commissioners of districts where this
tree can be grown with success, and where silk culture is carried on, or is practica
ble, are requested to take every opportunity of making known to the people the
orders on the subject, and of encouraging applications for such remissions, which
must be reported for sanction in the form prescribed in the circular.
2. Attention is also drawn to the correspondence in the Punjab Gazette of 30th
August 1877, regarding silk culture in Gurdaspur, and to the liberal offer made by
Mr. F. Halsey, of Madhopore, to supply cuttings of this tree free of cost, to be dis
tributed in January at Sujanpur, in the Gurdaspur district, to any zamindars who
OCTR. 1877. ] FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORDERS . 39
will plant them. These instructions apply more especially to the districts of Gur
daspur, Hoshiarpur and Kangra.
3. Extra copies of this circular in vernacular are available in this office on
application, for distribution in villages.
CIRCULAR MEMO 5,605.

Το
ALL COMMISSIONERS AND DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE
PUNJAB.
The Superintendent of Stamps having brought to notice that cases of forgery
or fraudulent use of stamps are not always reported to
Stamps. him, as required by his Circular No. 5 dated 29th October
Forged or fraudulent.
1875, the attention of Deputy Commissioners is invited to
that order.
BOOK CIRCULAR No. XXIII OF 1877.

(No. 5640.)
To
PUNJAB.
The annexed resolution of the Government of India No. 2206 of 28th July 1877
Government Advances. regarding
the presentGovernment Advances
form in order of allfind
that it may kinds, is issued
a place in
in the
series of the Financial Commissioner's circulars. The attention of Revenue Officers
is directed especially to para 9, regarding Takavi Advances, for which an annual
allotment of Rs. 1,50,000 is made ; and para 11 , regarding special advances for
seed, bullocks, &c. , which are only allowable to a very limited extent, and with the
special sanction of Government.
2. The instructions in para 9 involve a return to the system of allotment of
provision for Takavi Advances. The register kept up in this office having been
consulted, in order to see what amount has been advanced up to this date, the fol
lowing further allotments are now made from the balance available for the remainder
of the current year, leaving a reserve unallotted, from which adjustments will be
effected at the end of the year, in the event of any of the divisional allotments be
ing exceeded.
Rs.
Commissioner Delhi 12,000
Do. Hissar 16,000
Do. Umballa 5,000
Do. Jullundur 5,000
Do. Amritsar 8,000
Do. Lahore 10,000
Do. Rawal Pindi 10,000
Do. Mooltan 16,000
Do. Derajat 10,000
Do. Peshawar 15,000
IAL CIRCULAR ORDERS .
40 FINANC [ RECORD
3. The allotment for 1878-79 will be made towards the end of the current
year, and will be regulated by the " actuals " of current and former years.
Resolution ofthe Government of India No. 2206 dated 28th July 1877.
RESOLUTION. -By Resolution in the Financial Department, No. 3649, dated 30th Septem
ber 1869, the Governor-General in Council decided that the particular sanction of the Supreme
Government for each takavi advance was not necessary, and that it would suffice for the Local
Governments to obtain sanction for the disbursement of lump sums from time to time on this
subject.
2. These advances will, in future be regulated by the Rules framed under the Land Im
provement Act, 1871. The rate of interest under these Rules is one anna in the rupee, or 61
per cent per annum.
3. By Resolution in the Financial Department, No. 191 dated 12th January 1876, the
Government of India decided that, without the special sanction of the Government of India in
the Financial Department, no loan of public money shall be made under the provisions of any
special law, bearing a less rate of interest than 44 per cent, and no such loan shall be made
otherwise bearing a lower rate of interest than 6 per cent.
4. By orders in the Revenue Department No. 10, dated 21st March 1876, the Government
of the North Western Provinces was authorized to make advances, in any case of emergency,
for such purposes as the purchase of seeds, grain, &c. without interest, reporting the matter
simultaneously to the Government of India.
5. By Resolution in the Financial Department No. 1291 , dated 30th June 1876, it was
declared that
1st.- No advances should be made without the general or special sanction of the Govern
ment of India, unless, in any case, the Local Government is empowered by law to
make such advances without reference to the Imperial Government.
2nd. Regular provision should be made in the estimates for all advances, and no ad
vance should be without the special sanction of the Government of India, unless
funds have been duly provided in the estimates and sanctioned by the Governor
General in Council.
6. By Resolutions No. 1451 dated 9th July 1873 , No. 5206 dated 26th August 1874, and
No. 465 dated 26th May 1876, Local Governments were authorized, under certain defined cir
cumstances, to advance money without interest to public servants to enable them to build
houses.
7. By Resolutions No. 3687 dated 30th September 1875 , and No. 1170 dated 18th June
1877, provision was made for the immediate report to the Supreme and Local Government of
any default in the payment of interest upon a loan of public money, or in the repayment of its
capital amount, and for the levy of compound interest of 6 per cent upon over-due instalments.
A Local Government receiving intimation of such default, was also required to explain to the
Government of India at once the causes of the default and the steps taken to remedy it.
8. The Governor- General in Council considers it expedient now to substitute the following
amended and consolidated order for these scattered Resolutions, and at the same time, to dis
pose of the two pending references from the Government of Madras, recited in the preamble .
9. Advances made under the Land Improvement Act 1871 , are regulated by Rules passed
by each local Government, with the approval of the Governor General in Council, under au
thority of the Act. Provision for these advances may be made in the estimates of each year,
without sanction by the Government of India as follows :
Government of Madras, Bombay and the North Western Rs.
Provinces and Oudh, each ... 2,00,000,
Government of the Punjab ... ... 1,50,000.
Government of Bengal, Mysore and the Central Provinces,
each ... 1,00,000.
Governments of Assam, British Burmah and Berar, each ... 50,000.
If any local Government or Administration wishes to make a larger provision than this,
the previous sanction of the Government of India must be obtained . Sums thus provided in the
estimates may be disbursed without any further orders by the Government of India, than may
in any case be required by the local rules under the Land Improvement Act. The yearly rate
of interest fixed by these rules is one anna in the rupee, or 61 per cent.; but the local Govern
ment may, if in any case it conciders it expedient, for special reasons, reduce this rate to 4 per
cent., or remit due interest in excess of this rate.
10. The powers of the local Government, under the Local Public Works Loan Act 1871,
are regulated by rules published under the Act, by Notification No. 3761 dated 18th October
1873.
11. Besides advances under the Land Improvement and Local Public Works Loan Acts,
it sometimes becomes necessary to make loans of public money for the relief of persons suffer
ing from some temporary calamity, as for instance, the destruction of houses or crops, or seed
grain, or agricultural stock, by some calamity of season, or by fire, or flood , or for some miscella
neous object, such as that described in the letter from the Government of Madras, No. 1728,
dated 18th June 1877, now read. The local Governments are authorized to advance money in
such cases at their discretion, within the following limits :
Each advance. Limits of all advances during
the year .
Rs. Rs.
Government of Bombay and Madras ... 2,500 25,000.
Lieutenant Governors ... ... 1,000 ... 10,000.
Chief Commissioners ... 500 5,000.
The yearly rate of interest upon such advances should ordinarily be, as for advances under
the Land Improvement Act, one anna in the rupee, or 64 per cent., but the local Government
may at its discretion, for special reasons, make such advances at a lower rate of interest, or even
without interest, or remit any part of the interest due upon such advances. It is not necessary
generally to make any provision in the estimates for this class of advances, the amount of which
is never likely to be large, and cannot ordinarily be foreseen.
12. The following general rules should apply, as far as the law and existing regulations
allow, to all the advances to which reference is hereinbefore made.
(a.) The advances should be repaid in not more than twenty equal half-yearly instalments
including interest, the first instalment of principal to be repaid six months after the
loan is completely taken up.
(b.) Temporary advances to Municipalities should be repayable in not more than twelve
months.
(c.) A penal rate of compound interest, not less than six per cent. should be enforced, as
far as the law allows, upon all over-due instalments of interest, or principal and inter
est, and this should not be lightly remitted.
(d.) Any default in the payment of interest upon a loan of public money or in the repay
ment of the principal, should be promptly reported by the Account department to the
local Government, and if the loan was sanctioned by the Governor-General in Council,
to the Supreme Government. A local Government receiving such report should in the
case of a loan sanctioned by the Governor- General in Council, immediately explain the
circumstances to the Government of India in the Home, Revenue or Public Works
Department, as the case may be, and the steps which it has taken to remedy the default.
13. No fresh orders are needed about building advances to public officers, which must be
regulated, as heretofore, by the rules in Resolutions No. 3123, dated 25th August 1871 , and No.
5206, dated 26th August 1874.
BOOK CIRCULAR No. XXIV OF 1877.

( No. 5698 ).
Dated 10th October 1877.
To
Attention is drawn to Government Notification No. 847 of 29th July 1877,

Salt and Customs rules. published in the Punjab Gazette of the same date and
annexed hereto, giving the necessary powers to revenue
officers under the Inland Customs Act.
2. The object of this notification is explained in the annexed extracts from

correspondence on the subject.
3. The last para of Government letter No. 463 dated 21st April 1877, con
tains instructions as to how sajji licenses are to be deait with. In order to give
effect to these instructions, it will be necessary for the Deputy Commissioner on
each occasion of selling a sajji lease, to issue a license to the contractor (in the
prescribed form , Schedule D of the Customs rules issued with Book Circular III of
1877), and to transfer the sum of two rupees from the amount payable by the con
tractor (or from Miscellaneous Land Revenue, if already credited , ) to the credit of
the Customs department, under the general head " Customs and Salt."

From -Secretary to Financial Commissioner, Punjab,
To- The Officiating Secretary to Government, Punjab.
Rules under the Inland Customs Act (VIII of 1875) having been issued by the Government
of India in Notification, Department of Revenue, Agriculture and Commerce, No. 156 of 30th
June 1876, with effect from 1st August 1876, it has been pointed ont by the Commissioner of
Customs, in a letter No. 255C., of 30th November 1876, forwarded herewith, that chapter III
of those rules, regarding the manufacture and refinement of saltpetre, and the eduction of
salt therefrom, is in force in the Punjab in supersession of all previously existing rules. In
this view the Financial Commissioner is disposed to concur, though he remarks that the manu
facture of saltpetre in the Punjab has not hitherto been so extensive as to require the appoint
ment of special establishments to regulate it, the necessary control having been exercised by
the ordinary district establishments.
2. The manufacture of sajji, however, is very considerable in some parts of the province,
and as the Act, Section 3 , defines saltpetre to include sajji, it becomes necessary to determine
how the manufacture of that article is to be brought into conformity with the Act and the
rules issued under it.
3. Rule 60 provides that no substance included under the term saltpetre, shall be manu
factured or refined without a license from the Customs Department.
The rules apparently contemplate the existence of Customs establishments in places where
the manufacture of saltpetre, and the eduction of salt therefrom is large ; but in the Punjab,
no such establishments have been provided. The Commissioner of Customs accordingly suggests
that advantage be taken of Section 31 of the Act, which allows the Local Government to invest
any person with the powers of a Collector under the Act, or with all or any of the powers
conferred in the Act on Customs officers.
4. He further proposes that, to meet the phraseology of the rules, each district in the
Punjab be deemed a " Customs circle " and that the Deputy Commissioner be invested with
the powers of a Collector of Customs, the Assistant and Extra Assistant Commissioners with
the powers of Inspectors, and the Tahsildars with those of Sub-Inspectors, and the subordinate
revenue functionaries with the powers of Customs officers.
The Financial Commissioner concurs in all these proposals, and recommends that notifi
cations be issued accordingly.
5. But as regards the manufacture of sajji, the Financial Commissioner thinks that much
inconvenience will arise, if the manufacturers are required to take out separate licenses from
the Customs Department, for which they will, under Section 10 of the Act, have to pay a fee
which may be as high as two rupees.
6. The process of making sajji is not one which can in any way endanger the salt revenue,
and the Financial Commissioner thinks that, though a license may without much inconveni
ence be required, the fee thereon should be merely nominal.
7. The Financial Commissioner is not aware of the reasons for the inclusion of sajji in
the term saltpetre, in Section 3 of the Act. It may be that the impure carbonate of soda
called sajji may, in other parts of India, be extracted from saline earths which contain also
alimentary salt. This, however, is not the case in this province. The sajji here is obtained by
burning certain plants, and not from earth, and the precautions which are necessary elsewhere
are not required here.
The Financial Commissioner concurs, generally, in the views of the Commissioner of Cus
toms, and with reference to paragraph 4 of his letter, would add, that there is no necessity for
granting the powers of a Commissioner of Customs to Commissioners of Divisions in the Punjab
as regards matters falling within Chapter III of the rules ( i. e., the manufacture of saltpetre).
It will be sufficient to leave these powers with the Commissioner of Customs, to whom Deputy
Commissioners can render their returns of licenses, &c., direct.
8. The powers of Commissioners of Divisions in other respects are provided for in Sections
22 and 23 of the Act, which would be unaffected by the above arrangement.
Opinion of Government Advocate, Punjab.

Question I.-Though the substance called sajji in the Punjab is not generally manufac
tured in this province from saline earth, yet, as it is a form of carbonate of soda, it clearly falls,
in my opinion, within the term " saltpetre," as defined in Section 3 of the Inland Customs Act.
No. 463, dated 21st April 1877.

From -Officiating Secretary to Government, Punjab.
To-The Secretary to Financial Commissioner, Punjab.
I am desired to acknowledge your letter No. 189 , dated 28th February, on the subject of
chapter 3 of the rules framed under the Inland Customs Act VIII of 1875, and to state that
the Lieutenant-Governor agrees with the Financial Commissioner that it is desirable to issue
notifications to the effect stated in the 4th paragraph of your letter, empowering revenue officers
in the Punjab to take action as Customs officers for the purposes of the Act. Under rule 65 the
license fee is fixed at Rs. 2, and the Lieutenant- Governor does not consider that there is any
necessity to move the Government of India to reduce this fee, seeing that all the income deriv
able under this head is already credited in the form of miscellaneous land revenue, and the
amount of the license fee can be deducted from the amount paid by the contractors, the
manner in which the license fee is credited being thus merely a detail of account.
Punjab Gazette Notification No. 847, dated 26th July 1877.
UNDER the authority conferred upon him by Section 31 , Act VIII of 1875, the Honorable
the Lieutenant- Governor is pleased to invest all Deputy Commissioners in the Punjab with
the powers of a Collector of Customs in their respective districts, and, for the purposes of the
said Act, each district in the Punjab, as constituted for revenue purposes, shall be deemed a
" Customs circle."
: The Honorable the Lieutenant- Governor is further pleased to invest all Assistant and Extra
Assistant Commissioners with the powers of Inspectors ; all Tahsildars with the powers of Sub
Inspectors ; and all subordinate tahsil officials with the powers of customs officers under the
said Act, to be exercised by them within the districts or tahsils in which they may be employ
ed for the time being.
CIRCULAR No. 40.

(No. 5708).
To
PUNJAB.
In continuation of Circular 57 of 23rd December 1876 the annexed orders of
Price currents for Com Government are circulated, directing that in the case of
missariat. places where there is no military bazár ( as for instance,
Simla ) the district officer is not required to prepare the
Price Current in Form B, for the Commissariat Department ; in all cases therefore,
the district officer is responsible for its preparation in Form A, only.
No. 373, of 28th August 1877, from the Under-Secretary to the Government of India, Department
of Revenue, Agriculture and Commerce, to the Secretary to the Government of North Wes
tern Provinces and Oudh.
I am directed to acknowledge receipt of your letter No. 1586 A, of the 7th instant, regard
ing a proposal made by the Commissary General, that in cantonments where no military bazár
exists, the duty of preparing prices current in Form B, as well as in Form A, should devolve
upon the district officers.
2. In reply. I am to say that, in the ' opinion of the Government of India, civil officers
cannot be reasonably expected to fill up the list B correctly, and that it will suffice if, for
places where there is no military bazár, they prepare and carefully check prices current in
Form A, only.
(No. 5793).
To
ALL COMMISSIONERS (INCLUDING SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONER. )
DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS AND SETTLEMENT OFFICERS,
PUNJAB.
Preparation of Stationery Indents. As the duty of consolidating the Stationery
indents of certain officers has been entrusted to
Punjab Government Circular No.
58 dated 1st November 1875. this office by the Government orders quoted in
Punjab Government Circular No. the margin, it is deemed expedient to issue the
2592-7 dated 18th December 1875. following instructions, for the guidance of in
Punjab Government Circular No. denting officers.
10 dated 24th March 1877.
44 FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORDERS. { RECORD
Punjab Government Circular No. 2. Commissioners will submit their sta

10 dated 24th March 1877. tionery indents direct to the Superintendent of
Stationery, Calcutta.
3. Settlement officers subordinate to the Commissioner of Settlements, Mool
* Vide Circular No. 1477 tan and Derajat Divisions, will submit their indents to
B. dated 5th Decr. 1876, that officer, who will prepare a consolidated * indent for
Board of Revenue Lower himself and subordinates, and submit it with the Settle
Provinces.
+ Punjab Government ment officers' indents in duplicate, direct to the Super
Circular No. 10 of 24th intendent of Stationery, Calcutta.
March 1877.
The Commissioners of Delhi, Hissar, Rawalpindi and Peshawar, who have
No. 2155 of 6th August Settlement officers subordinate to them, will include the
1877 from Punjab Govern requirements of these officers in their own indents, sub
ment.
mitting duplicate indents from the settlement officers, as
in the case of the Commissioner of Settlements, direct to Calcutta, in accordance
with the orders marginally quoted, printed as one of the appendices.
The instructions contained in this circular for the preparation of stationery
indents in general, will apply also to those prepared by settlement officers.
4. The indents of Deputy Commissioners must include the requirements of
Para 8 of Government of India No. every branch of their own offices (e. g. judicial,
3675 dated 30th September 1875, revenue, general &c., ) and also the requirements
with Punjab Government Circular
No. 58 dated 1st Nov. 1875. of Judges of Small Cause Courts, Cantonment
* Financial Commissioner's Cir Magistrates and Civil Surgeons, but must not
cular No. 21 of 1876. include those of * Police officers.
In preparing indents the following points should be carefully attended to.
The figures showing receipts, expenditure and balances must represent actual facts
ascertained from the stationery accounts book, which should be maintained in every
office . It will be seen from Rule XXVII of the stationery rules that the Superin
tendent of Stationery is entitled to inspect these books.
6. The opening balance (column 2 of the indent form) will, represent the
quantity of stationery that was in store on the date of the preparation of the last
indent.
The quantity received during the year (column 3) shows the supplies received
on the last annual indent, and subsequent supplementary indents which have been
complied with previous to the date of preparing the new indent.
The balance in hand (column 5 ) will represent the stationery in hand on the
date the indent is prepared, on which date stock should be taken.
Column 6, consumption of the past 12 months, must be ascertained from the
stationery accounts, which must be closed, balances struck
Financial Commissioner's and new indents prepared on the date fixed in para 10 of
Circular No. 17 of 1876. this circular. If a full year has in any case not elapsed
since the preparation of the previous indent, still the consumption of the 12 months
preceding the preparation of the new indent must be shown.
Great care must be taken in filling in column 7 (amount now indented for) so
as to provide for actual requirements, and to avoid excessive stocks and supplemen
tary indents. In estimating requirements with reference to consumption, the stock
in hand must be taken into account. Where a fixed scale is prescribed, regard must
likewise be had to the stock in hand and the consumption of the past 12 months,
as well as to the scale. The scale is intended merely as a limit which must at uo
time be exceeded.
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In taking stock therefore, the articles in use and still serviceable should be
taken into account, and new articles should not be indented for, over and over
again, merely because the scale allows them.
7. The following are the items for which a scale is prescribed :—
1. Blotting paper ... 12 sheets per man per annum.
2. Black Ink powders 4 bundles per man per annum.
3. Red do. ... 1 Do. Do.
4. Pencils, Lead 4 per man per annum.
5. Do. Colored ... 3 to heads of offices per annum.
6. India rubber 1 piece per man for 2 years.
7. Rulers, round ... 1 for every 6 men once for all.
8. Do. flat ... 1 for each office do.
9. Pens, as follows : ... Quills Nibs, Magnum Bonums.
Correspondence Clerks ... 120 or 60 or 20.
Accountants and Auditors ... 96 or 48 or 12.
Inferior Clerks ... 48 or 24 or 8.
10. Holders ... 1 to every gross of nibs.
11. Wooden ink stand 1 to each man once for all.
12. Ink pots, glass 2 for 3 years for each man.
13. Do. screwtop 1 for heads of departments for 3 years.
14. Penknives, single-bladed ... 1 for 2 years for each man.
15. Erasers ... 1 for 3 years for each man.
16. Hones and strops 1 for each office for 3 years.
17. Paper cutters 1 to each man once for all.
18. Scissors, large 1 pair of each to each office per annum .
19. Paper weights 2 for each men once for all.
8. Care should be taken that articles not allowed by the stationery office are
excluded from the indents.
9. The indents should show the stationery required for 1 year, from 1st
March following the date of preparation of the indent, as that is the time the annual
supplies are usually received from Calcutta. It should therefore be calculated how
much of stock in hand on date of preparation of the indent is likely to be in hand
on 1st March, and the balance to make up a year's supply should be indented for
with a slight margin on the safe side.
10. As the consolidated indent is due in Calcutta by 1st January, and the
work of consolidating the district indents will take time, the district indents must
be submitted in time to reach this office not later than the 15th November. To admit
of this arrangement being properly carried out, the stationery accounts of every
office must be closed, and balances struck, on the 15th October, and the indents
prepared and forwarded in duplicate, without delay, to the Commissioner of the
division for transmission to this office.
11. The following orders of this office are cancelled : -Circular No. 17 of
1876. Circular No. 21 of 1876.
Dated 7th October 1870. No. 54-1831 .
From- Under Secretary to Government Punjab and its Dependencies.
To-All Heads of Departments, Commissioners, and Deputy Commissioners in the
Punjab.
The Superintendent of Stationery has brought to the notice of this Government that
officers do not in all cases attend to the instructions laid down in No. VI of the rules, which
have been re-printed, and are forwarded herewith, regarding the date on which their station
ery indents should be submitted. The Hon'ble the Lieutenant-Governor requests that all
officers of this Government will see that these rules are strictly attended to in future.
RULES FOR THE SUPPLY OF STORES FROM THE GOVERNMENT STATIONERY
DEPARTMENT.
(in Supersession of those published in the Supplement to the Calcutta Gazette of the 7th De
cember 1864.)
1. The indents from public officers upon the Stationery Office are to be drawn out by
indenting officers, and supplied by the Superintendent according to the scale approved by
Government, and in conformity with the following Rules,
Rulesfor Public Officers indenting upon the Superintendent of Stationery.

11. The following officers are authorized to indent upon the Government Stationery
Office.
All officers in charge of independent offices, whose appointments are published in the
Government Gazette. Also the following officers :
Administrator-General. Master and Registrar. Clerk of the Crown and Prothonatary.
Sworn Clerk. Receiver. Chief Interpreter. Clerks to the Judges. Crier. Coroner. Taxing
Officer. Chief Clerk of Insolvent Court. Sheriff of Calcutta. Commanders of Government
vessels. Officers specially authorized to draw supplies of stationery from this Store.
Note. All public officers not authorized to indent on the stationery office, may be sup
plied with stationery by the Superintendent at a charge of 5 per cent above the cost of the
articles supplied. 1
III. It will be the duty of the Superintendent to scrutinize all indents, and to disallow
whatever items may appear to be unnecessary or extravagant. He will, therefore, check the
kinds and qualities, as well as the quantities, of stationery indented for :
1st. By comparison of the stock consumed in each office with the consumption in previous
years, and with the expenditure in kindred offices.
2nd. By comparison with the number of clerks using stationery.
IV. In cases of markedly unequal expenditure of stationery by two officers of the same
kind, and nearly equal strength, the Superintendent will call for special returns from those
offices for the ensuing year, showing the amount of business done by them respectively, whe
ther in judgments, letters, accounts, or other returns.
V. Indents for stationery are to be made only in the printed forms to be supplied by the
Superintendent, and which have been approved by Government. Presidency and Mufussil
offices will be supplied with separate forms of indent with reference to their respective
requirements.
VI. Offices which are supplied with stationery are divided into twelve classes. Each
officer will send his annual indent so as to reach the Superintendent by the first day of the
month named in the subjoined list. The supplies will then be despatched in the course of the
month named, and should be calculated to come into use on the 1st of the next month but one,
by which time they will have reached their destination.
January.-Punjab Provinces, Divisions beyond the Sutlej and Umballa.
February.- Delhi and Jhansie Divisions, and Rajpootana.
March. Rohilcund, Agra and Meerut Divisions.
April.-Allahabad Division and Mirzapore.
May.-Benares Division, except Mirzapore and Oude.
June.-Patna, Bhagulpore and Rajshahye Divisions, except the District of Rajshahye.
July.-Dacca and Assam Divisions.
August.- Calcutta Officers, viz., those belonging to the Judicial, Revenue, Financial, Pub
lic Works, Telegraph and Post Office Departments.
September.- Calcutta Officers, viz., the Secretariat Offices, and those belonging to the
Military, Ecclesiastical and Marine Departments, and all not included in the foregoing.
October - Burmah, Straits ' Settlements, Tenasserim, Arracan and the Chittagong Divisions.
November.- Nuddea and Burdwan Divisions, and the Rajshahye District ( Rampore
Beauleah . )
December.-Chota Nagpore, Cuttack and Hydrabad.
All officers are expected to pay special attention to this rule, and to bear in mind that
extra or emergent indents can never be complied with, unless accompanied by most satisfactory
explanations.
VII. To mofussil offices no English paper of a larger or more expensive kind than
machine-made foolscap will ordinarily be supplied. The use of this, moreover, is to be res
tricted to the record of judgments, by the heads of offices, and the fair copies of letters and
reports. For drafting purposes, for bills, and for the record of depositions, &c., German paper
of two sizes will be issued. The accounts and figured statements, for which the larger and
more expensive kinds of paper have heretofore been used, will, where possible, be reduced
to foolscap size, and in other cases they will be prepared in printed forms of double foolscap
printing paper. For books, however, and registers, forming permanent records, officers may
indent for more durable paper when they deem such to be essentially necessary. All officers,
whether in the Presidency or the Mofussil, indenting for the larger kinds of English paper,
will at the same time specify the purposes for which it is required.
VIII. For all Vernacular work in mofussil offices only country paper is to be used, and
each office will provide itself with this out of the fixed contract allowances sanctioned by Go
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vernment. This fixed allowance is also to cover the cost of the undermentioned items of
expenditure.
Country Ink. Glue.
Stamping Ink. Paste.
Stamping Inkstand. Pounce.
Twine. Sand.
Thread. Sand Pots.
Country Pens. Country Envelopes.
Book-binding. Repairing Scissors, &c.
Lac for seali ng. Pins.
Tale for Native Colors. Oil for Lights.
Vinegar.
and generally all petty stores which are not obtained from the Stationery Office.
It is to be borne in mind that no bills will, on any pretext whatever, be admitted or
passed by the Superintendent of Stationery.
IX. Miscellaneous Stores.--Indents for packing and coloured paper, with other articles
of occasional use, will be complied with only under special circunstances, to be fully explain
ed. Blotting paper will be allowed at the rate of twelve sheets per man per annum .
Indents for marble paper, paste-boards and mill-boards for binding, must contain state
ments of the number of books to be bound each year. Pens, pencils, penknives and hones will
be allowed on the scale entered in the form of indent.
X. Indents for English bound books must each be accompanied by a specification of the
purpose for which each book is required ; and it will be in the discretion of the Superintendent
of Stationery to comply with, or modify the demands, with reference to the necessity of the
case. When it appears that printed forms will auswer the purpose as well as a book, the
former will be supplied in lieu of the latter.
XI. Form Indents. - Indents for forms are in all cases to be submitted to the Superin
tendent of Stationery through the head of the department to which the indenting officer
belongs. These indents are to be made only in the forms supplied by the Superintendent of
Stationery. They will be separate from the stationery indents, but they should be submitted at
the same time, vide Rule VI.
XII. Indents for forms will be subject to the same kind of check as stationery indents by
the Superintendent, with reference to the amount of business done in each office , the quantity
expended and in balance, and the annual consumption in cognate offices.
XIII. All new forms will require the sanction of the various central offices in the diffe
rent seats of Governments and Administrations, each form to bear a distinguishing number,
and patterns of all forms to be lodged with the Superintendent of Stationery.
XIV. The Superintendent of Stationery will, in communication with the heads of central
offices, determine the qualities and sizes of paper adapted to the several kinds of forms.
XV. The printing of forms will, as a general rule, be executed at one Central Press on
the requisition of the Superintendent of Stationery, who will, with each requisition, forward the
proper supply of paper. This Rule, however, will not interfere with rule XVI.
XVI. In the North-Western Provinces, the Punjab, Oudh, and British Burmah, the heads
of offices are allowed the option of drawing their supplics of printed forms from Local Presses,
if they can be had cheaper than from Calcutta.
XVII. The Superintendent of Stationery will have the sole custody of all printed forms,
regulating from time to time the quantities of the several kinds of forms to be kept in store.
Instructions to officers receiving supplies.

XVIII. The Superintendent of Stationery will advise the indenting officer when and how
his supply of stationery is despatched, noting particularly the address (which will be copied
from the label on the indent ) to which it is consigned . Should there be any error in the address
so notified, or should the despatch not reach its destination in due course, the indenting officer
must take such steps as may be necessary for the correction of the error in the address, and for
securing the receipt of the supply despatched , communicating at the same time with the Sup
erintendent of Stationery, if he considers it necessary.
XIX. On arrival of the supply, the indenting officer should have the packages placed in
a dry and properly protected place, prior to their being opened and counted out, as soon as can
conveniently be done.
XX. The packages must be carefully opened, and their contents counted out in the pre
sence of the head of the indenting office, who is required to watch the process, certifying the
same at the foot of receipt. The receipt must then be signed, and immediately transmitted to
the Superintendent, with a detail of such articles as ought to be in the case according to the
list received from the Superintendent, but which are not found in it. The transmission of the
receipt must not be delayed, pending the reference to the Stationery Office regarding such short
receipts, which will form the subject of a separate correspondence.
XXI. Officers who have Covenanted Assistants may employ those Assistants to supervise
the unpacking and counting of the supply, and in the Government Secretariats, Boards, and
High Courts, this duty may be performed by the Registrars or Head Assistants. In all other
offices, in case of the absence on duty of the head of the office , or other sufficient cause, the
packages may be opened by the Head Clerk or principal Uncovenanted Assistant. In all these
cases, the certificate must be signed by the person who opens the packages, and countersigned
by the head of the office.
Complaints.
XXII. Complaints as to quality of supplies received should be accompanied by one average
sample of the article complained of, duly attested by complaining officer, as being part of the
supply furnished by the Stationery Office on such a date, and the marks on the articles or cover
ing of the packages should be carefully ascertained and reported. To prevent fraudulent sub
stitution of other than the Government supplies, these complaints can only be admitted when
preferred within seven days of the opening of the cases. Complaints of good articles being
damaged in transit, should be accompanied by the officer's opinion and the grounds of it, as to
whether the damage was caused by bad soldering , careless packing, or from maltreatment of the
package in the post office, steamer, or other mode of conveyance.
XXIII. On receiving an indent from an office at the Presidency, the Superintendent will
fix a day for the delivery of the stationery, -Tuesdays and Fridays being expressly set aside for
the delivery of stationery to Presidency Offices. At the time fixed, an Assistant from the in
denting office will attend at the Stationery Office to take charge of the supplies. Objections
must be made before the supplies leave the office, and bottles, baskets, &c., belonging to the
Stationery Office must be returned.
Adjustment of short receipts.

XXIV. The liabilities for short receipts will be adjusted as follows :
The Superintentendent of Stationery will submit to the Board, annually, a statement of
short receipts, classed under three heads, A, B, and C. The value of trifling deficiencies, con
tingent upon excusable accident, will be included in A, and passed by the Board to be written
off to profit and loss in the accounts of the Superintendent. The liability for short receipts,
where the supplies are certified to have been opened and duly examined in the presence of the
head of the office, will come under head B, and will rest with the Superintendent of Stationery
and his employés. For the value of short receipts, where the provisions of these rules shall not
have been strictly observed , which will be shown under head C, the receiving officer will be held
responsible.
XXV. The above statements, with the Board's orders on them, will then be sent to the
Accountant's office for adjustment.
In cases where the Stationery Office is held responsible, the amount will stand at the per
sonal debit of the Superintendent, until recovered by him from the party responsible to him.
When the indenting officer is held liable, as under head C, an extract from the statement
will be sent to the Military Auditor General or Accountant's Offices, as the case may be, with a
view to the necessary steps being taken for the recovery of the amount, under the general rules
in force in those offices for the recovery of other dues to Government.
XXVI . Whenever the receiving officer may have reason to consider that the packing or
transport of the cases has been improperly or carelessly performed, he is required to intimate
the same, whether actual injury has resulted or not, to the Superintendent of Stationery, men
tioning the reasons for his opinion, with suggestions for future prevention. The Superintendent
will take steps to obviate a recurrence of the neglect pointed out.
Prevention of abuses.
XXVII. Care must be taken by the head of every office to prevent the use of the Govern
ment stationery in any other than the public service. The stores of stationery should be placed
in charge (under lock and key) of a responsible writer or assistant in the office. A book
(which is to be sent, when required for inspection , to the Superintendent) is to be kept by him
of all issues of stationery in the form prescribed , and supplied by the Stationery Office ; and
such issues are to be acknowledged in it by the signature (in initials) of the officer or assistant
who takes the article . Any abuse apparent to the assistant in charge of the stationery is to
be brought to the immediate notice of the head of the office.
XXVIII. Packing cases received from the Stationery Office are to be sold, and the proceeds
credited to the Superintendent of Stationery in the cash accounts of the office,-the amount
so credited being communicated to the Superintendent.
XXIX. It will be the duty of the Superintendent of Stationery to bring to the notice of
the Board of Revenue, for the orders of Government, any serious instance of neglect or breach
of these rules,
No. 58-2202, dated 1st November 1875.

From The Secretary to Government, Punjab and its Dependencies,
To—All Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners, and Heads of Departments.
FORWARDS, for information and guidance, resolution of the Government of India, Finan
cial Department, No. 3675, dated 30th Sptember 1876, relative to a better control over the ex
penditure of stationery stores; and states, with reference to paragraph 8 of the Government of
India Resolution, that His Honor is pleased to vest the duty of consolidating and passing dis
trict indents in the Financial Commissioner of the Punjab.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.- FINANCIAL Department.
No. 3675, dated 30th September 1875.
READ the following papers relative to a better control over expenditure of stationery stores :
1. Letter from the Comptroller-General, No. 248A, dated 27td February 1874, submitting
his report on the audit of the accounts of the Superintendent of Stationery, Calcutta,
for 1872-73, and proposing
1st.—That the entries in the vouchers of articles supplied to the indenting officer should
be numbered in a consecutive series, and that the receiving officer should certify the
number of entries admitted by him.
2nd. That the stationery received from England and by local purchase, together with
that returned by any officer, should be entered in one book instead of in separate
books as at present; that the book should be kept in the tabular form now used for
issues, the quantities being posted in black ink, and immediately above them the
money value in red ink; and that the mode of entering the articles in the ledger should
be altered, and a new form (as proposed by the Comptroller-General) be adopted for
the purpose.
3rd. That the expenditure of stationery should be registered separately for each Govern
ment, as Bengal Judicial, Bengal Jail, &c. , instead of as at present in one general sec
tion, similar divisions being observed in regard to military and such like imperial de
partments.
4th. That the sale proceeds of stationery sold to officers not entitled to receive it at
Government expense, should be registered in a separate book, and be paid daily into
the generai treasury.
5th. That the local vendors of stationery should draw their money fram the Account
ant-Generai on the advice of the Superintendent of Stationery, and countersigned by
the Board.
6th. That the Superintendent should furnish the Board with a statement, in duplicate,
of the precise articles found excessive or deficient, with a view to " writes-off " in
account, and that the Board should keep one copy, returning the other to the Superin.
tendent with its orders endorsed upon it.
7th. That when an officer who receives his stationery from another Presidency, applies
for certain articles, the Superintendent should , in doubtful cases, communicate with
the Stationery Office of that other Presidency, before supplying the articles to the in.
denting officer.
8th. That an average rate of value of stationery supplied should be annually fixed, to
which 19 per cent on English, and 5 per cent on local purchase, stores should be
added.
9th. That the existing rules, by which the Superintendent fixes separate months in
rotation for officers to apply for stationery, should be strictly enforced.
2. Letter to Local Governments, &c., No. 2746, dated 30th April 1874, enclosing a memo
randum drawn up in the Financial Department, and asking for a report upon the points
noticed in the memorandum.
Replies received from—
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RESOLUTION. It appears that different systems of accounting are followed in the Sta.
tionery Offices of Calcutta, Bombay and Madras; and the Governor- General in Council directs,
with a view to secure uniformity, that the several recommendations submitted in detail by the
Comptroller- General, be adopted for general guidance.
2. The precautions suggested by the Comptroller- General with regard to vouchers for
articles issued are, that the entries in the printed form of receipt for stationery, against which
issues are made, should be numbered ( any intervening items being passed over in the number
ing ) , and that the receiving officers should certify the number of entries admitted by him.
The Board of Revenue considers that these precautions will not prevent the conversion of a
five into fifty, or any similar tampering with the signed voucher, and accordingly suggests
50 FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORDERS . " [ RECORD
that, for articles of which large issues occur, " change of figures might be guarded against by
the quantities of articles in which misappropriation is likely, being written down in words
in the remark column by the receiving officer, and that the despatcher should be required to
run his pen through all blank spaces.' The Governor-General in Council directs that this pre
caution be adopted in addition to those recommended by the Comptroller-General.
3. For checking the growth of expenditure of stationery, it was proposed, that each bead
of department should submit to the Superintendent of Stationery one consolidated indent for
all officers subordinate to him. This has been objected to by the Government of Bombay and
by the Chief Commissioner of Oudh, but other Governments have accepted the proposal. The
Government of Bengal, however, considers that by the adoption of the system, the Superinten .
dent of Stationery may accept the consolidated indent unchallenged, and that thus the salutary
check which he now exereises may be lost. But as the responsibility of the Superintendent of
Stationery will not be relaxed or impaired by reason of an additional check of the indents for
stationery by heads of departments, the Governor- General in Council is pleased to decide that,
whenever a number of indenting officers belong to one department in a province, their indents
should be submitted to the head of their department, who should consolidate the indents, and
the statistics of past expenditure, and of balances, for checking the indents, in one table, consist
ing of separate sections for the past expenditure, the balances and the new indents; but details
of this kind might be arranged by the head of the department with the Superintendent of
Stationery.
4. The consolidated indent should shew in red ink any correction which might be made
by the head of the department, who would forward it, and the separate indents of the several
indenting officers, to the Superintendent of Stationery.
5. This officer should retain the consolidated indent as his voucher, and should turn the
separate indents to account as invoices, for the several indenting officers, of the articles des
patched to them.
6. On completion of the despatch of the several indents, which will have been included
in the consolidated indent, the totals shewn in this last would be posted as the account which
the Comptroller-General proposes would be kept of the expenditure of stationery in each prin
cipal department in a province.
7. The indents from the executive officers in the Public Works Department should be con
solidated by the Chief Engineer of the province or Government to whom they are subordi .
nate. Similarly, those for Jails, Police, Education, Registration, and other special departments,
should be consolidated by the heads of the respective departments.
8. In case of a Deputy Commissioner who has one general office with Revenue, Judicial,
and general sections, it will not be worth while to divide off the indent into several sections.
One indent may be prepared for the whole office without distinguishing the section. The
Deputy Commissioner should submit his indent to the Commissioner, who in every province
has special knowledge of the general branch of the work of district officers. The Local Govern
ment should select one or other of the heads of the Judicial and Revenue Departments, whether
Chief Court, or Judicial Commissioner, or Board of Revenue, or Financial Commissioner, to
consolidate und pass the district indents. The general character of the work in a district, riz.
whether heavy or light, in the Judicial or Revenue Branch, would generally be known to what
ever chief authority might be selected, and in cases when he might not be fully informed , and
in which the doubful item might be of sufficient importance to bear a reference, official or demi
official, to the head of the other departments, the opinion of the latter may be taken .
9. With this illustration of the way of dealing with cases in which a district officer is
subordinate to separate controlling departments, the Local Government will have no difficulty
in arranging for the consolidation of the indents of stationery by officers in charge of districts,
or of divisions of Public Works, and the like ; and they will be requested to issue subsidiary
orders accordingly, and to forward a copy of the order to the Superintendent of Stationery for
his guidance.
No. 248 A., dated 25th February 1874 .
From-Comptroller- General.
To- The Secretary to the Government of India, Financial Department.
I HAVE examined the accounts of the Superintendent of Stationery for the year 1872-73,
and have found them to be correct, with exception of the items described in the accompanying
list, which have not been passed for the reasons stated against them.
2. Apart from these particular disallowances, the accounts are open to objection on the
following important points : ( 1 ) The vouchers in support of stationery supplied are not satis
factory, inasmuch as they are in a tabular form withthe various descriptions of stationery printed
1
25 on the side of the page, with a parallel column for noting the quantity of the articles requir
? ed. Hence it is quite easy to fill up the column with articles which may not have been suppli
ed, the acknowledgment of the receiving officer being entered at foot of the form, and the vou
cher, therefore, cannot be accepted as entirely trustworthy. (2) The accounts cannot be
proved, because they do not work up to any general account, the items being distributed under
their appropriate heads, without any one account being kept for working out the net result of
the whole. For instance, the accounts show the receipts, issues, and balances of each descrip
tion of stationery, both as regards quantity and value, but there is no summary of these various
figures, and hence no total by which to prove the results of the detailed headings. (3 ) The
accounts afford no check upon the expenditure of stationery, as they do not show in a form,
susceptible of examination, the department supplied. A kind of classification is now observed
professing to exhibit the expenditure of each Government and Administration , but in it are
included promiscuously and without any arrangement officers of the Judicial, Police, Education
al, Public Works, Military and other Departments.
3. As regards the vouchers, the Superintendent of Stationery has suggested that the en
tries indicating the articles supplied should be numbered in a consecutive series, so as to pre
vent interpolations. This arrangement, in my opinion, will be sufficient, provided that the
receiving officer certifies the number of entries admitted.
4. As regards the accounts, some modification of the present system seems to be ncces
sary. The stationery received from England and by local purchase and that returned by offi
cers are now entered in separate books, whence they are carried in detail , item by item into
the ledger. I suggest that all the stationery received be entered in the same book, which may
be kept in the tabular form now used for issues, the quantities being posted in black ink and
immediately above them the money value in red ink. The receipt book should be totalled
monthly, each column having two summations-namely, a black ink summation indicating
quantity, and a red ink summation indicating value, together with a grand total of the values.
These monthly summations to be carried into the ledger in lieu of the present method of post
ing in detail the quantities only.
5. The issues are now recorded in the three sections marginally noted. I propose to dis
continue the weekly section, and post the ledger from the month
I. Daily sections of issues on
ly section in the same way as the receipts, giving values as well
account of each Government.
11. Weekly section of total as quantities. The values are not now given in any section, but
issues for ledger posting. they are necessary to the completeness of the accounts, which
III. Monthly section of total
cannot be proved without them. And they can be easily ascer
issues.
tained by noting in red ink at the top of each column , in the month
ly section, the average rate fixed for the year for the article of stationery described in it, and
thence calculated the total value of the stationery entered in that column as issued during the
month. A grand total should be made of the values in each monthly section .
6. 1 have said in the preceding column that an average rate should be fixed for each year
according to which supplies should be charged. This is not done at present, supplies being
valued with reference to their actual cost. The present system, however, is inconvenient, and
the accounts would be much simplified if an average rate were fixed in the beginning of each
year, based upon the actual cost during the preceding twelve months. The actual cost now is
calculated by taking the price of the article plus the freight shown in the invoice, but this
method is incorrect, as the invoice only shows one-third of the freight, the remainder being
payable in India ; moreover, there is much labor in apportioning the freight charge to each
article, and it would be aletter plan if in future a fixed percentage were added to the price on
account of freight, with an additional 5 per cent. for charges, a similar 5 per cent. being added,
to the price of the local purchases. According to the registers of this office, the price and freight
of stationery imported during the year 1870-71 to 1872-73 have
Cost of stationery-Rs. 25,58,726 been as marginally noted, giving an average freight charge of
Freight-Rs. 60, 448.
2.36 per cent. which I propose to raise to 5 per cent. in order to
allow for depreciation, &c. In other words, I propose to add 10 per cent. to the cost of sta
tionery received from England, and 5 per cent. to that purchased locally.
7. The ledger may be considerably simplified , and I propose for adoption the fellowing
form ; but besides the detailed headings now used for each description of stationery a general
head should be opened called " General Store Account," showing the total value of the sta
tionery received , issued , and in balance in each month. The entries under this head will agree
with the total of the corresponding entries in the detail heads, and thereby afford a complete
proof of their accuracy. The balances should be extended monthly, and compared with the
Store-keeper's balance statenent, any difference between them being immediately investigated
and settled.
(PROPOSED FORM OF LEDGER.)

Head of Account.
RECEIPTS. ISSUES. BALANCES.

MONTHS , 187 7
Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value.
Balance brought over ...

April ...
May …….
June ...
July ...
August
September ...
October ..
November ...
December ...
January ...
February
March ...
TOTAL
8. With regard to the 3rd point mentioned above in paragraph 2, namely the influence of
the accounts as a check upon expenditure of stationery, all that appears to be necessary is to
register separately, instead of as at present in one general section, the issues to each depart
ment of each Government, as Bengal Revenue, Bengal Judicial, Bengal Police, Bengal Jails,
&c., similar divisions being observed in regard to the Military and such like Imperial Depart
ments. These separate sections would be totalled monthly for the monthly section mentioned
above in paragraph 5, a progressive total being extended till the end of the year. But these
totals need represent quantities only, the values being calculated when the figures of the whole
year are complete. By this means the variations in expenditure could be traced to the particular
departments in which they may have occurred, the figures in the various sections being tabulated
at the end of each year in such form as may be considered most suitable for the purpose.
9. A few minor points require attention : (1 ) The sale proceeds of stationery sold to
officers not entitled to receive it at Government expense, are now credited in the same book
which contains contingent money and the funds obtained for paying for local purchases. They
should be registered in a separate book, and be paid daily into the general treasury account
at the Bank. (2) The funds for local purchases are paid to the vendors by the Superintendent
of Stationery. It would be more regular for the vendors to draw their money direct from the
Accountant-General, who may be furnished by the Superintendent with advices countersigned
by the Board, certifying to the names of the vendors, the description and quantity of stationery
purchased, the rates and amounts, and the orders of Government sanctioning the purchase.
(3) The Board's authority for writes-off on account of excesses and deficiencies found in the
annual stock-taking, are now given in letters addressed to the Superintendent, in which no
particulars are given of the quantities to be written off. I suggest that the Superintendent
should furnish the Board with a statement in duplicate, of the precise articles found excessive
or deficient, and that the Board should retain one copy and return the other with its orders
endorsed upon it. This would give the auditors a complete and sufficient voucher for the
writes-off. (4) A case came under my observation lately in which an officer who receives his
supplies usually from the Stationery Office at Bombay, obtained some artieles from the Sta
tionery Office in Calcutta. I have informed the Superintendent of Stationery, that in any
doubtful cases he should communicate_with_the other Presidency office in order to guard
against any risk of double issues. (5) The officers of each Government and Administration are
supposed to apply for their stationery in separate months, to be fixed for them in rotation by
the Superintendent of Stationery, but the rule, although most necessary, is not observed. It
should be more strictly enforced in future.
10. The Superintendent of Stationery concurs in the above suggestions, which, if sanc
Reduction ofWork. tioned, may be carried into effect from the beginning
Weekly abstract abolished and monthly of the next official year. He is of opinion, however,
posting in ledger substituted for daily post that some increase to his office establishment will be
ing as regards receipts, and weekly posting
as regards charges. necessary. On this point. I will only observe that my
Increase of Work. suggestions involve a reduction of work in some stages
Calculation of values of monthly issue of of the accounts which will counterbalance, to a large
stationery, classification of issues according extent, the additional work imposed. Setting one
to departments instead of according to Go
vernments only, and annual statements of against the other, I am of opinion that it may be neces
issue to each Department and Government. sary to allow the Superintendent an additional clerk.
Statement ofitems disallowed from the accounts for 1872-73 ofthe Superintendent of Stationery.
1. Fifty vouchers showing a larger issue of stationery than is acknowledged by the
receiving officers. 2. Twenty- seven vouchers purporting to represent stationery really issued,
but not received by the indenting officers. It is said that the sanction of the Board of Revenue
will be obtained to these items. 3. Five vouchers said to have been mislaid in the Stationery
Office and not presented for examination. 4. Stores received from England on account of the
Surveyor- General's and Telegraph Departments, but not brought to account on the stationery
books. These stores are said to have been made over to the Departments concerned, but no
acknowledgment is produced. 5. Cash credits afforded on account of sale proceeds of canvas
and planks, but there is no store account of these articles by which the credits may be verified.
FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT.
Memorandum on letter from Comptroller-General, No. 248, dated 25th February 1874.
THE accounts which it is properly desired to amend are those which were settled in 1864
by a Committee consisting of Messrs. Lane, Heeley, and G. W. Kellner.
2. Of the three recommendations by the Comptroller- General, the first relates to audit, viz.
the means of securing genuine vouchers of the issues by the Superintendent. As suggested, the
actual entries in the printed form of vouchers might be numbered, and each number be initialled
by the receiving officer.
3. The second recommendation, that all the stationery received, whether from England
or by local purchase, or from departments, be recorded in the same book, with black ink entries
of quantities, and red ink entry of values, is unobjectionable in the main ; but the details should
be considered by a Committee, so as to avoid any such unnecessary elaboration as is apt to
attend an account in quantities and values of receipts and issues of numerous petty articles of
stationery.
4. Moreover, the recommendation on this head, in the Comptroller- General's 4th paragraph,
does not take account of the necessity of having some separate account of the stores locally
purchased, both as a security that the purchases are kept within the budget allotments, and
that articles ordinarily obtainable from Europe are not purchased in this country, or, so pur
chased, then that the extent of the local purchase is shown and the necessity of it justified ."
5. This suggests (before passing on to the Comptroller-General's third recommendation)
a remark that the report of the auditors is defective in some important particulars, viz :—
1st. - As stated above, no attempt is made to compare the actual expenditure for local pur
chases under principal heads, with the budget grant for those purchases under those heads.
2nd. There is no information about the total receipts, issues, and balances of stationery
for the year, as grouped in certain principal divisions, nor any mention of even the total
receipts, issues, and balances for a number of years.
6. Without such information about totals, and grouping of results in principal divisions
and classes, there can be no intelligent review of the operations of the Stationery Department,
such as should be based on its audited accounts.
7. In the 8th paragraph of his letter, the Comptroller- General brings forward his third
recommendation, viz. that the Superintendent of Stationery, who now records separately the
issues to each Local Government and Administration, should also, in future, record separately
the issues to each department under a Local Government or Administration . This is very
necessary, but 1stly, it will entail some additional expense for establishments ; 2ndly, it will
bring to light any department in which there has been extravagance only after the mischief
has been done ; but it will not apply the check at the time when waste could be prevented, viz.
in the passing of the annual indents of the several departments.
The reform should be applied at the time of passing the indent, and it can be done in a way
to reduce the accounting work of the Superintendent of Stationery, and to strengthen his hands
by securing the co-operation with him of heads of departments in cutting down indents.
8. The officers who indent on the Superintendent of Stationery may be grouped as
follows, riz :-1st.- Secretariats, Heads of Departments, Account offices. 2nd.- Officers con
trolled by the preceding, viz. Divisional, District, Station officers in Civil, Public Works, and (to
a limited extent in) Military Departments.
9. The bulk of the Superintendent's work is for the second group, the numbers of which
are legion ; and each officer of that number sends a separate indent to the Superintendent of
Stationery, having it countersigned first by his immediate superior, or by the head of his de
partment.
10. Inasmuch, however, as the countersigning officer considers each indent by itself, he
has not the same facilities for a proper scrutiny of the indents as he would have if he reviewed
all the indents of one kind together.
11. It is accordingly expedient that- (I) Divisional or circle Officers, (II) District Officers,
(III) Subordinates at stations, in the Revenue, Magisterial, Judicial, Vaccination, Police,
Public Works and other Departments, should be required to send complete annual indents
for stationery to the heads of their respective departments ; that from these the head
of department should frame a consolidated indent in which the requisitions of its several
subordinates will be tabulated in full detail , with a total for the province, and values will
be applied to the provincial total at rates to be communicated by the Superintendent of
Stationery. Any inequalities in these indents, or requisitions for expensive kinds of
paper, & c. by one or more of the officers, while the bulk of the officers do without
those kinds, and any other like items of apparent extravagance, would require to be explained
by the head of department in passing the indents, and sending the consolidated indent to the
Superintendent of stationery.
12. This officer having scrutinised and accepted the indent, would then forward the sup
plies direct to the several indenting officers.
13. By this procedure the head of the department would have all the indents for his de
partment brought together, in a form admitting, without trouble, of a detailed review, and with
certain data to help his review, as will be presently noticed ; while the Superintendent instead
of getting into controversy with hundreds of officers, would discuss objections with two or three
only, and would be prevented, by the information in the consolidated indent, from raising need
less objections.
14. Furthermore, the consolidated indent when executed, would form the indentical
abstract or record of issues to any one department under a Government, which the Comptroller
General recommends.
15. It has been ascertained that the Superintendent of Stationery can execute 20 to 40
indents in a day. Accordingly, with the following procedure, viz., (1st) . By fixing different
months for the issues to the several Local Governments. (2nd). By fixing different dates in
each period for the indents of the several big, or numerously officered, departments of a Local
Government. ( 3rd). By putting an end to supplementary indents with the co -operation of
the heads of departments. the Superintendent could work off each consolidated indent for one
department, even of a big province, in two or three days at the outside .
As soon as the entire consoildated indent is executed, its total would be carried to the
abstract in which issues are posted, preparatory to carrying the abstract's total into the general
stores account. The total of the consolidated indent could also be carried into a separate ab
stract for gathering together, under each Government, the issues to each department of that
Government.
16. Should the Superintendent of Stationery and the head of the indenting department
not agree about any items in the indent, the rest might be executed , while the items in dispute
might be referred for the orders of the Local Government, whose decision , if adverse to that of
the Superintendent of Stationery, might be communicated with the correspondence to the
Government of India.
17. Certain minor points would have to be attended to in working this arrangement.
These can best be easily settled by a committee.
18. In the present form of indent each officer is required to show-1st.—Quantity received
during year, including balance on 1st. 2nd.- Balance in hand on date of indent.
3rd.- Consumption of twelve months. 4th.- mount now indented for .
In consolidating the indents, these four heads would each require a separate abstract, and
each of the abstracts would be suggestive as to means of tracing out and cutting down exces
sive indents. But it deserves consideration whether the first head, or quantity received, includ
ing balance on 1st- " should not be broken up into two , riz. , 1st , opening balance, and 2nd,
quantity received. In a store account, one of the most effective methods of restraining extra
vagance is to check the growth of balances.
19. The heads of departments might, in concert with the Superintendent of Stationery,
arrange for their respective departments, the particular data, as to strength of officers or
amount of work, which may suffice for an intelligent check of indents, and for preventing un
necessary objections. For example, the requirements of two Executive Engineers may widely
differ according as the one has more sub- divisions than the other; but the present form of
indent does not provide for exhibiting data of this kind, which may be essential for explaining
seeming inequalties of expenditure. If the data really necessary for checking indents be settl
ed by the Superintendent of Stationery and the head of department concerned, a great deal of
friction will be avoided.
20. For the chief and controlling officers mentioned in paragraph 8, section I, of this
memorandum, the existing procedure, with the modifications in accounts suggested by the
Comptroller-General, will doubtless suffice. But the accounts can hardly be considered as
sufficient for a proper control over the expenditure, without a proper classification of the
articles of stationery in principal groups, or divisions, and (having regard to the large expendi
ture of paper for books, gazettes, forms, & c. ) any such classification must be faulty which
does not take separate account of printing paper, and distinguish the issues of such paper for
printing from other issues.
It would be well if a committee were asked to classify the articles of stationery in principal
divisions, such as will help to check the growth of expenditure of the dearer kinds of paper,
&c.; other details relating to accounts and indents might be arranged by the committee.
No. 6065, dated 13th December 1875, from Superintendent of Stationery,

to the Secretary to Government Punjab.
WITH reference to paragraph 9 of the resolution of the Government of India, No. 3675, of
September 1875, I have the honor to request the favor of being informed what Heads of Depart
ments in Punjab have been selected to receive indents for stationery from local officers in the
first instance, and to send them up to this office with a consolidated indent as directed by the
No. 2592, dated 18th December 1875, from Secretary to Government, Punjab,
to the Superintendent of Stationery, Calcutta,
In reply to your letter No. 6065, of the 13th instant, I am desired to state that the duty of
consolidating divisional and district indents (Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners) has
been vested in the Financial Commissioner of this Province, while stationery indents for Law
Courts, such as Small Cause Courts, Courts of Cantonment Magistrates, &c., will be dealt with
by the Chief Court.
The following officials will dispose of the indents for their respective departments:
Inspector-General of Police. Ditto Prisons. Ditto Dispensaries. Ditto
Registration. Conservator of Forests. Director of Public Instruction. Sanitary Com
missioner. Superintendent- General of Vaccination. Principal, Medical School. Met
corological Reporter.
The Secretaries in the Public Works and Military Departments, and Joint- Secretary, Irriga
tion Branch, will be requested to report to you direct the arrangements made for their respec
tive departments .
CIRCULAR ORDER,
Dated 5th December 1876.
BY THE BOARD OF REVENUE, LOWER PROVINCES.
With reference to Government order No. 2318 , dated 24th July, on the subject of the sub
mission of indents for stationery, the following rules for the guidance of indenting officers
have been provisionally sanctioned by the Member in charge :
1. Indenting officers are divided into two groups, viz ., those who submit their indents
through the heads of their respective departments, and those who submit them independently
to the Superintendent of Stationery. This classification has been adopted in the list of officers
under the Government of Bengal, which has been approved of by Government in the order
above cited. The list is not yet complete, and it will be necessary from time to time to alter
or add to it.
2. Indents should be submitted annually at the times named in paragraph 7, section I,
Chapter XXII of the Board's Rules, and should be sufficient for a year's consumption . This
order of distribution is, however, incomplete, and requires to be revised with reference to the
new classification of indenting officers.
3. Indenting officers of the first group should submit their indents in duplicate to the
head of their department in a printed form, to be supplied by the Superintendent of Stationery,
showing the following particulars.
1. Names of articles. 2. Opening balance of the past year. 3. Quantity received dur
ing the year. 4. Total of colmuns 2 and 3. 5. Balance in hand on date of indent.
6. Consumption of twelve months. 7. Amount now indented for. 8. Sanctioned
allowance as per scale and rule. 9. Amount allowed by Stationery Office. 10.
Amount supplied by Stationery Office. 11. Items supplied numbered consecutively.
12. Items received by indenting officer (the number and quantity being expressed
in words). 13. Remarks.
4. The particulars of columns 1 and 8 are printed in the forms before they are issued
from the Stationery Office. Columns 2 to 7 should be filled in by the indenting officer.
5. The head of a department, on receipt of the separate indents from subordinate officers,
is required to fill up two forms of consolidated indents A and B.
6. Form A contains the following neadings :-1. Names of articles. 2. Opening balance
of the past year. 3. Total. 4. Quantity received during the year. 5. Total . 6.
Balance in hand on date of indent. 7. Total. 8. Consumption of the past twelve
months. 9. Total. 10. Quantity now indented for. 11. Total.
7. Form B contains the following headings :-1. Names of articles. 2. Quantity allow
ed by head of department. 3. Total. 4. Rate. 5. Amount.
8. To each heading 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 of form A, and heading 2 of form B, there are as
many sub-columns as there are indenting officers.
9. The head of the department should incorporate in form A, each under its appropriate
heading, the entries contained in columns 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7 of the separate indents, as soon as
they are received in his office. When all the several requisitions have been thus tabulated,
56 FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORDERS. L RECORD
including the indent of stationery required for his own office, and the totals struck, the head
of the department should scrutinize them carefully and determine the quantities to be allowed
to each office, making his corrections in red ink, in column 10, form A, under the heading
" Quantity now indented for. " The quantities thus corrected should then be transferred to
heading 2 of form B, and the remaining columns -3, 4, and 5 -of this form should then be
filled in. Column 3 shows the totals of the entries in column 2 ; column 4 shows the average
rate of value of each article of stationery as fixed for the year. These rates will be commnui.
cated by the Superintendent of Stationery to each head of a department, and to each officer
who indents independently on him ; and from the information thus supplied the total value
should be calculated and entered in column 5.
10. Forms A and B should be prepared in duplicate. Both copies of Form B and one of
Form A should be forwarded to the Superintendent of Stationery when completed, along with
duplicate copies of the separate indents for each office, including the indent for the head of
the department's office. The other copy of form A should be retained by the head of the de
partment for use in checking the indents of the next year. The Superintendent of Stationery,
after scrutiny of the indents, and making such retrenchments as he may think proper, should
note his corrections in red ink in form A, and transfer them to both copies of form B. A copy
of form B thus corrected should be returned to the head of the department, and the Superin
tendent should fill up columns 9, 10 and 11 of the separate indents, and forward these indents
along with the articles to the indenting officers, who, after comparing the articles received
with the indent should sign. it, after filling up column 12, in acknowledgment of the receipt of
the articles, and return it to the Superintendent's Office, where it will remain as the voucher in
support of the issue .
11. Officers of the second group who submit their indents directly to the Superintendent
should use the form of indent described in Rule 3 above, with two additional columns, as in
form B of the consolidated indents, showing the rate and amount, which they should fill up
in the same manner as heads of departments, from information supplied by the Superintendent
of Stationery. Their indents will be subjected by the Superintendent of Stationery to the same
scrutiny as the indents of other officers.
12. There will be some delay in printing the revised forms, and until they are ready for
issue, the present practice of indenting directly on the Superintendent of Stationery should
continue. The Superintendent of Stationery should issue a notice to this effect.
Circular No. 10-790, dated 24th March 1877.
From-Officiating Secretary to Government, Punjab,
To-The Secretary to the Government of India, Financial Department.
In compliance with your letter No. 1424, dated 12th March, I am desired to submit a
complete list of officers indenting for stationery, prepared in the manner described in the
enclosures of your letter.
List of Officers indenting for Stationery.
(1). Heads of departments who will submit consolidated indents for themselves and sub
ordinates.
Financial Commissioner ; Conservator of Forests ; Inspector-General of Registration and
Inspector-General of Police ; Superintendent of Stamps ; Joint Secretary to Government, Public
Works Department, Irrigation Branch ; Secretary to Government, Public Works Department ;
Director of Public Instruction ; Meteorological Reporter ; Superintendent- General of Vaccina
tion ; Accountant- General ; Inspector- General of Prisons and Dispensaries.
(2) . Officers subordinate to heads of departments, who will submit consolidated indents
for themselves and subordinates.
Settlement Commissioner ; Deputy Commissioner, Paper Currency.
(3). Officers who will submit their indents directly to Superintendent Stationery, for
their own office only.
Secretary to Government, Punjab, Civil Department ; Registrar, Chief Court ; Commis
sioners ; Secretary to Government, Punjab, Military Department ; Principal, Medical School ;
Sanitary Commissioner.
No. 2155, dated 6th August 1877.
From- Officiating Secretary to Government, Punjab,
To- Secretary to Financial Commissioner, Punjab.
In reply to his No. 748 dated 25th ultimo, conveys sanction to Commissioners Delhi,
Hissar, Rawalpindi and Peshawar including in their indents for stationery the requirements of
Settlement Officers subordinate to them.
2. Remarks that the Settlement Commissioner is already authorized to submit indents for
himself and subordinates, vide para 2 of Circular 10 of 24th March 1877 .
оств. 1977. ] FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORDERS. 57
CIRCULAR No. 42 oF 1877.
(No. 5846).
Το
ALL COMMISSIONERS, PUNJAB.
Estimated out-turn of Replies have been received from several Commis

Kharif. sioners in answer to this office Circular No. 34 dated 26th
ultimo.
2. Those officers who have not sent in their replies, are requested to do so
without further delay.
3. The reports which have been received, show that though matters appeared
critical before the late rain fell, no greater inconvenience than a sudden rise in
price, which began in August and lasted through September, had then occurred.
4. In several districts the out-turn of the kharíf harvest was looked on as
likely not to yield more than 3rd or 4th of the ordinary crop. But since the rain
fell, the fears which existed for the coming rabi have been dispelled.
5. The land assessment throughout the Punjab is known to be very light,

and it is only fair to the Government on return for its limiting its demand to the
very small share which it takes of the actual out-turn of an ordinary harvest, that
its revenue should be paid punctually when an occasional bad season recurs.
6. Commissioners are requested to impress on the Deputy Commissioners, and

the subordinate collectors of land revenue, that the Financial Commissioner ex
pects them to collect the demands for the present kharif with the usual regularity.
CIRCULAR MEMO No. 5875 OF 1877.

To
THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS CONCERNED.
In accordance with the orders of the Government of India, contained in the

Fortnightly price current. annexed Resolution No. 7 of 20th August 1877, the
Deputy Commissioners of the districts noted in the margin, are requested to state
Lahore. Mooltan. in their fortnightly price currents the wholesale prices of
Amritsar. Ferozepore. the articles shown in the existing price current, excepting
Delhi. Peshawar. salt and firewood.
2. The object in view is to ascertain the " prices at which, in these great
trading markets, large transactions are effected between the holders of considerable
stocks of grain and traders purchasing from them."
3. In addition to entering them in the price current, it is the desire of His

Honor the Lieutenant-Governor that the Deputy Commissioners of the above dis
tricts will telegraph these wholesale prices, with their weekly telegraphic rain reports
direct to the Secretary to Government.
No. 7-358-368.
Extractfrom the Proceedings of the Government of India, in the Department of Revenue,
Agriculture and Commerce, dated 20th August 1877.
READ,
Circular from this Department No. 11-309-317, dated the 3rd August 1872, calling on
Local Governments and Administrations for an opinion on a suggestion to show wholesale, as
well as retail, prices in the Prices Current published .
Replies to the above
* *
RESOLUTION.- The Governor-General in Council observes that the Government of Bombay,
the Chief Commissioners of the Central Provinces and British Burma, and the Resident of
Hyderabad, saw no objection to the proposal to quote wholesale prices in the prices current.
The Government of Madras and the Chief Commissioner of Coorg, also were of opinion that it
would be feasible to quote wholesale prices at the chief markets. The Lieutenant- Governors
of the North-Western Provinces and the Punjab, and the Chief Commissioner of Oudh raised
certain objections to the proposal. These were mainly as follows :
(1). That the quotation of wholesale prices was unnecessary, since retail prices are a
sufficient indication of wholesale prices.
(2). That prices in wholesale transactions between the agriculturists disposing of their
produce to merchants and others, were different from the wholesale prices at which
these sold the grain.
(3). That wholesale prices in large trade marts differ from those in villages and agri
cutural portions of a district.
The Governor-General in Council is of opinion that some attempt should be made to give
wholesale prices in the published prices current , and as a beginning, desires that they should
be furnished for the chief trading place or places in each Local Government or Administration.
What is wanted is not quotations of the prices at which the agricultural community dispose of
their produce, but the prices at which, in these great trading markets, large transactions are
effected between the holders of considerable stocks of grain, &c., and traders purchasing from
them.
BOOK CIRCULAR No. XXV OF 1877.

(No. 5921 ).
Dated 22nd October 1877.
Το
The annexed order of Government, relating to the exemption from stamp duty
of instruments executed by police officers, and their
General Stamp Act; duty sureties, for the safe custody of arms and ammunition , is
on engagements.
circulated for information.
Extractfrom Gazette of India, dated 8th July 1876.

No. 1483, dated 7th July 1876. -In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 16 of Act
XVIII of 1869, and in supersession of the Notification by the Government of India in the
Financial Department, No. 2280, dated 23rd July 1875, the Governor General in Council hereby
remits, throughout British India, the duties chargeable under the said Act on all instruments
executed by the holder of any salaried office under Government, or by his surety, for the due
performance of the duties of such office.
BOOK CIRCULAR No. XXVI OF 1877.

(No. 5922.)
Το
ALL COMMISSIONERS AND DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS PUNJAB.
The following additional rule, regarding the sale of general stamps having been
prescribed by the Government of India, in a letter No.
Rules for sale of stamps . 2944, dated 10th September 1877, to the Chief Commis
sioner, Central Provinces, and having been circulated to other Governments for
guidance, should be added to the rules printed at page 69-71 of the Punjab
Stamp Manual.
2. The rule is equally applicable to Court Fees stamps, and should be simi
larly read with the rules relating to sale of Court Fees stamps at page 76 of the
Manual.
Every licensed vendor shall without delay deliver any stamp which he has in his possession
for sale, on demand by any person tendering the value in any currency which would be accept
ed on behalf of the Government by the Collector of the District. A licensed vendor shall not
demand or accept for any stamp any consideration exceeding the value of such stamp.
CIRCULAR MEMO No. 5923 of 1877.

Το
ALL DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS , PUNJAB.
As padlocks for Treasury purposes are now supplied through this office, under
orders of Government, all references on the subject
Treasury padlocks. should be made to this office and not to the Accountant
General.
CIRCULAR MEMO No. 5924 or 1877.
To
ALL DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS , PUNJAB.
The Financial Commissioner desires to be informed what is the practice in

Excise Licences. each district as regards—
(1) The arrangements made, by persons who have bought leases, to supply
themselves with liquor or drugs, before the actual commencement of
their contract :
(2) The disposal of stock remaining in hand, after the expiry of contracts.
NOVR. 1877. ] FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORDERS. 61

(No. 6227).
Το
In continuation of Circular 42 of 17th October, in which the Financial Com

Collection of Land Reve- missioner enjoined upon district officers the punctual
nue. collection of the revenue demand for the present kharíf,
the accompanying orders of the Government of India are circulated for guidance.
No. 887 (Famine) dated 4th October 1877, from Additional Secretary to Government of India,
Department of Revenue, Agriculture and Commerce, to Officiating Secretary to Govern
ment, Punjab.
I am directed to forward copy of a Minute by Sir Richard Temple (with enclosures)
regarding the question of " postponement versus remission of land revenue "9 in the famine
stricken districts of Madras.
2. The Governor General in Council would draw attention to the statements made in
these papers, regarding the custom whereby the Revenue Officers in Northern India postpone,
instead of remitting , land revenue demands which it may be impossible ( or unadvisable) to
collect during a year of drought. His Excellency in Council trusts that the Government of the
Punjab may be able to prevent any proposals or promises for remissions of land revenue, dur
ing the coming season. It is hoped that in tracts where irrigation or favorable rain has saved
any substantial fraction of the crops, a part at least of the land revenue may be collected.
Short crops which, in ordinary times, might be a loss to the cultivator, will yet, in a time of
dear prices, enable him to pay his land revenue and leave him a handsome margin.

(No. 6282).
Dated 10th November 1877.
Το
PUNJAB.
In order that the lists showing the classification and distribution of Tahsíldárs
Classifiction & c., of Tah and Naib-Tahsíldars may be kept up to date in this office,
sildars and Naib-Tahsíldárs. it is requested that every change may be reported to this
office through Commissioners, immediately on its occurr
ence, in the accompanying form.
Report of changes affecting Tahsildars and Naib- Tahsildars.
Here state nature of change with

Name. Appointment. Place. any explanatory remarks that may
be necessary.
Instructions- 1. The changes that occur are deaths, promotions, retirements, suspensions,
transfers, leave, return to duty, temporary arrangements made.
2. For leave of absence a special form is already prescribed and will continue to be used.
Temporary arrangements and proposals for acting appointments are also usually included in
the same application and orders are passed thereon ; but for Gazette Notification, the date of
taking charge is always necessary, and this may be reported in this form when not otherwise
intimated.
3. Promotions are usually regulated by orders of the Financial Commissioner notified in
the Gazette.
4. Retirements likely to take place should be reported on some time before the actual
date of retirement, as well as when the retirement takes place.
5. Transfers ordered by Commissioners should invariably be reported at once in this form.
Transfers carried out under orders of the Financial Commissioner, or of Government, should
likewise be reported.
BOOK CIRCULAR No. XXVII OF 1877.

(No. 6459).
Το
ALL COMMISSIONERS AND DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS, AND
ALL DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED.
From the annexed orders of Government, circulated for general information, it

will be seen that, as a rule, in the case of Government
Medical certificates for
invalid pensions. servants drawing Rs. 100 a month and upwards, retiring
on invalid pensions, the applicant must appear before a
Medical Committee or obtain a second Medical Certificate besides that of the Civil
Surgeon.
2. Inattention to these instructions may cause delay in the disposal of pen
sion claims.
No. 2762, dated 3rd October 1877, from the Secretary to Government, Punjab, to the Commis
sioner and Superintendent, Jullundur Division.
Acknowledges receipt of his No. 1973 dated 24th ultimo , and states that the single invalid
ing certificate of Civil Surgeon in the case of Natha Singh, has been accepted on this occasion,
and the pension has been sanctioned. Attention is, however, drawn to the expressed desire of
the Government of India, that the invaliding of officers should not be made too easy ; and it is
requested in future that, when officers cannot be presented before annual invaliding com
mittees, they may be presented before special committees, when this may be practicable with
out expense or inconvenience ; and that, when this may not be practicable, a second Medical
Certificate besides that of the Civil Surgeon, may be furnished. This is particularly desirable
in the case of employes drawing Rs. 100 a month and upwards.
BOOK CIRCULAR No. XXVIII OF 1877.

(No. 6634).
Dated 22nd November 1877.
To
Attention is invited to the annexed Resolution of the Government of India,

Reports of deaths of civil No. 351 , of 22nd May 1877, and to the correspondence
pensioners. connected therewith, relating to the reports of deaths of
civil pensioners .
2. The necessary instructions have been issued in the Police Department and
the Account Department .
3. Deputy Commissioners are requested to furnish the District Superintendent
of Police with lists of civil pensioners in each district, giving names, parentage ,
residence, and nature and amount of pension ; and when new pensions are sanctioned,
NOVR. 1877. J FINANCIAL CIRCULAR orders. 63
supplementary lists in the same form should be furnished. This should be done on
the 1st of every month, as regards pensions sanctioned during the previous month ;
but if no pensions have been sanctioned no report need be sent.
4. On each occasion when the monthly or half-yearly payments of pensions are
completed, the Deputy Commissioner, or Treasury Officer, should obtain a list of the
pensioners who have not attended for payment, and should, as required by the
Government of India order, " enquire immediately into the cause of the non-appear
ance of the pensioner. " This will usually be done through the Tahsildars, but the
Police Department will doubtless be able to assist in the enquiry.
5. The annual return of pensioners prescribed by Section 88 of the Civil Pen
sion Code, which includes statistics of deaths, is to be rendered to the Accountant
General as at present.
6. The results of the enquiry into causes of non-appearance should remain on
record in the district office for reference when renewal is applied for, or when death
is ascertained to have occurred.
7. These orders are subsidiary to those contained in Government Circular
No. 36 of 25th October 1877 , on the same subject.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA- FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT.
Pensions, Gratuities, &c.
No. 351 , dated 22nd May 1877 .
RESOLUTION. The annual returns of pensions prescribed in Section 88 of the Civil Pension
Code are rendered almost useless by the unpunctual report of casualties among pensioners. The
relatives of a deceased pensioner have no particular inducement to report his death, which
therefore, under present arrangements, does not necessarily become known to the District
Officer or other Pension Pay Master for an indefinite period .
2. If this defect can be cured, these returns will become of great value in various ways.
The Local Governments and Administrations are accordingly requested to issue instructions,
first, to the police or some other suitable subordinate agency to make prompt report to the
District Officer of the decease of every civil pensioner ; secondly, to the District Officers to make
immediate enquiries into the cause of the non-appearance of any pensioner to take his pension.
3. The following note will accordingly be added to Section 88 of the Civil Pension
Code :
"The Local Government should instruct the police or some other suitable subordinate
agency to report promptly to the District Officers the death of any civil pensioner, and District
Officers should inquire immediately into the cause of the non-appearance of any pensioner to
draw his pension ."
4. The following note should also be added to the pensioner's half of every Permanent
Pay Order, Appendix A, Form B : —
"NOTE. 2- On the decease of the pensioner, this order should be immediately returned
by his family to the District Officer with a report of the date of his decease."
No. 1557.
Copy forwarded to the Secretary to the Financial Commissioner, with request that the
subsidiary orders required by the Government of India may be issued, after communication if
necessary with the Inspector General of Police, to whom and to all Commissioners a copy of
this Resolution will be supplied direct, and that a copy of the subsidiary orders may be furnish
ed for the information of this Government. The Resolution will also be published in the
Gazette.
No. 3522 dated 26th June 1877, from the Secretary to Financial Commissioner, Punjab, to the
Accountant General, Punjab.
With reference to para. 4 of Government of India Financial Resolution No. 351 of 22nd
May, requiring that a note be added to the pensioner's half of permanent payable orders to the
effect that the order is to be returned to the District Officer on decease of pensioner, I am
directed to enquire how this arrangement can best be carried out. I am to suggest that it may
be done the next time each pensioner appears for payment. In the case of new rolls the note
can be added previous to issue. In both cases it should , in the Financial Commissioner's opinion,
be in the vernacular if it is to have the desired effect.
No. 3523, dated 26th June 1877, from the Secretary to Financial Commissioner, Punjab, to the
Inspector General of Police.
With reference to the annexed order of Government No. 1557 , of 9th June, communicating
Government of India Resolution No. 351 of 22nd May, regarding reports of death of civil pen
sioners, enquires whether it is advisable to supply officers in charge of police thanahs with lists
of the civil pensioners residing within their respective circles with a view to their reporting
deaths through the District Superintendent of Police, and whether the police officers who report
deaths generally, have at present any means of distinguishing in their returns the death of
Government pensioners.
No. 9833, dated 9th July 1877, from the Accountant General, Punjab, to all Deputy
Commissioners in the Punjab.
With a view to ensure the punctual report of casualties among pensioners of all classes,
the Government of India, as an additional precaution , have directed the insertion of the follow.
ing note in the pensioner's half of every permanent pay order, I have the honor to request
therefore you will be good enough to instruct your Treasury Officer to have the necessary note
made both in English and Vernacular as each pensioner next appears for payment. In case of
new rolls the necessary addition will be made in this office.
" NOTE 2.- On the decease of the pensioner this order should be immediately returned by
his family to the District Officer with a report of the date of his decease."
No. 3279, dated 17th October 1877, from the Inspector General of Police, Punjab, to the
" I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your No. 3523 of the 26th June, regarding
the report of deaths of pensioners by the police, and to state that it will be necessary that
Deputy Commissioners furnish District Superintendents of Police with lists of civil pensioners,
giving names, parentage, residence. &c., and as each fresh civil pension is sanctioned, Deputy
Commissioners should furnish additions to these lists.
2. I am issuing instructions to police officers regarding their duties in this matter, and I
enclose a copy for the Financial Commissioner's information.
3. Police officers have at present no means of distinguishing the deaths of pensioners
from other deaths reported to them."
BOOK CIRCULAR No. XXIX OF 1877.

(No. 6684. )
Το
ALL COMMISSIONERS AND DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS
OF THE PUNJAB.
In continuation of Book Circular XV of 19th June 1877, the following further

instructions of the Government of India are circulated, to
Acquisition of Land.
the effect that the revenue due on land taken up for Muni
Reduction of revenue on cipal and Local Fund works, will ordinarily be payable by
Provincial works.
Municipalities and Local Funds, till the expiry of the
settlement only, and not thereafter ; and that in the case of works chargeable to
Provincial Funds the land revenue demand will be remitted at once, the Imperial
revenue bearing the loss.
No. 2922, dated 20th October 1877 , from Offg. Secretary to Government, Punjab, to Secretary
to Financial Commissioner, Punjab.
With reference to your Circular No. 25, dated 19th June last, regarding land revenue on
From Government of India, Financial land taken up for public purpose, I am desired to for
ward for information and guidance a copy of a corres
Department, No. 2059 dated 16th July 1877. pondence, as per margin, with the Government of India,
To Governmentof India, Financial De
partment, No. 364 S dated 16th July 1877. and to request that it may be circulated to all Commis
From Government of India, Financial De sioners and Deputy Commissioners, and that the modi
partment, No. 3510 dated 8th October 1877. fication desired by the Government of India, regarding
land taken up for provincial fund purposes, may be made.
NOVR. 1877. ] FINANCIAL CIRCULAR ORDERS. 65
No. 2059 , dated 26th July 1877, from Assistant Secretary to the Government of India,
Financial Department, to the Officiating Secretary to Government, Punjab.
IN his Circular No. 25, dated the 19th June 1877, the Financial Commissioner, Punjab, lays
" down the principle that, when land paying Government land revenue is taken up for a public
purpose, the revenue demand will be reduced if the work is chargeable to Imperial revenues,
but when the work is chargeable to Provincial and Local revenues, such as a district road, the
revenue demand will be payable from Local Funds by the Municipal or District Committee till
next revision of settlement."
2. I am to enquire why the expiration of a current settlement should exempt a Municipal
or Local Fund from the charge debited to it, under the circular, during the currency of that
settlement.
3. With this reservation the Circular is correct so far as it relates to land taken for Local
or Municipal Fund service, but in the case of land taken up for Provincial Fund purposes this
principle will not apply, inasmuch as under Rule 1 , 10 of the " Rules and Conditions which
apply to the administration by the Local Government of revenues and services surrendered to
Provincial uses and management," published with Financial Resolution No. 1709 dated 22nd
March 1877, a service from Imperial to Provincial, which was rendered without charge to the
latter before the scheme of Provincial services, should continue to be so rendered. I am accord
ingly to request that, with the permission of the Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor, the
Financial Commissioner may be instructed to modify his circular instructions.
No. 3648, dated 15th August 1877 , from Officiating Secretary to Government, Punjab,
to the Secretary to the Government of India, Financial Department.
With reference to your letter No. 2059, of the 26th July, I am desired to explain that the
reason that Municipal or Local Funds were exempted after the expiration of the current settle
ment, from a charge debited to them on account of land revenue taken up for a district or
municipal road, or for land taken up for purposes required by them, was not with any idea
that an additional burden would be thrown on the Imperial funds or that the land revenue
would be in any way diminished.
2. The amount of revenue which would, under the ruling contained in the Financial
Commissioner's Circulat No. 2577 of the 12th June, be thus remitted would practically be so
small that no Settlement Officer would think of making any reduction in the land revenue
assessment of the town or village on its account. It would merely be distributed upon the
general assessment of the estate, and the Imperial Government would be in no way a loser.
Should the Government of India accept this view of the case, which assumes that certainly no
loss to the Imperial revenue will result from the ruling, I am to request an expression of con
currence, in which case the Circular would only require to be modified with reference to the
3rd paragraph of your present letter.
No. 3510 dated 8th October 1877, from Secretary to the Government of India, Financial
Department, to the Secretary to the Government of the Punjab.
In acknowledging the receipt of your letter No. 364 S dated the 15th August 1877, I am
directed to state that the Governor-General in Council accepts the proposal to exempt Munici
pal or Local Funds from payment of the land revenue upon land taken up for municipal
or local purposes after the close of the settlement during which such land is taken up, pro
vided that this remission of revenue be allowed only when the amount can be charged upon
the rest of the estate, so that on the whole no diminution of land revenue shall result.
BOOK CIRCULAR No. XXX OF 1877.

CIRCULAR No. 50.
(No. 6709.)
To
ALL COMMISSIONERS AND SUPERINTENDENTS , PUNJAB.
In the Government orders annexed to Book Circular I of 4th January 1875, it
is directed that encamping grounds are to be ploughed
Encamping grounds. up yearly, to the extent of one-third of the surface ; and
that the ground should be levelled after the crop is removed, and after ploughing
when no crop has been cultivated. Complaints having been made, regarding some
encamping grounds, that the surface is not properly levelled and that inconvenience
is thereby caused to troops, Deputy Commissioners are requested to see that the
area intended for encampments is at all times sufficient for the purpose, and that it
is kept level and in good order.
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BOOK CIRCULAR No XXXI OF 1877 .

(No. 6,824. )
Dated 3rd December 1877.
Το
The accompanying correspondence is circulated for information and for the

guidance of Deputy Commissioners in relation to the
Pauper suits.
interests of Government in pauper suits.
2. Hitherto the admission or rejection of an application to sue " in forma
pauperis " has rested entirely with the Civil Courts in which the application is
made, without any opportunity being given to the Revenue Officers of Government
to resist the application. The new Civil Procedure Code gives this opportunity by
requiring notice of the hearing of a pauper's application to be given to the Govern
ment Pleader, but as there are no District Government Pleaders in the Punjab, and
as the Government Advocate, who is entrusted with some of the duties of a
Government Pleader for the province generally, is unable to appear personally in
such cases, it has been arranged that, where necessary, the Deputy Commissioner
of each district will take steps to resist applications to sue in forma pauperis ; but
ordinarily no reply to the notice will be necessary, as the Government is satisfied
that the admission or rejection of applications may generally be left to the discre
tion of the Civil Courts, though instances have come to the Financial Commissioner's
knowledge in which the Civil Courts have not been sufficiently careful on this
point.
No. 1081 , dated 3rd November 1877, from Secretary to Financial Commissioner, Punjab, to
Secretary to Government, Punjab.
Sections 408 and 414 of the new Civil Procedure Code require that notice is to be given
to the Government Pleader in cases in which persons apply for permission to sue in forma
pauperis, in order that Government may have an opportunity of resisting the application.
2. Several cases have already arisen under these provisions, and the Government
Advocate has applied for instructions.
3. It seems to the Financial Commissioner that the Government Advocate cannot be
expected to intervene personally in all pauper suits all over the province, and as there are no
Government Pleaders in the Punjab, the best course to adopt seems to be that adopted in
regard to service of summons on Government agents in Government suits, viz., to rule that
Deputy Commissioners are to act as agents of Government under those sections, for the pur
pose of receiving notice of applications, and for resisting the applications on behalf of Govern
ment where sufficient grounds exist.
4. Where the case is in the Deputy Commissioner's own Court, the duty could be under
taken by the Assistant Commissioner or Extra Assistant Commissioner.
5. It would only be in very special and important cases that the Government Advocate's
personal attendance would be required.
6. The favor of early orders is solicited.
No. 553 dated 10th November 1877, from the Government Advocate Punjab, to the Officiating
Under- Secretary to Government, Punjab.
In reply to your memo of 8th instant, I have the honor to state that it appears to me that
section 408 of the new Procedure Code is inapplicable to the existing state of things in the
Punjab. As pointed out by the Secretary, there are no Government Pleaders in this province,
and I don't think the Government Advocate is included in the definition of a Government
Pleader given in section 2 of the new code. He is not appointed to perform " all or any of the
functions expressly imposed " by the code on the Government Pleader, as required by that
definition. The functions expressly imposed by the code are :
(1). To act as the agent of Government for the purpose of receiving processes against the
Secretary of State. Section 419.
(2). The receive notice of pauper suits. Section 408.
(3). To make applications, where the Government undertakes the defence of a suit
against a public officer.
None of which really appertain fo the Government Advocate. It is obvious also that it
would be wholly impracticable for the Government Advocate to intervene in all pauper appli
cations.
At the same time, there is no doubt in my mind, that under the definition of " Government
Pleader" in section 2 of the new code, the Local Government could appoint any officer to per
form the functions of the Government Pleader under chapter XXVI. This officer might be
the Deputy Commissioner, as suggested by the Financial Commissioner. Practically, however,
I do not think there would be any necessity for intervention on the part of Government in
such applications, for the Courts themselves are careful not to admit persons to sue as paupers
unless on very good grounds.
I return the original papers received from your office.
No. 4346.
Copy forwarded to the Secretary to Financial Commissioner, Punjab, in reply to his letter
No. 1081 , dated 3rd instant, and with the remark that His Honor the Lieutenant-Governor
considers that the Deputy Commissioner may be charged with the duty if necessary, but does
not think that any defence is required in such cases, as the Court is careful not to admit such
claims too readily.
BOOK CIRCULAR No. XXXII OF 1877.

(No. 6895).
To
The annexed letter prohibiting the imposition of fees on certificates of profici

Patwaris' schools. ency granted to patwaris who have passed through the
patwaris' school, or have passed the examination, or who
Fees on certificates.
have qualified in any other way, is circulated for guidance.
No. 6859, dated 6th December 1877, from Secretary to Financial_Commissioner, Punjab,
to Commissioner and Superintendent -Division.
I am directed to return the correspondence received with your letter No. 183 of 15th
November, relating to the patwaris ' examination at-- and to convey the Financial
Commissioner's remarks on the question of fees on certificates of proficiency.
2. Patwaris are, it is believed, already put to some expense for attending school and
providing substitutes to do their work, and it is not desirable that this burden should be
increased.
3. The Deputy Commissioner of- framed a rule imposing a fee of Rs. 4 on the
issue of certificates of proficiency. The point had been noticed in examining the budget of
Provincial Service receipts, and enquiry was made by this office as to the authority for the
measure.
4.
16 The Deputy Commissioner explains that he relied on the following rule :
XI. The appointment of the teacher, and the framing of regulations for the manage
ment of the school, in matters not provided for in these rules, shall rest with the Deputy
Commissioner."
5. Now this rule has reference mainly to the management of a patwaris' school, and
pre-supposes that such a school is maintained. It so happens that a patwaris' school is kept
up at -but there are districts in which no school is kept up, and where, nevertheless,
examinations are held. In such districts, the rule would clearly not authorize the Deputy
Commissioner to levy fees on certificates. The rule therefore would work unequally, if the
view taken by the Deputy Commissioner be accepted.
6. Apart from the absence of express authority in the rules for the imposition of such fees,
there is no necessity for the creation of such a source of income, as there are other funds avail.
able, and sufficient, at present, for the maintenance of these schools.
7. The Financial Commissioner accordingly directs that the levy of these certificate fees
at -be discontiuued.
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BOOK CIRCULAR No. XXXIII OF 1877.
CIRCULAR No. 53.

(No. 6929 ).
To
Under the orders of Government, the following alteration is to be made in

EXCISE. No. 14 of the rules contained in Appendix XI to Direc
Alteration of Rule. tions to Collectors, relating to the grant of passes to
Importation of Charas. merchants importing Charas into the Punjab from Yar
kand by any route over the Himalayan passes which lie to the south of the domin
ions of His Highness the Amir of Kashgar and Yarkand .
After the words " from the British Joint Commissioner at Leh " add " or in
his absence from the Kashmir Joint Commissioner at that place."
CIRCULAR No. 54.

(No. 6931).
To
With reference to the reports received from Commissioners, in reply to Cir

cular No. 34 of 26th September, which were submitted
Agricultural prospects.
to Government on 3rd November, with a report on the
subject by the Financial Commissioner, the annexed letter from Government is cir
culated for information.
No. 1292, dated 28th November 1877, from Secretary to Government, Punjab, to Secretary to
Financial Commissioner, Punjab.
I am desired to acknowledge the receipt of your letters marginally noted, submitting
No. 46C. dated 21st Sepr. 1877. reports on the rabi and kharif harvests, and in reply to state that
No. 1077, dated 3rd November His Honor is much obliged to the Financial Commissioner for
1877. these very complete reports .
2. The result of the enquiries, the Lieutenant Governor thinks, shows that there is no
reason to apprehend any general distress if the rabi crop does not fail.
3. The stock of food grain is sufficient, and where there is local distress the area in which
it prevails is small ; and measures have been taken to give employment to people who are able
to work on the Western Jumna Canal in the Delhi and Hissar divisions, and upon local works
in the Hoshiarpur district.
BOOK CIRCULAR No. XXXIV OF 1877.

(No. 7160. )
To
ALL COMMISSIONERS EXERCISING CONTROL OF SETTLEMENTS ,
AND ALL SETTLEMENT OFFICERS .
Draws attention to Chief Court's Book Circular No. VII of 31st October 1877,
prescribing a form of daily register of court fees realised
Court fees.
in Civil Courts, and directs that this form, which is
given below, may be adopted in all Settlement Courts constituted under Act XIX
of 1865, and XVII of 1877, in lieu of that prescribed with Book Circular No. X of
1876.
Book Circular No. X of 1876, is hereby cancelled .
Daily Register of Court Fees realized in the Court ofthe
2 3 4 5 6 7
Amount re Amount
alizedun realized Amount
Process der Act VII under the realized
Date. of 1870, same under Total. REMARKS.
fees. Schedule I, Schedule, Schedule
articles I to Nos. 10 to II.
19 inclusive. 12.
Rs. A. Rs. A. Rs. A. Rs. A. Rs. A.

SETTLEMENT DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS ,
1877 .
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SETTLEMENT DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS.
The 17th December 1874.

No. 4542. -Appointment. - Lieutenant Colonel A. A. Munro, Officiating Com
missioner and Superintendent, Derajat Division, is appointed to officiate as Settle
ment Commissioner of the Mooltán and Derajat Divisions, pending the return from
furlough of Mr. J. B. Lyall, in addition to his other duties, with effect from the
forenoon of the 10th December 1874.

No. 2033.- Notification . - Whereas the local area known as Amritsar Khas, in
the Amritsar District, is to be put under Settlement, the Honorable the Lieutenant
Governor, in exercise of the power conferred by the Punjab Land Revenue Act,
1871 , is pleased, with the previous sanction of the Governor General in Council, to
issue the following Notification :
(1 . )—The local area to be put under settlement is that comprising the town
lands of Amritsar Khás.
(2. ) The settlement of such area will be effected by the Deputy Commis
sioner of Amritsar as Officer in charge of the Settlement, and by Extra
Assistant Commissioner Agha Kalbábid, under the orders of the Com
missioner of the Amritsar Division .
(3. ) -The Settlement of Amritsar Khás is a re-settlement. There will be a
revision of assessment, and a revision of the record of rights.
(4.) - No surveys or plans will be made and no boundaries of estates will
be adjusted .

No. 2120.–Leave .— Muhammad Hyát Khán , Popalzai , Extra Assistant Settle
ment Officer, Peshawar, has obtained privilege leave of absence for ninety-two days,
with effect from the 28th November 1874.
No. 2121.-Appointment. - Hákim Rai, Superintendent of Settlement, Peshá
war district, is appointed to officiate as Extra Assistant Settlement Officer of
Peshawar during the absence on leave of Muhammad Hyát Khán, and is invested ,
under Section 21 of Act XIX of 1865 , with the full civil powers of an Assistant
Commissioner, as defined in Section 10 of the said Act, for the purpose of deciding
suits in respect to land , or the rent, revenue or produce of land ; such powers to be
exercised on the Revenue side.
The 22nd December 1874.

No. 4598.-Notification.- The services of Lieutenant J. A. L. Montgomery,
Assistant Settlement Officer, Peshawar, are placed temporarily at the disposal of
the officiating Settlement Commissioner, Mooltan and Derájat Divisions.
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No. 2059. -Notification. -In continuation of Punjab Government Gazette Order
No. 815, dated 14th June 1872, it is notified that Mauza Bibipur, Tahsil Delhi, is
added to the list of villages now under regular settlement for the first time.
The 14th January 1875.

No. 59. -Appointment. - Mr. C. L. Tupper, Assistant Settlement Officer, Rohtak,
is appointed to officiate as Settlement Officer of Rohtak, during the absence of Mr.
W. E. Purser on furlough, with effect from the afternoon of the 11th January 1875.

No. 60. - Appointment. - Mr. E. B. Steedman , Assistant Commissioner, Gujrát,
is appointed to officiate as Assistant Settlement Officer, vice Mr. C. L. Tupper
Officiating as Settlement Officer.
Mr. Steedman is posted to the Dera Ismail Khan Settlement.
The 16th January 1875 .

No. 72.-Notification. — Mr . J. B. Lyall received charge of the office of Settle
ment Commissioner of the Mooltan and Derajat Divisions from Lieutenant-Colonel
A. A. Munro, on the forenoon of the 12th January 1875 .

No. 89. -Powers. - Mr. C. L. Tupper, Officiating Settlement Officer, is invested,
under Section 21 of Act XIX of 1865 , with the civil powers of a Deputy Commis
sioner as defined in the said Act, for the purpose of deciding suits and appeals under
the Punjab Tenancy Act (XXVIII of 1868), and with the powers of a Deputy Com
missioner under the Land Revenue Act for the appointment, punishment and
removal of Patwaris, and for the appointment, fine and removal of District
Kanungos and Naib Kanungos.
These powers are to be exercised in the Rohtak District.
The 3rd February 1875.

No. 201.- Notification. — In continuation of the above Notification, the Honor
able the Lieutenant-Governor is pleased, with reference to Article 14 of the Rules
regarding Patwáris, and Article 7 of the Rules regarding Káuúngos, made under
Sections 6 and 65 of the Punjab Land Revenue Act , 1871 , to invest Captain E. G.
Hastings, Settlement Officer, with the powers of a Deputy Commissioner in the
Kohát district, in regard to the appointment, punishment and removal of Patwaris,
and to the appointment, fine and removal of District Kanungos and Naib Kánúngos.

No. 202. -Notification . - Whereas a settlement of land revenue is in progress
in the Kohát district, the Honorable the Lieutenant- Governor in pleased, under
Section 21 of Act XIX of 1865, to empower and direct the Tahsíldárs, Assistant
Commissioners, Deputy Commissioner, and Commissioner of the said district to
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exercise their respective powers as defined in the said Act in suits regarding land,
or the rent, revenue, or produce of land , on the revenue and not on the civil side of
their courts ; the said powers to be exercised in respect of suits arising in that por
tion of the Kohát district only in which a settlement is in progress .

No. 203. -Powers. -Under the provisions of Section 22 of Act XIX of 1865,
the Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor is pleased to invest the Financial Commis
sioner with the powers of the Chief Court for the purpose of trying special appeals
from the Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner in all decisions passed by them
in regular appeal under Section 21 of the said Act, and with the powers of a Court
of final appeal in suits regarding land, or the rent, revenue, or produce of land ; the
said powers to be exercised in respect of suits arising in that portion of the Kohát
district in which a settlement is in progress.
Captain E. G. Hastings will continue to exercise, in the Kohát district, the
magisterial powers with which he was invested by Punjab Government Gazette Order,
No. 1704, dated 1st May 1873.
The 23rd March 1875 .

No. 396.- Notification. - The jágír of Rai Dalíp Singh, in the Kullu sub-divi
sion of the Kángra district, being about to be put under settlement, the Honorable
the Lieutenant-Governor is pleased , with the sanction of the Governor-General in
Council, to issue the following Notification, under Section 11 of the Punjab Land
Revenue Act, XXXIII of 1871 :—
The local area which is to be put under settlement is that held in jágír by
Rai Dalíp Singh in the following tracts of the Kullu Sub-division of the Kangra
district, viz. ,
Kothi Kandi. Kothi Harkandi.
Do. Chang. Do. Sanisar.
Do. Kanáwar. | Do. Bhalán.
The Assistant Commissioner of Kullu is appointed to the charge of the settle
ment of the jágír from the date of his taking charge of the same, and is invested ,
from the same date, under Section 21 of Act XIX of 1865 , with the civil powers of
a Deputy Commissioner as defined in the said Act for the purpose of deciding, in the
first instance and on appeal, suits regarding land, and the rent, revenue and produce
of land, situated in the said jágír, such powers to be exercised on the revenue, and
not on the civil, side of his Court.
Bhagwan Singh is appointed Superintendent of the Settlement, and is invested,
under Section 21 of Act XIX of 1865 , with the civil powers of a Tahsíldár, as de
fined in the said Act, for the purpose of deciding suits regarding land , and the
rent, revenue and produce of land, within the limits of the jágír ; such powers to be
exercised on the revenue, and not on the civil, side of his Court.
The settlement of the jágír is a first regular settlement. Surveys and plans
are to be made, and the boundaries of villages and estates are to be adjusted.
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The 23rd March 1875.

No. 337 --Powers. - With reference to the above Notification, the Honorable
the Lieutenant- Governor is pleased to invest the Assistant Commissioner of Kullu,
under the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1871 , with the powers of a Deputy Commis
sioner for the appointment, punishment and removal of Patwaris, and for the
appointment, fine and removal of District Kánúngos and Naib Kanungos, within
the limits of the jágír.

No. 398. - Powers. - Under Section 21 of Act XIX of 1865 , the Tahsildar of
Kullu, the Deputy Commissioner of Kangra, and the Commissioner of the Jullundur
Division, are empowered and directed to exercise their respective powers, as defined
in the said Act, for the purpose of deciding suits and appeals regarding land, and
the rent, revenue and produce of land, situated within the limits of the jágír, on the
revenue, and not on the civil, side of their Courts.

No. 399. -Powers.-Under Section 22 of Act XIX of 1865 , the Financial Com
missioner is invested with the powers of the Chief Court for the purpose of trying
special appeals from the Commissioner of the Jullundur Division , the Deputy Com
missioner of the Kangra district, and the officer in charge of the Settlement, in all
decisions passed by them in regular appeal under Section 21 of the Act, and with
the power of a Court of final appeal in any class of suits regarding land, or the
rent, revenue and produce of land, situated within the limits of the jágír.
The 20th May 1875 .

No. 698. -Powers. -In continuation of Punjab Government Gazette Order No.
284, dated 23rd February 1875 , Pandit Kidár Náth, Superintendent of Settlement
in the Karnál district, is invested, under Section 21 of Act XIX of 1865 , with the
powers of a Tahsíldár as defined in the said Act, for the purpose of deciding suits in
respect to land, or the rent, revenue or produce of land arising in the village of
Khojgipur, in the Karnál tahsil, now under regular settlement for the first time, and
suits under the Punjab Tenancy Act in all the villages of the said tahsíl, now under
revision of settlement .
The 21st May 1875..

No. 986. -Appointment. - Lieutenant J. A. L. Montgomery, Assistant Settlement
Officer, Jhelum, is appointed to officiate as Settlement Officer, Bannu, during Mr.
Thorburn's absence on leave.
The 26th May 1875.

No. 1012.-Notification . - The Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor, on the re
port of the Financial Commissioner that the operations of the settlement are complete
within the areas of Razzar and Utmán-nama, two tappas of the old Yusafzai tahsíl,
now forming part of the new tahsíl of Utmán Bolak, is pleased to direct, and hereby,
directs
1. That the record of rights for that portion of the district be handed over to
the Deputy Commissioner of the Peshawar district—
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2. That the special jurisdiction conferred upon the Commissioner and

District and Settlement Officers to try and determine suits and appeals in
respect to land, or the rent, revenue or produce of land for that portion of
the district on the Revenue side of their courts under Section 21 of the
Punjab Courts Act, 1865 , shall cease on and after the 1st day of June 1875,
except in the following cases, viz. ,—
(a). Original suits and applications for review of judgment then pending in
any of the said Courts, and appeals which may hereafter be filed in
respect of such suits.
(b). Appeals then pending in any of the said Courts.
(c). Appeals from orders and decrees passed before the 1st June 1875 by
the Courts aforesaid in virtue of such special powers.
3. That the special powers conferred upon the Financial Commissioner of try
ing appeals in respect of land, or the rent, revenue or produce of land for
that portion of the district under Section 22 of Act XIX of 1865 , shall
cease on and after the 1st day of June 1875, except as to appeals from
orders and decrees passed by the Commissioner in cases excepted under
the previous clause.
The 28th June 1875 .

No. 1228.- Powers.-Lieutenant J. A. L. Montgomery, Officiating Settlement
Officer, Bannu, is invested, under Section 21 of Act XIX of 1865, with the powers
of a Deputy Commissioner, as defined in the said Act, for the purpose of deciding
suits in respect to land, or the rent, revenue or produce of land within the Baunu
district ; such powers to be exercised on the revenue, and not on the civil, side of
his Court.
The 29th June 1875.

No. 904.-Appointment. -Asa Nand, Superintendent of Settlement in the
Peshawar district, is appointed to officiate as Extra Assistant Settlement Officer of
Jhang during Gopál Dás' absence on forty-six days' privilege leave.
The 14th July 1875.

No. 1326.-Powers. -With reference to Punjab Government Gazette Order No.
611 , dated 15th September 1871 , investing Hákim Rai, Superintendent of Settle
ment, with the civil powers of an Assistant Commissioner with special powers, as
defined in Act XIX of 1865, for the purpose of deciding suits in respect to land , or
the rent, revenue or produce of land in the Yusafzai Parganna of the Peshawar dis
trict ; Hakim Rai is invested with similar powers in the remaining Pargannas of the
said district, such powers to be exercised on the revenue, and not on the civil, side
of his Court.
The 3rd August 1875.

No. 1110.-Powers. -Asá Nand, Officiating Extra Assistant Settlement Officer,
Jhang, is invested, under Section 21 of Act XIX of 1865 , during the time of his offi
ciating in such appointment, with the full powers of an Assistant Commissioner to
decide suits regarding land, or the rent, revenue or produce of land arising in the
Jhang District ; such powers to be exercised on the revenue side of his Court.

No. 1434.-Appointment.--Mr. E. B. Steedman, Officiating Assistant Settle
ment Officer, Dera Ismail Khan, is appointed to officiate as Settlement Officer of
that district during Mr. Tucker's absence on leave.

No. 1435. -Powers. -Mr. E. B. Steedman, Officiating Settlement Officer, Dera
Ismail Khan, is invested, under Section 21 of Act XIX of 1865 , with the civil
powers of a Deputy Commissioner, as defined in the said Act, for the purpose of
deciding suits in respect to land, or the rent, revenue or produce of land within
the said district ; such powers to be exercised on the revenue, and on the civil,
side of his Court, and during such time as he may officiate as Settlement Officer.
The 19th August 1875.

No. 1198.-Appointment. - Mr. H. C. Fanshawe, Assistant Commissioner, Roh
tak, is appointed to officiate as Settlement Officer of that district, with effect from
the afternoon of the 7th August 1875, vice Mr. C. L. Tupper, officiating as Under
Secretary to Government .
The 13th September 1875.

No.-1310 -Appointment. In continuation of Punjab Government Gazette
Order No. 991 , dated 16th July 1875, Lieutenant J. A. L. Montgomery, Assistant
Settlement Officer is appointed to officiate as Settlement Officer of Jhang, with
effect from the forenoon of the 25th August 1875, during the remaining portion
of Mr. Fryer's absence on privilege leave.

No. 1331.- Powers. - Mr. H. C. Fanshawe, Officiating Settlement Officer, is
invested, under Section 21 of Act XIX of 1865, with the civil powers of a Deputy
Commissioner, as defined in the Act, for the purpose of deciding suits and appeals
under the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1868 , and with the powers of a Deputy Commis
sioner under the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1871 , for the appointment, punish
ment and removal of Patwáris, and for the appointment, fine and removal of
District Kánúngos and Náib Kánungos, these powers to be exercised in the Rohtak
district.

No. 1346. - Powers. -Asa Nand, Superintendent of Settlement in the Jhang
district, is invested, under Section 21 of Act XIX of 1865 , with the powers of an
Assistant Commissioner with special powers, to decide suits regarding land, or the
rent, revenue or produce of land in the Jhang district ; such powers to be exercised
on the revenue, and not on the civil, side of his Court.
The 23rd October 1875.

No. 1498.-Appointment. - Mr. F. W. R. Fryer, Settlement Officer, Jhang, is
appointed to officiate as Settlement Secretary to the Financial Commissioner during
Mr. Young's absence on privilege leave.

No. 1499.-Appointment. -Lieutenant J. A. L. Montgomery, Assistant Settle
ment Officer, Jhelum, is appointed to officiate as Settlement Officer of Jhang, during
Mr. Fryer's absence on duty, with effect from the afternoon of the 21st October
1875 .
The 18th November 1875 .

-
No. 1625.-Notification. Mr. E. O'Brien, Settlement Officer, 3rd Grade, will offi
ciate as Settlement Officer, 2nd Grade, during Mr. Fryer's absence on duty, with
effect from the afternoon of the 21st October 1875.
The 23rd November 1875.

No. 1667. - Transfer. - Munshi Abdul Ghani , Officiating Extra Assistant Settle
ment Officer from the Jhelum to the Jhang Settlement, vice Munshi Gopal Dass
appointed Judicial Assistant, Gujranwala District.
The 4th December 1875 .

No. 1738.- Powers. -Pandit Maháráj Kishen, Extra Assistant Settlement
Officer, Rohtak, is hereby invested with the powers of a Deputy Commissioner,
under Section 21 , Act XIX of 1865, for the purpose of deciding suits under the
Punjab Tenancy Act in the Rohtak district ; such powers to be exercised on the
Revenue side.

No. 1739. - Powers.- Munshi Ghulám Murtaza, Officiating Extra Assistant
Settlement Officer, is hereby invested with the powers of a Deputy Commissioner,
under Section 21 of Act XIX of 1865 , for the purpose of deciding suits relating to
land, or the rent, revenue, or produce of land ; the said powers to be exercised by
him in respect of suits arising in the Muzaffargarh district, on the revenue, and not
on the civil, side of his Court.

No. 4606. - Powers. -Pandit Maharaj Kishen , Extra Assistant Settlement Offi
cer, Rohtak, is invested, under Sections 20, 22 and 24, of the Code of Criminal Pro
cedure, with the powers of a Magistrate of the 2nd Class ; such powers to be exer
cised only in the disposal of complaints made by or against members of the Settle
ment establishment of the Rohtak district.
The 11th December 1875 .

No. 4607. - Powers. - Munshi Ghulam Murtaza, Extra Assistant Settlement
Officer, Muzaffargarh, is invested, under Sections 20 , 22 and 24 , of the Code of
Criminal Procedure, with the powers of a Magistrate of the 2nd Class ; such powers
to be exercised only in the disposal of complaints made by or against members of
the Settlement establishment of the Muzaffargarh district.
The 21st December 1875 .

No. 1819.-Appointment. - In continuation of Punjab Government Gazette Order
No. 683, dated 5th May 1873, Munshi Anant Rám is appointed to officiate as
Superintendent of Settlement in the Ludhrán Tahsíl of the Mooltau district, vice Mun
shi Abdul Wahid, transferred as Munsiff ; and Pundit Narain Dás, Deputy Superin
tendent of Settlement in Tahsíl Kulachi of the Dera Ismail Khan district, is ap
pointed to officiate as Superintendent of Settlement in the Alipur Tahsil of the
Muzaffargarh district, vice Munshi Ghulam Murtaza, appointed Officiating Extra
Assistant Settlement Officer. The above officers are hereby invested with the full
powers of a Tahsíldár, under Section 21 of Act XIX of 1865, for the purpose of de
ciding suits relating to land, or the rent, revenue or produce of land within their
respective tahsíls : the said powers to be exercised by them on the revenue, and not
on the civil, side of their Courts.

No. 81. -Appointment. - With reference to Punjab Government Gazette Notifica
tion No. 3532, dated 24th September 1875, Pandit Máháraj Kishen was appointed
Extra Assistant Settlement Officer, Rohtak, with effect from the 12th October 1875 .
The 25th January 1876 .

No. 89.-Powers. - Mr. E. B. Steedman, Officiating Settlement Officer, Jhang,
is invested, under Section 21 of Act XIX of 1865, with the powers of a Deputy
Commissioner, as defined in the said Act, for the purpose of deciding suits and
appeals in respect to land, or the rent, revenue, or produce of land arising in the
Jhang district, such powers to be exercised on the revenue side ; and also, with
reference to Article 11 of the rules regarding patwáris, and Article 7 of the rules
regarding kanúngos, made under Sections 6 and 65 of the Punjab Land Revenue
Act 1871 , with the powers of a Deputy Commissioner in the same district in regard
to the appointment, punishment, and removal of patwáris, and to the appointment,
fine, and removal of district kanúngos, tahsil kanúngos, and naib kanungos.
Mr. Steedman will also exercise, in the Jhang district, the powers of a Magis
trate of the 1st class, as defined in Sections 20, 22, 24 and 26 of the Code of
Criminal Procedure, in the disposal of complaints made by or against members of
his establishment.
The above-noted powers are conferred with effect from the 20th December 1875,

No. 90.-Powers. -Munshi Abdul Ghani, Officiating Extra Assistant Settlement
Officer, Jhang, is hereby invested with the powers of a Deputy Commissioner, under
Section 21 of Act XIX of 1865, for the purpose of deciding suits relating to land, or
the rent, revenue, or produce of land, the said powers to be exercised by him in
respect of suits arising in the Jhang district on the revenue, and not on the civil,
side of his Court ; Munshi Abdul Ghani is also invested, under Sections 20, 22 and
24 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, with the powers of a Magistrate of the 2nd
class, such powers to be exercised only in the disposal of complaints made by or
against members of the settlement establishment of the Jhang district.
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The 7th March 1876.

No. 292. -Appointment. - In continuation of Punjab Notification No. 204, dated
9th February 1875, the Honorable the Lieutenant- Governor is pleased, under Sec
tion 13 of Act XXXIII of 1871, to appoint Dheru Mal to the post of Superintendent
in the Jhelum district, and to invest him, under Section 21 of Act XIX of 1865,
with the powers of a Tahsildar for the purpose of deciding suits in respect to laud,
or the rent, revenue or produce of land, not exceeding Rs. 300 in value or amount ;
such powers to be exercised on the revenue side.
The 7th March 1876.

No. 293. - Powers. -Under the provisions of Section 3 of Act XIV of 1875 (the
Punjab Judicial Administration Act), the Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor is
pleased, in continuation of Punjab Notification No. 1567, dated 6th November
1875, to invest Dheru Mal, Superintendent in the Jhelum district, with the powers
of a Tahsildar in regard to revenue cases
(1).-Under the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1868.
(2).-Under the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1871 , proceedings for the col
lection of revenue being excepted ; such powers to be exercised in the
Jhelum district.
The 13th March 1876 .

No. 467. - Appointment. — Mr. H. C. Fanshawe, Assistant Commissioner, Feroze
pore, is appointed to officiate as Assistant Settlement Officer, Dera Ismail Khan,
during the absence of Mr. E. B. Steedman.
The 21st March 1876 .

No. 361. -Powers. -In continuation of Punjab Government Gazette Notification
No. 1567, dated 6th November 1875 , the Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor is
pleased, under the provisions of Section 3 of Act XIV of 1875 (The Punjab Judicial
Administration Act), to invest Lieutenant J. A. L. Montgomery, Assistant Settle
ment Officer, Jhelum, with the powers of a Deputy Commissioner in regard to
revenue cases
(1. ) Under the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1868 .
(2.) Under the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1871 , proceedings for the col
lection of revenue or arrears of revenue being excepted ; such powers
to be exercised in the Jhelum district.
The 21st March 1876.
No. 364. - Appointments. - The Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor is pleased

to appoint the undermentioned officials to be Extra Assistant Settlement Officers, in
the Settlements noted opposite their respective names :
Ajudhia Parshad, Superintendent of Settlement in the Ballabgarh tahsil,
Delhi Settlement.
Altaf Hosein, Superintendent of Settlement in the Gurgaon district, -Gur
gaon Settlement .
Gobind Sahai, Superintendent of Settlement, Pánipat, -Karnál Settlement.
Ajudhia Parshád, Altaf Hosein, and Gobind Sahai will rauk as Extra Assistant
Commissioners, 3rd Class, 2nd Grade.
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The 1st April 1876.

No. 622. - Notification. - In continuation of Punjab Government Notifications
Nos. 1939 , dated 19th November 1874, and 377 , dated 1st March 1875, the Honor
able the Lieutenant- Governor is pleased to direct that all original suits, applications
for review of judgment and appeals pending in the Settlement Courts of the Pesha
war district on the 10th April 1876, be transferred to the District Courts, and the
powers regarding pending suits reserved to the Settlement Courts, in respect ofsuch
cases by the above-mentioned Notifications, shall cease.
The 3rd April 1876.

No. 429. —Powers. --The Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor is pleased, under
Section 21 of Act XIX of 1865 , to invest Sri Ram, during the period he officiates as
Superintendent, Gurgaon Settlement, vice Noubahar-nd-din, ou privilege leave, with
the powers of a Tahsildar, to decide suits regarding land or the rent, revenue, or
produce of land, in the villages of tahsil Gurgaon, now under regular settlement for
the first time, and also to decide suits under the Punjab Tenancy Act within the
limits of the same tahsil ; such powers to be exercised on the revenue side.
The 6th April 1876.

No. 442. -Powers —The Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor is pleased , under
Section 21 of Act XIX of 1865, to invest Ajudia Pershad, Extra Assistant Settle
ment Officer, Delhi, with the powers of an Assistant Commissioner with special
powers, in suits regarding land, or the rent, revenue or produce of land, in all the
villages of the Delhi district now under a regular settlement for the first time, and
also in suits under the Punjab Tenancy Act, arising in the Delhi district ; such
powers to be exercised on the revenue side.
This Notification is issued in continention of Notifications 815, dated 14th
June 1872, 1676 , dated 28th November 1872, and 361, dated 21st March 1876.
The 6th April 1876 .

No. 443. -Powers. The Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor is pleased, nuder
Section 21 of Act XIX of 1865, to invest Alaf Hustin, Extra Assistant Settle
ment Officer, Gurgaon, with the powers of an Assistant Commissioner with special
powers, in suits regarding land, or the rent, revenne or produce of land, in the
villages of the Gurgion and Palwal tahsils of the Gurgaon distrit, now under a
regular settlement for the first time, and also in suits under the Punjab Tenancy
Act arising in the Gurgaon district ; such powers to be exercised on the revenue
side.
This Notification is issued in continuation of Notifications 815, dated 14th
June 1872, 1876, dated 28th November 1872, and 364, dated 21st March 1876.
The 6th April 1876.

No. 444.--Pourers.--The Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor is pleased, under
Section 21 of Act XIX of 1865, to invest Gobind Sahai, Extra Assistant Settle
ment Oficer. Karnal, with the powers of an Assistant Commissioner with special
powers, in suits regarding land, or the rent, revenne or produce of land, in the
villages of talsil Panipat, Karnal district, now under a regular settlement for the
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first time, and in village Khojgípur of the Karnál tahsil, and also in suits under .
the Punjab Tenancy Act in all the villages of the Karnál district now under re
gular settlement or re-settlement ; such powers to be exercised on the revenue
side.
This Notification is issued in continuation of Notifications 815, dated 14th
June 1872, 1876, dated 28th November 1872 , and 364, dated 21st March 1876 .
The 7th April 1876.

No. 455. - Appointment.--In continuation of Punjab Government Gazette No
tification No. 396, dated 23rd March 1875, the Honorable the Lieutenant-Gover
nor is pleased to appoint Natha Rám Superintendent of the Settlement of the Jágír
of Rai Dalip Singh in the Kulu sub-division of the Kángra district, vice Bhagwan
Singh, transferred .
Natha Rám is invested, under Section 21 of Act XIX of 1865, with the civil
powers of a Tahsíldár, as defined in the said Act, for the purpose of deciding saits
regarding land or the rent, revenue or produce of laud, within the limits of the
jágír ; such powers to be exercised on the revenue, and not ou the civil, side of his
Court.
The 10th April 1876.

No. 467. - Powers. - The Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor is pleased, under
the provisions of Section 21 , Act XIX of 1865, to invest Ram Singh, Deputy Sup
erintendent of Settlement in the Jhang District, with the civil powers of a Tahsil
dár for the purpose of deciding suits in respect to land, or the rent, revenue or
produce of land not exceeding Rs. 100 in value, such powers to be exercised in
the Jhang district on the revenue, and not on the civil, side of his court, during
the absence on privilege leave of Alif Dín, Deputy Superintendent in charge of the
out-station of Machiwál.
The 21st April 1876.

No. 522. - Notification. —Lieutenant J. A. L. Montgomery, Assistant Settle
ment Officer, Jhelum, was attached to the Jhang Settlement as Assistant Settle
ment Officer, from the 6th to the 21st October 1875, both days inclusive.

No. 543. -Appointment. -Lieutenant J. A. L. Montgomery, Assistant Settle
ment Officer, Jhelum, is appointed to officiate as Settlement Officer, Jhelum, with
effect from the afternoon of the 21st March 1876, vice Captain E. G. Wace, proceed
ing on furlough.
The 8th May 1876.

No. 585. -Powers. -Under the provisions of Section 3 of Act XIV of 1875
(The Punjab Judicial Administration Act) , the Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor
is pleased to invest the following officers of the Settlements of the Mooltan and
Derajat Divisions with the powers specified below in regard to revenue cases under
the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1871 , proceedings for the collection of revenue or
arrears of revenue being excepted ; such powers to be exercised in the districts

noted below :
In the Mooltan District.
Mr. C. A. Roe, in charge of the Settlement, and Hukam Chand, Extra Assis
tant Settlement Officer, with the powers of a Deputy Commissioner.
Fazl Hossain, Anant Rám, Lachman Dás, Pahlád Dás and Jánki Náth, Super
intendents of Settlement, with the powers of a Tahsíldár.
In the Muzaffargarh District.
Mr. E. O'Brien, in charge of the Settlement, and Ghulam Murtaza, Officiating
Extra Assistant Settlement Officer, with the powers of a Deputy Commissioner.
Shekh Suba, Bhagwán Dás, and Pandit Narain Dás, Superintendents of Set
tlement, with the powers of a Tahsíldár.
In the Jhang District.
Mr. F. W. R. Fryer, in charge of the Settlement, and Abdul Ghani, Officiat
ing Extra Assistant Settlement Officer, with the powers of a Deputy Commissioner.
Mala Singh, Nazr Muhammad and Alif Din, Deputy Superintendents of Settle
ment, with the powers of a Tabsíldár.
In the Bannu District.
Mr. S. S. Thorburn, in charge of the Settlement, and Ganga Rám, Extra
Assistant Settlement Officer, with the powers of a Deputy Commissioner.
Mumtaz Hossain, Shekh Abdulla, Ghulám Faríd, and Harbans Lál, Superin
tendents of Settlement, with the powers of a Tahsíldár.
In the Dera Ismail Khan District.
Mr. H. St. G. Tucker, in charge of Settlement, and Mr. E. B. Steedman , Offici
ating Assistant Settlement Officer, and Charanjit Lál, Extra Assistant Settlement
Officer, with the powers of a Deputy Commissioner.
Aulád Hossain, Khushal Singh, Abdul Rahmán, Hakim-ud-dín, and Karm
Chaud, Superintendents of Settlement, with the powers of a Tahsíldár.
The 13th May 1876.

No. 621. - Promotions. - The Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor is pleased to
make the following temporary promotions in the Settlement Department, during
the absence on furlough of Captain E. G. Wace, Settlement Officer, Jhelum.
Captain E. G. G. Hastings, Settlement Officer, 2nd Grade, to be Settlement
Officer, 1st Grade.
Mr. E. O'Brien, Settlement Officer, 3rd Grade, to be Settlement Officer 2nd
Grade.
Lieutenant J. A. L. Montgomery, Assistant Settlement Officer, to be Settle
ment Officer 3rd Grade.
The 22nd May 1876.

No. 1989.- Notification.--Kazi Ghulam Murtaza , Officiating Extra Assistant
Commissioner 3rd Class 2nd Grade in the Settlement Department, is confirmed in
his appointment, vice Pohlu Mal, promoted.
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The 22nd May 1876.

No. 1789. - Promotion. -Chiranjit Lál, Extra Assistant Commissioner, 3rd
Class, 2nd Grade, Settlement Department, to be Extra Assistant Commissioner
3rd Class, 1st Grade, vice Allahdád Khan, Kakar, promoted.
The 22nd May 1876.

No. 1790. -Notification. - Abdul Ghanni, Officiating Extra Assistant Commis
sioner, 3rd Class, 2nd Grade, in the Settlement Department, is confirmed in his
appointment, vice Chiranjit Lal, promoted.
The 22nd May 1876.

No. 1791. -Promotions. - The Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor is pleased to
make the following promotions among Extra Assistant Commissioners, vice Mr. G. J.
Ryall, appointed Judge Small Cause Court :
Hukm Chand , Extra Assistant Commissioner, 2nd Class, 1st Grade, Settle
ment Department, to be Extra Assistant Commissioner, 1st Class, 3rd Grade.
Sohan Lal, Extra Assistant Commissioner, 2nd Class, 2nd Grade, to be Extra
Assistant Commissioner, 2nd Class, 1st Grade.
Mr. W. Pitcaithly, Extra Assistant Commissioner, 3rd Class, 1st Grade, to be
Extra Assistant Commissioner, 2nd Class, 2nd Grade.
Mián Hári Singh, Extra Assistant Commissioner, 3rd Class, 2nd Grade, to be
Extra Assistant Commissioner, 3rd Class, 1st Grade.
The 25th May 1876.

No. 918.-Powers. — Aziz-ud-din, Officiating Superintendant of Settlement in
the Chaudwán parganna of the Dera Ismail Khan district, is invested, during such
time as he may officiate as Superintendent of Settlement, with the civil powers of a
Tahsildar, under Section 21 of Act XIX of 1865, for the purpose of deciding suits
relating to the rent, revenue or produce of land not exceeding Rs. 100 in amount,
within the limits of the Dera Ismail Khan district,—the said powers to be exercised
on the revenue, and not on the civil, said of his Court.
The 26th June 1876.

No. 786. - Powers. —In continuation of Punjab Government Notification No.
585, dated the 8th May 1876 , the Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor is pleased,
under the provisions of Section 3 of Act XIV of 1875 (The Punjab Judicial Ad
ministration Act), to invest Asa Nand, Superintendent of Settlement, with the
powers of a Tahsíldár in regard to revenue cases under the Punjab Land Revenue
Act, 1871 , proceedings for the collection of revenue or arrears of revenue being
excepted ; such powers to be exercised in the Jhang district.
The 4th July 1876.

No. 4017S. - Notification.--Alif Din, Deputy Superintendent of Settlement of
Machiwal, in the Jhang district, is invested with the powers of a Superintendent
under Sections 41 , 47 , and 48, Chapters III , VII of the rules under the Punjab Land
Revenue Act XXXIII of 1871 , for the purpose of attesting papers coutaining disputed
entries and signing the settlement records in the Machiwál Iláka of the Jhang
district.
The 5th July 1876.

No. 818. -Powers. Baude Ali, Superintendent of the Ballabgarh tahsil, in
the Delhi district, is hereby invested , under Section 21 of Act XIX of 1865 , with
the powers of a Tahsíldár to decide suits regarding land, or the rent, revenue, or
produce of land, in the villages of the said tahsil (one hundred and thirty-four in
number, namely, one hundred and twenty-seven as per Punjab Government Gazette
Notification No. 815 , dated 14th June 1872, and seven as per Notification No.
1756, dated 5th December 1873) , now under regular settlement for the first time ;
and with similar powers to decide suits under the Punjab Tenancy Act in all
villages of the said tahsil : such powers to be exercised on the revenue, and not on
the civil, side of his court.
The 5th July 1876.

No. 819. -Powers. -Mannu Lal, Superintendent of Settlement, Palwal, is here
by invested, under Section 21 cf Act XIX of 1865, . with the powers of a Tahsildár
to decide suits regarding land, or the rent, revenue, or produce of land, in the four
villages of tahsil Palwal, now under regular settlement for the first time, of which a
list was given in Punjab Government Gazette Notification No. 815 , dated 14th June
1872 ; and also with the powers of a Tahsíldár to decide suits under the Punjab
Tenancy Act (XXVIII of 1868) in all villages of the said tahsil : such powers
to be exercised on the revenue, and not on the civil, side of his court.
The 5th July 1876.

No. 820. - Powers. -Khadim Hussein, Superintendent of Settlement, Panipat,
is hereby invested, under Section 21 of Act XIX of 1865 , with the powers of a
Tahsildar to hear and decide suits regarding land, or the rent, revenue or produce
of land, in any of the niue villages of pargauna Panipat, now for the first time under
regular settlement, of which a list was given in Punjab Government Gazette Notification
No. 815, dated 14th June 1872 , and Errata dated 12th October 1872 ; and also to
hear and decide suits under the Punjab Tenancy Act within the limits of his tahsil :
such powers to be exercised on the revenue, and not on the civil, side of his court.
The 5th July 1876.

No. 2341.-Promotions. -The Honorable the Lieutenant Governor is pleased
to make the following promotions among Extra Assistant Commissioners, vice Mr.
T. C. Vaughan, retired :
Mirza Azim Beg, Extra Assistant Commissioner 1st Class, 2nd Grade, in the
Settlement Department, to be Extra Assistant Commissioner, 1st Class
1st Grade.
Mr. J. G. Delmerick, Extra Assistant Commissioner 1st Class, 3rd Grade, to be
Extra Assistant Commissioner, 1st Class, 2nd Grade.
Mr. J. Goldney, Extra Assistant Commissiouer, 2nd Class, 1st Grade, to be
Extra Assistant Commissioner, 1st Class, 3rd Grade.
Pandit Bhaskar Rao, Extra Assistant Commissiouer, 2nd Class, 2nd Grade, to
be Extra Assistant Commissioner, 2nd Class, 1st Grade.
Muhammad Barkat Ali Khan, Khan Bahadur, Extra Assistant Commissioner 3rd
Class, 1st Grade, to be Extra Assistant Commissioner, 2nd Class, 2nd Grade.
Mr. B. A. Fox, Extra Assistant Commissioner 3rd Class, 2ud Grade to be Extra
Assistant Commissioner, 3rd Class, 1st Grade,
The 5th July 1876 .

No. 2342 - Appointment. -Chiranjit Lal, Extra Assistant Commissioner, 3rd
Class, 2nd Grade, in the Settlement Department, to be Extra Assistant Commis
sioner, 3rd Class, 1st Grade, with effect from the 1st April 1876, vice Saidud-din
Khau, retired .
The 5th July 1876.

No. 2343. - Notification. —Abdúl Ghanni, Officiating Extra Assistant Commis
sioner, 3rd Class, 2nd Grade, in the Settlement Department, is confirmed in his
appointment, vice Chiranjit Lal, promoted.
The 5th July 1876.

No. 2346. - Notification. - Kazi Ghulam Murtaza, Officiating Extra Assistant
Commissioner 3rd Class, 2nd Grade, in the Settlement Department, is confirmed in
his appointment, vice Mian Harri Singh, promoted.
The 5th July 1876.

No. 2348. - Punjab Government Gazette Notification Nos. 1786 , 1787 , 1788 ,
1789, 1790 and 1791 , dated 22nd May 1876 , are hereby cancelled .
The 24th July 1876.

No. 2528 - Appointment.-- In continuation of Notification No. 1274, dated 6th
July 1875, the Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor is pleased to appoint Hakim
Rai to be Extra Assistant Settlement Officer in the Kohat Settlement in the place
of Muhammad Hyat Khan, Popalzai, and to invest him with the powers of a Deputy
Commissioner under Section 21 , Act XIX of 1865 , for the purpose of deciding suits
in respect of land or the rent, revenue or produce of land, in the Kohát district ;
such powers to be exercised on the Revenue side.

No. 1015.- Notification . The villages of Alamgirpur and Gadhi Mendo, enter
ed in the list of villages in parganna Delhi aunexed to Punjab Government Notiti
cation, Revenue, Agriculture and Commerce Department, No. 815 , dated 14th
June 1872, are hereby excluded from the said list, and the village of Bakkarwála is
added thereto.

No. 1389. - Powers. - Under the provisions of Section 3 of Act XIV of 1875
(the Punjab Judicial Administration Act) , the Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor
is pleased to invest the following officers of the Kohát Settlement with the powers
specified below in regard to revenne cases under the Punjab Land Revenue Act,
1871, proceedings for the collection of revenue or arrears of revenue being excepted ;
such powers to be exercised in the district of Kohat : --
Captain E. G. Hastings, in charge of settlement, and Hakim Rai, Extra Assis
tant Settlement Officer, with the powers of a Deputy Commissioner.
Nur-ud-din, Superintendent of Settlement, with the powers of a Tahsíldár.
The 18th September 1876 .

No. 1461.-Notification . -Under the provisions of Section 21 of Act XIX of
1865, the Honorable the Lieutenant Governor is pleased to empower and direct
Mr. H. E. Perkins, Additional Commissioner, Derajat, to exercise the powers of a
Commissioner as defined in the said Act in suits regarding land or the rent, revenue
or produce of land arising in the Baunu and Dera Ismail Khau districts, on the
revenue, and not on the civil side of his court.
The 22nd September 1876.

No. 1487. -Powers. -Under the provisions of Act XIV of 1875, Sections 3
and 4, and Section 21 of Act XIX of 1865, His Honor the Lieutenant-Governor is
pleased to invest Nanak Chand, Deputy Superintendent, tahsíl Miánwáli, Bannu
Settlement, with powers to decide suits regarding land, or the rent, revenue or
produce of land, the subject matter of which does not exceed Rs. 100 in value ; such
powers to be exercised in the Mianwali tahsíl and on the revenue side.
The 8th November 1876.
No. 1297.-Notification. - Lieutenant J. A. L. Montgomery was attached to

the Jhelum Settlement as Assistant Settlement Officer, from the 18th to the 21st
March 1876, both days inclusive.

No. 1316. -Notification. - Captain E. G. Wace, Settlement Officer, assumed
charge of the Jhelum Settlement from Lieutenaut J. A. L. Montgomery, on the
forenoon of the 28th October 1876 .

No. 1894.-Notification. Mr. E. B. Steedman, Officiating Assistant Settlement
Officer joined the Dera Ismail Khau Settlement, on return from leave, on the fore
noon of the 11th November 1876.
The 2nd December 1876.

No. 1971. - Powers. — Munshi Hari Rám, Deputy Superintendent of Settlement,
parganna Bannu, is invested with the powers of a Tahsildar, under Section 21 of
Act XIX of 1865, for the purpose of deciding suits regarding land, or the rent,
revenue or produce of land, not exceeding Rs. 300 in value or amount : such powers
to be exercised on the revenue side of his court and within the limits of the Bannu
district.

No. 1457.-Notification. -Whereas certain villages of the Gurdaspur district,
known as the Kanhwán Chamb villages, are to be put under settlement, His Honor
the Lieutenant-Governor is pleased, with the previous sauction of the Governor-Gen
eral in Council, to issue the following Notification of settlement, in accordance with
the provisions of Section 11 of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1871 :—
( 1 .) —The local area which is hereby put under settlement consists of the 63
villages, the names of which are hereto appended.
(2.) The settlement will be made by the Deputy Commissioner, who will be
the officer in charge of the settlement, and by Kaim Ali, Extra Assis
tant Commissioner.
(3.) The settlement to be made will be a re-settlement, and will consist of
a re-assessment of the revenue and a revision of the record of rights.
(4.)-Surveys and plans will be made.
List of Villages.
Kanhwán. Kotli Harchanda.
Kotli Rahwála. Khokhla.
Chak Jakúb. Naruwál Khúrd.
Ladupúra. Naruwal Kalán,
Kiri Afghánán. Sadhopura.
Jáfarpúr. Chak Sharif.
Raowál. Sarwarpur Sallu.
Kotli Sainián. Piru Langa.
Chaurian. Bhoj.
Chapra. Phurian Saima.
Mán. Chawarián.
Dala Gorián Galrián,
Chawa. Jangli.
Nangal. Dalla.
Lanņu . Kolian.
Baisa. Rasúpur.
Karal. Jowálapur,
Balra. Dárapur.
Malluwál. Saidowál Khúrd.
Tálabpur. Ganopura.
Jaithurl. Chak Abdulbari.
Gázikot. Gunjián.
Bahádar. Munán Khúrd.
Naushera. Saidowál Kalán.
Bhundawál. Chuharpur.
Bhattia. Kotti Gujrán.
Fattehpur Bechirágh. Chineb.
Chawála. Nadála.
Goria. Pakhowál.
Saudar. Gorsián.
Jagathpur Khúrd. Nureh.
Chandar Bhan.
No. 1466. -Notification. It is hereby notified that the officers of the Settlement
Department who were temporarily promoted in Punjab Government Gazette Notifica
tion No. 621 , dated 13th May 1876 , during the absence on furlough of Captain
E. G. Wace, Settlement Officer, Jhelum, reverted to their substantive grades with
effect from the 28th October 1876, the date on which Captain Wace returned to duty.
The 2nd January 1877.

No. 1.- Powers. -The Hon'ble the Lieutenant Governor is pleased, under Sec
tion 21 of Act XIX of 1865 , to invest Azizudin, Officiating Superintendent of Bhakhar
Tahsil in the Dera Ismail Khan District, with the full powers of a Tahsildar in suits
regarding land or the rent, revenue, or produce ofland in the Dera Ismail Khan Dis
trict, during such time as he shall officiate as Superintendent of Settlement ; such

No. 443, dated 6th April 1876 , the Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor is pleased,
under Section 21 of Act XIX of 1865 , to invest Altáf Hosein, Extra Assistant Settle
ment Officer, Gurgaon, with the powers of an Assistant Commissioner with full
powers, in suits regarding land , or the rent, revenue, or produce of land , in the
villages of the Gurgaon and Palwal tahsils of the Gurgaon district, now under a
regular settlement for the first time, and also in suits, under the Punjab Tenancy
Act, arising in the Gurgaon district ; such powers to be exercised on the revenue
side.

No. 154S. -Notification. - Nazar Muhammad, Settlement Superintendent, tahsil
Shorkot, district Jhang, is granted eighteen days' privilege leave from the 7th cur
rent, or any subsequent date he may avail himself of the same ; Rattan Chand,
Deputy Superintendent, carrying on his duties during his absence.

No. 2595.-Notification. -Kishn Parshád, Officiating Superintendent of Settle
ment of Jhajjar, in the Rohtak district, is granted fifteen days' leave, without pay,
from the 22nd current ; the Deputy Superintendent of Settlement, Fattah-ulla, to
carry on the work during his absence.
The 7th February 1877.

No. 655.S.- Notification. -Azizuddín , Reader in the Court of Settlement Officer,
Dera Ismail Khan, is appointed to officiate as Superintendent of Settlement, Kuláchi,
during the absence of Mirza Abdul Rahman on one month and ten days' privilege
leave, from 1st March to 10th April 1877.

No. 777S.-Notification. - Ghulám Faríd, Superintendent of Settlement, par
ganna Isa Khel, Bannu district, will also hold charge of the Office of Superintendent
of Settlement of the Bannu parganna of the Bannu district, during the absence
on leave of Mumtaz Husein.

No. 376. - Powers. -The judicial powers conferred upon Ghulám Faríd, Superin
tendent of Settlement in the Isa Khel parganna of the Bannu district, by Punjab
Government Gazette Notification No. 1039, dated 10th August 1872, are hereby ex
tended to the Bannu parganna of the same district , during such time as he may con
duct the duties of Superintendent of Settlement of the latter parganna.
The 7th March 1877.

No. 229.- Appointment.— Mr. H. C. Fanshawe, Assistant Commissioner , Feroze
pore, is appointed to officiate as Settlement Officer, Mooltan, with effect from such
date as he may assume charge of his duties.
The 7th March 1877.

No. 895. -Appointment. - Mr. E. B. Steedman, Officiating Assistant Settlement
Officer, Dera Ismail Khan, is appointed to officiate as Settlement Officer, Jhang,
vice Mr. F. W. R. Fryer, with effect from the afternoon of the 23rd February 1877.
The 20th March 1877.

No. 1094.-Appointment. -The Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor is pleased
to appoint Aulad Hossein, Superintendent of Settlement, parganna Dera Ismail
Khan, and Mumtaz Hossein, Superintendent of Settlement, parganna Bannu, to be
Honorary Extra Assistant Commissioners, with effect from the 21st December 1876.

No. 319. Powers.-Narain Dás, Superintendent of Settlement, in the Lodhrán
tahsil of the Mooltan district, is invested, under Section 21 of Act XIX of 1865,
with the full powers of a Tahsíldár in suits regarding land, or the rent, revenue, or
produce of land, in the Mooltan district ; the said powers to be exercised on the
revenue side of his court.

No. 1608S.- Notification. - Sri Rám, Reader in the Office of the Settlement
Officer, Gurgaon, is appointed to officiate as Superintendent of Settlement in the
Gurgaon district, during the absence of Naubahár-ud-din, Superintendent, on forty
days' privilege leave.
No. 331. - Promotions.-The Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor is pleased to

make the following promotions in the Settlement Department, with effect from the
24th February 1877, vice Mr. F. W. R. Fryer, Settlement Officer, 2nd Grade, trans
ferred to the general line :
Mr. E. O'Brien, Settlement Officer, 3rd Grade, to be Settlement Officer, 2nd
Grade.
Lieutenant J. A. L. Montgomery, Assistant Settlement Officer, to be Settle
ment Officer, 3rd Grade.

No. 332. -Appointment.- Mr. E. B. Steedman, Officiating Assistant Settlement
Officer, is confirmed in his appointment, vice Lieutenant J. A. L. Montgomery, pro
moted, and will continue to officiate as Settlement Officer, 3rd Grade, during the
absence of Lieutenant Montgomery on leave.
The 10th April 1877 .

No. 400.- Appointment. - Mr. R. M. Dane, Assistant Commissioner, Lahore, is
appointed to officiate as an Assistant Settlement Officer, and posted to the Jhelum
Settlement.
Mr. Dane assumed charge of his duties on the forenoon of the 31st March 1877.

No. 434. - Powers.-Under the provisions of Section 3 of Act XIV of 1875
(The Punjab Judicial Administration Act), the Honorable the Lieutenant Governor
is pleased to invest Mr. H. C. Fanshawe, Officiating Assistant Settlement Officer,
Mooltan, with the powers of a Deputy Commissioner in regard to revenue cases
under the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1871 , proceedings for the collection of revenue
are arrears of revenue being excepted ; such powers to be exercised in the Mooltan
district.

No. 2034S.- Notification . - Fattah-ulla, Deputy Superintendent of Settlement of
the Rohtak tahsil, in the Rohtak district , is appointed to officiate as Superintendent
of Rohtak with effect from 5th May 1877, vice Alimulla, Superintendent, granted
thirty-one days' privilege leave.

No. 2094.S. -Notification. - Isar Das, Deputy Superintendent of Settlement of
the Dera tahsíl, in the Dera Ismail Khan district, is appointed to officiate as Super
intendent of that tahsil with effect from 15th instant, vice Aulád Husein, Superinten
dent of Settlement, granted forty-six days' privilege leave,
The 23rd May 1877.

No. 595. -Appointment. - Mr. W. E. Purser, Settlement Officer, Rohtak, is
appointed Settlement Officer, Jhelum, vice Captain E. G. Wace, with effect from the
forenoon of the 16th May 1877.
The 23rd May 1877.

No. 596. -Appointment. - Mr. H. C. Fanshawe, Officiating Assistant Settlement
Officer, Mooltan, is appointed to the charge of the Rohtak Settlement, vice Mr. W.
E. Purser, with effect from the forenoon of the 11th May 1877 .
The 23rd May 1877.

No. 597.-Notification . - Captain E. G. Wace, Officiating Deputy Commissioner,
Jhelum, held charge of the Jhelum Settlement, in addition to his other duties, from
the 16th April to the 15th May 1877, both days inclusive.
The 24th May 1877.

No. 444, dated 6th April 1876, the Honorable the Lieutenant- Governor is pleased,
SEPTR. 1877. ] SETTLEMENT DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS . 21
under Section 21 of Act XIX of 1865, to invest Gobind Sahai, Extra Assistant
Settlement Officer, Karnál, with the powers of an Assistant Commissioner with full
powers, in suits regarding land, or the rent, revenue, or produce of land, in the
villages of the Pánipat tahsil and the Karnal pargauna of the Karnal district, now
under regular settlement for the first time ; and also in suits under the Punjab
Tenancy Act arising in the Karnál district : such powers to be exercised on the
revenue side.
The 24th May 1877 .

No. 607. - Powers.-In continuation of Punjab Government Gazette Notification
No. 442, dated 6th April 1876, the Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor is pleased,
under Section 21 of Act XIX of 1865, to invest Ajudhia Parshád , Extra Assistant
Settlement Officer, Delhi, with the powers of an Assistant Commissioner with full
powers, in suits regarding land, or the rent, revenue or produce of land, in all the
villages of the Delhi district, now under regular settlement for the first time ; and
also in suits under the Punjab Tenancy Act arising in the Delhi district : such
The 24th May 1877.

No. 610. - Promotions. -The Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor is pleased to
make the following promotions in the Settlement Department, with effect from the
16th May 1877, vice Captain E. G. Wace, Settlement Officer, 1st Grade, transferred
to the general line :
Captain E. G. G. Hastings, Settlement Officer, 2nd Grade, to be Settlement
Officer, 1st Grade.
Mr. W. E. Purser, Settlement Officer, 3rd Grade, to be Settlement Officer, 2nd
Grade.
Mr. F. C. Channing, Assistant Settlement Officer, to be Settlement Officer
3rd Grade.
The 24th May 1877.

No. 611. - Notification. - So much of Punjab Government Gazette Notification
No. 331 , dated 28th March 1877, as promotes Lieutenant J. A. L. Montgomery,
Assistant Settlement Officer, to be a Settlement Officer of the 3rd Grade, is hereby
cancelled .
The 24th May 1877.

No. 612.- Promotion. — Mr. D. C. J. Ibbetson, Assistant Settlement Officer, to
be Settlement Officer, 3rd Grade, with effect from the 24th February 1877.
The 24th May 1877.

No. 613. -Notification. - In supersession of Punjab Government Gazette Notifi
cation No. 332, dated 28th March 1877, Mr. E. B. Steedman, Officiating Assistant
Settlement Officer, is confirmed in his appointment, vice Mr. D. C. J. Ibbetson,
promoted.
The 25th May 1877.

No. 615. -Powers. -Darbára Singh, Superintendent of Settlement in the
Lodhrán tahsil of the Mooltan district, is invested, under Section 21 of Act XIX of
1865, with the full powers of a Tahsildar in suits regarding land, or the rent, re
venue or produce of land, in the Mooltan district ; the said powers to be exercised on
the revenue side of his court.
The 28th May 1877.

No. 2312.-Powers. -The undermentioned officers are invested with the powers
of a Magistrate of the 2nd Class, as defined in Sections 20, 22 and 24 of the Code
of Criminal Procedure, such powers to be exercised only in the disposal of complaints
made by or against members of their establishments :
Ajudhia Parshád, Extra Assistant Settlement Officer, Delhi.
Altaf Husain, Extra Assistant Settlement Officer, Gurgaon.
Gobind Sahai, Extra Assistant Settlement Officer, Karnál.
The 29th May 1877.

No. 2906S.-Notification.- Rattan Chand, Deputy Superintendent of Settlement
of the Shorkot tahsil, in the Jhang district, is appointed to officiate as Superintendent
of that tahsil, with effect from 1st June 1877, or such date as the leave may be taken,
vice Nazar Muhammad, Superintendent of Settlement, granted sixty-one days'
privilege leave.
The 7th June 1877.

No. 649.-Powers. - Mr. H. C. Fanshawe, Officiating Settlement Officer, Rohtak,
is invested with the powers of a Magistrate of the 1st Class as defined in Sections
20, 22, 24 and 26 of the Code of Criminal Procedure ; the said powers to be exer
cised only in the disposal of complaints made by or against members of his estab
lishment.
The 7th June 1877.

No. 652. - Powers. -The Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor is pleased, under
the provisions of Section 21 of Act XIX of 1865 , to invest Mr. R. M. Dane, Officia
ting Assistant Settlement Officer, Jhelum, with the powers of a Deputy Commis
sioner as defined in the said Act, for the purpose of deciding suits in respect to
land, or the rent, revenue or produce of land within the said district ; such powers
to be exercised on the revenue, and not on the civil, side of his court.
1
The 7th June 1877.

No. 653.-Powers.-The Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor is pleased, under
the provisions of Section 3 of Act XIV of 1875 (The Punjab Judicial Administration
Act), to invest Mr. R. M. Dane, Officiating Assistant Settlement Officer, Jhelum,
with the powers of a Deputy Commissioner in regard to revenue cases—
(1.) Under the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1868 .
(2.) Under the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1871 , proceedings for the collec
tion of revenue or arrears of revenue being excepted, such powers to
be exercised in the Jhelum district.
The 7th June 1877.

No. 654. - Powers. - Mr. R. M. Dane, Officiating Assistant Settlement Officer,
Jhelum, is invested with the powers of a Magistrate of the 1st Class as defined in
Sections 20, 22, 24 and 26 ofthe Code of Criminal Procedure ; the said powers to
be exercised only in the disposal of complaints made by or against members of his
establishment.
The 21st June 1877.

No. 706. -Powers.-Under the provisions of Section 3 of Act XIV of 1875
(The Punjab Judicial Administration Act) , the Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor
is pleased to invest Mr. E. B. Steedman, Officiating Settlement Officer, Jhang, with
the powers of a Deputy Commissioner, in regard to revenue cases under the Punjab
Land Revenue Act, 1871 , proceedings for the collection of revenue or arrears of
revenue being excepted ; such powers to be exercised in the Jhang district.
The 21st June 1877.

No. 2525. -Appointment.-Mr. T. G. Walker, Assistant Commissioner in charge
of the Kasúr sub-division of the Lahore district, is appointed to officiate as an
Assistant Settlement Officer, and is posted to the Mooltan Settlement, which he
joined on the 20th June 1877.
The 28th June 1877.

No. 732.- Powers. -The Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor is pleased, under
Section 21 of Act XIX of 1865, to invest Sri Rám, Officiating Superintendent of
Settlement, in the Rewári tahsíl of the Gurgaon district, with the powers of a
Tahsíldár, to decide suits regarding land, or the rent, revenue, or produce of land,
in the villages of the Gurgaon district now under regular settlement for the first
time, and also to decide suits under the Punjab Tenancy Act within the same dis
trict ; such powers to be exercised on the revenue side.
The 2nd July 1877.

No. 745. - Powers. -The Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor is pleased, under
Section 21 of Act XIX of 1865, to invest Rattan Chand, Officiating Superintendent
of Settlement, in the Jhang district, with the powers of a Tahsíldár in respect of
suits regarding land, or the rent, revenue, or produce of land situated in the Jhang
district ; such powers to be exercised on the revenue side.
The 3rd July 1877.

No. 1301. -Appointment. -Aulád Husain , Honorary Extra Assistant Commis
sioner, is appointed to officiate as Extra Assistant Settlement Officer, Dera Ismail
Khan, during the absence on leave of Chiranjít Lál.
The 3rd July 1877.

No. 1302.- Powers.-Isar Dás, Officiating Superintendent of Settlement in the
Dera Ismail Khan tahsil of the Dera Ismail Khan district, is invested, under Sec
tion 21 of Act XIX of 1865 , with the full powers of a Tahsíldár, in suits regarding
Land, or the rent, revenue, or produce of land in the Dera Ismail Khau district ; the
said powers to be exercised on the revenue side of his court.
The 5th July 1877.

No. 751. - Appointment.- Captain E. G. Wace, Officiating Deputy Commis
sioner, Jhelum, is appointed to officiate as Settlement Commissioner, Mooltan and
Derajat Divisions, during the absence on leave of Mr. Lyall.
The 14th July 1877.

No. 3978S. - Leave.-Bansidhar, Superintendent of Settlement, Sonepat tahsil,
Delhi district, is granted ninety-two days' leave on medical certificate, with effect
from 22nd June 1877.
The 14th July 1877.

No. 3979S. -Appointment. - Chandan Lál, Deputy Superintendent, Sonepat
tahsil, in the Delhi district, is appointed to officiate as Superintendent of Settle
ment in the Delhi district during the absence of Bansidhar, Superintendent, grauted
ninety-two days' sick leave, or until further orders.
The 18th July 1977.

No. 803.--Powers. -Under the provisions of Section 3 of Act XIV of 1875.
(The Punjab Judicial Administration Act), the Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor
is pleased to invest Mr. T. G. Walker, Officiating Assistant Settlement Officer,
Mooltan, with the powers of a Deputy Commissioner in regard to revenue cases
under the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1871 , proceedings for the collection of reve
nue or arrears of revenue being excepted ; such powers to be exercised in the Mool
tan district.
The 18th July 1877.

No. 804. -Powers. - Mr. T. G. Walker, Officiating Assistant Settlement Officer,
Mooltan, is invested with the powers of a Magistrate of the 1st class, as defined in
Sections 20, 22, 24 and 26 of the Code of Criminal Procedure ; the said powers to
be exercised only in the disposal of complaints made by or against members of the
Mooltan Settlement establishment.
The 31st July 1877.

No. 859.- Powers. -Chandan Lal, Officiating Superintendent of Settlement in
the Sonepat tahsil of the Delhi district, is invested, under Section 21 of Act XIX
of 1865, with the powers of a Tahsíldár to decide suits regarding land , or the rent,
revenue or produce of land , in the villages of the said tahsil ( three in number en
tered in the list attached to Punjab Government Gazette Notification No. 815 , dated
14th June 1872 ) , now under regular settlement for the first time, and with similar
powers to decide suits under the Punjab Tenancy Act in all the villages of the said
tahsil ; such powers to be exercised on the revenue, and not on the civil, side of
his court.

No. 1578.- Powers. -Sobha Ram , Naib Tahsíldár, having been deputed to the
Bannu district for employment under the orders of the Settlement Officer, is hereby
invested, under Section 21 of Act XIX of 1865, with powers to try and determine
suits relating to land, or the rent , revenue or produce of laud, not exceeding Rs .
150 in value or amount, in the Bannu district ; the said powers to be exercised on
the revenue side of his court.
DECR. 1877. ] SETTLEMENT DEPARTMENTAL ORders. 25
The 11th October 1877.

No. 5716 S. - Appointment. - Nehál Chand , Head Clerk of the Office of the
Settlement Officer Kohát, is appointed to officiate as Superintendent of the Kohát
Settlement during the absence of Núr- ud-din on two months' privilege leave.

No. 1137. -Notification. -Major E. G. Wace, Deputy Commissioner of Jhelum,
is placed on special duty for a period of three months, with effect from the fore
noon of the 11th October 1877, for the purpose of reporting on the assessment of
the Jhelum district.
POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS ,
1877.
POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS .

(No. 102.)
Dated 24th January 1877.
During his recent tour the Inspector General has observed that the measure
Enlistment of Recruits. ment of recruits
Orderly hasand
Sergeants, beenthat
delegated in some
the orders on instances to
the subject
have been altogether neglected. In order to secure attention to this part of a

District Superintendent's duty the Inspector General makes the following rule :
1. Book Circular XIII ( APPOINTMENTS AND ENLISTMENTS ) shall be read as if
the following paragraphs were inserted next after paragraph nineteen, that is to say : —
19, A. Each district shall be supplied with a standard and measuring tape.
Districts to be supplied The standard shall be inserted into a small platform .
with astandard and measur- The perpendicular rod should be not less than two
ing tape. inches square. The horizontal bar must be strongly
made and fit accurately over the perpendicular rod. The groove should be lined
with brass. To the short end of the horizontal bar a plummet is to be attached,
so that it can at once be seen that the upright rod is perpendicular to the platform
and that the horizontal bar is at right angles to the perpendicular rod when it
rests on the head of the recruit. The heights should be engraved on a brass plate
on the perpendicular rod.
19, B. A recruit register, in the form given in the Appendix, shall be kept
Recruit's register. up in English by the District Superintendent of Police
or his Assistant.
19, C. It shall be the duty of the District Superintendent (or of the Assistant
Recruits to be measured District Superintendent of Police under his orders ) per
by District Superintendent sonally to measure every recruit and to enter the results in
of Police. the recruit register before sending the men to the Civil
Surgeon for a medical opinion. This duty may not be delegated to any other officer.
29, D. It shall be the duty of the Deputy Inspector General to examine and
Dept. Insp.- Genl. to ex- countersign the recruit register on inspection whenever
amine and countersign there are entries since his last signature.
register.
APPENDIX.
POLICE DEPARTMENT . DISTRICT.
measurement
Recruit Register.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Date
RESIDENCE . HEIGHT.
.of
Final
.recruit
Name
Initial of order (i.e.,

station
Parentage
Police
Dist. enlisted
of
Chest
measure Supdt. or Opinion
of or not.
ict
No. l
Assistant medical If enlisted

Seria
.
Village
ment
es
Distr
District officer. date and

in inches.
Inch
Caste
consta
.
Superin
Feet
.
tendent. bulary
Age
.
.
.
number).
.
.
A
9

'(No. 102. )
During his recent tour the Inspector General has observed that the measure
Enlistment of Recruits. ment of recruits
Orderly hasand
Sergeants, beenthat
delegated in some
the orders on instances to
the subject
have been altogether neglected. In order to secure attention to this part of a

District Superintendent's duty the Inspector General makes the following rule :
1. Book Circular XIII (APPOINTMENTS AND ENLISTMENTS ) shall be read as if
the following paragraphs wereinserted next after paragraph nineteen, that is to say :
19, A. Each district shall be supplied with a standard and measuring tape.
Districts to be supplied The standard shall be inserted into a small platform.
with astandard and measur- The perpendicular rod should be not less than two
ing tape. inches square. The horizontal bar must be strongly
made and fit accurately over the perpendicular rod. The groove should be lined
with brass. To the short end of the horizontal bar a plummet is to be attached,
so that it can at once be seen that the upright rod is perpendicular to the platform
and that the horizontal bar is at right angles to the perpendicular rod when it
rests on the head of the recruit. The heights should be engraved on a brass plate
on the perpendicular rod.
19, B. A recruit register, in the form given in the Appendix, shall be kept
Recruit's register . up in English by the District Superintendent of Police
or his Assistant.
19, C. It shall be the duty of the District Superintendent (or of the Assistant
Recruits to be measured District Superintendent of Police under his orders ) per
by District Superintendent sonally to measure every recruit and to enter the results in
of Police. the recruit register before sending the men to the Civil
Surgeon for a medical opinion. This duty may not be delegated to any other officer.
29, D. It shall be the duty of the Deputy Inspector General to examine and
Dept. Insp.- Genl. to ex countersign the recruit register on inspection whenever
amine and countersign there are entries since his last signature.
register.
APPENDIX.
POLICE DEPARTMENT. DISTRICT.
ement
Recruit Register.
1 2 3 4 7 8 10 11 12
measur
Date
RESIDENCE. HEIGHT. Final

of
recruit
Name
.
Initial of order (i.e. ,

station
ge
Police
Dist. enlisted
of
Chest Opinion
Parenta
or not.
.
measure Supdt. or of
District
Serial
Assistant medical If enlisted

ge
ment
Inches
No.
District officer. date and

Villa
in inches.
.
Caste
Superin consta
Feet
.
tendent. bulary
Age
.
.
.
number) .
.
.
Na
E
FEBY. 1877. ] POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS . 3
(No. 241.)
Dated 7th February 1877.
In continuation of Circular 22 of 1876, regarding the position of Probationers

Probationers, and the mode of their instruction, the Inspector General
makes the following rule :—
Ordinarily no leave to be 1. With the exception of leave on medical certificate

given to probationers until and casual leave of short duration to attend to very urgent
they have passed their ex private affairs, no leave shall be given to probatiouers
amination.
until they have passed their examination.
MEMO No. 307.
With reference to Circular 42 of 1876, regarding the size of paper to be used

Correspondence. in official correspondence, the Inspector General explains
Confidential communica that the rules therein published are not applicable to
tions to be on the small confidential communications, which can more conveniently
docket plan as of old. be written on smaller paper and which should in all
cases be folded in the old fashion. 1

(No. 349.)
As it is expedient to assimilate the uniform of Sergeants 1st grade to that

Clothing. worn by Sergeants of the other grades, the Inspector
General makes the following rules :
Uniform of Sergeants 1st 1. The uniform of Sergeants 1st grade shall be
grade. as follows :
The uniform of Sergeants 1st grade shall be similar to that of Sergeants 2nd
and 3rd grade (described as " Foot Sergeants" in Book Circular XXIV, EQUIPMENT),
but they shall also wear a red kamarband.
On mounted duties Sergeants 1st grade shall wear long boots of black
leather.
2. The chevrons of sergeants shall be as follows :
Sergeants 1st grade. On the cloth coat a triple chevron of half inch wide
Sergeants' chevrons . silver lace, mounted on blue cloth, with a piping of red
on both sides of each stripe of lace, with a silver em
broidered crown, similarly piped , sewn on the sleeve half an inch above the centre
of the chevron.
On the blouse the chevron and crown to be made of black mohair braid piped
with red cloth and mounted on one piece of blue cloth.
POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. [ RECORD
Sergeants, 2nd grade, to wear triple chevron as described for Sergeants 1st
grade but without a crown.
Sergeants 3rd grade, to wear a similar double chevrcn.
Lance Sergeants, a similar single chevron.
The chevron to be worn point downwards, equi-distant from the shoulder and
elbow on the right sleeve.
Arms of Sergeants, 1st 3. In Book Circular XXIV, paragraph two, in the

grade. eighth clause, for the words " Sergeants, mounted," the
Modification of Book following words shall be substituted (namely) :
Circular XXIV .
Sergeants 1st grade, when on mounted duties."

4. The following orders are cancelled to the extent
Orders cancelled.
specified opposite them :
Under the heading FOOT SERGEANTS, from the
words-" both Foot and Mounted Sergeants,"
Book Circular XXIV, para
drown to - " of the right sleeve."
graph twenty-two. And the entire clause immediately following,
headed " MOUNTED SERGEANTS."
Memo. No. 2,494 of 6th October 1875- the whole.
(No. 447. )
To prevent inconvenience to the public service, and to ensure departmental

Appointments to other efficiency, the Inspector General of Police makes the
departments. following rule.
Police Officers may not be 1. No Police Officer may be appointed, either to an

appointed to other depart officiating or permanent appointment, in another depart
ments without Inspector ment, without the sanction of the Inspector-General of
General's previous sanction. Police previously had and obtained.
MARCH 1877. ] POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS.
MEMO. No. 536.
Informs him that the Ordnance department invariably adds the cost of the
carriage of Ordnance Stores from Fort William to the
Ordnance Stores.
or depôt of issue, so that it is cheaper to
Indents for Ordnance Magazine
Stores to be on nearest indent on the nearest Magazine lying on the route
Magazine to save carriage between Calcutta and the station served. Thus, it is
charges. cheaper for the Depôt of Rawalpindi to indent on
Ferozepur than on Peshawur, as in the latter case he has to pay carriage to
Peshawar and back to Rawalpindi, whilst by indenting on the former arsenal he
avoids the double charge.
2. As it is necessary that the utmost economy be used , the Inspector-General
desires that indents may be submitted in the manner intimated .
( No. 538. )
At the present practice has caused delay and inconvenience, and as it is

desirable to adopt a procedure in accordance with the
Travelling allowances.
travelling allowance rules of 1863, the Inspector
Expenses of non-gazet General of Police, with the sanction of Government,
ted officers.
makes the following rules :
1. When non-gazetted Police Officers are required to proceed, on transfer or
Actual expenses of non on duty, beyond the limits of a district, or to proceed on
gazetted officers on transfer
a duty which requires rapid locomotion, whether within .
or special duty beyond dis or beyond a single district, their actual expenses shall be
trict limits.
charged in a bill, to be prepared in the form given in the
Appendix, which shall be submitted for approval to the Deputy Inspector- General
of the Circle, and for sanction to the Inspector General of Police .
EXPLANATION. By " actual expenses " is meant the bonâ fide cost of travelling, includ
ing serai hire or other rent of accommodation but not food or refreshments.
On transfer, a reasonable amount of baggage may be charged for ; and Inspectors may
take two, and Deputy Inspectors one, servant with them at the public expense.
2. Sufficient details shall be given in the bill to enable the controlling officers
Details sufficient to check to ascertain the rates charged per mile of distance
mileage rate. travelled.
3. District Superintendents of Police are responsible that the number of
policemen sent on special duty and the means of loco
District Superintendents
responsible that duty is, and motion employed are necessary in the interests of the
the numbers are necessary. public service.
39
EXPLANATION. By " special duty is meant the pursuit of criminals, deputation of
detectives beyond district limits, and other similar measures.
4. On receipt of the bill sauctioned by the Inspector General of Police, the
Sanctioned bill becomes District Superintendent of Police concerned shall include
a voucher. the amount in his contingent bill, and attach the sanc
tioned bill as a voucher.
6 POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. [ RECORD
5. The rules hereinbefore contained do not refer to

Exceptions
to above rules .
The travelling expenses of escorts,
The expenses of non-gazetted police officers sent, on transfer, within the
limits of a single district,
Nor to any nocturnal allowance which may hereafter be sanctioned for
Inspectors and Deputy Inspectors of the Railway Police absent from
Head-quarters on Inspection duty.
APPENDIX .
Bill for the travelling expenses of non -gazetted Police Officers.

Amount e
s
10
Number
123 4 5 67 8 9 11 12 13 14 15
baggag
Amount
servant
charged
officer
taken
Name
rank
and
Recommendation Order by Inspec

,iof
n
Number
.of
of
alteration
JOURNEYS.
on
Number
./
by Deputy Inspec tor General of

miles
alterati
.
Reasons
Reasons
tor General. Police.
transit
Amountrecom
made
made
halts
of
Amount sanc
Nature
Mode
mendedfor
any
REMARKS
any
for
d
for
of
duty
travelle
sanction
of
Places.
maunds
.
.
.of
tioned
Dates
,
.
From
.
Το Rs. A. P.
The journey above charged for was undertaken solely on the public service.
Dated
A. B.
Dist. Supdt., Police.
Sanctioned for Rupees Countersigned for Rs.

(By order.)
E. F. C. D.
Asst. to Insp.-Genl., Police, Deputy Insp.-Genl. of Police,
Punjab. Circle.

(No. 565. )
In order to carry out more effectually the purpose of Circular 5 of 1876 (re
Accounts. garding control of expenditure ) the Inspector-General,
with the sanction of Government, makes the following
rules――――
MARCH 1877. ] POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. 7
1. A register of contingent expenditure, in the form given as A in the Appen

Register of contingent dix, shall be maintained in the office of each District
expenditure maintained in Superintendent of Police, of the Assistant District Super
each district ; intendent of Police Simla, of the Assistant Inspector
General of Railway Police, and of the Deputy Commissioners of Hazára and Kohát .
2. A register of contingent expenditure, in the form mentioned in the last
And by each Dy. Inspr. preceding rule, shall be maintained by each Deputy In
Genl. and Frontier Commr. spector-General of Police for each district in his Circle,
and in the case of the Lahore Circle, for the Railway Police also ; and by the Com
missioners of the Peshawar and Deraját Divisions, for each district in their Divisions.
3. Each Deputy Inspector-General of Police shall submit to the Inspector
Dy. Inspr . Genl . to submit General of Police, on or about the tenth of each month,
monthly statements for in- a statement, in the form given as B in the Appendix, the
corporation in provincial re- contents of which shall be entered in a provincial check
gister. register in the Central Police Office, and the statements
themselves shall be returned for record in the office of despatch.
Deputy Commissioners of the Peshawar and Derajat Divisions shall submit.
Frontier Dy. Commr. to similar statements , on or about the 4th of each month,
submit statements to Comr. to their Commissioner, who shall submit monthly con
and Commr. to Inspr. Genl. solidated statements, in the same form, to the Inspector
General of Police, on or about the 10th of each month, which will be returned after
their contents have been entered in the provincial register.
Monthly check statement 4. The monthly check statement shall be numbered
numbered XII in book of as XII in the Book of Forms.
forms.
5. The rules hereinbefore contained do not refer to

Exceptions
to above rules .
The travelling expenses of escorts,
The expenses of non-gazetted police officers sent, on transfer, within the
limits of a single district,
Nor to any nocturnal allowance which may hereafter be sanctioned for
Inspectors and Deputy Inspectors of the Railway Police absent from
Head-quarters on Inspection duty.
APPENDIX .
Bill for the travelling expenses of non-gazetted Police Officers.

baggage
Amount
2
15
1
9 10 13 14
servants
4 5 6 7 8
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so
Amount
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11 | 12
officer
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/and
Recommendation Order by Inspec

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JOURNEYS.
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by Deputy Inspec tor General of

Number
Reasons
Reasons
miles
tor General. Police.

.transit
made
Amountrecom
made
halts
Amount sanc
of
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Nature
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for
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.
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of
.
tioned
Dates
.
.
.
.
From Το Rs. JA.P.
The journey above charged for was undertaken solely on the public service.
Dated
A. B.
Dist. Supdt., Police.
Sanctioned for Rupees Countersigned for Rs.
(By order.)
E. F. C. D.
Asst. to Insp.-Genl., Police, Deputy Insp.- Genl. of Police,
Punjab. Circle .

(No. 565. )
In order to carry out more effectually the purpose of Circular 5 of 1876 (re
Accounts. garding control of expenditure) the Inspector-General,
with the sanction of Government, makes the following
rules :
1. A register of contingent expenditure, in the form given as A in the Appen

Register of contingent dix, shall be maintained in the office of each District
expenditure maintained in Superintendent of Police, of the Assistant District Super
each district ; intendent of Police Simla, of the Assistant Inspector
General of Railway Police, and of the Deputy Commissioners of Hazára and Kohát .
2. A register of contingent expenditure, in the form mentioned in the last
And by each Dy. Inspr. preceding rule, shall be maintained by each Deputy In
Genl. and Frontier Commr. spector-General of Police for each district in his Circle,
and in the case of the Lahore Circle, for the Railway Police also ; and by the Com
missioners of the Peshawar and Deraját Divisions, for each district in their Divisions.
3. Each Deputy Inspector-General of Police shall submit to the Inspector
Dy. Inspr. Genl . to submit General of Police, on or about the tenth of each month,
monthly statements for in a statement, in the form given as B in the Appendix, the
corporation in provincial re contents of which shall be entered in a provincial check
gister. register in the Central Police Office, and the statements
themselves shall be returned for record in the office of despatch.
Deputy Commissioners of the Peshawar and Derajat Divisions shall submit
similar statements , on or about the 4th of each month,
Frontier Dy. Commr. to
submit statements to Comr. to their Commissioner, who shall submit monthly con
and Commr. to Inspr. Genl. solidated statements, in the same form, to the Inspector
General of Police, on or about the 10th of each month, which will be returned after
their contents have been entered in the provincial register.
Monthly check statement 4. The monthly check statement shall be numbered
numbered XII in book of as XII in the Book of Forms.
forms.
•
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Check Statement showing amounts passed bythe
of District Superintendents of
contingencies
(No. XII of the Book ofForms
Horse nt
Sergeants
les
Clothing
Stations
equipme
.Constabd
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.-posts
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(Office
Country
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and
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.and
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DISTRICTS.
Carriage
Tents
.
.
.
Allotment for the year

(Entire circle.)
Average for one month
(Entire circle.)
TOTAL RS. ...
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Printing Charges.
Payments Payments
DISTRICTS. from from Accoutre
Tents ments
General Savings
Vernacu Total Police in Police (new). (new).
lar. English. Grant.
Printing. Fund.
TOTAL RS. ...
Dated
187
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.Zaildars
for 6 ce
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of 1877. )
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.
charges
10
MARCH 1877. ]
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.
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Telegraph
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boxes. furn
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Summer
Winter
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charges
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(Columns
19
16
REMARKS.
REMARKS.
DISTRICT
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Check Statement showing amounts passed by the
of District Superintendents of
encies
(No. XII of the Book of Forms
ent
les
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Clothing
Stations
mounted
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(Entire circle .)
(Entire circle. )
TOTAL RS. ...

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1 2 3 5 6 7
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Printing Charges.
Payments Payments
DISTRICTS. from from Tents Accoutre,
ments
General Savings
Vernacu Total Police in Police (new). (new).
lar. English. Grant.
Printing. Fund.
TOTAL RS.
Dated
187 }
B. CIRCLE.
Deputy Inspector-General in Contingent Bills
Police for the Month of 187 •
Miscellaneous
Vide Circular 6 of 1877.)
contingencies
Allowance
Summer
Zaildars
Winter
unfore
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Telegraph
Deputation
allowances
and
petty Sta
medicines
tablishment
charges
.for
Travelling
or
seen
Mileage
Postage
charges
English
Bazar Charges.
diur
Batta
.
and
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Es
.
(or
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.
.
charges
tionery
REMARKS.
Total
.
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Hand Rest Total

Beds and house
caffs. Boxes. furniture. (Columns REMARKS.
4 to 14).
Deputy Inspector- General.

121
POLICE
DEPARTMENTAL
ORDERS
[
RECORD
MEMO No. 615.
Furlough to Military The Inspector-General republishes, for the couveni
Officers.
Furlough without furlough ence of Military Officers in the Police, the subjoined
pay not reckoned -- Effect copy of G. G. O. No. 197 of 1877, revising clauses 2 and
of leave and furlough taken 3 of Rule IX of the Furlough Regulations of 1868 :—
under former rules.
MILITARY DEPARTMENT- GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
Dated Fort William , 1st March 1877 .
No. 197- Regulations.— Under instructions from the Right Hon'ble the Secretary of State
for India, the following clauses are substituted for clauses 2 and 3 of Rule IX of the Furlough
Regulations of 1868 , republished in G. G. O. No. 171 of 1874 :
" 2.- Leave granted under these Rules, without furlough pay, will not reckon as furlough
"
66 already taken in calculating the balance at an officer's credit, or as part of the total of eight
years allowed, as shown in Rule XVI ; but all furlough with furlough pay, whether on
" private affairs or on medical certificate, taken under these rules, will so reckon .
" 3. Furlough and leave previously taken under the Rules of 1796 or 1854 will count, as
respects officers who have elected these Rules, as follows :—
" Furlough on private affairs, with pay, taken under the Rules of 1796 or 1854, counts in
" all respects as furlough.
" Leave on sick certificate, under the Rules of 1796, does not count in any respect as
" furlough .
66 " Leave on sick certificate, with pay, under the Rules of 1854, counts as part of the maxi
mum of eight years allowed under these Rules ; but, until the maximum thus made up be
"
66 reached, this leave will not count as furlough already taken in determining the amount of
furlough to which an officer is entitled .
66 " Leave without pay, under the Rules either of 1796 or 1854, does not count in any
respects as furlough .'
LETTER No. 643.

From Inspector General of Police, Punjab, to Deputy Inspector General of Police,
Lahore Circle.
In reply to his No. 286 of the 8th March, regarding Ghulam Mustafa, a
Probationers. Probationer in the Jullunder district, states that the
Inspector General considers it preferable that all Pro
Must go up for the regu bationers should go up at the regular examinatious, and
lar examinations.
that any additional terms be only given after a scrutiny
of their papers .
Not only must there be a good reason for prolonging the time of pro
bation, but the probationer must show that he has
Good reasons to be given
for extending the period made good use of the time in which he was able to
allowed. study.
MEMO No. 704.

The subjoined correspondence regarding the correct preparation of the returns
Vagrancy Returns. of European Vagrancy is published for information.
MEMO No. 3,890 . Dated 13th December 1876.

Issues an amended form of vagrancy return No. IV in modification of that prescribed in
Circular No. 9 of 1875.
2. An extract from the Government of India Resolution amending this form is annexed
for information.
H. N. MILLER, Colonel,
Inspector-General of Police, Punjab.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA-HOME DEPARTMENT.

Resolution No. 36--1,784-89, dated 9th November 1876.
* * *
5. The Punjab Government ask how the average cost required by Column 9 of Return
No. IV is to be calculated. It seems that this average can be correctly obtained if the number
in column 8 of the same return be divided by the figure in column 3 of Return No. II, viz., if
the total expenditure in the work-house be divided by the total number of inmates in the house.
6. In future returns column 11 of Return No. IV should show the entire cost to Govern
ment, viz., the totals of columns 2, 3, 8 and 10. Column 10 should be separated from the
general heading " Expenditure in workhouse " and show all charges not previously entered.
POLICE DEPARTMENT. FORM IV. (EXPENDITURE) . DISTRICT.
Statement showing the operation of the European Vagrancy Act (IX of 1874) for the year
ending 31st December 187 •
accounted
ion
connected
explained
previous
Government
working
Charges
Average
3 9 12
populat
6 7 8 10 11
Contingencies
41
Expenditure
10
hduring
Work
Expenditure
-. ouse
with
daily
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the
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EXPENDITURE IN WORK-HOUSE.
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-house
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to
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REMARKS,
.
.
column
.
).(
8
.
.
12
from
tion
.
8.
This average is obtainable by dividing the figures of column 8 by the number shown in
column 3 of form No. II.
Countersigned.
Dated 18 7 .
Commissioner. Deputy Commissioner
[Circular 9 of 1875 and Memo. 3,890 of 13th December 1876. ]

(No. 702.)
As it is necessary to provide a check against fraud and also to keep a record

of the class of horses most adapted to the police service,
Chanda.
the Inspector General makes the following rules :
1. Each District Superintendentof Police (except the District Superin
Register of horses and tendent of Police Kángra), shall maintain, in English, a
camels. register of horses and camels on the Chanda Fund.
Such register shall be in the form given in the Appendix.

In registering particulars regarding camels, columns 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the
register may be left blank.
Circular to be read with 2. This Circular shall be read with Book Circular
.B C. XXXII, XXXII-(CHANDA).
DEPARTMENT
POLICE
. DISTRI
. CT
14
above
district
.of
the
Fund
Chanda
on
Camels
and
Horses
Register
English
T 14
1 2 3 41 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13
.
CAMEL
OR
HORSE
OF
DESCRIPTION
on
Age Height
.
and
,r
Number
ank enrol
name
owner
of .
ment .
REMARKS
horse
of
camel
or
.
Horse or Camel.
117
Sst
,-
(1)Hergeant
orse 14 .1Bay 115
May
8th
fet-
Hind
Country 95
Rheu ma Deputy JohnThe owner
➡
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.,Nabbi
Baksh .1. 870
lockswhite
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not
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Singh
. neglect
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.
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ary Sergeant
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POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS.
[ RECORD

(No. 718.)
Dated 21st March 1877,
As it is necessary to correct a clerical error in Circular 40 of 1876, the Ins

Station Books. pector General makes the following rule :
1. For paragraph sixty-one of Circular 40 of 1876, the following shall be sub
stituted (namely) :—
61. The Miscellaneous book shall be a blank book to contain copies of all
returns for which no special provision is made elsewhere.
Miscellaneous book. It shall further contain
(a).-Copies of estimates ;
(b).-Copies of inquest reports, under section one-hundred and thirty-three
of the Code of Criminal Procedure ;
(c).-Inventories of all unclaimed property, taken possession of by the police
(paragraph twenty-nine of Book Circular XXXIII) ;
(d).- Lists of stolen property ;
(e).-Miscellaneous returns.
The Officer in charge of the Police Station shall divide this book into thirteen
parts, allotting a sufficient number of pages to each, as follows :
(1 .)-Accounts of diet of witnesses ;
(2.)-Copies of estimates ;
(3.)-Copies of inquest reports ;
(4. )-Copies of notes to Tahsildars, &c.
(5. )-Copies of reports of persons missing ;
(6.)-Inventories of unclaimed property ;
(7. )-List of chaukidars ;
(8. )-List of policemen subordinate to the station ;
(9.)-List of property belonging to Government in use with the police ;
( 10.)-Lists of stolen property ;
( 11 .)- Lists of strayed cattle ;
(12. )-Miscellaneous returns ;
(13. -Returns to orders of Magistrates (para nine, Explanation II .)
MEMO No. 792.

Informs him that the recent augmentation of grants for Police contingencies was
Income returns to be made by Government in consideration of an anticipated
carefully scrutinized. income from savings and from the General Police fund.
2. The nett income of the General Police fund was taken at Rs. 7,000, and
the grants made for handcuffs, beds and boxes and rest-house furniture exactly
equal that sum. If the actuals, representing the income of the General Police
fund, fall below the estimate, prospective retrenchments must be made in the
grants above named to correspond with the sums short realized .
3. Deputy Inspectors-General are requested to give their best attention to
the realization of income. The subject is intimately connected with the efficiency
of the force, and failure to secure all the income which may reasonably be expected
will result in a curtailment of supplies which materially affect the well being and
comfort of the police.
4. A close scrutiny of the monthly income statements convinces the Inspec
tor-General that District Superintendents of Police do not generally realize the im
portance of securing all legitimate income, and he hopes that they will understand
that their contingent grants depend in some measure on their exertions in this
respect.
5. A few officers have taken especial pains in this matter whilst others have
realized scarcely anything. The Iuspector-General leaves it for future considera
tion whether, if reductions are necessary, grants shall not be proportioned to the
amount of income realized.
LETTER No. 796, DATED 27TH MARCH 1877.

From the Inspector- General of Police, Punjab, to the Deputy Inspector-General of Police,
Lahore Circle.
In reply to his No. 366 of the 22nd instant, with reference to the exact mean
Chanda. ing to be attached to the term " good condition " as
Definition of the term made use of rule 14A of Circular 6 of 1876, the Inspec
" good condition 71 in rule tor-General observes that Colonel Bamfield's explanation
14A of Circular 6 of 1876. is correct, and that by " good condition " is meant con
dition not indicating neglect on the part of the owner.
2. The Chanda is in reality an insurance deposit made by the Sowar, to which
he becomes entitled under certain rules, and only forfeits through gross neglect :
the service has the use of this deposit to purchase remounts as they become neces
sary ; but only in very uncommon cases should a District Superintendent refuse
the Sowar's claim to Chanda allowances on retirement or death .
No. 366, dated 22nd March 1877, from the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Lahore Circle,
to the Inspector- General of Police, Punjab.
I have the honor to request your orders in the following case :
2. The District Superintendent of Police Multan asks " what is understood by good
condition " in rule 14A of Circular 6 of 1876.
A Sowar dies, his horse is fat, " well groomed, no thrush, has a good appetite, and is in
" good condition in the general acceptance of the term ; but he is 11 years old, unsafe, slow
" and worn out, and useless, as a Police horse. Is the chanda fund to buy such an animal
" for Rs. 100 , knowing that it must buy a remount within 9 months at the maximum ."
3. Supposing rule 14 A to be absolute, I replied that the horse described by him must be
held to be in good condition within the meaning of the rule, for though now old has done 5
or 6 years work in the force and has been well cared for by his late owner.
4. I presume that the heirs in this case are as fully entitled to the 100 rupees as they
would be in the case of a subscriber whose death should occur immediately after he had pur
chased a remount for which he had received 100 rupees from the fund .
5. The cases are parallel though reversed . Rule 14 B pretects the fund.
6. The District Superintendent Police of Multan is still of opinion that he has a right to
refuse to pay the 100 rupees and that he may tell the heirs to take away the horse instead.
7. In my opinion the rule is absolute, and the 100 rupees must be paid.
*. The horse may be sold at once for the benefit of the fund and the successor to the
vacancy be required to furnish a new horse.
MEMO No. 835 .

Το
ALL DEPUTY INSPECTORS-GENERAL OF POLICE, PUNJAB.
The Inspector-General of Police draws attention to Circular Memo No. 3270
Fire engine practice to be of the 5th June 1871 , and requests that fire engine prac
noted in weekly diaries. tice may be entered in the diaries of such District Super
intendents as have fire engines under their care.
APRIL 1877. ] POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. 17
MEMO No. 858.

Dated 3rd April 1877.
Conditions under which The Inspector-General publishes for the information

horses are to be taken by of gazetted police officers the subjoined correspondence,
rail on transfer of police intimating the conditions under which horses may be
officers.
taken by rail at the Government expense when officers
are transferred.
No. 603, dated 12th March 1877, from the Secretary to Government Punjab, Financial
Department, to the Inspector- General of Police, Punjab.
With reference to the correspondence ending with your No. 44 dated 13th ultimo, regard
ing railway fare of horses of police officers on transfer, I am desired to forward a copy of the
orders of the Government of India, No. 1167 dated 28th ultimo, and to state that these orders
merely affirm what this Government has always insisted on, namely, that the transfer must be
of a strictly emergent character to entitle to any relaxation of the general rules regarding
travelling charges.
2. As the Government of India says nothing of the only point in doubt, and indeed the
only point on which a reference was made, it is assumed that the ruling of the Local Govern
ment, that Inspector General can sanction the charges for conveyance of horses on emergent
transfers, is upheld.
No. 1167, dated 28th February 1877. from the Under Secretary to Government of India,
Financial Department, to the Secretary to Government Punjab.
In reply to your letter No. 2870 dated 5th October 1876 , regarding the grant by Govern
ment of the railway_fare of horses of police officers in the Punjab, when transferred from one
district to another, I am directed to state that as no public officer gets his bona fide travelling
allowance or expenses for the conveyance of his tents and horses on the occasion of his trans
fer from one station to another, the Governor General in Council is anxious to maintain this
general rule in all cases of change of field of duty from one district to another, and is not
prepared to sanction any modification of it in favor of police officers in the Punjab.
2. But in cases in which an officer is ordered by Government to proceed to take up an
appointment at a distance and to proceed to join so quickly that he cannot send his tents and
horses otherwise than by rail or steamer, the Local Government may in such cases allow bonâ
fide cost of transmission in addition to usual travelling allowance, but a special order on each
case should be necessary .
MEMO No. 983.

Dated 10th April 1877.
Police. Publishes for information a circular issued by the

Batta of ministerial offi. Punjab Government, ruling that batta given to ministerial
cers to be calculated on sub officers should be three-tenths of salary, in other words
stantive pay. acting allowances should be included in batta calculations .
No. 1335, dated 8th March 1877, from Officiating Under- Seeretary to the Government of India,
Financial Department, to the Officiating Secretary to Government, Punjab.
I AM directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No. 351 , dated the 12th February
1877, and in reply, to furnish you with the following copy of a letter No. 1916 addressed to the
Accountant- General, Central Provinces, on the 26th March 1874 : -" I am directed to acknow
ledge the receipt of your letter No. 215G. , of the 13th ultimo, and in reply, to state the batta
of a ministerial officer should be three-tenths of his salary and not of his pay."
ORDER. -Ordered that a copy of the above be forwarded to the Accountant- General, Pun
jab, with reference to his letter to the Officiating Secretary to Government of the Punjab, No.
1303, dated the 31st January 1877 .
Endorsement by the Punjab Government.
Circular No. 9-737, dated 2st March 1877.
FORWARDED to all Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners and Heads of Departments
for information and guidance,
MEMO No. 1057.

Clothing. Informs him that flat braid, half au inch wide, may
Flat braid to be worn be worn on the summer uniform of gazetted officers, instead
on the summer uniforms ofof square cord, which does not wash properly. Five rows
gazetted officers. of braid, put on plain, and ending in an angle, will be
sufficient.
2. With these coats silver full ball buttons should be worn. These can be
obtained from Messrs Watson and Co. , Bombay, and, indeed, from most Tailors, at
Rs. 4 a dozen.
3. A pattern coat has been lodged with the District Superintendent of Lahore.
MEMO No. 1059.

Pensions. The Inspector-General of Police draws the attention

Service in certain ranks of District Superintendents of Police to the concession
of the old civil and military made to certain officers of the late military police in the
police qualifies for pension. new edition of the Civil Pension Code.
2. In Section 102 of the 2nd edition , clanse (ƒ) , read as follows :—
" Service in superior grades in the old police (i. e., darogahs and officers of
higher rank) or in any other department qualifies."
In Section 107 of the 3rd edition the corresponding clause (g) runs as follows :
" Service in superior grades in the old civil and military police (i. e. , darogahs
and officers of higher rank in the civil police, and jemadars and officers of higher
rouk in the military police) or in any other department qualifies."
3. In other words the Government of India recognizes service passed as a
Jemadar, Subadar, Subadar Major, Resaldar, Resaidar, Woordi Major, or Resaldar
Major of Military Police, as counting in full for pension .
4. Deputy Inspectors-General are requested to call on District Superinten
dents for a roll of all such meu of their districts as come under this ruling, and to
cause an entry to the effect to be made in their service books, and copies to be sent
to Accountant-General for verification .
LETTER No. 1069, DATED 17TH APRIL 1877.

To the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Rawalpindi Circle.
Accounts. In reply to his No. 1081 of the 9th April 1877,
Register of contingent states that the registers prescribed by Circular 6 of
expenditure to be opened 1877 should be opened on and from the 1st April
from 1st April 1877. 1877.

To the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Lahore Circle.
With reference to his No. 591 of the 12th instant, inquiring whether carriage
Carriage of tents and pay of tents and pay of marching establishment should be
of marching establishment. charged in the regular monthly contingent bill, or in
the detailed journal of distances, points out that Iuspec
APRIL 1877. } POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. 19
tor-General's Memo No. 2381 of the 7th August last, published at page 85 of the
Police Gazette of 9th August 1876, referred exclusively to travelling allowance, and
that the charges referred to by him should be entered only in District Superin
tendent's contingent bill.
MEMO No. 1084.

Requests he will inform District Superintendents of Police that no rewards.
paid by them in excess of the budget provision will be
Payments of Rewards. sanctioned, and that all excess payments will be made
on their own responsibility.
2. District Superintendents must reserve a portion of their grants for
judicial rewards.

To the Deputy Inspector- General of Police, Rawalpindi Circle.
In reply to his No. 1229 of the 17th instant,
Police.
informs him that the rank of Sergeant in the Punjab
Rank of Police Sergeant Police corresponds with that of Head Constable, with
identical with that of Head reference to Sections 19 and 20 of the Inland Customs
Constable.
Act.
MEMO No. 1155.

C Publishes, for information, a copy of Public Works

Police. Department Circular 21 of the 14th April, prescribing
Buildings entered in P. the rule that all buildings provided for in the Public
W. Budget to be brought Works budget should be brought on the Executive
on Ex. Engr's . books .
Engineer's books.
Circular No. 21 , dated 14th April 1877.
Extract para 1 of this office Circular No. 20, dated 14th April 1877, to address of
Superintending and Executive Engineers , is forwarded for information .
Extract -Para 1.-In the annual returns of public buildings submitted to this office, in
conformity with Code, Chapter X, Section I, para 10 a (standing order No. 7 of 1871 ) , all
public buildings should be entered as in charge of the Public Works Department, and borne
on the Executive Engineer's books, * which are provided for in either the Imperial , Provincial
Services, or General Local Fund Budgets of the Public Works Department, whether the
ordinary repairs are executed by the Executive Engineer or the Deputy Commissioner .
MEMO No. 1236.

Informs him that charges for country paper used

Printing. in lithographic printing must be separated from the cost
Charges for country pa of such printing.
per to be separated from
lithographic printing.
* Code VII, II, 20.
2. Under the orders of Government the sums charged to printing must cover
printing only, and may not include paper.
MEMO No. 1242.

Informs him that the Inspector-General has arranged with the Publisher of
Supply of Police section the Punjab Record for the supply to police officers of the
of Punjab Record to police police section of the Record, together withe the official
officers. index, for an annual payment in advance of four rupees.
If the subscription is not paid in advance the price will be rupees five.
2. The Inspector-General hopes that all police officers will provide themselves
with a private copy of departmental rules under this arrangemeut.
MEMO No. 1,241.

As misapprehension appears to exist regarding the mode of calculating pen

Pensions and Gratuities. sions under the B scale, and, as disappointment may
Made ofcalculation under arise in consequence, the Inspector-General desires that
B and A scales. the attention of the police may be drawn to Section 113
Civil Pension Code.
2. Suppose A to be invalided after 16 years service in the police, as follows :
As 3rd grade constable from 1st October 1861 to 30th September 1864.
As 2nd grade constable till 31st August 1875 .
As 1st grade constable till 31st August 1877.
According to the B scale A would receive a pension calculated on the average
emoluments he received during the last five years. As he was promoted subse
quently to the 19th July 1871 his pension is calculated on nett pay until it was
abolished in 1875.
Year ending 31st August 1873 = Rs. 69 ( nett)
"" "" 1874 = " 69 (do. )
"" " 1875 = 39 69 (do. )
99 "" 1876 = "2 84 (gross)
" "" 1877 = ,, 84 (do.)
375 ÷ 5 = 75
75 ÷ 12 = 6.4
64 ÷ 3-2-1-4 pension.
3. A police officer who elects a scale is entitled to 19 months gratuity if he
has served for 19 years, and not more than 20 years. By service here is meant
service reckoning for gratuity or pension . Such an officer having served more
than 20 years obtains a pension, and cannot receive a gratuity.
4. Opportunity is taken to draw attention to Sections 73 and 74 of the Civil
Pension Code. It is the duty of District Superintendents to forward the papers of
Sergeants 1st grade to the Accountant-General for verification before submitting
them to Deputy Inspectors-General for the orders of Government on the claim to
pension, and similarly Deputy Inspectors-General must obtain verification of Deputy
Inspectors' pension papers,
APRIL 1877. ] POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. 21
LETTER No. 1,247, DATED 30TH APRIL 1877.

Returns District Superintendent of Rawalpindi's diary of the 21st April, and
Rules for cutting tails of states that the tails of horses belonging to the mounted
horses of mounted branch branch of the police should be cut in October or Novem
of the police. ber only, and not at the present season of the year when
flies are so numerous and troublesome.
MEMO No. 1,254.

To
ALL DEPUTY INSPECTORS-GENERAL OF POLICE PUNJAB.
The Accountant-General has drawn my attention to the number of public service
transfer receipts taken out by police officers, and has
Rules regulating the con
ditions on which public ser shown me that in many instances they were unnecessary.
vice transfer receipts may, As the grant of public service transfer recipts causes in
and may not, be drawn. convenience to the Account Department, I have the honor
to request you will impress on District Superintendents the necessity for care and
thought in this matter.
2. I enclose for your perusal a copy of my reply to Mr. Rawlins, and I desire
your attention to the rule that transfer receipts are not to be asked for in regard to
expenditure on the following heads :
(a) Travelling allowances :-(b) Tents. (c) Accoutrements . (d) Ordnance
Stores. (e) Medical Stores. (f) Handcuffs. (g) Beds and Boxes. (h) Rest-house
furniture. (i) English printing. (j) Arms locally procured.
3. In reference to travelling allowance, gazetted officers may draw sums
due to them in the districts to which they have been transferred, although the bulk
of the money was earned in another district. The practice of drawing what was
due in the former, and transferring it by draft to the latter district, is prohibited.
With regard to stores &c., locally procured : suppose the District Superintendent
of A has received sanction to the purchase of 100 tulwas and 50 handcuffs, and
he can obtain these things more economically at B, there is no need to remit the
cost to the District Superintendent of B ; but a bill should be drawn up for the
District Superintendent of B to cash at his treasury. The sanction given should be
attached to the bill by way of authority for the charge.
4. Again, suppose a Deputy Inspector to be transferred from D. to A, with
arrears of pay due to him. The District Superintendent of Police at D should send
to the District Superintendent of A a last pay certificate, which will enable him to
draw all that is due. It is irregular to draw the arrears in the district of D, and
remit them by transfer receipt.
5. This correspondence will be published.
No. 1170, dated 23rd April 1877, frem Inspector- General Police Punjab, to Accountant
General Punjab.
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your No. 5415 of the 18th April regarding
increase of public service remittances, and to thank you for the courteous procedure you have
adopted.
2. I am glad that you have afforded me an opportunity of rectifying the inconvenience
to your department in the multiplication of transfer receipts, and I proceed now to describe
the measures I propose to adopt to put a stop so far as may be possible, to the evil in
question.
3. Your control over expenditure is mainly provincial. That is to say, so long as the
total sum for any particular contingent heading or series of headings is not exceeded in the
whole province, your functions are performed. It is the part of departmental administration
to see that the district grants are not exceeded, and that economy is carefully practised.
Economy is best secured by decentralization, that is, by treating each district as a separate
unit, by making each set of district accounts complete in itself, so that a review of several
years expenditure is possible. The inclusion of foreign charges vitiates the actuals, and
misleads. Of course, the admission of charges from other districts (which I have called foreign
charges) can be arranged for by means of adjustments. In other words, supplemental grants
can be made to certain districts, and corresponding reductions made in others ; and in order
to maintain a check over district expenditure a doubt set of books can be kept-one showing
the expenditure actually incurred under the various adjustments which may have been
sanctioned by proper authority ; and a second set of books showing the real expenditure by
⚫ districts. That is, debiting the districts for whose benefit the money was spent, and not the
districts in which the money was drawn. Thus the expenditure of districts can be checked
and any want of economy can be seen and noticed. I need hardly say that the introduction
of such a system would render necessary an entire reorganization of our office establishments
and a great increase of expense, without attaining as good a control as is at present maintain
ed by the existing very simple method.
4. But whilst I desire to point out dangers in adopting, to its utmost limits, the pro
vincial system of account, I am anxious to meet your wishes and do all that I can to fulfil the
desire of your department, without at the same time depriving my Deputy Inspectors- Gene
ral and myself of our present safe-guards against waste and extravagance.
5. I hope you will consider that the steps I propose taking in the direction you advocate
are reasonably sufficient, and that the relief they promise to afford is all that can be expected
of us under the circumstances.
6. I propose then that expenditure on the following heads should be considered provin
cial :
( (a) Travelling allowances. (b) Tents. (c) Accoutrements. (d) Ordnance stores.
(e) Medical stores. (f) Handcuffs. (g) Beds and boxes. (h) Rest-house furni
ture. (i) English printing . (j ) Arms locally procured .
f
Expenditure for the above mentioned purposes should be billed for whereever payments
had to be made. Bills for items (b) , (c) , (ƒ), (g ), (h), (i) and (j ) would be countersigned
in my office, and on this authority the Treasury officers would pay them. Transfer receipts
to make payments for any of these things would be unnecessary, and should not be given.
7. As I have before pointed out, my office is not an office of account, and the burden I
propose to accept in the above paragraph is the utmost I can undertake,
MAY 1877. ] POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. 23

(No. 873 )
Forms. WITH a view to lessen expenditure on stationery,

and to secure uniformity in police records, the Inspector
Police Records. General makes the following rules :
The documents described in the schedule to this
Sizes of certain police order shall be printed on native paper of the sizes men
forms.
tioned in the third column of such schedule.
2. The following forms are modified : -The charge sheet slip, instead of being
prepared in the form given as Appendix III to Book
Modification of charge Circular XXXIII ( PROCEDURE ), shall be prepared in the
sheet slip, and
form given as Appendix I to this Circular.
Case diaries submitted to District Superintendents of Police, instead of having
Case diaries sent to Dis the heading ordered for the case diary book by Circular
trict Superintendents of 40 of 1876, shall have the heading given as Appendix II
Police. to this Circular. Nothing herein ordered affects the
rules contained in Circular 40 of 1876 , for the preparation of the case diary book.
3. Vernacular applications for leave by ungazetted police officers shall be
Leave applications of un submitted, when verbal application cannot be made, in
gazetted officers. the form given as Appendix No. III to this Circular.
Sizes ofnative paper ; con 4. The sizes of native paper are as follows :
:
tents of gaddi and cost.
Breadth. Length.
Half sheet ... 12" X 181"
Quarter sheet ... ... 91" X 12″
One-eighth sheet, ordinary folding ... 6" X 91"
Ditto long folding ... .... 12" X 41"
One-sixteenth of a sheet ... ... ... 41" X 6'
One-thirty-second part of a sheet ...... 3" X 41"
A gaddi of native paper contains 264 sheets, and should cost about Rs. 2-8-0.
5. The District Superintendent of Police , Lahore, has been directed to forward
to each Deputy Inspector General and District Superin
Set of specimen forms.
tendent of Police, a set of specimen forms printed in the
Lahore Central Jail, after marking on them the cost per hundred.
SCHEDULE.
Of Vernacular forms in common use.
1 2
DESCRIPTION OF DOCUMENTS . Order prescribing Size of paper to be used.

adoption.
Notice of prisoners released from Jail-(Extract
sent to police station) Cir. 26 of 1867. Long and narrow.
Notice of conviction- (inter-communication ) B. C. VIII , p. 7. Ditto.
Notice of proclaimed offenders, see para 33 of B.
C. VIII and Appendix I B. C. VIII . Folded ordinary way.
Special report of crime (Appendix III) B. C. VIII. Ditto.
Inquest reports- I. Sudden death, natural causes,
Ditto II. Unnatural death by violence, B. C. XV.
Ditto III. Ditto by poison
Copy of entry in pound register required by Sec
tion 8 of Act I of 1871 B. C. XVI. 32
Charge sheet- Appendix I B. C. XXXIII.
Road certificate Appendix II Ditto.
24 FOLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. [ RECOL
Of Vernacularforms in common use-(Continued).

1 2 3
DESCRIPTION OF DOCUMENTS. Order prescribing Size of paper tobe used.

adoption.
Orders in writing, to arrest 1
Ditto to summon a witness ... B. C. XXXIII. 16
Ditto to search
Vernacular acquittance roll-Appendix IX ... B. C. XXXIV.
Report of arrests, p. 56 Cir. 40 of 1876, 32

Charge sheet slip Cir. 9 of 1877. Long and narrow.
Case diaries Ditto. Ordinary.
Application for leave by ungazetted officers Ditto. Long and narrow.
APPENDIX No. I.
POLICE STATION DISTRICT.
Charge sheet slip Charge sheet No.
complaint
Number
1 2
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3 4 5 7 8
Offence
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charge
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finally
ported
police
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Numb
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THESE COLUMNS TO BE FILLED

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IN BY JUDICIAL OFFICER.
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Ma
Names of per
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APPENDIX No. II.

Charge register No. of 187 case diary No.
Dated 187
Offence
Property stolen
Property recovered
Name of person giving

information. Information received.
APPENDIX No. III.

Application for leave on behalf of the undermentioned ungazetted officer.
I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Length ofleave Nature of Remarks by

Constabu required. Detail of leave
Name. police officer
lary Rank. previous required
number. leave. and under forwarding
what rules. application.
From Το

(No. 912. )
Eighteen years fixed as The Inspector-General publishes, for the information .

of candidates for the Police Department, the subjoined
minimum age for Euro
peans appointed as Unco correspondence, prescribing eighteen years as the mini
venanted gazetted officers.mum age for Uncovenanted Europeans who may be
appointed as gazetted police officers.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA- HOME (POLICE ) Department.
Resolution No. 87 of 19th March 1877.
READ
A despatch from the Secretary of State No. 23 , dated the 20th July 1876, desiring that a
minimum of age should be prescribed for the admission of Uncovenanted Europeans
into the Police Department .
RESOLUTION. -The Governor-General in Council is pleased to resolve that 18
years shall be the minimum age for all Uncovenanted Europeaus who may be
appointed to superior grades in the Police Department. This rule will also apply
to European gentlemen entering the Police service as Inspectors, in the expectation
of rising to superior grades in the department.
HOME DEPARTMENT .
ENDORSEMENT BY THE PUNJAB GOVERNMENT.
No. 1192, dated 26th March 1877.
Copy forwarded to Colonel H. N. Miller, Inspector-General of Police Punjab,
for information and guidance.

(No. 1,130.)
As it is desirable that the police should possess a record of convictions of all
offences, in all cases in which the proof of such conviction
Polico.. renders the offender liable to enhanced punishment on
Record of convictions. second or subsequent conviction of the same or a similar
offence, the Inspector-General makes the following rule :--
Record of convictions 1. The following clause shall be inserted between
when proof of them on a the ninth and tenth clauses of paragraph forty-seven of
subsequent similar offence Book Circular VIII- (CRIMINALS) —namely :-
will affect the sentence.
" All offences, in cases in which the subsequent proof of the conviction so
" recorded would render the person convicted liable by law to enhanced punish
" ment ou subsequent conviction of the same or a similar offence by reason of the
" proof of such former conviction. "
Illustrations.
(a). Offences ander section eight of Act XVI of 1861 (an Act for licensing and regulat
ing Stage Carriages) as amended by Act XVI of 1876, shall be so entered because an enhanced
punishment is provided for every subsequent conviction .
(b). Offences under* Act X of 1871 (the Excise Act) by reason of the provisions of sec.
tion seventy-six.
(e). Offences being violations of rules under section eighteen of Act XXVII of 1871 (the
Criminal Tribes Act ) by reason of the provisions of section nineteen.
(d). Offences under section twenty-three of Act IX of 1874 ( the European Vagrancy Act).
(e). Offences under section eleven of Act VIII of 1875 (the Inland Customs Act) by
reason of the provisions of section twelve.
* See the amendments enacted by Act XXIII of 1876.

(No. 1,152. )
Dated 21st April 1877.
As the manufacture of country stores can be better supervised in the summer
Stores. mouths, when District Superintendents are of necessity
more at head-quarters, the Inspector- General of Police
Supply of country stores. makes the following rules :-
Survey committees to 1. The survey committee, ordered to assemble by
meet in April.
Circular 27 of 1869, shall meet in April of each year.
2. Indents for stores procurable in India shall be despatched by District
Superintendents of Police on the 1st May annually, and
Indents to be despatched shall be due in the Inspector-General's Office on the 15th
on 1st May.
idem.
3. Circular 27 of 1869 , and the table annexed to
Circulars 27 of 1869, and
27 of 1876, amended. Circular 27 of 1876, shall be read subject to the pro
visions of this order.

(No. 1,263 .)
Dated 1st May 1877.
The Inspector-General publishes, for the information of police officers, the
Travelling Allowance. subjoined Resolution by the Government of India, in the
Financial Department, ruling that, when an Inspector of
Inspectors holding charge Police is placed in charge of the office of a District
of office of District Superin Superintendent of Police or Assistant District Superin
tendent or Assistant Dis
tendent of Police, he may draw travelling allowance as if
trict Superintendent, draw
travelling allowance as if he held one of those offices, subject to the usual counter
they held such appoint signature, and subject to a certificate that the journey
ments, subject to a special was necessary on public grounds.
certificate.
Order Cancelled. 2. Circular 39 of 1875 is cancelled .
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA- FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT.
READ again
Financial Resolution No. 3,999, dated 14th October 1875, deciding " that when an Inspec
tor of Police is placed in charge of the office of a District Superintendent or Assistant
Superintendent of Police, and is required by proper authority to travel, he may draw
the travelling allowance of a District Superintendent or Assistant Superintendent, as
the case may be."
RESOLUTION.-In modification of this order the Governor-General in Council
is pleased to rule that, when an Inspector of Police is placed in charge of the office
of a District Superintendent or Assistant Superintendent of Police he may draw
travelling allowance as if he were District Superintendent or Assistant Superinten
dent, provided always that his bill is properly countersigned, and it is certified that
his journey was necessary on public grounds.

(No. 1297.)
Dated 3rd May 1877.
As the labor involved in filling up form E, prescribed by Book Circular V
(Inspections and Examinations)-has been found to
Inspections and examina interfere with the more important duty of instructing
tions ,
policemen, the Inspector-General makes the following
rules :
1. The remarks made by gazetted police officers in Police Station Book No.
XIII (the Minute Book) in compliance with paragraph
Remarks in Minute Book,
what to embrace. sixteen of Book Circular V-(Inspections and Examina
tions) shall not involve a repetition of the details given
in forms C and D, but shall embrace a concise statement of the defects noticed in
the course of inspection, and of the orders passed to correct them. The observa
tions made upon police working shall be as brief as possible, consistently with
clearness, and inspecting officers shall mention any valuable measures taken by the
local police in connection with the prevention or detection of crime.
2. In supersession of form E, prescribed by the above-mentioned Book Cir
cular, for the record of the results of examinations, seve
New formof record of exa ral pages, in the form E given in the Appendix, shall be
minations.
inserted into the Minute Book for this purpose. This
form shall only be used at 1st and 2nd class stations, and at the lines.
Orders caneelled. 3. The following orders are cancelled to the extent
specified :
Book Circular V. , para 39, clauses 2, 3 and 4.
39 "" 29 Form D, No. XIII , Rule 2.
99 99 99 Form E.
Circular 9 of 1876, the whole.
APPENDIX.
FORM E.
Police Station of
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Departmental
Subjects of examination.
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Date of exa By whom ex- Constabu- Rank and name

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mination. amination held. lary No. of examinees.

Penal
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Results of examination to be entered by letters F., G., B., V. G., V. B , i. e., fair, good, bad,
very good, very bad.

(No. 1,356. )
Dated 8th May 1877.
As it is expedient to consolidate and amend the orders regarding the Chanda

Chanda. -
Fund, the Inspector General makes the following rules :
a
1. In every district, except Kangra, there shall be Chanda Fund maintained
Chanda Fund to be main under the regulations contained in this Circular, and
tained in every district ex under such additional orders as may from time to time be
cept Kangra. issued on the subject.
a
Simla fund to be incorpo 2. The accounts of the Simla Chanda Fund shall
rated with that of Umballa, be kept as part of the fund of the Umballa district.
POLICE DEPARTMENTAL orders. [ RECORD
3. The accounts of the Chanda Fund shall be kept in the manner described
in Book Circular No. XXXIV-(ACCOUNTS), or as may
Accounts how kept. from time to time be ordered.
Mounted constables to 4. All mounted constables shall subscribe to the

pay chanda. fund.
5. Mounted constables promoted to higher mounted grades may continue to

Procedure on promotion subscribe to the fund, or may cease to subscribe ; if they
of mounted constables. cease to subscribe, they forfeit their past subscriptions
and all claims on the fund.
Sergeants, 1st grade, and 6. Sergeants, 1st grade, and ungazetted police
higher ranks may subscribe. officers of the higher ranks may subscribe to the fund.
Rates of chanda payable. 7. The rates of subscription to the Chauda Fund

are as follows :
In the case of men mounted on horses Re. 1 per mensem ; and
in the case of men mounted on camels Rs. 1-8 per mensem :
Provided that, under special circumstances, and under the written sanction of the
Deputy Inspector General of the Circle, these rates may be increased.
8. The proportion of policemen mounted on camels shall be maintained as
directed by Book Circular No. XIII-(APPOINTMENTS
Fixed proportion ofcamels.
AND ENLISTMENTS).
9. There shall be a Committee for each Chanda Fund, which shall ordinarily
Chanda Committee. be composed of the three senior subscribers to the fund
present at the head-quarters of the district .
10. No horse or camel may be accepted and brought on the fund, unless and
No horse or camel to be until it has been passed by the Chanda Committee, and
brought on the fund unless approved by the District Superintendent of Police.
passed by the Committee.
11. A police officer entitled under rule six to join the Chanda Fund, must
first procure a horse or camel valued at not less than
Horses and camels to be
worth not less than Rs. 120.one hundred and twenty rupees, fulfilling the conditions
required in this Circular, and which shall be passed and
approved in the manner required by the last preceding rule.
Mounted constables on en 12. Every mounted constable on enrolment shall
rolment provided with ani be provided at his own expense with a horse or camel,
mals at their own expense. fulfilling the requirements of these rules.
13. No horse or camel shall ordinarily be brought on the Chanda if it is
Standard requirements over five years of age, or is less in value than one hund
for police horses brought on red and twenty rupees. The animal must be sound aud,
the fund. in the case of a horse, over 14 hands in height.
14. Police officers are forbidden to purchase, as remounts for the police or for
themselves, any mare or filly branded (in the North
Purchase of brood mares
Western Provinces) V. R., or (in the Punjab) B. M. ,
prohibited.
unless the owner or possessor of such animal produces a
certificate from the Special Stud Commission, or other competent authority, autho
rizing the sale of such animal.
15. Each District Superintendent of Police having
Register of horses and a Chanda Fund, shall maintain in English a register of
zamels,
horses and camels on the Chanda Fuud
Such register shall be in the form given in the appendix.

In registering particulars regarding camels, columus 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the re
gister may be be left blank.
16. The horse allowance of mounted constables, and a sum of rupees nine per
Procedure when sub- mensem in the cases of subscribers who have no horse
scribers neglect or ill-treat allowance, shall be paid to the Chanda Fund on the
their horses.
special order of the District Superintendent of Police,
when such constables or subscribers by misconduct or neglect render their horses or
camels temporarily unfit for service.
Such horses or camels shall be fed and treated at the expense of the Chanda
Fund until they recover or are cast, and such payments shall continue so long as
such animals are a charge to the fund.
17. Horses or camels borne on the Chanda considered unfit for further service
Mode of casting horses or shall be cast by the Chanda Committee, subject to the
camels. approval of the District Superintendent of Police.
18. On the death or casting of a horse or camel
Remounting subscribers borne on the Chanda, its late rider shall be allowed one
to the fund.
month to remount himself.
If a police officer fails to remount himself within one month, he shall forfeit his
horse allowance, or if he draws no horse allowance, then the sum of nine rupees a
month to the Chanda for such period as he may remain unmounted after the expir
ation of the month of grace.
19. When a subscriber's horse or camel dies or is cast, the sum of Rs. 100 shall
Remount allowance. be paid from the Chanda towards the purchase of a re
mount. Should the value of the said remount be less
than Rs. 120 the man shall receive that value less Rs. 20, which deduction the sub
scriber must pay himself whenever he is remounted .
20. If, in the opinion of the Chanda Committee or of the District Superinten
Chanda Committee or dent of Police, a horse or camel borne on the fund dies
District Superintendent of or is cast owing to the misconduct or neglect of its rider,
Police may reduce remount such Committee may, subject to the final orders of the
allowances. District Superintendent of Police, or the District Super
intendent of Police himself, may reduce the remount allowance payable under rule
nineteen. When the remount allowance is reduced under this rule, the amount by
which it has been reduced shall be paid by the subscriber in fault.
21. Horses and camels, borne on the fund, which
Sale proceeds of cast
horses and camels to be are cast shall be sold, and the proceeds credited to the
credited to the fund. fund.
The foals of horses and camels borne on the fund
Foals are the property of are the property of the fund, and shall be disposed of for
the fund.
its benefit.
22. On the transfer of a subscriber, or on the
Procedure on transfer of
subscribers. exchange of subscribers to the Chanda Fund, they shall
take the horses or camels in their possession with them.
The District Superintendent of Police from whose district such subscribers are
sent, shall transmit an extract from the English registers of horses and camels,
together with the sums paid as subscriptions up to date on the animals transferred,
to the District Superintendent of their new district.
As there is no Chanda in the Kangra district, when it becomes necessary for a
Deputy Inspector General to transfer a Deputy Inspector from another district, one
30 ༤༧; POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. [ RECORD
should be selected who is not a subscriber to the fund of his own district, or who is
content on promotion to forego his claims on the fund.
23. A subscriber who is discharged, invalided, superannuated, or who resigns

the service may, with the consent of District Superin
Benefits on leaving the tendent and the Chanda Committee, take his horse or
service.
camel with him, but in such case he shall forfeit his claim
on the fund .
If a subscriber is dismissed for misconduct it shall be optional with the Dis
trict Superintendent to take his horse as a remount, or to allow the owner to take
it away with him ; in the first case the horse shall be valued by the Committee (on
no occasion at more than Rs. 100) , the owner may decline the price fixed, but he
shall have no claim on the fund.
Subscribers who may be discharged, invalided, superannuated, or who may

resign, shall receive the sum of Rs. 100 from the Chanda, if they leave their horses
or camels to be disposed or given as remounts for the good of the fund : provided
that such sum shall only be so paid when the owner is not under stoppages, under
Rules sixteen or twenty.
24. In the event of a reduction in establishment, should a subscriber to the

Chanda Fund desire to receive a money grant in lieu
Procedure on reduction
of establishment . of his horse or camel, he shall be allowed to receive a
sum of Rs. 100.
25. The heirs of deceased subscribers to the Chanda
Rights of heirs of deceas
ed subscribers . Fund shall have the same option as is allowed to sub
scribers under Rule twenty-three.
26. When a horse or camel is purchased by the fund under Rule twenty-three
or twenty-four, it shall be given as a remount to the
Disposal of horses, &c., payee's or deceased subscriber's successor in office ; to
purchased by the fund.
any subscriber requiring a remount ; or, if worn-out and
considered by the District Superintendent unfit for further service, it shall be sold
by auction for the good of the fund.
If given to a man entertained to fill the vacancy, he shall pay the full price
fixed by the Chanda Committee.
If given as a remount to a person already a subscriber, he shall pay the Rs.
20, or a proportion of that sum according to the number of years the horse has
already been in the service, according to the following scale ::
If borne on the rolls under 2 years ... Rs. 20
under 4 "" ... 29 16
under 6 99 ... 39 12
under 8 "9 ... "" 4
over 8 99 ... "" 0
Orders cancelled. 26. The following orders are cancelled to the extent
specified :
Book Circular No. XXXII—(Chanda), the whole.
Circular No. 6 of 1876, the whole.
Circular No. 17 of 1876 , para 2.
Circular No. 35 of 1876 , the whole.
Memo No. 796 of 27th March 1877 , the whole.
APPENDIX
.
POLICE
.DEPARTMENT DISTR
. ICT
English
Register
Horses
Camels
and
on
Chanda
of
Fund
District
above
.the
I 2 3 1 6
4 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 MAY 1877. ]
DESCRIPTION
HORSE
OF
CAMEL
.OR
en
on
Age
rolment
. .
Height
and
,rank
Number
owner
of
name REMARK
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.
Camel
or
Horse
of
passed animal.
signature.
coming non-effective.
Hands .
Horse or Camel.
Color.
Months.
Years.
Breed.
Inches.
Particular marks.
Date of enrolment.
Sum paid by Chanda.
Names of Committee who
Date of cause of be
Price.
District Superintendent's
117
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orse 14 1Bountry
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32 POLICE DEPARTMEN ORDERS . [ RECORD

(No. 1,373. )
In compliance with the orders of the Account Department, and with the
New forms of pay bills. approval of the Accountant General, the Inspector- Gen
eral makes the following rules :
1. The pay of the police force shall be drawn in
Police pay bill.
the bills hereinafter described (namely) :—
Gazetted officers. (a) --Gazetted officers by separate bill for each offi
cer in the form supplied by the Accountant General ;
(b. )-Establishments subordinate to a District Superintendent of Police, to the
Establishment bills. Assistant District Superintendent of Police,
Simla, and to the Assistant Inspector-General
of Railway Police, in two forms given (as VIII and VIII A. ) in the appen
dix. Form VIII shall include the pay of Ser
Bill for Inspectors and geants 1st grade, and subordinate officers, to
Deputy Inspectors.
whatever branch of the Police they may be
attached, being subordinate to the officer who draws the bill ; and form
No. VIII A. shall similarly include the pay of all Inspectors and Deputy
Inspectors.
(c.)-Office establishments of Deputy Inspectors General, in the form given.
Office_establishments of (as No. VIII B. ) in the appendix.
Deputy Inspectors- General.
2. The pay of Inspectors, Deputy Inspectors and Sergeants 1st grade, shall
Pay how drawn. be drawn by name, and that of all subordinate grades by
numbers.
3. In the leave statements attached to Forms No. VIII and to No. VIIIB.
Use of leave statements the names of, and leave given to, Inspectors, Deputy
sent to Accountant General. Inspectors and Sergeants 1st grade only shall be entered.
4. By " arrears " is meant pay due to men, who have rejoined during the
Definition of " arrears." past month, for a mouth or other period prior to the
month for which the pay bill is made out.
Pay for the month then drawn for is no longer to be considered arrears.
5. If, under the operation of any leave rules in force for the time being, any
Mode of crediting leave man rejoining after the 1st of any month is not entitled
deductions for a portion of to full pay for such portion of that month as he spent on
the month for which pay leave, his pay shall be drawn nett in a separate line
bill is drawn.
immediately below that in which the full pay of the
grade to which he belongs is drawn.
Illustration. - The establishment of the district of A consists, amongst other
grades, of 300 constables 1st grade ; 250 were present the whole month for which
pay is drawn. There were 10 vacant appointments, and 40 men rejoined during
the mouth who draw full pay for broken periods. The pay would be drawn thus:
Rs.
250, at Rs. 7 ... ... 1,750 0 0
10 vacant appointments, of these 2 were filled for half
• the month ... 700
40 men rejoined from leave at different dates, nett
pay after furlough deductions ... ... 224 7 11
The total, less fines, would be given as the nett charge for the section.
6. The sums to be drawn under " arrears" shall be

Mode of ascertaining and ascertained and checked as ordered in the four next suc
checking arrears.
ceeding rules.
7. Every non-gazetted police officer shall, on rejoining from leave, personally

present, if possible, his leave certificate to the District
Leave certificates to be Superintendent of Police or his Assistant , who shall en
endorsed and filed.
dorse, in English, on it, the hour and date of rejoining,
and such certificate shall be filed in the District Superintendent's office.
8. Where non-gazetted police officers are permitted to rejoin at police stations,
the officer in charge shall endorse the particulars men
Procedure at police sta
tions. tioned in the last preceding rule on the leave certificate,
and shall forward it to the District Superintendent of
Police for record.
9. On the 1st of each month two nominal rolls , in the form attached to the
pay bills for Inspectors, Deputy Inspectors and Sergeants
Two nominal rolls of men
on leave. 1st grade, and in the form given (as No. VIII C. ) in the
appendix for the subordinate grades, shall be prepared,
showing the names of all ungazetted officers absent on leave, and the amounts of
pay due to them for the month immediately preceding.
10. The file of leave certificates shows the names of the men who rejoined in
the past month, the dates of rejoining aud the extent
Pay due to men rejoined of the leave enjoyed by them, and it shall be the duty of
how ascertainable.
the District Superintendent to ascertain, from the nomi
nal rolls described in the last preceding rule for the periods of such men's absence,
the amount of pay due to them.
Undisbursed pay of men 11. Under the heading " detail of pay of absentees
absent on duty how short refunded," the sums short drawn under the operation of
drawn.
circulars 3 and 29 of 1676 shall be shown.
12. The District Superintendent of Police or his Assistant shall prepare, or
Memoranda for testing cause to be prepared, monthly, the four memoranda
accuracy of the pay ab given (as No. VIII D. ) in the appendix, and shall use
stracts. them to test the correctness of the pay abstract.
(a).-Memorandum No. I. gives the number of vacancies in each grade, the
duration of each vacancy, and the amount saved.
(b.)-Memorandum No. II gives the number of absentees on leave in each
grade, and the gross pay not drawn.
( A copy of this statement shall be made on the salary bill sent to the
Treasury).
(c.) Memorandum No. III gives the nett leave pay undrawn during the finan
cial year then current, and per contra the arrears drawn in the same
period.
EXPLANATION. The two sides of the account will not ordinarily tally, but, on
an average, the annual totals on each side will be nearly equal.
(d.)-Memorandum No. IV gives a comparison between the amount sanctioned
and the amount drawn. The totals on both sides should be equal.
The above-mentioned memoranda shall be recorded in the District Superinten
dent's office with the office copy of the pay bills.
Para, 87, B. C. 34, revised. 13. For paragraph eighty-seven of Book Circular
XXXIV the following shall be substituted (namely) :
34 POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS . [ RECORD
" 87. The rules contained in this Circular are generally applicable to all
bodies of Police."
Circular to be read with 14. The rules contained in this Circular shall be
B. C. 34.
read as if forming part of Book Circular XXXIV.
(ACCOUNTS).
15. The following paragraphs of, and forms prescribed by, Book Circular
Orders cancelled. XXXIV. (ACOUNTS) -are cancelled (uamely) :
Seventy, seventy-one seventy-two, eighty-two, eighty-three, eighty-six, eighty
eight, ninety-five, ninety-eight, and ninety-nine, and form No. VIII.
APPENDIX.
POLICE DEPARTMENT. No. VIII. DISTRICT.
Detailed Bill of Permanent Establishment of the Police Force ofthe above district for the
month of 187
(Includes all bodies of Police except additional and punitive police. )
Name of post Nett charge Fund

Name of section and Pay. Fines. for each
ofincumbent. (leave blank.) section.. deduction.
Hospital Establish
ment.
Line Establishment.
Office Establishment.
Sergeants 1st grade

(give names).
Sergeants 2nd grade
(give numbers only.)
Sergeants 3rd grade.
Probationers.
Mounted constables.
Foot constables, 1st

grade.
Foot constables, 2nd
grade.
Foot constables, 3rd
grade.
Good conduct allow
Zance.
Personal allowances. (Vide nominal

roll attached.)
Totals for men present

ARREARS.
Carriedforward
Name of post Nett charge Fund

Name of section and Fines. for each deduction.
of incumbent. (leave blank.) Pay.
section.
Broughtforward ...
Total ...
Deduct undisbursed pay ...

* Nett sum required for payment ...
Received payment.
Dated
District Superintendent of Police.
Certified that all salaries drawn on former bills (with the exeception of those detailed be
low, whereof the total has been refunded by deduction from this bill ) have been disbursed to
the proper persons, and that receipts have been taken in acquittance rolls filed in my Office,
with receipt stamps duly defaced, for every payment in excess of Rs. 20.
Leave Statement of uncovenanted servants is t
Pay Rs. ( ) Rupees only
TREASURY, District Superintendent of Police.
Treasury Officer.
The 187
Detail ofpay of absentees refunded.
Section of establishment. Name. Period. Amount.

1
consequent
LEAVE STATEMENT.
allowance
allowance
absence
absence
Excess
person
month
For Inspectors, Deputy Inspectors and Sergeants 1st Grade.

Acting
actual
reason
Name
higher
Total
every
leave
absentee
here
each
days
over
each
act
post
pay
for
Furlough
ing
on
NATURE AND TERM ACTUAL

of
of
by
re
Privilege
.in
of
of
absentee
in
of
held
Private
Post
OF LEAVE GRANTED. DATE OF

Departu
Other
tee
.by
leave
Name
Officer
acting
af
. urn
absen
Excess
.charge
of
,F
,F
fairs
REMARKS
,
Pay
.
Sick
.
of
Ret
nce
5.,F
.
.
noted
.F
3,
abse
12
903
.
in
1.,F
7.
.
.
.
A
MDMDMDMD.MDMDM
Certified that all leaves granted to any person in superior service on this establishment,
and the total absence on such leave or without leave during the month, and temporary
appointments and promotions consequent on such absence, are detailed in the above
Statement; that no leave has been granted until by reference to the applicant's Service
Book, and to the Civil Leave Code, I had satisfied myself that it was admissible ; and
further, that all grants of leave and departures on, and returns from, leave, and all
appointments and promotions, temporary or permanent, have been recorded in the Ser
vice Book of the person concerned under my initials.
[N. B.-When leave is granted under section 9, 10 or 13, Rthe particular section should be
noted in column 8.]
To be entered in words.
† Is attached, or is blank,
No. VIII A.
Detailed Bill of Permanent Establishment of Inspectors and Deputy Inspectors of Police of
the above District for the month of 187
Name of section and Name of post Nett charge Fund

Pay. Fines. for each
of incumbent. (leave blank.) section . deductions.
INSPECTORS.
(Give names, provin
cial Nos. and grades).
DEPUTY INSPECTORS.
(Give names, provin

cial Nos. and grades).
ARREARS.
Total ...
Deduct undisbursed pay

* Nett sum required for payment
Received payment,
Dated 187
} District Superintendent of Police.
Certified that all Salaries drawn on former bills (with the exception of those detailed
below, whereof the total has been refunded by deduction from this bill ), have been disbursed
to the proper persons, and that receipts have been taken in acquittance rolls filed in my office,
Pay Rs. ( ) Rupees only.
TREASURY.
Treasury Officer.
The 187
Detail ofpay of absentees refunded.
Section of Establishment. Name. Period. Amount.

1 1
To be entered in words,
No. VIII B.
POLICE DEPARTMENT. CIRCLE.
Detailed Bill of Permanent Establishment ofthe Deputy Inspector- General of Police for the
month of 187
Name of section and of Net charge Fund

incumbent. Name of post . Pay. Fines. for each deductions
section.
Total ...
Deduct undisbursed pay

::
Net sum required for payment
Received payment,
Dated 187 .
Deputy Inspector- General of Police, Punjab.
Certified that all salaries drawn on former bills (with the exception of those detailed be
low, whereof the total has been refunded by deduction from this bill) have been disbursed to
the proper persons, and that receipts have beeh taken in acquittance roll filed in my office,
Pay Rs. ( ) Rupees only.
TREASURY. Deputy Inspector- General of Police.
Treasury Officer.
The 187 }
Detail ofpay of absentees refunded into treasury.
Section of Establishment. Name . Period. Amount.
No. VIII.-B.
consequent
allowance
allowance
Statement of Leave of Absence of every description granted to Uncovenanted Servants attached

absence
to the Deputy Inspector- General's Office during the month of 187 .

absence
Excess
month
person
higher
.actual
Acting
acting
reason
Name
every
leave
absentee
days
Total
here
over
each
each
post
pay
for
of
NATURE AND TERM ACTUAL

by
of
in
of
in
on
of
Private
of
.absentee
held
Post
Furlough
OF LEAVE GRANTED. DATE OF

,affairs
ture
absentee
Privilege
Other
.by
leave
Name
M.
Officer
acting
Excess
charge
Depar
KS
,F
of
Pay
. urn
.of
,F
.1,F2
REMAR
,1.930
absence
7.
.
noted
Sick
Ret
.
3.,F
in
.
.
.
F
5
.
M.
D.
Certified that all leaves granted to any person in superior service on this establishment,
and the total absence on such leave or without leave during the month, and temporary
appointments and promotions consequent on such absence, are detailed in the above
Statement, that no leave has been granted until by reference to the applicant's Service
Book and to the Civil Leave Code, I had satisfied myself that it was admissible ; and,
further, that all grants of leave and departures on and returns from leave and all
appointments and promotions, temporary or permanent, have been recorded in the
Service Book of the person concerned under my initials.
[ N. B.-When leave is granted under section 9, 10, or 13, the particular section should be
noted in column 8. ]
Deputy Inspector- General of Police, Punjab,
To be entered in words.
No. VIII C. (For Office record only.)

Pay Abstract for the month of 187 •
Statement showing names of men absent on leave on the 1st of 187 1
and whose pay is not drawn in the Pay Abstract for the month above quoted.
2 3 5 6 7 8
4|
Serial LEAVE OBTAINED.
Num- Rank. NAMES. Full Pay. Leave Pay. REMARKS.
ber. Extent. From To
Dated
187 District Superintendent of Pelice.
No VIII D.
POLICE DEPARTMENT DISTRICT.
Memoranda for testing the accuracy of the pay abstracts of the above district for the
Month of 187 ·
(For Office Record only)
No. 1. Memo of vacant appointments.
Members, grades, and periods. Amounts.
(Copy to be attached to salary bill sent to the Treasury.)

No. II. Memo showing the number of absentees on leave and the amount of gross pay
not drawn (to correspond with No. VIII C., Column 6.)
Number and grades . Amounts.
(For Office Record only.)

No. III. Comparison of leave pay short drawn and arrears drawn from the 1st April to date.
Sums short drawn on account Leave arrears drawn.
of leave. Total. Total.
April (add nett pay of both leave April

statements. ) May
May June
June July
July August
August September
September October
October November
November ... December
December January
January ... February
February ... March ...
March
(For Office Record only.)
No. IV Comparison between budget grants and sum drawn .
Sanctioned cost of Provincial Police Pay ofmen present (establishment.)
Cantonment Do. Ditto (Insprs. and
Municipal Do. Dy. Inspectors.)
Ferry Do. Pay of vacant appointments (No I.)
Pay of absentees on leave (No. II .)
and column 3 of leave statement .
TOTAL TOTAL
Certified that I have personally checked the above figures.
Dated
MAY 1877. ] POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS . 39

(No. 1,397).
THE subjoined extracts from the Bengal Army Regulations, on the subject of
Medals. medals, are published for convenience of reference.
2. The Inspector-General also subjoins a copy of a letter from the Govern
Medal ribbon obtainable ment of India, sanctioning the application of Government
from Army Clothing De Gazette Order, No. 286 of 1877, to the Police, and repub
partment. lishes the order in question for information.
3. In lieu of the Board of Inquiry ordered by the Army Regulations, the Dis
District Superintendent trict Superintendent of Police shall make inquiry and
to inquire and report. report in the form given in the appendix.
Deputy Inspectors- Gen 4. Indents for medal ribbon shall be submitted by
eral to submit indents for Deputy Inspectors-General of Police.
medal ribbon.
APPENDIX.
Extract from the Bengal Army Regulations.
II. FORFEITED AND LOST MEDALS.*
2,650. Medals granted for service in the field are to be withdrawn from soldiers who may
Disposal of forfeited medals. be sentenced to penal servitude, or ordered to be discharged with
ignominy, and transmitted to the Adjutant-General, with the
view of their being returned to the Secretary to Government, in the Military Department.
2,651 . Medals are to be shown at all inspections of necessaries, when officers commanding
are to ascertain that they are the property of the men showing
Inquiry into loss of medals to them. When a man is unable to produce his medal, a Board, con
be made by a Board. sisting of a British and two native officers, is to inquire into and
•
record the cause of the loss. If the Board be of opinion that the
man has designedly made away with his medal, he is to be tried by Court-martial ; and, if con
victed, put under stoppages, and the amount is to be credited to the public. In the case of a
man losing a war medal, the offender may, after five years ' absence from the regimental de
faulters' book, be recommended to the Commander-in- Chief for a new medal, on paying the
value thereof. The application will be made on War Office Form 438, and should show the
rank and corps in which the applicant won the medal.
2,652 . If the loss be proved to have occurred from carelessness or neglect, the Board may
recommend that the loser may, after two years' absence from the
When medal is lost by neglect. regimental defaulters' book, be provided with a new medal at his
own expense .
2,653. If the loss be accidental , the loser may be recommended by the Board to be sup
plied with a new medal at once, either at his own expense or that
When medalis lost by accident. of the public, according to the circumstances of the case ; it being
understood that, in order to justify the replacement of a medal at the public expense, the
loss must be proved to have occurred on duty, by some accident entirely beyond the control of
the loser. In all other cases, such as the loss of a medal cut from a tunic or stolen from a
soldier's person, the loser must pay for it himself.
2,654. The Board is invariably to call for evidence as to the character of soldiers who lose
their medals, and when no testimony regarding the loss is pro
Evidence of characterto be taken. duced beyond the loser's own assertion, the Board, except under
very special circumstances, which it will record in its finding, is
to deal with the case as if it were proved that the loss occurred from neglect.
* The rates of payment for the replacement of lost medals are :

Crimean and China medal, Rs. 3-8, clasp 0-8-0, Kaffre, good conduct or distinguished service
medal, Rs. 3-8 ; Pegu, Kabul, Sutlej, Punjab or Burmah medal, Rs. 4-10, clasp 0-9-0, Persian or
Mutiny medal, Rs. 3-12, clasp 0-12-0.; Abyssinian medal, Rs. 4-1 ; New Zealand medal , Rs. 4-8 ;
Victoria Cross Rs. 12 .
2,655. When the Board recommends medals to be replaced at once, the proceedings (War
Office Form 263 ) in original are to be transmitted in a letter, to
Procedure when medals are to gether with the prescribed form of return , giving a description of
be replaced at once. the medals and various clasps, if any. The proceedings are to be
prepared on a separate sheet in each case, unless the circum
stances attending the loss be actually the same in each. In cases in which the clasps are not
lost, they are to be transmitted with the application to be attached to the new medal.
2,656. When the Board does not recommend a medal to be replaced at once, the proceed
When immediate replacement ings are not to be forwarded to head- quarters until the prescribed
is not recommended. time has elapsed, according to the regulations above given for
making the application.
No. 32, dated 2nd May 1877, from the Government of India, Military Department,
to the Secy. to the Government of the Punjab, Home (Police) Department.
I AM directed, with reference to letter No. 911 , dated 5th April 1877 , to acquaint you, for
the information of the Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor, that the Government of India
sanction the issue of medal ribbons, under Government General Order No. 288 of 1877, to
policemen in possession of war medals.
Indents for the ribbon for the Police may be submitted by the Deputy Inspectors General
of Circles.
Government General Order No. 286 .
MEDALS.
IT is notified that in future war medal ribbons may be obtained on payment from the
Army Clothing Department, Alipore, for British and Native troops, on half-yearly indents to be
submitted by Commanding Officers on 1st April and 1st October.
Crimean. Puniar. For the present a uniform rate of
Indian Mutiny. China.
Turkish. Abyssinia. twelve annas per yard will be charged for
Good Conduct. North-West Frontier. the ribbons marginally noted. Nine
New Zealand. Persia and Burmah. inches will be the minimum quantity of
Afghanistan. I, Punjab War. medal ribbon which may be indented for.
Scinde. II. Ditto.
Maharajpur. Order of Merit.
This order cancels that portion of Government General Order No. 1080 of 1864 which refers
to medal ribbons for British Corps.
Roll of to whom it is recommended that a new Medal should be issued
at his own expense to replace the one lost.
Station Dated the
1 3 5
Corps in which the

Rank and Description of Description of Medal was earned, and Brief statement of
Name. Medal. Clasp. regimental number and cause of loss,
rank at the time.
Certified that after a most careful investigation, I am satisfied that the above decoration
was lost in an accidental manner, involving no culpability on the part of the loser.

(No. 1,441 . )
The Inspector General publishes, for the information and guidance of Police
Examinations. Officers, the subjoined resolution of the Government of
Travelling allowance. India, in the Home Department, regarding the conduct
of examinations by officers of Government.
Officers summoned from 2. Officers summoned from their head-quarters to con

their bead-quarters to con duct examinations are entitled to the ordinary travelling
duct examinations, entitled
to a special deputation al- allowance, and to a deputation allowance of ten rupees
lowance. for every night spent away from their respective stations.
Extract from the Proceedings of the Government of India, in the Home Department
(Judicial),- No. 8, under date Fort William, the 3rd February 1877.
READ again
A Public Works despatch from the Right Honorable the Secretary of State, No. 87, dated
the 14th October 1868, replying to a despatch from the Government of India on the
subject of the receipt. by certain military officers in civil employ, of fees and commis
sions with the approval of the Bombay Government, and remarking that no officer in
the public service should be allowed fees except under the previous sanction of the
Governor General in Council, as the practice of permitting officers to receive fees and
commissions, except under very exceptional circumstances, would be detrimental to
the public service .
Public Works Department circular dated 4th December 1868.
Home Department letter to the Government of the North Western Provinces, No. 36, dated
the 15th August 1874, saying that the Government of India have no objection to a
covenanted civilian, who is on privilege leave, assisting in the Pleader's examination
and receiving the usual remuneration for his services out of the fees levied upon the
examinees, but that if in any special instance a covenanted officer, not on leave, is
required for this work, and who cannot undertake it in addition to his own duties , the
best course would be to place him on special duty for that purpose, with or without
deputation allowance, and to appoint another officer to the temporary charge of his
regular duties.
Home Department endorsement to the other Local Governments and Administrations
Nos. 37 to 46, dated the 15th August 1874.
Financial Department orders Nos. 3827 and 3828, dated the 3rd November 1876 to all
Local Governments and Administrations and Officers of the Account Department, re
marking that the grant of examination fees to Officers of the Education Department
for examining schools within their own jurisdiction is objectionable, and that the
objection applies with still greater force to the grant of such fees to any officer on the
staff of a Local Government, and adding that this rule should not be held to apply to
examiners appointed to conduct University examinations.
Financial Department Resolution No. 1671 , dated the 16th March 1874, sanctioning the
" temporary employment of an Assistant Magistrate in Bengal to conduct the Native
Civil Service examination in that year on a salary of Rs. 1,000 a month, on the under
standing that the whole sum would be covered by the fees and debited to Provincial
funds.
Endorsement from the Accountant-General, to the Financial Department, No. 123, dated
the 20th November 1876, forwarding, with reference to that Department's orders of the
3rd Idem, a Resolution of the Government of Bengal on the subject of the results of
the Native Civil Service examination of 1875, with a statement attached of the remu
neration granted to the examiners.
Entry No. 1-4 in the Bengal Appointments Proceedings for July 1876, being a letter from
the Government of Bengal sanctioning the grant of Rs. 412 for assistance in the
Subordinate Civil Service examination of March preceding.
Read also----
Letter from the Government of Bombay, No. 3554, dated the 15th June 1876, requesting
sanction to the formation of a fund out of the fee receipts of the Native Subordinate
Magistrates' examination for the remuneration of the members of the examining com
mittee, composed of a Sessions Judge or Assistant Sessions Judge, a District Magistrate
or Covenanted Magistrate of the first class, and the Under- Secretary to Government
in the Judicial Department .
Home Department letter to the Government of Bombay No. 1313, dated 7th August 1876,
declining to sanction the payment of the examiners in question when they are cove
nanted civilians, it being considered undesirable that servants of Government should
receive extra remuneration for the performance of work of this description.
Letter from the Bombay Government No. 5520, dated the 15th September 1876 forwarding
copies of representations from the examiners (the Acting Assistant Judge of Tanna,
and the Acting Under- Secretáry to Government) and soliciting a re-consideration of
the above decision.
RESOLUTION. The ground advanced by the Bombay Government, in their letter of the 15th
September last, in support of the application is that the work is far more than the examiners
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could possibly perform in office hours in addition to their own duties, and that they are obliged
to devote their mornings and evenings to this special duty ; it is therefore proper to grant them
some remuneration for their trouble on the same principle as payment is made to officers engag
ed in University examinations. The Bombay Government consider it desirable to secure a full
sense of responsibility on the part of the examiners by payment for their services instead of
allowing them to regard the work as a severe additional labour imposed upon them. The ex
aminers plead the arduous and responsible character of the duty entrusted to them, and one of
them encloses memorandum of the expenses incurred by him in connection with the examina
tion, viz., in going to and returning from Bombay, remunerating a clerk, &c., the total of which
amounts to Rs. 91-10-0.
2. The Governor General in Council is of opinion that Government has a right to require
its officers to perform such public duty as part of their proper work without extra remuneration .
The Native Subordinate Magistrates' examination in Bombay is necessary to provide the re
quisite administrative machinery ; and the work connected with it is a public duty in which
Government has a right to employ its officers without extra payment. The argument that the
examiners had to work before and after " office hours " cannot be admitted . An officer is bound
to devote to the business of Government all his time, so far as the duties entrusted to him
demand it. And it is very undesirable that superior officers in the service of Government,
especially covenanted civilians, should look to extra remuneration for every piece of temporary
or periodical work on which they may be employed, and which does not fall strictly within the
sphere of their particular appointment.
3. The divisional committees in Bengal and elsewhere for the examination of young exe
cutive and police officers perform their work without any extra payment, although the work
involves a large sacrifice of time on the part of the members and also a postponement of their
regular duties. Several other instances may be cited in which officers undertake similar work
as a part of the regular duties of their appointment.
4. The payment proposed by the Bombay Government would violate a sound principle,
and would be opposed to the practice elsewhere. But as both the examiners in the present
case were led to expect extra remuneration for the past examination , the Governor General in
Council is pleased to sanction the present recommendation of the Bombay Government in
favour of these officers.
5. No such payments will, however, be sanctioned in future ; and this ruling should be
held generally applicable throughout India in supersession of all previous rulings on the sub
ject. The Bengal Government are requested to discontinue any especial payments to officers
for their assistance in the Native Civil Service examination.
6. In order to recoup the actual expenses of officers summoned away from their head
quarters, it is now ruled that in similar cases the officers concerned should be permitted to draw
travelling allowance under the ordinary rules, and a deputation allowance of Rs. 10 for every
night spent out of their respective stations.
7. The reasons on which the above orders are based do not apply to University examina
tions and other examinations of a similar character. They are not compulsory examinations
ordered by Government, but are voluntary, and are conducted by an independent body,
although Government takes an interest in their success. If Government servants have the
necessary leisure and are qualified to conduct such examinations, there is no reason why they
should not do so and receive remuneration for their services, as they may for any other legiti
mate labour of a non-official nature.
ORDER. Ordered that this Resolution be forwarded to all Local Governments and Admi
nistrations for information and guidance.
Ordered that this Resolution be forwarded to the Financial Department for information.
(No. 1,524 . )
In continuation of Memorandum No. 2262, of the 11th September 1875, re

Criminal Tribes. garding a relaxation of the rules made under the Crimi
nal Tribes Act in so far as they relate to registered
Sansis, the Inspector-General of Police publishes for guidance the subjoined Cir
cular issued by the Punjab Government, and, with the sanction of Government,
makes the following subsidiary rules :
1. Passes granted to registered persons, permitting them habitually to absent

themselves during the day time beyond the boundaries
Continuing passes.
of their towns or villages, shall contain a clause stating
that the pass in question shall not be deemed to be in force during certain specified
hours of the night.
EXPLANATION. The object of this rule is to prevent the operation of Exception II. to rule
fourteen of the rules made under the Criminal Tribes Act 1871. (These rules are hereinafter
called the rules under the Act.)
2. A list of passes granted in compliance with the terms of the subjoined

Lists of continuing passes Government Circular, shall be hung up in an accessible
to be hung up. place in the police station within whose jurisdiction the
registered persons concerned reside, and in each police station to which they may
be required to report themselves under clause (d) of rule eight of the rules under
the Act.
3. It shall be the duty of Police officers on beat and on inspection to ascertain
Duty of Police officers on whether the holders of such passes, as are mentioned in
beat. these rules, do practise lawful callings and earn honest
livelihoods. District Superintendents shall bring to the notice of the Magistrate of
the District cases of abuse of such passes, and any information relevant to proceed
ings under clause ( ) of rule eighteen of the rules under the Act.
CIRCULAR No. 12.

No. 339, dated 23rd February 1877.
From-Colonel R. YOUNG, R.E., Commissioner and Superintendent, Lahore Division,
To-The Officiating Secretary to Government, Punjab.
FORWARDS Copy of Deputy Commissioner, Ferozepore's No. 17, dated 23rd January
No. 29, of 13th February 1877, from to the effect that Rule 7 under Section 18 of Criminal
Deputy Commissioner, Gujranwala. Tribes Act of 1871 acts badly. Also copy of opinions of
No. 47, of 10th February 1877, from Deputy Commissioners, Gujranwala and Lahore on the
Deputy Commissioner, Lahore. same subject, as per letters marginally noted.
2. What is necessary is two roll calls, at dusk and at dawn, to prevent members of crimi
nal tribes from going far from home, but restriction to the village area by day is unadvisable.
No. 1188, dated Lahore, 26th March 1877.

From- C. L. TUPPER, Esquire, Officiating Under- Secretary to Government, Punjab,
To-The Commissioner and Superintendent, Lahore Division.
I am desired to acknowledge the receipt of your docket No 339, dated 23rd Ultimo, with
enclosed correspondence, relative to the working of No. 7 of the rules made under Section 18 of
the Criminal Tribes Act of 1871 , and in reply to state that the Lieutenant-Governor does not
consider any amendment of those rules necessary. There appears to be no reason why facilities
for lawful pursuits should not be adequately afforded to the criminal tribes in the Ferozepore
and Gujranwála districts, by a proper management of the system of passes provided by rule
8. Passes can be granted by lambardárs, as provided in Punjab Government Resolution
No. 3109, dated 23rd August 1875, and His Honor, with reference to the difficulty which now
appears to be felt, thinks that passes should, where necessary, be granted in such terms as to
admit of the habitual exercise of the privileges they authorize. A member of a criminal tribe
should, therefore, apply through the officer in charge of the Police station to the District
Superintendent of Police for a pass, worded so as to allow him to absent himself daily from
his village in order to pursue an honest calling, under such conditions as to return at night and
the like, as might be deemed expedient in each case, and the attention of Deputy Commissioners
is also invited to the circumstance that when such a pass has been held without cancellation
for a year, the holder would be entitled to have his name erased from the register under the
provisions of Rule 18,

(No. 1,531 . )
Dated 29th May 1877,
WITH a view to improve the police record of previous convictions in the case of
Previous convictions. European British subjects, and of persons not being na
tive Indian subjects of Her Majesty, the Inspector General
of Police makes the following rule : -
1. Convictions had in the Punjab, which, in the case of native Indian subjects
Certain convictions by Cri of Her Majesty, are ordered to be recorded in the convic
minal Courts in the Puniab, tion registers (Book No. IX) at Police stations shall, in
of persons not being native
Indian subjects, to be pub the case of persons other than native Indian subjects of
lished in the Police Gazette. Her Majesty, be recorded in the like form, together with
a descriptive roll of the person convicted, in the Police Gazette.
EXCEPTION.- District Superintendents of Police may use their own discretion as to the
publication of such convictions in the case of persons who are subjects of native states.
Ordinarily, the convictions of such persons should only be published when such persons are
hábitual offenders.
MEMO No. 1386.

To
ALL DEPUTY INSPECTORS GENERAL OF POLICE, PUNJAB.
The Inspector-General publishes for information the subjoined correspondence

Accounts. regarding his authority to sauction grants for house
Rules governing appli- rent, and points out that all applications for such grants
cations for house rent. must show distinctly
(a) that the application is according to rule ; and
(b) that it can be met out of the sanctioned budget allotment. The parti
cular heading under which the charge is to be mat must be stated .
2. On sanction being given to charge house rent to a contingent grant, that
grant must be considered pro tanto reduced, and a note to this effect entered in the
check registers.
Copy of a letter No. 1146, dated 21st April 1877, from the Inspector General ofPolice,
Punjab, to the Secretary to Government, Punjab, Financial Department.
In reply to your No. 987 of the 18th April, regarding the power to sanction house rent,
I have the honor to offer the following explanation.
2. The practice during a long series of years has been that the Inspector-General of Police
has had full authority to sanction, or refuse to sanction, contingent expenditure within
budget limits, but where applications were necessary for grants, either from savings in estab
lishment, or from the General Police Fund, it has always been the custom to obtain the sanc
tion of Government.
3. The Accountant-General is right in stating that grants of house rent have been usual
ly made by Government, for the simple reason that they have always been made against
either savings in establishment, or against the General Police Fund ; I refer of course to new
grants. Those entered in the budget can be drawn without any further authority and require
no sanction at all .
4. The principle at issue is this : " Is the Inspector- General authorized to make grants
according to rule, when there is budget provision?" In a letter by the Financial Department,
No. 1090 of the 11th September 1872, a similar principle was recognized. But the principle
has been best illustrated in the case of grants for accoutrements. For several years there
was no budget provision ; then budget provision was made, which continued for a few years
till it disappeared in 1875, and was again restored (but a smaller sum) in 1876. When there
was no provision, Government sanction was obtained to expenditure against the General Police
Fund, or against savings. When there was budget provision, the Inspector- General allotted
it. When it was insufficient, he allotted what there was and obtained Government sanction to
extra sums against the sources above indicated. With a few exeptions,* this procedure was
consistently followed.
5. The reason why any question at all arises about a matter on which there should be
no doubt, is on account of the change of system adopted last year. Government grants from
savings in establishment, and from the General Police Fund, are things of the past. The esti
mated nett income of the General Police Fund, and all savings in establishment, have been
taken into account in framing the budget for contingencies ; and, instead of a number of un
certain demands, we have a fixed demand made once for all at the opening of the budget year.
If, therefore, an application comes to me for rent, or for any other matter, which used formerly
to be referred to Governmeut for a special grant, I must endeavour to save the money from
some other source,-in other words, provide for it out of the budget in the way which seems
to me most conducive to the public service.
6. The demands for house rent would cease if we could get the buildings we require.
But the Public Works Department grant is now so small, that we are likely to lose more build
ings than we replace, and, if this is to continue, house rent will be a growing charge, and I
shall be unable to find funds for it out of the existing allotments. Whether, so long as I
can find funds from the budget, I may sanction customary house rent allowances, or refer
such cases to Government, is the point which needs decision. It would appear to me covered
by the authority of your letter No. 276S, dated 11th September 1872 (which is printed as No. 7
of the A. cases in the Police Under- Secretary's proceedings) , but I solicit an authoritative ex
planation of the rule to set at rest the doubt entertained by the Accountant General
Copy of a letter No. 1133, dated 1st May 1877 , from the Secretary to Government, Punjab,
Financial Department, to the Inspector General of Police, Punjab.
In reply to the communication from the Police Department No. 125-1146 of 21st April,
the procedure proposed for dealing with charges for house rent for the Police, is considered
to be in accordance with the orders of Government of 11th September 1872 for dealing gene
rally with the miscellaneous and unforeseen contingencies of the Police Department, and is
approved of by Government in this Department accordingly, on the understanding stated in the
5th para of the communication above quoted, viz., that such charges must be in accordance
with rule, and must, like all other expenditure of this Department, be met out of the total
budget grant to it.
MEMO No. 1,442 .

Informs him that police officers may have a private copy of the Police Gazette
(either English or Urdu) on payment of four rupees per annum payable in advance.
2. Subscriptions to the Police Gazette should be paid in to the local treasury
to credit of police under " Miscellaneous," and on receipt, in the Inspector-General's
office, of the treasury officers acknowledgment the Gazette will be regularly forwarded.
No. 1428, DATED 21ST MAY 1877.

The Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Umballa Circle.
Returns District Superintendent of Umballa's diary of the 12th May and ob
serves that the Inspector-General does not wish Sikli
Siklighars only to be em ghars employed to clean either carbines or bayonets
ployed to repair swords and but merely to repair swords or scabbards.
scabbards.
2. The police should keep their own arms clean, and recruits and men under
punishment should be employed to clean spare arms in the magazine.
* NOTE.--One of these exceptions took place in 1872 ; it was an oversight.

MEMO No. 1526.

Informs him that, pending the issue of a circular on the subject, the orders
contained in paragraph 227 of Book Circular XII, regarding the relief of escorts,
are modified, so far as they relate to escorts over treasure, to the extent indicated
in the next succeeding paragraph.
2. When treasure is escorted out of the Punjab and passes through Umballa,
the Punjab Police guard shall be relieved at Saharanpur ; when the escort passes
through Delhi and travels by the Sind Punjab and Delhi Railway, it shall not be
relieved, but when such escorts travels by the East India line it shall be relieved
at Allygarh. Conversly, treasure escorts of the North-West Provinces police pro
ceeding to the Punjab shall, when travelling on the East India Railway, be relieved
at Delhi, and when travelling on the Sind Punjab and Delhi Railway, at Umballa
Cantonments.
MEMO No. 1542.

To
ALL DEPUTY INSPECTORS-GENERAL OF POLICE, PUNJAB.
Publishes for information a copy of a revised letter No. 1,167 of the 28th
February from the Government of India, stating the principle on which free carriage
for tents and horses by Railway will be allowed to gazetted Police officers.
No. 1167, dated 28th February 1877, from the Officiating Under- Secretary to the Government
ofIndia, to the Officiacing Secretary to the Government of the Punjab.
In reply to your letter No. 2870, dated 5th October 1876, regarding the payment of the
Railway fare of horses of police officers in the Punjab, transferred from one district to another;
I am directed to state that actual travelling expenses are not admissible to an officer trans
ferred from one station to another and that it is important that no precedent should be afford
ed for any innovation in this respect.
2. But if an officer is ordered to proceed to a distant station so quickly that he is
obliged to send his tents and horses by rail or steamer, the Governor-General in Council has no
objection to the Local Government allowing him, by a special order, to recover the actual
cost of their carriage in addition to his authorized travelling allowances.
MEMO No. 1,547.
I have the honor to request you will instruct District Superintendents of

Police that, in future, pockets are not to be made outside
Equipment. the summer blouse.
2. Cap-pockets will be supplied in the same way and in the same numbers as
ammunition pouches. They will be worn on the waist belt.
JUNE 1877. ] POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. 47
MEMO No. 1,698.

Publishes a letter, No. 2360 dated 4th June 1877, from the Secretary to the
Post Mortem exami Punjab Government, conveying sanction to a proposal
nations for certain Police for the Medical Officer of Talagang to perform post
Stations to be performed
by the Medical Officer of mortem examinations for the Police Stations of Tamman,
Talagang. Talagang and Kalar Kahar, in the Jhelum District.
From The Secretary to Government, Punjab, Home Department.
To-The Under- Secretary to Government, Punjab, Police Department.
In reply to his No. 155 dated 21st May last, conveys approval of the Hon'ble the Lieutenant
Governor to the Medical Officer at Talagang performing post mortem examinations for the
Police Stations of Tamman, Talagang and Kalar Kahar and to his drawing the usual fee of Rs.
16 in each case.
MEMO No. 1,705.

The Inspector-General directs that on jail guards, when the carbine and bayonet
are carried, swords are not to be worn, but should be
Equipment. left in the arm rack.
LETTER No. 1,737, DATED 18th JUNE 1877.

In reply to his No. 1774 of the 4th June, has the honor to state that Deputy
When travelling expenses Inspectors and Inspectors who are transferred on promo
may be drawn by Inspectors ticn will obtain travelling expenses under the rule pub
and Deputy Inspectors. lished in Circular 10 of 1866.
2. If a Deputy Inspector or Inspector is transferred at his own request to
suit his own convenience and not on public grounds, he must bear the expenses of
his journey himself.

(No. 1,597.)
Travelling allowance . The Inspector-General makes the following addition
to Circular 5 of 1877 regarding expenses of non-gazetted
Expenses of non-gazetted officers transferred, or deputed beyond the limits of a
officers on transfer, &c.
district, & c.
1. The following addition shall be inserted after the last clause of the ex
planation to paragraph 1 of the Circular :-
Provided that in no case may the expense exceed 1 annas a mile, or the price
of a second class ticket (whichever may be the cheaper) by rail ; or four annas a
mile by road.

(No. 1,844 .)
Police. As Enfield rifles have been distributed to a certain
Custody of Government
rifles, ammunition and ac. portion of the Frontier Police, His Honor the Lieutenant
coutrements in the hands Governor makes the following orders relative to the safe
of the Trans- Indus police, custody of these weapons ::
Arms and accoutrements 1. Arms and accoutrements in the hands of the

to be marked. police shall be marked as follows :
Arms shall be stamped with the initial letter of the district and the serial
number of the arm on the heel plate on the butt ; and accoutrements shall be
similarly stamped, and the number of the month and year shall be added ; belts to
be marked on the inner side, and pouches inside the flap.
Issues of arms to be made 2. No issues of arms or ammunition shall be made
by order of District Super- from the police magazine, except by order, and on the
intendent.
responsibility of the District Superintendent of Police.
3. District Superintendents of Police shall take
Stock of arms to be taken stock of all arms, ammunition and stores in the hands of
half-yearly.
See Circular 34 of 1871 . the police half-yearly, and whenever a new District
Superintendent assumes charge.
Constables to be respon 4. Rifles shall be issued to the constables who are
sible for their rifles. to use them, on their individual responsibility.
Rifles are not to be transferred from one constable to another without the
Transfers how effected. orders of the District Superintendent of Police, except in
cases of emergency ; and every transfer shall be made in
presence of a Deputy Inspector of Police or superior officer, who shall carefully
examine the weapon transferred.
Nothing in this rule shall be held to limit the responsibility of sergeants and
superior police officers for the complement of arms attached to their posts.
Constables to give secu 5. Every constable to whom a rifle may be entrus
rity for their rifles. ted shall give security to the extent of Rs. 50.
6. The cost of arms, ammunition or accoutrements lost, injured or damaged
Cost of arms, &c., damag through neglect, carelessness or malice, and the cost of
ed or stolen to be recovered all such articles as may be stolen from any member of
from party concerned . the force, shall be made good by him.
A copy of this rule shall be hung up in every police barrack, station and post.
Lock-up arm racks to be 7. Lock-up arm racks for arms and ammunition
supplied where required shall be supplied for the barracks, stations and posts
and to be guarded. where men are armed with rifles.
One man shall always be left on duty over the arms.
Arms, &c., of men absent 8. The arms and ammunition of men sick in hos
from duty to be sent to pital or on leave, shall be sent to the magazine for safe
magazine. custody during the absence from duty ofthe men concerned.
Line officers to report on Line officers and officers in charge of stations, sending
condition of arms, &c., sent in arms and ammunition to the magazine, shall report upon
to magazine. the condition in which such arms or ammunition are, orisin.
Escorts to carry ball 9. Escorts over treasure or convicts shall carry 10
ammunition. rounds of ball ammunition in pouch.
10. If any service ammunition in pouch becomes broken, the District Super
Damaged ammunition to intendent of Police shall, after determining how it became
be returned to magzine, and damaged , return it into the police magazine, and issue an
fresh ammunition issued. equal quantity of fresh ammunition.
Service ammunition to be 11. Service ammunition shall be kept always com
kept complete, the oldest plete. The oldest ammunition and ammunition in pouch
being used for practice, and shall be used for practice, and shall be replaced by that
replaced by new. received for practice.
JULY 1877. ] POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS . 49
LETTER No. 1892.

Dated 2nd July 1877.
To
THE DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, LAHORE CIRCLE .
In reply to his No. 951 of the 18th June, states that in Memorandum No. IV
attached to Circular 16 of 1877, gross pay must be
Pay abstract. shown on the debit side, that is before deductions an
account of fines or leave have been taken out.
* * * *
MEMO. No. 1966.

Dated 5th July 1877.
To
With reference to entries recently perused by the Inspector General in the
Men of certain castes recruit register, Colonel Miller desires Deputy Inspectors
not to be enrolled as police- General will impress on District Superintendents of
men. Police that dhobis, potters, oil expressers, and men of
such castes are unsuitable for Police employ, and may not be enrolled.
ERRATUM .
In Circular 17 of 1877 paragraph 2 line 2 for " Government Gazette Order,"
read "Government General Order."
MEMO. No. 2070.

Tổ
ALL DEPUTY INSPECTORS GENERAL OF POLICE , PUNJAB.
Forwards for information and guidance, in continuation of this office No. 1542
Charges by Gazetted off of the 29th May, the subjoined correspondence regarding
cers for horses and tents charges by a Gazetted officer for horses or tents sent by
sent by rail. railway.
2. In submitting such bills for sauction , officers must be careful to explain
the necessity for despatching horses or tents by railway.
Copy of a letter No. 1757, dated 2nd July 1877 , from the Secretary to Government, Panjab,
to the Accountant General, Punjab.
In reply to his No. 7S dated 29th May, states that, on consideration of the revised letter
of the Government of India No. 1167 , dated 28th February last, the Lieutenant Governor
agrees that the bills for Railway fare of horses of Police officers shall be referred to this
department for sanction as Accountant General wishes.
No. 1758, dated 2nd July 1877.
Copy of the foregoing forwarded to Inspector General of Police, Punjab, in modi
fication of former orders, and with a request that all necessary
Financial explanation be furnished on each occasion,
No. 2089.
In reply to his No. 1933 of the 22nd June, and in supersession of this office
No. 1705 of the 12th idem, the Inspector General directs that policemen shall not
take their swords when told off for jail guard duty.
2. The swords of men on the Jail guard shall be kept in the magazine and
shall be re-issued to them when they are relieved from that duty.
LETTER No. 2100.

To
THE DEPUTY INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF POLICE, LAHORE CIRCLE.
In reply to his No. 996 of the 27th June, observes that in a subsequent com
munication (No. 1889 of 2nd instant) the Inspector General has admitted the
clerks of Deputy Inspector General's offices to the benefits of Police Circular 5 of
1877 when travelling on duty with the head of their office.
2. In accordance with the practice in the Civil Department ( Government
Circular LXXVIII - 19 of 21st July 1866 , and Judicial Commissioner's Circular
No. 145 of 1st December 1859) , Police Officers drawing less than Rs. 50 per mensem
will be allowed actual expenses not in excess of two aunas a mile by road, except
in cases of pursuit and other urgent necessity, when it may be important and
essential to adopt rapid means of travelling at greater expense.
MEMO. No. 2153.

In scrutinizing the indents for accoutrements and stores procured in India,
the Inspector General notices that many District Superintendents of Police apply
for a few belts, pouches or slings to replace those that are unserviceable.
2. As far as possible, both for smartness of appearance and for easy check of
misuse of Government appointments, it is preferable to make complete and not
partial issues of accoutrements worn by the whole force as worn by an entire branch
of the force. If a few articles become worn out by fair wear and tear before
their time, District Superintendent should supply the wearers with serviceable
articles from those in store belonging to men sick on leave &c., and should refrain
from indenting until the whole issue is unserviceable. If men spoil their accoutre
ments, they should replace them at their own expense.
No. 2250.
Publishes for information and guidance, a copy of Secretary to Government's
No. 2817 of the 14th July, deciding that Resolution No. 4228 of the 23rd Noven
ber 1874 by the Punjab Government in the Home Department, prescribing certain
educational tests for all persons appointed or promoted to an office in any Civil
Department of which the salary exceeded Rs . 25 per mensem, does not apply to the
Police.
Copy of a letter No. 2817 dated 14th July 1877, from Secretary to Government, Punjab,
to the Inspector General of Police, Punjab.
In reply to your letter No. 182 of 28th June last, regarding the applicability to the Police
of the order of the Government of India No. 4228 dated 23rd November 1874, on the subject of
examinations ; I am desired to state that the Honorable the Lieutenant Governor, seeing that
the examination for the higher grades of Police is conducted in writing, considers that the
test prescribed is sufficient.
JULY 1877. ] POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. 51

( No. 2,152 ).
In order to improve the control over Police expenditure, the Inspector General
makes the following rule :—
Amendment of Circular 1. Circular 6 of 1877 shall be read as if the
6 of 1877. following paragraphs were added, that is to say :
Only Imperial expendi 5. Only expenditure appertaining to the budget of
ture to be entered in these the Imperial (Provincial) Police shall be entered in the
registers. registers prescribed by this circular.
6. The officers mentioned in paragraph one shall enter, whenever there has
Expenditure how dis been contingent expenditure on account of any branch
tinguished in contingent other than the Imperial branch of the Police, under each
bills. item, or under such items as may be necessary, the
Imperial charges in black and the other charges in red ink.
Railway Police regarded 7. For the purposes of these rules, the Railway
as Imperial. Police shall be considered Imperial Police.
MEMO. No. 2292.

To
The Inspector General publishes for information the subjoined Notification in

the Financial Department, dated 20th July 1877 : -
No. 2041.-In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 35 of the Court

Exemption of certain Fees Act, VII of 1870, and in supersession of the Notifi
documents from the fees cation in the Financial Department, No. 4366, dated
31st October 1870, the Governor-General in Council is
chargeable under the Court
Fees Act, VII of 1870. pleased to remit the fees chargeable under the said Act
in respect of
1st.-Copies of all documents furnished under the orders of any Court or
Magistrate to any Government Advocate or Pleader, or other person
specially empowered in that behalf, for the purpose of conducting any
trial or investigation on the part of Government before any criminal
court.
2nd.-Copies of all documents which any such Advocate, Pleader or other
person is required to take in connection with any such trial or investi
gation for the use of any Court or Magistrate, or may consider necessary
for the purpose of advising the Government in connection with any
criminal proceeding.
Srd.-Copies ofjudgments and depositions required by officers of the Police
Department for conducting appeals on behalf of Government before
any criminal Court.
MEMO, No. 2293.

Dated 31st July 1877.
Under instructions from Government, the Inspector General publishes the
Execution of warrants of subjoined resolution regarding the procedure to be
arrest against railway ser adopted in executing warrants of arrest in cases where
vants.
the person to be apprehended is a railway servant.
2. Whenever it is practicable, such warrants should be entrusted to officers
Such warrants to whom in charge of Police stations who will be responsible for
to be enstrusted. taking measures to prevent the escape of the person
against whom the warrant is issued until he is relieved
and arrested . Such warrants shall not be endorsed by a Police officer to any Police
officer below the rauk of sergeant.
3. On the issue of such warrants, District Superintendents of Police shall
communicate as quickly as possible with the superior of
Application for relief of the railway servant to be arrested with a view to his
person to be arrested.
being relieved of his functions.
Extract from the Proceedings of the Government of India in the Home Department (Police),—
No. 203, under date the 20th June 1877.
READ the undermentioned papers regarding the arrest of a Railway servant without measures
being previously taken to provide for the proper performance of his duties, and the
probable danger to the public safety thereby occasioned :
From Foreign Department, No. 523G. , dated 28th February 1877, and enclosures,
To the Registrar of the High Court, Calcutta, No. 67, dated 10th March 1877.
From the Registrar of the High Court, Calcutta, No. 707, dated 14th May 1877.
RESOLUTION. In this case a Stationmaster on the Rajputana State Railway was arrested
under Section 183 of the Criminal Procedure Code and removed from his post before he was
relieved by a qualified person.
2. According to law the Officer entrusted with a warrant is not absolutely, and in all
cases, bound to arrest the person against whom it is issued at the first moment it is possible to
do so ; and in order to prevent the recurrence of inconvenience and difficulty similar to that
complained of by the manager of the Rajputana State Railway, the Government of India
desire that Local Governments and administrations will issue such orders as will ensure that
warrants issued against Railway servants be entrusted for execution to some Police Officer of
superior grade, who shall, if he find on proceeding to execute the warrant that the immediate
arrest of the Railway servant would occasion risk or inconvenience, make all arrangements
necessary to prevent escape and apply to the proper quarter to have the accused relieved
deferring arrest until he is relieved.
ORDER. Ordered . that this Resolution and copy of the papers read be forwarded to Local
Governments and Administrations for information and guidance, and to the Foreign and Pub
lic Works Departments for information and for the issue of such further orders as may be
necessary.
No. 521 G., dated 28th February 1877.
From The Offg . Under- Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Dept.
To - The Officiating Agent to the Governor- General for Rajputana.
With reference to your letter No. 3319–1627G.. dated 3rd October 1876, submitting a re
port from the Manager of the Rajputana State Railway regarding the arrest of the Station
master of Nusseerabad, I am directed to state that the Governor- General in Council concurs
in Mr. Lyall's view of Section 183 of the Criminal Procedure Code as applicable to the arrest
of a Railway Stationmaster.
No. 523G.
Extract from Rajputana Agency diary for the week ending the 5th August 1876 Copy of the above
(entries Nos. 1 and 2)
To Officiating Agent to the Governor- General for Rajputana, No. 1917G. , dated together with copy of the
1st September ÏS76. papers marginally noted
From Othiciating Agent to the Governor- General for Rajputana No. 3319— forwarded to the Home
10270 , dated 3rd October 1876. Department for informa
tion.
JULY 1877. ] POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. 53
Extactfrom Rajputana Agency Diary for the week ending the 5th August 1876.
1. FROM the Manager of the Rajputana State Railway, No. 3466, dated 20th July 1876.
Intimates that the Cantonment Magistrate of Agra recently issued a warrant of arrest under
which the Stationmaster of Nusseerabad was seized by the Railway Police and carried to
Ajmere, where after some hours he was able to find bail and was released, the Station mean
time being left without a competent head. States that he cannot say whether in this case any
danger was incurred, but considers that at any time to remove a Stationmaster when no quali
fled person is at hand to perform his work endangers the public safety. Enquires if it is not
possible to give the Superintendent of Police such discretionary power in the execution of
warrants as will afford time for the relief of an offending Stationmaster, who may in the mean
time remain under police surveillance. Adds that the delay would not always be necessary,
and would rarely be 24 hours, and that the matter seems to be one which the Superintendent
of Police might be allowed to arrange with the Traffic Superintendent without any material
drawback.
2. To the Manager of the Rajputana State Railway, No. 2724-71R. - Acknowledges and
states that Section 183 of the Criminal Procedure Code requires that the officers executing a
warrant shall, without unnecessary delay, bring the person arrested before the Magistrate.
Considers that in the case of a Railway Stationmaster, this section authorizes the delay neces
sary to provide for the due performance of that part of his duties with which the public safety
is directly concerned, proper precautions of course being taken to prevent the prisoner's es
cape. In the particular case mentioned by the Manager, is of opinion the person arrested ought
to have been taken before the Magistrate in whose local jurisdiction the arrest was made.
Adds that it does not precisely appear from Captain Pye's letter whether he was arrested with
in the jurisdiction of the Magistrate of Nusseerabad, but if he was, he should not have been
taken to Ajmere.
No. 1917 G., dated 1st September 1876.
From-The Assistant Secretary to the Govt. of India, Foreign Department.
To-The Officer in charge of the Rajputana Agency.
With reference to entries Nos. 1 and 2 in the Political Diary of the Rajputana Agency for
the week ending the 5th August 1876 , on the subject of the arrest of the Stationmaster of
Nusseerabad, I am directed to request that a report on the matter may be submitted for the
information of the Governor-General in Council.
No. 3319-1627G., dated 3rd October 1876.
From -The Officiating Agent to the Governor- General in Rajputana.
To-The Officiating Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department.
With reference to your office letter No. 1917G, dated 1st September 1876, I have the
honor to submit copy of a letter No. 4575, dated the 23rd Ultimo, from the Manager of the
Rajputana State Railway, furnishing the report called for on the arrest of the Stationmaster of
Nusseerabad.
No. 4575, dated 23rd September 1876.
From The Manager of the Rajputana State Railway.
To The Agent to the Governor-General for Rajputana.
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your No. 3149-81R. , dated 15th Septem
ber 1876 asking for a report upon the arrest of the Stationmaster of Nusseerabad in June last.
2. On 22nd June 1876 the Superintendent of Railway Police received a warrant from the
Cantonment Magistrate of Agra for the arrest of " Mr. Stringer, of the Rajputana State Rail
way Bandequey," who was charged with provoking a breach of the peace. This Mr.
Stringer might be released if he could find bail in Rs. 200 and two sureties in Rs. 100 each to
appear before the Magistrate at Agra on 26th June.
3. Now there were two men called Stringer employed on this Railway-one, an old ser
vant, was Stationmaster of Nasseerabad, the other, who had more recently been employed , was
a guard, and was the man charged with the above offence. The Superintendent of Railway
Police did not know of the latter man's existence, nor did his European Sergeant Leeson, who
was formerly a Stationmaster on the Railway, and might reasonably be expected to know the
staff ; but as he did happen to know that Stationmaster Stringer had recently been at Agra, it
was but natural that he should assume that this was the man concerned.
4. The Superintendent of Police wrote to the Traffic Superintendent, suggesting Station
master Stringer's immediate relief, but to use his own words-" Though doing this out of con
sideration for the Railway service, I had no power to disobey the warrant, or to hold it in
abeyance. * * In fact, I at once directed Sergeant Leeson to proceed to Nusseerabad
and execute it,"
5. There was no one to relieve Stationmaster nearer than Agra ; so when Sergeant
Leeson arrived at Nusseerabad and arrested him, the station had to be left in charge of the
Goods Clerk, who was not competent to hold such a post. As to the actual manner of arrest,
there is a difference of description . According to aggrieved man, he was not permitted to
leave the platform for a change of clothes, but was hurried into a carriage and taken at once
to Ajmere. According to the Sergeant he had leisure to hand over charge to the Goods Clerk,
to send for a cup of tea from his house, and provide himself with a small portmanteau, in
which there was probably the change of clothes referred to. At all events he was taken to
Ajmere where he found the requisite bail.
6. After hearing all that was urged on this point, and knowing the character of the man
concerned, I came to the conclusion that, though there may have been some precipitation in
the manner of making this arrest, there was no need for any further action in the matter beyond
drawing the attention of the Superintendent of Police to the circumstances. But I did object
most strongly in the interest of the public safety to any arrest of a Stationmaster until some
qualified person could be detailed to relieve him, and consequently made a representation to
your office, which led to Mr. Lyall's ruling that such delay may be incurred in the execution of
warrants as is necessary to provide for that part of a Stationmaster's duties with which the
public safety is directly concerned. This is all that is needed from a railway point of view.
7. I also made a representation to the Officiating Cantonment Magistrate of Agra regard
ing the difficulties which are liable to follow vague descriptions of persons in warrants of
arrest.
From- The Officiating Secretary to the Government of India, Home Department,
To-The Registrar of the High Court, Calcutta.
WITH reference to the accompanying letter from the Officiating Agent, Governor
General, Rajputana, dated the 3rd October last, and of the reply
* Tothe Government of India, to it, I am directed to suggest that such difficulty as was experi
in the Foreign Department.
enced in the case mentioned in the correspondence might be
avoided by a ruling that warrants issued against railway servants who cannot be taken suddenly
away from their posts without causing risk or grave inconvenience to the public should be
entrusted for execution to some intelligent police officer of superior grade, and that such officer
should, if on proceeding to execute the warrant he finds that the immediate arrest of the rail
way servant concerned would occasion risk or grave inconvenience to the public, simply make
arrangements to prevent escape, and apply to the proper quarter to have the accused relieved,
deferring arrest until he is relieved . As the law now stands, police officers entrusted with
warrants do not appear to be absolutely, and in all cases, bound to arrest the accused person at
the first moment it is possible to do so.
2. In the opinion of the Government of India the above suggestion can be carried out by
means of rules issued by the High Court under Section 292 of the Criminal Procedure Code,
and I am desired to request the favour of the Court's opinion on the subject.
No. 707, dated 14th May 1877.
From The Officiating Registrar of the High Court, Bengal,
To-The Officiating Secretary to the Government of India, Home Department.
I AM directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No. 67 , of the 10th March 1877,
forwarding copy of a correspondence with the Agent,
HIGH COURT. Governor-General, Rajputana, suggesting that it should be
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT. ruled that only intelligent police officers of a superior grade
Criminal. should be entrusted with the execution of warrants against
PRESENT :
The Hon'ble Sir R. Garth, KT., Chief Railway officials who cannot be taken away suddenly from
Justice. their post without causing risk or grave inconvenience to
The Hon'ble Louis S. Jackson, the public, and that where it is found that either is likely
The Hon'ble W. Markby, Judges. to be caused by the immediate arrest of the railway servant,
The Hon'ble W. Ainslie,
The Hon'ble G. G. Morris, the police officer should simply make arrangements to pre
vent escape and apply to the proper quarter to have the
accused relieved, and differ arrest until he is relieved.
2. In reply, I am to say that the Court considers that the ruling suggested is a proper
one, and that it will suffice to meet the difficulty brought to notice ; but the Judges understand
that the matter being of an executive nature will be dealt with under the orders of Government.
No. 2676, dated 4th July 1877.
COPY forwarded to all Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners, and to Inspector-General
of Police, Punjab, for information and guidance.
AUGUST 1877. ] POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. 85
MEMO No. 2176.

Dated 23rd July 1877.
The Inspector General requests Deputy Inspectors General will draw the
attention of District Superintendents of Police to the provisions of Memo No. 2653
of 6th September 1876, regarding the execution of petty repairs to buildings by
the Police themselves.
2. Officers in charge of Police Stations must be held responsible that earth is
thrown upon the roofs and beaten down when necessary. Estimates and requisi
tions for such simple matters are quite unnecessary, and the delay involved by
them is often the cause of serious damage to the building.
No. 2443, DATED 13TH AUGUST 1877.

From Inspector General of Police, Punjab, to the Deputy Inspector General of Police,
Umballa Circle.
In reply to his No. 1469 of the 4th August, sanctions his recommendation to
entertain Kallals provided they are Sikh Kallals.
MEMO No. 2465.

The Inspector General draws the particular attention of Police Officers to Fi
nancial Resolution No. 2330 of the 3rd August, ( republished in Punjab Gazette of the
9th instant, page 1019) , sanctiouing the retention in the service of sergeants of the
2nd and 3rd Grades after they have been invalided, pending the decision on their
applications for pension or gratuity, provided they are fit for light work and their
places are not filled up.
MEMO No. 2466.

Publishes for information and guidance, the subjoined correspondence in which
the Inspector-General of Police is empowered to deal with the deputation of Gazet
ted and other Police Officers.
Copy of a letter No. 57S, dated 19th June 1877, from the Secretary to Government, Punjab, to
the Secretary to the Government of India, Financial Department.
At the request of the Accountant-General , I am desired to submit a copy of a correspon
dence as per margin,* and to solicit the sanction of the
From Inspector-General of Police, No. Government of India to the orders issued by the Lieute
46 dated 13th February.
To Do. No. 463 dated 22nd idem. nant-Governor, empowering the Inspector- General of
Το Do. No. 1412 dated 23rd May. Police, who is also Under Secretary in the Home (Police)
From Accountant - General, No. 418, dated Department, to sanction the deputation of policemen or
4th June. parties of police, and also Gazetted Police Officers, out of
their districts in investigations into criminal cases, and to deal finally with charges for the
necessary expenditure subject to the rules in force and to the audit as usual by the Accountant
General.
The deputation of police officials in pursuit of criminals is a purely administrative matter,
which the Financial Department cannot ordinarily sanction beforehand and can only confirm
afterwards ; nor is this department in a position effectually to check the details of charges.
It seems preferable, therefore, that ordinarily the arrangements should be dealt with and dis
posed of by the Police and Account Departments, without reference to the Local Gevernment.
Copy of a letter No. 1956, dated 19th July 1877, from the Secretary to the Government of India,
Financial Department, to the Secretary to Government, Punjab.
In acknowledging the receipt of your letter No. 57S, dated the 19th June 1877, and the
papers therewith forwarded, I am directed to state that the Governor- General in Council con
firms the proceedings of the Honorable the Lieutenant- Governor, authorising the Inspector
General of Police to deal finally with charges connected with the deputation of police officials
out of their districts in investigations into criminal cases,
39
Copy of No. 2084 , dated 31st July 1877, from Secretary to Government, Punjab, to the Inspector
General ofPolice, Punjab.
Copies of the foregoing forwarded to Inspector-General of Police, Punjab, in continua.
tion of No. 1412, dated 23rd May 1877.
MEMO No. 2556.

The Inspector-General publishes , for the information of Police Officers, the
subjoined Circular by the Director General of Post Offices
Official Correspondence .
Abbreviations in franking in India, regarding the use of abbreviations in franking
official covers .
covers.
Circular No. 26-1670, dated 16th June 1877, from Director General of the Post Office of
India, to the Secretary to the Government of India, Financial Department.
In reply to your communication No. 217 dated 27th April 1877, I have the honor to state
that the recognition of customary abbreviations of franks has been enjoined in the Punjab, pend
ing a consideration of the best way of modifying the existing rules.
Endorsement by the Government of India, Financial Department.
No. 1768, dated 21st July 1877 .
Copy of this letter forwarded to the Government of the Punjab, with reference to their
letter No. 815 dated 27th March 1877, and to the Military Department, with reference to its No.
119S, dated 20th April 1877 : the original papers received from that Department being returned.
FINANCIAL.
ENDORSEMENT BY THE PUNJAB GOVERNMENT.
No. 2147, dated 6th August 1877 .
Forwarded to all Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners and Heads of Departments, in
continuation of Circular No. 13-814, dated 27th March 1877.
MEMO No. 2595.

The particular attention of District Superintendents of Police is drawn to the
subjoined note, recently added to Section 54 of the Civil Pension Code, requiring
certain particulars in the cases of men invalided on the ground of general debility
before attaining the age of 55 years.
2. District Superintendents of Police will, in these cases, arrange to take a
second medical opinion when there is more than one medical officer at the place ;
and, when there is only one medical officer, the invalid shall be sent, under orders
of the Deputy Inspector General, to the most convenient district where another
opinion can be had.
3. In the case of the Railway Police, the Assistant Inspector General can
himself arrange to have his men invalided at a convenient station where there are
medical officers available.
4. The officer submitting such applications for gratuity or pension must
append sufficient information to enable the Inspector General to give the explana
tion called for from the head of the department.
Section 54, Civil Pension Code.-No. 2.
If the examining medical officer, though unable to discover any specific disease in the
officer, considers him incapacitated for further service by general debility whilst under the age
of 55 years, he should give detailed reasons for his opinion ; and, if a second medical opinion
be easily obtainable, it should always, in such a case, be obtained. In cases of this kind,
special explanation will be expected from the head of the office or department concerned of
the grounds on which it is proposed to invalid the officer.- Financial Department, No. 2611
of 17th August 1877.
MEMO No. 2607.

Requests that the heading of Column 8 of the return of deaths of European

uncovenanted officers, published with Circular 9 of 1871 ,
Return of death of Euro
pean uncovenanted officers. may be corrected as follows, for " If any property left, in
what country" read " Ifany property left, in what custody."
No. 2645.
From Under-Secretary to Government, Punjab, Home ( Police) Department, to
Commissioner and Superintendent, Peshawar Division.
In continuation of my No. 1845, of 26th June last, regarding the issue of

Eufield rifles, I am directed to forward, for adoption in
Form of security bond to the Peshawar and Kohat dirtricts, the enclosed form
furnished by policemen of security bond to be furnished by policemen to whom
be whom
to rifles are issued.
rifles are served out.
No. 259, D.A., dated 8th August 1877.

From-Officiating Government Advocate, Punjab,
To-The Inspector General of Police, Punjab.
IN reply to your letter No. 2346 of 6th instant, I have the honor to enclose a form of
security bond, which I would recommend for adoption for the purposes of Police Circular No. 22
of 1877 in lieu of the draft received with your communication.
2. As the security is to be taken for the rifle and accoutrements served out to each consta
ble (Sections 5 and 6 of Circular), the draft bond would appear to go too far in holding the
security equally responsible in case of loss or damage to rifles served out to other constables
than the one for whom the security is given. Such a provision would convert the security bond
into a guarantee against neglect of duty or breach of discipline, which I fancy is hardly intended.
3. It is necessary, in my opinion, that the Secretary of State for India in Council should
be named as the obligee.
FORM OF SECURITY BOND.
4 annas non-judicial.
KNOW all men by these presents that we, A. B. of , and C. D. of , and each
of us, our and each of our heirs, legal representatives and assigns, are firmly bound unto
the Secretary of State for India in Council, his successors and assigns, for the payment to him or
them of the sum of Rupees fifty by way of liquidated damages. Dated this day of
187
Whereas W. X., son of Y. Z. of the police, has been entrusted with the custody
of an Enfield rifle, ammunition caps and accoutrements appertaining thereto on our becoming
sureties for his taking proper care thereof : Now the above written obligation is conditioned to
be void if the said W. X. shall not, in the opinion of his District Superintendent of police, which
opinion shall be expressed in writing, and shall be deemed to be conclusive evidence of the
fact stated therein for the purposes of this bond
(1.) Wilfully or negligently damage, break or destroy the said Government rifle in his
possession or any other Government rifle which may hereafter be entrusted to him in lieu
thereof.
(2.) Lose or suffer the said or any substituted or other rifle to be lost, taken, stolen or
damaged whilst in his care or custody.
(3. ) Spoil , lose, make away with or negligently permit to be stolen, the accoutrements,
ammunition or percussion caps which have been served out to him for use with the aforesaid or
any substituted Government rifle in the service of Government.
Signed , sealed and delivered by the said A. B. and C. D. in presence of—
Witness. (Sd.) A. B.
Witness. (Sd.) C. D.
MEMO. No. 2652.

A consignment of Irish Constabulary revolvers is shortly expected, and the
Inspector- General requests that each District Superintendent of Police, Cis Indus,
the Assistant District Superintendent of Police, Simla, and the Assistant Inspector
General, Railway Police, will indent at once on the Central Police Office for a re
volver for each Inspector and Deputy Inspector not already in possession of such a
weapon.
2. The Indents will be prepared in the subjoined form, and are to be sub
mitted through Deputy Inspectors General.
3. These weapons will be issued at the cost of the officers receiving them.
It is anticipated that including holsters each weapon will cost about Rs. 30.
POLICE DEPARTMENT. DISTRICT
Indent (in duplicate) on the Central Police Office for Irish Constabulary revolvers.
revolvers
possession
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Dy. Ins. Genl. of Police, Dist. Supdt. of Police.
(No. 2409. )
As considerable misapprehension appears to exist as to the effect of an order
of reduction in rank, and as it is necessary that the ex
Punishments and appeals . tent of this punishment should be accurately measured,
the Inspector-General of Police makes the following rule :

J. Book Circular XIX-[PUNISHMENTS AND APPEALS ] -shall be read as if
the following paragraphs were inserted next after paragraph thirty-three, that is
-
to say :
334. An officer, who is reduced from one rank or grade to another, takes
Effect of an order of re his position in the rank or grade to which he has been
duction without definition reduced as if he had been appointed or promoted to it
of future standing ,
on the day of his reduction.
Illustration.
A., an Inspector 3rd Grade, is reduced to Deputy Inspector 1st Grade, on the 1st August
1877. He will rank in the 1st Grade of Deputy Inspectors as junior to all officers promoted
to that grade before the 1st August 1877.
――
33B. When the punishment of complete reduction, as described in the last
Order of reduction limit preceding rule, is more than the circumstances of the
ed to a specified position. case demand, a limited reduction may be ordered to a
certain position in a specified rank or grade.
Orders made under this rule shall state, in the case of the reduction of In
Position to be distinctly spectors or Deputy Inspectors, the name of the officer in
indicated. the provincial seniority list immediately below which
the reduced officer's name shall stand ; and in the case of sergeants, the officer's
future position in the seniority roll of the District or Railway police shall be dis
tinctly assigned.

(No. 2428).
SEVERAL offences having recently been committed by persons registered under
Criminal Tribes' Act. the Criminal Tribes' Act in places at a considerable dis
tance from the district of registration, and as it is desirable to take more adequate
measures for preventing the absence without leave of such persons, the Inspector
General, in continuation of Circular 19 of 1877 , makes the following rules :
1. Officials in charge of Police stations shall report forthwith, to the District
Absence , without a pass, of Superintendent of Police to whom they are subordinate,
registered persons to be the absence, without a pass, of any person registered under
forthwith reported. the Criminal Tribes' Act, and shall forward, with such
report, a descriptive roll of such person, together with any information they may be
able to obtain of the direction in which such person has gone.
Provisions of Sections 21 2. District Superintendents of Police shall take
and 22, Act XXVII of 1871, measures to acquaint village headmen and village, watch
to be explained to village men with the provisions of sections twenty-one and twenty
headmen and watchmen. two of Act XXVII of 1871 .
3. Every District Superintendent of Police, receiving a notice under rule 1 ,
Publication of notices of shall at once send a copy of it to the district or districts
such absence. immediately affected, and also to the Central Police
Office for publication in the Police Gazette.
4. For the present a reward of five rupees shall be paid, on the conviction
of the offender, to the persons instrumental in the
Reward payable on con arrest of a registered person absent from his village
viction. without a pass .

( No. 2467. )
To improve the check over the receipt and payment of fine monies, the
Inspector General, in continuation of Circular 38 of
Realization of fines. -:
1876, makes the following rules :
1. Officers in charge of Police stations shall receive payment of all fines
Police to receive fines whilst the warrant for the realization of the fine in
whilst fine warrant is in question is in the hands of the Police of the district in
their hands, which it is tendered, but not afterwards.
2. Fines tendered to the Police, within the time mentioned in the preceding
Fines to whom payable. rule, shall be paid to the Officer in charge of the Police
station most conveniently situated for the tenderer in
the district in which the warrant issued.
Court Inspector and As Court Inspectors and Assistant Court Inspectors
sistant Court Inspector not may not receive payment of fines except through Officers
to receive fines.
in charge of Police stations .
3. If payment of a fine is tendered to the Police after a return has been made
to the fine warrant, the Police shall decline to receive
Procedure when fine is
tendered out of time. the money, and shall refer the tenderer to the tahsil
treasury, or to the Criminal Court out of which the
process issued, whichever may be the nearer.
4. The words " ofthe last day of the month," in
Amendment of Circular lines two and three of paragraph 5 of Circular 38 of 1876,
38 of 1876.
are cancelled.

( No. 2554. )
The form of stationery indent having been changed by the Board of Revenue,
Lower Provinces, the Inspector General, in continuation
Stationery Indent. of Circular No. 48 of 1875, makes the following rules :
1. Stationery indents shall be submitted in dupli
Form prescribed . cate in the form given in the appendix.
2. Indents shall be computed to be for the calendar year. The actual
expenditure for ten and a half months shall be entered,
Supply for calendar year. and the balance stock-in-hand shall be struck after de
ducting one and a half months' average expenditure.
Circular by Board of Re 3. A copy of the Circular issued by the Board of
venue.
Revenue, Lower Provinces, is subjoined for information.
CIRCULAR ORDER.
With reference to Government Order No. 2318 , dated 24th July, on the subject of the
submission of indents for stationery, the following rules for the guidance of indenting officers
have been provisionally sanctioned by the Member in charge :
1. Indenting officers are divided into two groups, viz., those who submit their indents
through the heads of their respective departments, and those who submit them independently
to the Superintendent of Stationery. This classification has been adopted in the list of officers
under the Government of Bengal, which has been approved of by Government in the order
above cited. The list is not yet complete, and it will be necessary from time to time to alter
or add to it.
2. Indents should be submitted annually at the times named in paragraph 7 , section 1,
Chapter XXII of the Board's Rules, and should be sufficient for a year's consumption . This
order of distribution is, however, incomplete, and requires to be revised with reference to the
new classification of indenting officers.
3. Indenting officers of the first group should submit their indents in duplicate to the
head of their department in a printed form, to be supplied by the Superintendent of Stationery,
showing the following particulars :
1. Names of articles.
2. Opening balance of the past year.
3. Quantity received during the year.
4. Total of columns 2 and 3.
5. Balance in hand on date of indent.
6. Consumption of twelve months.
7. Amount now indented for.
8. Sanctioned allowance as per scale and rule,
9. Amount allowed by Stationery Office.
10. Amount supplied by Stationery Office.
11. Items supplied numbered consecutively.
AUGUST 1877. ] POLICE DEPARTMENTAL orders. 61
12. Items received by indenting officer (the number and quantity being expressed
in words).
13. Remarks.
4. The particulars of columns 1 and 8 are printed in the forms before they are issued
from the Stationery Office. Columns 2 to 7 should be filled in by the indenting officer.
5. The head of a department on receipt of the separate indents from subordinate officers
is required to fill up two forms of consolidated indents, A and B.
6. Form A contains the following headings : :
2. Opening balance of the past year.
3. Total.
4. Quantity received during the year.
5. Total.
6. Balance in hand on date of indent.
7. Total.
8. Consumption of the past twelve months.
9. Total.
10. Quantity now indented for.
11. Total.
7. Form B contains the following headings :
2. Quantity allowed by head of department.
3. Total.
4. Rate.
5. Amount.
8. To each heading 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 of Form A, and heading 2 of Form B, there are as
many sub-columns as there are indenting officers.
9. The head of the department should incorporate in Form A, each under its appropriate
heading, the entries contained in columns 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 of the separate indents, as soon as
they are received in his office. When all the several requisitions have been thus tabulated,
including the indent of stationery required for his own office, and the totals struck, the head
of the department should scrutinize them carefully and determine the quantities to be allowed
to each office, making his corrections in red ink, in column 10, Form A, under the heading
" Quantity now indented for." The quantities thus corrected should then be transferred to
heading 2 of Form B, and the remaining columns-3, 4, and 5- of this form should then be
filled in. Column 3 shows the totals of the entries in column 2 ; column 4 shows the average
rate of value of each article of stationery as fixed for the year. These rates will be communi.
cated by the Superintendent of Stationery to each head of a department, and to each officer
who indents independently on him ; and from the information thus supplied the total value
should be calculated and entered in column 5.
10. Forms A and B should be prepared in duplicate. Both copies of Form B and one of
Form A should be forwarded to the Superintendent of Stationery when completed, along with
duplicate copies of the separate indents for each office, including the indent for the head of
the department's office. The other copy of Form A should be retained by the head of the
department for use in checking the indents of the next year. The Superintendent of
Stationery, after scrutiny of the indents, and making such retrenchments as he may think
proper, should note his corrections in red ink in Form A, and transfer them to both copies of
Form B. A copy of Form B thus corrected should be returned to the head of the department,
and the Superintendent should fill up columns 9, 10, and 11 of the separate indents, and forward
these indents along with the articles to the indenting officers, who, after comparing the articles
received with the indent, should sign it, after filling up column 12, in acknowledgment of the
receipt of the articles, and return it to the Superintendent's Office, where it will remain as the
voucher in support of the issue.
11. Officers of the second group who submit their indents directly to the Superintendent
should use the form of indent described in Rule 3 above, with two additional columns, as in
Form B of the consolidated indents showing the rate and amount which they should fill up, in
the same manner as heads of departments, from information supplied by the Superintendent of
Stationery. Their indents will be subjected by the Superintendent of Stationery to the same
scrutiny as the indents of other officers.
12. There will be some delay in printing the revised forms, and until they are ready for
issue, the present practice of indenting directly on the Superintendent of Stationery should
continue. The Superintendent of Stationery should issue a notice to this effect.
No. 1477B.
COPY forwarded to Inspector-General of Police, Punjab, for information and guidance.
By order of the Member in charge,
W. H, GRIMLEY,
The 5th December 1876, Officiating Secretary.
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(Signature).
(No. 2569. )
Dated 21st August 1877.
As men enrolled as mounted constables have no leisure, after their enrolment,

Appointments and enlist- to learn either riding or writing, the Inspector-General
ments. makes the following rule :
1. For Paragraph twenty-six of Book Circular XIII (APPOINTMENTS AND
Rule 26 of Book Circular ENLISTMENTS, ) the following shall be substituted, name
-:
XIII amended . ly :
26. No person may be enrolled in or transferred to the position of a mounted
Qualifications of Mounted constable unless he possesses the following qualifications :
Constables. that is to say, he must be
Of good family.
A good rider, and
Able to read Urdu manuscripts , and write from dictation with accuracy.
(No. 2639).
Government having directed that all confiscated swords shall be made over to
Confiscated swords. the Police Department, the Inspector-General makes the
following rules :―
1. District Superintendents of Police shall lodge in their magazines, and
Swords to be brought on bring on their magazine store books (giving separate en
magazine store books. tries), all swords made over to them by Civil Officers.
2. Deputy Inspectors-General of Police shall, from time to time, inspect and
Deputy Inspectors-Gene examine the swords so made over, and shall direct that
ral to examine such swords. such swords as are fit for issue shall be brought on the
Servicable swords to be English stock book, prescribed by Circular 19 of 1876, as
brought on stock book. " swords for future issue."
They shall submit to the Inspector-General of Police estimates for the repair
of such swords as are worth repairing. After the repairs
Repairable swords : and have been sanctioned and executed, the swords shall be
brought on the English stock book as ordered in the pre
ceding clause.
They shall condemn all unserviceable swords , so made over, and such swords
Unservicable swords. shall be broken up and sold as old steel or iron, and the
sale proceeds credited in the Treasury under " Police
Receipts-Miscellaneous. "
3.
Swords borne on the English stock book as " swords for future issue,"
Issue of such swords.shall only be issued under the orders of the Deputy In
spector-General of the Circle, such orders shall be endors
ed on the annual indents for stores and accoutrements procurable in India.
Copy of correspondence. 4.atiA

inform on.copy of the correspondence is republished for
Copy of a letterfrom Inspector- General of Police, Punjab, to the Secretary to Government,

Punjab, Home Department, -No . 212, dated 26th January 1877.
I HAVE the honor to suggest that a rule be made by Government directing all confiscated
swords to be made over to the Police for use or for destruction and sale as old iron .
2. Up to date we have received a large number of talwárs from Magistrates' malkhánas
to replace unserviceable arms in the hands of the police, but now the annual number taken
under the Arms Act is small, and unless every weapon is made over to us, we shall be put to
heavy expense.
3. This year I am obliged to manufacture a number of talwárs for issue to the Police, and
I believe that were the order I suggest in existence, Government would be saved a consider
able sum . The police grant is not calculated to bear the cost of talwárs.
Copy of Circular from the Secretary to Government, Punjab, to all Commissioners and
Superintendents in the Punjab,-No. 27-3217, dated 11th August 1877.
I am directed to forward herewith copy of a letter No. 212, dated 26th ultimo, from the
Inspector-General of Police. Punjab, and to request that you will issue the necessary instruc
tions for all confiscated swords being made over to the Police Department for the purpose
indicated.

(No. 2655.)

In accordance with Resolutions by the Governor General in Council, No. 534 of
Public contracts, &c. the 14th March 1873, and No. 989 of the 23rd June 1877 ,
and with the sanction of Government, the Inspector-General
of Police makes the following rules :
The Secretary of State to be nam 1. In all deeds, contracts or instruments en
ed as a party to certain deeds, &c. tered into on behalf of the Police Service for
(a). The purchase or acquisition of any land or hereditaments, or any interest
therein ;
(b). The supply of arms, accoutrements, clothing, stores or other articles
whatsoever ;
(c). The due discharge of the duties and functions appertaining to a Police
Officer, and for the recovery of a penalty for neglect or misconduct ;
(d).— The safe custody of weapons or other equipments made over to Police
Officers, and for the recovery of a penalty for damage or loss ; and
(e).-All such contracts whatsoever.
The Secretary of State for India in Council shall be named as a party to such
deed, contract or other instrument ; and such deed, contract or other instrument,
shall be expressed to be executed on behalf of the Secretary of State for India in
Council by order of the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab .
2. The drafts of allsuch deeds, contracts and instruments as are mentioned
Drafts of certain docu in clauses (a), (b) and (e) of the last preceding rule, shall
ments to be submitted to be submitted to the Inspector General of Police, for his
the Inspector General. approval or that of the Secretary to Government, Punjab,
according to the execution of such document, as is hereinafter provided, together
with an agreement, by the person or persons of the other part in such proposed deed ,
contract or other instrument that he or they will, if the terms therein expressed are
agreed to by the aforesaid Inspector General or Secretary to Government, as the case
may be, enter into such deed, contract or other instrument.
68 POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS, [ RECORD
3. All such drafts shall be in English, and the person or persons of

Opposite party to agree the opposite part shall agree that the language of the
that the language of the deed, contract or other instrument shall be the English
deed, &c., shall be English. language .
Deeds by whom to be exe 4. The deeds, contracts or other instruments men

cuted. tioned in rule one, shall be executed as follows :
(a).-Bouds in which the Secretary of State in Council is the obligee, by the
obligors.
(b).-Bi-lateral deeds, contracts or other instruments in which the Secretary of
State in Council is one of the parties ;
(1) -By the Secretary to the Government of the Punjab when the deed, con
tract or other instrument comes within clause (a ) or clause (e) of rule one, pursuant
to Resolution of the Government of India No. 534 of 1873 ; and
(2. ) By the Inspector General of Police, Punjab, when the deed, contract or
other instrument comes within clause (b) of rule one,
as well as by the person or persons of the other part.
5. All deeds, contracts or other instruments coming within the description
Revision of subsisting given in rule one, which are still subsisting, and which
deeds, &c. have not been executed in the form of and by the officials
required by the foregoing rules, shall be re-drawn and re-executed in the manner
hereinbefore provided.
NOTE. This order effects the form and execution of the bonds ordered to be taken in
Book Circulars XIII (security bonds by recruits) and XIV (bonds by Court Inspectors),
the form of agreement annexed to Book Circular XXIX (clothing), Circular 38 of 1876 para
graph 1 (bonds of Assistant Court Inspectors), and Circular 22 of 1877, regarding custody of
rifles.

(No. 2687.)
SECTION fourteen of Act I of 1871 (the Cattle Trespass Act) provides that, if
impounded cattle are not claimed within a week of the
Register of impounded date of their being so impounded, a notice shall be affixed,
cattle.
as therein directed, containing, amongst other particulars,
the name of the place where such cattle were seized :
and as section seven of the aforesaid Act does not require the particulars above
mentioned to be inserted in the register prescribed by the said Act, and as such in
formation is necessary to enable the officers concerned to comply with section four
teen, above cited, the Inspector General makes the following rule :
1. When Police Officers or other public
When cattle are seized at a place other servants, acting under the provisions of section
than the residence of the seizer, the place
of seizure to be entered in register. eleven of Act I of 1871 (the Cattle Trepass
Act), or
when cultivators or occupiers of land , or other persons mentioned in section
ten of the aforesaid Act,
seize cattle trespassing in places other than the places at which such seizers
reside, the name of the place where the seizure is made shall be added to the parti
culars ordered to be entered in column 5 of the register prescribed by Book Circular
No. XVI [POUNDS].
SEPTR. 1877. ] POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. 69
MEMO No. 2722.
Dated 3rd September 1877.

Requests he will desire District Superintendents to take great pains to record
accurately the age of recruits on enrolment. If the rolls are not carefully pre
pared in this particular, considerable trouble results when the men are invalided,
and their cases are often delayed in consequence .
MEMO No. 2732, -DATED 4TH SEPTEMBER 1877.

From the Inspector General of Police, Punjab, to all Commissioners and Deputy
Inspectors General of Police, Punjab.
Has the honor to forward, for his information, a copy of the correspondence
No. 224 of 16th August to Government. noted in the margin, regarding the mainten
Government No. 2389, dated 24th ance of the Municipal Police at full strength
August.
by filling all vacancies at once (either sub
stantively by appointments, or temporarily by transfers from the Imperial branch),
and the future credit of Municipal Police savings to the Provincial Police budget.
2. This system will be commenced from the 1st September.
No. 224-2336, dated 6th August 1877, from the Inspector General of Police, Punjab, to the
Secretary to Government, Punjab, Financial Department.
I have the honor to invite the attention and orders of Government in regard to a matter
connected with savings in Police Establishments .
2. The matter is one of considerable importance, as, under the scheme forwarded to you
with Under Secretary's No. 354-3421 , of the 31st October 1876, the grants for contingent expen
diture depend, in a measure, on the amount of realisations under the head of savings.
3. Under the combined operation of Resolution No. 61 of the 5th January 1875 (by the
Punjab Government in the Home Department) and my predecessor's Circular 7 of the same
year, savings in Municipal Establishments are apportioned as follows. The District Superin
tendent of Police furnishes the Secretary of the Municipal Committee with a monthly present
state, showing the number of vacancies on the day on which it was made out. Each month the
District Superintendent ascertains the total savings in establishment in all branches in the
police, and the amount due to a particular Sadr town is decided by the following rule
As the sanctioned The sanctioned The total month The share of the
strength of the strength of the :: town in ques
total force of all : Police of the town ly savings in :
Establishment , tion.
branches, in question,
4. This method would be open to no objection if the amount of savings was in proportion
to numerical strength, but this is not the case, and it is a fatal defect in the system. Municipal
Police at Sadr stations are compact bodies in one place ; vacancies are immediately reported, and,
as the numerical strength is only sufficient for the duties actually performed, they are quickly
filled up. In the Imperial Police, men are scattered over a district and a delay of several days
may frequently occur in hearing of a vacancy and in appointing a successor. Each vacancy,
therefore, inthe Imperial Police, from the circumstances of the case, represents a greater average
saving than in the Municipal force. Thus, the rule of proportion I have mentioned above, really
transfers a considerable portion of Imperial savings to Municipalities : this we cannot afford, as my
estimate of the income from savings in establishment requires all legitimate savings to be pro
perly credited.
5. The only two ways of obviating this erroneous result are, either by reverting to a plan
of separate accounts or by adopting the method fully described in the enclosed draft Circular, to
which I ask the sanction of Government. To adopt the first alternative would be to take a
retrograde step and to increase paper work considerably. I advocate the second for two rea
sons : it is extremely simple ; each vacancy in the Municipal Police is to be at once filled up
by an Imperial policeman if a successor cannot be at once appointed ; it reduces office work.
Its second advantage is the increased efficiency it gives to the town police.
6. The condition of our town police is a matter of increasing importance. In many places
(notably in Simla) the numbers have not grown with the increase of the town. The habitual
criminal will usually be attracted to towns, and it is in the interests of police administration
that town establishments are kept up at all times to the full sanctioned strength. There will
be no savings in Municipal Establishments ; these will accrue to the Imperial Police in consider
ation of the services they will render in filling all town vacancies. This plan will somewhat
increase our savings, and I may have to propose a small increase to Lahore, Amritsar, Delhi and
perhaps Mooltan in consequence of the increase of duty ; but I would give the plan a trial first
and of course any increase in numbers would be fully covered by an increase in income.
Circular No. 32-2731 , dated 4th September 1877.

In Circular 7 of 1875, it was described , among others things, that Municipalities at Sadr
Amendment of Circular 7 of bersStations should receive a monthly present state showing the num
1875. of vacant appointments, and that tre share of savings in estab
lishment should be credited to these municipalities in the propor
tion which the total sanctioned strength of the entire force, both Imperial and Municipal, bore
to the sanctioned strength of the Municipal force in question ;
And as experience has shown that vacancies are, of necessity, filled up more quickly in the
Municipal than in the Imperial Police, and that, consequently, the amount of saving is not in
proportion to the relative numbers of these forces, the Inspector-General, with the sanction of
Government, makes the following rules :
1. On a vacancy occurring in any body of Municipal Police, if the District Superintendent
Municipal Police Establish of Police concerned is unable to appoint a successor immediately,
ments to be kept up to full he shall depute a Police Officer belonging to the Imperial Police
strength. to fill the post until a permanent appointment can be made.
Substitutes to be appointed in 2. When a member of a Municipal Police Establishment is
room of men on half pay or
without pay. given leave, other than privilege leave, a substitute shall, whenever
practicable, be appointed.
3. As establishments of Municipal Police will, in future, be always complete, the prepara
Present states discontinued. tion of and transmission to Secretaries of Municipal Committees
of present states shall be discontinued.
EXPLANATION :-Men temporarily deputed to Municipalities will continue to draw their
salaries in the Imperial salary bills but the saving shown in the Municipal Bills will be credited
to Government.
No. 2389, dated 24th August 1877 , from the Secretary to Government, Punjab, Financial
Department, to the Inspector General of Police, Punjab.
In reply to his No. 224, dated 6th August, conveys the sanction of Government to the pro
posed rules connected with savings in Police Establishments, whereby the Municipal Police will
always or usually be kept up to the sanctioned complement. The necessary communication
should be made to Commissioners and a copy of the rules forwarded also to the Accountant
General, to whom a copy of this letter will be sent.
MEMO No. 2835.

Fublishes for convenient reference, the subjoined
Mode of dealing with
cash security deposits. Circular by the Financial Commissioner, regarding the
proper mode of dealing with cash deposited by way of
security.
BOOK CIRCULAR No. XIX.
Circular No. 32, dated 27th August 1877.
From Secretary to Financial Commissioner, Punjab, to all Commissioners and Deputy
Commissioners, Punjab.
It having come to the notice of the Financial Commissioner that some security deposits of
public servants had been deposited in a private Bank, and risk of
Government money not to be loss thereby incurred, oflicers are reminded that Government
deposited in private Banks.
money must not, under any circumstances, be so deposited, but
must be placed in a Government treasury,
2. In the case of security deposits on which the parties have a fair claim to receive in
terest, the proper course is either to take the security in the shape of Government paper, or, if
cash is received , to deposit it in the Government Savings Bank under No. 33 of the Savings
Bank Rules hereto annexed .
Copy of Rule 33 of the District Savings Bank Rules, 1874.

33. Security deposits lodged with Government Officers will be received on the following
terms :-the money will be received directly from the person depositing it, and the account
will be opened in his name : he will be required to sign (Form 15) addressed to the Secretary
to the District Savings Bank undertaking not to make any claim on the Bank for the principal
of the sum deposited, except with the express written sanction of the Government Officer : not
to object to the payment by the Bank to the Government Officer upon his claiming it, and
not to make any claim for the interest after such officer shall have revoked the authority to
him to receive it.
MEMO NO. 2991.
The Inspector General republishes, for the information and guidance of Police
Officers, the subjoined Circular issued by the Department of Public Works, regarding
the execution of repairs and the rules under which repairs of buildings may be exe
cuted by Civil Officers.
Circular No. 19, dated 9th April 1877.

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
ACCOUNTS.
In the Public Works Budget of the official year which has just commenced, the allotments
of funds for REPAIRS are not, as formerly, divided under two heads, -Expenditure to be in
curred by Public Works Officers and by Cicil Officers.
2. With reference to this office Circular No. 19 of 1st July 1875 and later correspondence
on the subject, it is left to Superintending Engineers to decide, in communication with the
Deputy Commissioners , which officers will execute the repairs in each case. Applications for
funds will be made to the Superintending Engineer.
3. The following are the general rules under which the distribution of the duties should
be made; but it will be understood that, in particular cases, the duty which would, under these
general rules, be assigned to the officers of the Public Works Department concerned, may, by
mutual agreement , be made over to the other, when this appears to be expedient under the
circumstances of the case.
4. At places where an officer or subordinate of the Public Works Department is stationed,
or which he has occasion to visit, or at which he can readily execute work without detriment to
his work elsewhere, the repairs should be under the Executive Engineer. Of course petty oc
casional repairs of a trifling nature, due to accidental breakage, &c., for which it would be
needless to send for a Public Works Officer or subordinate not resident at the place, should be
done by the officer occupying the building, who will obtain the money required through the
5. Ordinary current and special repairs of Jail buildings, which can be done by convict
labor without professional superintendence, will be carried out by Superintendents of Jails
under sanction of the officer having the necessary powers, according to the rules laid down in
the Public Works Code, Chapter VII., II., 2-8 and 16, and Chapter XII. , section II B. The Jail
buildings will be inspected by the Public Works Officers whether the repairs are executed by
them or not.
6. The lists of Civil Buildings received from the Superintending Engineers* with reference
1st Circle No. 495 dated 4th March 1876. to the question regarding the execution of Repairs,
2nd 39 "" 788A 39 24th December 1875. have been re-arranged to suit the new distribútion of
3rd " "" 427 "" 9th February 1876. the Circles of Superintendence and executive charges,
Circular No. 38, dated 10th September 1877.

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
ACCOUNTS.
In continuation of Circular No. 19 of 9th April 1877, the following observations on the
arrangements for repair of buildings in occupation of the several Civil Departments are issued
for general information and guidance.
2. Buildings borne on the Executive Engineers books are under charge of the Public Works
Officers who inspect them and prepare the necessary estimates for the repairs.
3. But in many cases it is, on account of local and other circumstances, convenient to have
the repairs executed by the Deputy Commissioner.
4. The funds for repairs are at the disposal of the Superintending Engineer, who will dis
tribute them as he finds necessary, and also determine, in communication with the Deputy
Commissioner, which officers will execute the repairs in each case, according to the general
instructions contained in Circular No. 19 above referred to.
5. It has happened that Officers of a Civil Department have sent directions to an Executive
Engincer on this subject, and have desired that repair estimates for their buildings should not
be prepared till the officers of the Department concerned intimate what repairs are required.
This is not correct. It is opposed to the general well-known rule that officers of any Depart
ment can only receive orders on matters relating to their regular duties from their Departmental
superiors, as well as to the special rules on the present subject in the Public Works Code, XII ,
II. The question what repairs are required is one for the Public Works Officers responsible to
the Superintending Engineer. But whether all the repairs which a building requires to put it
in complete order, (other than repairs absolutely necessary for its preservation), are required to
meet the wants of the department using it, is a question on which the opinion of the Local
Officers of the department concerned will rightly be obtained, in order that no needless esti
mates may be prepared, and no needless expenses incurred. The time and manner of making
the repairs will be arranged so as to suit the convenience of the officer who occupies the
building.
6. It has happened also that officers of a department occupying certain buildings have
questioned the rates at which an Executive Engineer estimated the cost of repairs. This also
is a Departmental question. The Executive Engineer's rates of work are checked by his
Superintending Engineer and the Examiner of Public Works Accounts.
7. The apprehension that, in consequence of a large estimated outlay on any one building,
the repair of other buildings may not be proportionately attended to, might be an occasion for
addressing a representation or enquiry to the Superintending Engineer. But as he makes such
distribution as he finds necessary, of the funds at his disposal for the whole circle of which he
is in charge, the local officers of another department are not in a position to form a correct
opinion of the mode in which this is being done. The amounts set down for repairs in the
Public Works Budget show the provision of funds according to a roughly approximate distribu
tion. These amounts for Repairs are not definitely assigned like the specific sums allotted to
Original Works . For Repair estimates are not, like the others, prepared before the provision is
made in the Budget. The Superintending Engineer makes his allotments from the total
amount at his disposal after examining the detailed estimates.
8. The countersignature of repair estimates by an officer of the department in occupation
of the buildings, in accordance with the rules on the subject in the Public Works Code (XII.,
II., 41 ) does not commit him to any opinion on matters, for which the Public Works Officers are
responsible. It only testifies his general concurrence in the intentions exhibited in the estimate.
If he has any suggestions or remarks to offer he will add a note, or address a separate Memo. to
the Executive or Superintending Engineer.
9. The general rules on the subject are contained in the passage of the Public Works Code
above referred to.
(No. 2731. )
IN Circular 7 of 1875 it was prescribed, amongst other things, that Municipali

Amendment of Circular 7 ties at Sadr stations should receive a monthly present state
of 1875.
showing the number of vacant appointments, and that the
share of savings in establishment should be credited to these Municipalities in the
proportion which the total sanctioned strength of the entire force, both Imperial and
Municipal, bore to the sanctioned strength of the municipal force in question ;
And as experience has shown that vacancies are of necessity filled up more
quickly in the Municipal than in the Imperial police, and that consequently the
amount of saving is not in proportion to the relative numbers of these forces, the
Inspector General, with the sanction of Government, makes the following rules :
1. On a vacancy occurring in any body of Municipal Police, if the District
Municipal Police estab- Superintendent of Police concerned is unable to appoint a
lishments to be kept up to successor immediately, he shall depute a police officer be
full strength .
longing to the Imperial police to fill the post until a
permanent appointment can be made.
Substitutes to be appoint 2. When a member of a Municipal Police establish
ed in room of men on half ment is given leave, other than privilege leave, a substitute
pay or without pay. shall, whenever practicable, be appointed.
3. As establishments of Municipal Police will in future be always complete, the
Present states discon preparation of and transmission to Secretaries of Municipal
tinued. Committees of present states shall be discontinued.
EXPLANATION :-Men temporarily deputed to municipalities will continue to draw their
salaries in the Imperial salary bills, but the saving shown in the municipal bills will be credited
to Government.

(No. 2958.)
Dated 22nd September 1877.
In continuation of Circular 41 of 1875, the Inspector-General publishes the

Travelling and halting subjoined Resolution of the Government of India, pre
allowances. scribing certain general rules on the subject of halting
allowance.
GOVERNMEMT OF INDIA- FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT.

PAY AND ALLOWANCES,
RESOLUTION.
No. 1582, the 30th June 1877.
The Governor-General in Council is pleased to rule that, except with the permission of
the Local Government, which should only be given on public grounds, halting allowance may
only be drawn when the halt is
(a) on duty, or
(b) on an authorized holiday, and
(c) may not be drawn for more than 10 days at one place, unless, in any case, a longer
period is allowed by some general or special order of the Government of India.
Ordered, that this Resolution be communicated to the Home Department, the Foreign
Department, and the Department of Revenue, Agriculture and Commerce.
Ordered also, that copy be sent to each Local Government and Administration, to the
Comptroller General, and to each Accountant General and Deputy Accountant General in
independent charge,
( No. 3000. )
With reference to paragraph twenty nine of Book Circular XIII-- [APPOINTMENTS

Enrolments. AND ENLISTMENTS]-the Inspector General makes the
following rules :
1. Before the enrolment or re-enrolment of any Police officer, a Medical
Medical certificate of re Certificate, in the following form, shall be obtained from
cruits. a Medical Officer in charge of a Civil Station (either of
the district in which the man is to serve or in which he
is engaged ):
Certificate.
I do hereby certify that I have examined a candidate for employment in the Police
Department and cannot discover that he has any disease, constitutional affection or bodily in
firmity, unfitting him or likely to unfit him for the public service in any part of India.
His age is according to his own statement years, and by appearance years.
2. The certificate mentioned in the last preceding rule shall be attached to the man's
Certificate how recorded. Character and Service roll and his age shall be entered as
stated by the Medical Officer, unless the Police Officer, for
reasons which he shall record in the roll, sees fit to differ.
3. The provisions of paragraph seventy three of Book Cir.
Health Certificate not required cular XXXIV-[ACCOUNTS ] -are subject to the exception stated
in promotion.
in rule four of section fifty-two of the third edition of the Civil
Pension Code.
OCTR. 1877. ] POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. 75
(No. 3102.)
Dated Srd October 1877.
The daily abstract of crime ordered in Circular 41 of 1861 was discontinued,

English register of offen- but as experience has shown the value of this Book, the
ces. ----
Inspector General makes the following rules :
1. To enable District Superintendents of Police to comply with the provisions
District Superintendent of paragraph thirteen of Book Circular XXV.-[ DISCIP
of Police to maintain En- LINE, ] -and to keep Deputy Commissioners informed of
glish register of offences. the state of crime, an English register of offences shall
be maintained in the form given in the appendix, in the office of every District
Superintendent of Police and of the Assistant District Superintendent of Police,
Simla.
The Assistant Inspector-General of Railway Police, shall maintain a similar
record.
2. The registers shall show each day, as they are received in the District
Contents of English re- Superintendent's office, the cognizable offences reported
gister of offences.
to have been committed, the proper mode in the investi
gation of such cases when there have been definite results, and the results of prose
cution of such cases before the Courts.
Reports received on a close holiday shall be entered on the next working day.
3. The serial number in columu one shall commence and end with the calendar
Form how filled in and year. Cases cancelled or transferred shall be erased by
kept. ruling a red line through them, and shall, at the end of
the year be deducted from the total.
4. The English registers of offences shall ordina
By whom prepared . Need
to check Vernacular regis. rily be prepared by the District Superintendent of Police,
ter prescribed by B. Cir. or by one of his Assistants, and shall be used to check the
XXXV, para 15. General Criminal Register.
Note. In districts in which the daily abstract of crime is still maintained in the old
form, new books will not be supplied until the existing books are completed. Where new books
are required printed pages may be had from the Central Police office. The indents should
state number of pages required, allowing twenty entries to a page.
.
APPENDIX
POLICE
.DEPARTMENT DISTRICT
. 76
.
OFFENCES
COGNIZABLE
OF
REGISTER
ENGLISH
6 ||110 12 |13
16
15
14
17 18 19
2 I 3 4
89
VALUE
OF
DATE
OF PERSONS
.
PROPERTY
where , ection
SOffence Remarks
sta
Police Place offended
Act
and Remarks
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again by
mitting commit number
of
charge Off
. icer Commis
report
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ted register
. sio
. ner
124 C. P. C.
report in this Register.

125 or 128, C. P. C.
C. P. C.
recognizance, S.
offence.
gister.
ed to find security.
Serial number of former

Arrested.
Sent for trial.
Detained under S.
Discharged.
Stolen.
Released on bail or
Recovered.
Sent for trial, S. 127
Convicted or order.
Acquitted.
Commission of
Entry in this Re
Annual Serial Number.

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Taran
Tarn0th
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.
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. Sirhali
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[ RECORD
MEMO No. 3135.

Forwards for information and guidance a copy of correspondence regarding the
measures to be taken to prevent crime where there may be a reasonable apprehen
sion of a disturbance of the peace owing to the rise in prices.
2. The system of thekar chaukidars can be successfully worked only through
the head men of towns and villages and by enlisting their co-operation and interest
in the matter. Where grain merchants and others are willing to pay for protection,
arrangements should be made, with the sauction of the Magistrate of the district,
to divide the receipts amongst the men on duty and furnished by the town or vill
age in question. It will not answer to pay the chaukidars in markets and over
shops whilst those over camping grounds and roads receive nothing. Therefore the
Inspector-General suggests an equal division of such monies amongst all the men
on duty.
No. 276-3014, dated 27th September 1877.
From- Inspector- General of Police, Punjab,
I HAVE the honor to report the precautionary measures I recommend for adoption to pre
serve the quiet and security of the country during the present rapid rise in prices.
2. Two classes of offences have already been committed and have to be distinctly guard
Two classes of crime to be anti ed against. The first takes the form of grain riots, which are
cipated and guarded against. caused
ficially partly by the
stimulate the cupidity of the
rise in prices bygrain merchants,
buying up large who
stocksarti
as
if for exportation or merely to hold in order to reduce the quantities taken into the market for
sale, and partly by the fact that town criminals are always ready to unite with the distressed
part of the population to create and reap the benefits of a disturbance. The second takes the
shape of dacoity or robbery, and is caused either by hunger or by the fear that the stock of
food is being removed from the perpetrators' villages. In a time of scarcity the sight of large
quantities of unprotected grain is unusually tempting.
3. Of the first class of crime we have had instances at Delhi, in the Umballa Canton
ment (in reality a most paltry affair which has been much exag
of bothhave
We hadofinstances
kinds crime. already gerated) and in the village of Badli, in the Rohtak district. The
two first mentioned offences were immediately put a stop to, and
the offenders (many of them women and children ) arrested. The Municipal and Cantonment
police were rapidly on the spot and active measures were taken to prevent fresh outbreaks.
At Badli, however, prompt measures were impossible. The place is too small to support a
municipal police, and the imperial patrolling outpost was unable to give any efficient assistance.
The chaukidars went off to Jhajar, which is some distance away, to obtain police aid, and in
the meantime the rioters were unchecked and had plundered a considerable quantity of grain
before the constabulary could arrive.
4. I need hardly expatiate on the dangers of riots. The mob has a tendency to increase
Dangers of riots. if left to itself, and once it feels its strength it is led where pas
sion may direct or opportunity offer. A riot may originate in the
sufferings of a few hungry persons, but these are soon joined by a more dangerous class who
take advantage of the confusion to break into houses in quest of valuables. Premises are
rifled, and if there is no re-assertion of authority or show of force on the side of order, life may
even be endangered .
5. The second class of crime-grain robberies and dacoities-though not so widespread in
Infectious character of crime its immediate effects and not so dangerous in its present results,
like grain robberies. is perhaps more mischievous in its present consequences.
6. At first the offences are of a simple type and are committed by men who have a real
Features of this kind of crime temptation to transgress the law. The poorer portion of the vill
age have probably sold all their grain to the village dealer at
before professionals join in.
low rates in return for advances, and now, with a prospect of
famine before them, see the very grain they have grown carted out of their village to supply
the wants of others. As long as the grain remained in the village they were patient and will
ing to endure high prices, but when the export begins and the unguarded carts pass their
doors and fields it is an easy matter to gather twenty or thirty friends and attempt to save
themselves from future want by dacoity.
7. At present the offences in the tracts chiefly affected by high prices, have been confined
to this primitive form and no violence has been used. I have
As yet the type of offence is just received information of the arrest and transmission for trial
simple. of the offenders in three such cases in Gurgaon, and I give the
particulars in the margin. An opportunity is here afforded for sharp punishments, which will,
Please see at the foot of this I believe, prove the most effectual cure for a very infectious com
page. plaint.
8. I believe that the more promptly our preventive measures are taken the less likelihood
is there of these simple robberies being succeeded by professional
Reason for prompt measures.
ones perpetrated under cover of the distress and popular feeling.
9. The remedy I propose to apply during the present temporary pressure on our resources,
is to vitalize the old village institution known under several
Employment of the " thekar names in the Punjab, but commonly called " thekar chaukidari”
chaukidari" system.
in the Delhi and Hissar divisions. I suggest that District Officers
be instructed to put into force Section 17 of Act V of 1861 for this purpose.
10. The system I allude to is in reality a plan of honorary police. Every village or town
Watch is maintained in rota of a considerable size furnishes a certain number of young men to
tion by a number of young men watch the village and the village or trunk roads. The numbers
of each village. depend on the population and the duty is taken in rotation by
the adults of suitable age. A stronger watch is furnished during the idle season than during
the times when agricultural operations are going on. Thus convenience meets necessity.
Crime is usually light in the busy periods of the agricultural year and it is no hardship to
furnish watchmen when labor is light.
11. The method I have very briefly described in the last paragraph is admirably adapted
Merits of the system. to a poor country, and is well known in the Punjab. It is more
over well suited to the circumstances of the country and of our
administration, and is peculiarly fitted for seasons of scarcity .
12. The manner of interweaving the modern law and the archaic custom would be as
The men who would, in rota follows. In all towns where the municipal police is weak or
tion, furnish the " thekar chauki where there is no such police, and in towns and villages where
dars" to be appointed special po there are large stores of grain, or abutting on roads along which
lice.
there is a grain traffic, and , in all these cases, where high prices
had created excitement and breaches of the peace were apprehended, I would appoint a cer
tain number of the inhabitants to be special police to watch grain stores, the streets of towns,
or main or village roads as the case might be.
13. The special police would be under the control and direction of the organized police,
Scheme to be worked in unison but as far as possible, the general arrangements should be planned
with committees and headmen. in consultation with Municipal Committees and headmen of vill
Duties of the police. ages, who should be closely associated ir. carrying out my scheme.
The chief business of the regular police would be to see that the roster of duty was kept and
that the duty was actually performed .
Supposed
to have Sent for Property Property
been trial. stolen. recovered.
concerned.
11th September 1877, dacoity, Rs. A. P. Rs. A. P. These 23 were

Section 395, east of Police arrested in the
Station Hussenpur . 45 23 48 8 0 24 0 0 act of sharing
the grain.
14th September 1877 , dacoity ,
Section 395 , 5 miles north These all con
of Rewari 28 28 40 0 0 33 7 5 fess ; evidence
complete also.
14th September 1877, dacoity,
Section 395, 10 miles west Evidence com
of Rewari ... 25 17 150 0 0 146 0 0 plete, and ac
cused confess.
14. I have preferred to use Section 17 of Act V of 1861 to Section 40 of Act IV of 1872
Reasons for preferring Section because, though Government may appoint honorary police offi
17 of Act V of 1861, to Section cers under the latter enactment, we have no power to compel
40 of Punjab Laws' Act. persons so appointed to perform their duties. Unless their neg
lects or omissions bring them within the scope of the ordinary criminal law they are, qua police,
safe in their misconduct.
15. In the meanwhile, I have enjoined District Superintendents of Police to do all they
can to strengthen the police in grain markets, and to increase
Measures bythe organized po patrolling, and endeavour, as far as possible, to utilize patrols to
lice. act as convoys to the grain traffic.
No. 6028. , dated 1st October 1877.

From The Officiating Secretary to Government, Punjab,
To-The Inspector-General of Police, Punjab.
In reply to your letter without number and date, received on 25th ultimo, on the measures
to preserve the peace and security of the country during the present rapid rise in the price of
grain, I am desired to state that the Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor agrees in the remarks
of your letter generally, but does not think that it is necessary for the Government to directly
take action in the matter, as, under Section 17 of Act V of 1861 , the matter is entirely in the
discretion of the police officers acting in concert with the Magistrate of the District, who, on
application by the District Superintendent of Police, will appoint such residents of the neigh
bourhood as police officers as may be required to act as special police for any particular time,
or within any defined limits . You have accordingly only to communicate general instructions
to the police officers subordinate to yourself, and action will then be taken by them in accord
ance with Section 17 of the Act.
2. The Lieutenant- Governor further desires me to note that, where special police are
entertained in towns and municipalities by the Magistrate for the protection of grain mer
chants and shop-keepers, an effort should be made, through the Municipal Committees or other
wise, to defray any expenses which may be incurred in such protective measures from the per
sons whose property is protected.
3. Copy of this correspondence will be forwarded to Commissioners for information, and
any number of copies that you may require can be obtained from this office.
MEMO No. 3175.
Pending the preparation of a circular embodying the various orders governing

Rules regarding travel the subject of travelling allowances, the Inspector-Gene
ling allowance of gazetted ral publishes the subjoined notification by the Govern
officers. ment of India modifying several of the existing rules .
2. It will be observed that, reading the two first rules, now promulgated,
together, the following rule is obtained .
An officer who is absent on duty from his head-quarters, at a place or places
distant more than five miles, is entitled, subject to the rules regulating duration of
halts, to the authorised daily allowance for every day of such absence. But for each
day of such absence on which such officer may travel twenty miles or more he is
entitled to draw mileage rates in lieu of diurual rates, and this in addition to diur
nal rates for such other days as he may travel less than twenty miles : Provided
that the daily rate and the mileage rate may both not be drawn for the same day.
3. Inquiry is being made how far the resolution No. 1,582 of 30th June
affects the rules of 1863, and whether the rule published with No. 2033 of 1868 is
still in force.
4. The resolution published in Book Circular IV at page 41 is cancelled, and
also Circular 17 of 1875 .
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA-FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT.

No. 2990, dated 6th September 1877 .
RESOLUTION.- In supersession of the orders of the 8th August 1866, 27th March 1867,
31st December 1868, and 29th March 1875, and the passage quoted in the Preamble from the
Rules of the 31st May 1871 , the Honorable the President in Council is pleased to lay down the
following Rules for regulating the travelling allowances, on occasions of temporary absence
from head quarters on duty, of Police Officers above the rank of Inspector, throughout India,
except in the Bombay Presidency, where different Rules prevail.
1. An officer is entitled to travelling allowance at the authorised daily rates for every
day that he is absent from his head-quarters.
II. If, on any day, an officer travels twenty miles or more, he is entitled for that day, in
lieu of the daily rate, to the authorised mileage rates . Mileage rates may also be allowed for
the whole of a continuous journey of twenty miles or more, even though it occupies parts of
different days. Provided that the daily rate may not be drawn for any day partly occupied
by a journey for which mileage rates are so charged.
III. An officer, when obliged to carry with him tents. horses, and orderlies, by river,
steamer or railway, may recover the actual cost of their carriage up to the following limits :
Number of
Weight of tents. Horses. Orderlies.
Inspector-General ... ... ... 35 maunds 4
Deputy Inspector-General ... 35 "9 2 2
District Superintendent or Assistant Superintendent ... 25 99 2 1
If the destination of an Inspector- General is more than fifty miles from his head-quarters,
he may, also, charge freight of one conveyance.
2. The President in Council is also pleased to rule that no Police Officer who is already
in receipt of tentage may be reimbursed the cost of carrying tents by railway or steamer under
the orders of the 28th February 1877. Whenever, under those orders as thus modified , a Police
Officer transferred from one station to another is allowed to recover freight on his tents or
horses, or both, the weight of the tents and the number of the horses on account of which
such recovery is made shall not exceed the limits prescribed in the third rule in paragraph I of
this resolution. The orders in this paragraph apply to officers in the Bombay Presidency, as
well as elsewhere.
CIRCULAR No. 36.

(No. 3262.)
Owing to the introduction, on the Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railways, of 3rd
class carriages with lateral compartments divided by
Conveyance of prisoners iron gratings , it has become necessary to partially revise
by rail.
existing orders regarding the conveyance of prisoners by
rail. The Inspector-General of Police, with the concurrence of the Inspector-Gene
ral of Prisons, makes the following rule.
Classification of Carriages.
Carriages available for On the Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway the
prisoners on S. P. & Delhi following carriages are available for the transport of
Railway. prisoners :
(a.) Ordinary third class compartments.
(b. ) Third class carriages divided by iron railings into five lateral com
partments.
(c.) Prison vans.
2. When ordinary 3rd class lateral compartments are only available, not
Load for lateral compart- more than eight persons (including escort and prisoners)
ments,
shall occupy a compartment on the broad gauge.
3. When carriages of the description mentioned in rule one clause (b) are
Disposition of police and available, the prisoners shall be put into one or more
prisoners in iron barred compartments and the police guard into the centre or
lateral compartments . rear compartment. The iron frames described in the
resolution printed in the appendix shall be locked to the windows of the compartments
occupied by prisoners. When these frames are locked the doors cannot be opened.
Explanation. -Ten persons may be put into each of the compartments above
mentioned.
4. Parties of prisoners exceeding five in number shall be sent in the carriages
Iron barred lateral com described in clause (b) of rule one or in prison vans,
partments to be used for when available, under the rules following. Provided
parties of more than five that, in exceptional cases, when the distance to be travel
prisoners. led is short and when the prisoners, whether accused
or convicted persons, are aged, feeble, sick or crippled, or are wholly composed of
women or children, or both of women and children , they may be despatched in
common third class carriages.
Accused persons and lunatics.
5. Persons in custody accused of minor offences, not being desperate cha
Ordinary compartments racters and lunatics, who are harmless, shall be sent, in
when tobe used for accused parties of less than six persons, in ordinary carriages
persons, &c. with the usual escort and precautions.
6. Persons in custody accused of heinous offences, whenever it may be deemed
Iron barred lateral com necessary, parties of not less than six accused persons
partments when to be used (whatever the offence), accused persons of desperate cha
for accused persons, &c. racter and dangerous lunatics shall be conveyed by
rail only in carriages of the kind mentioned in clause (b) of rule one.
Convicted Persons.
7. Prisoners under sentence for minor offences who are not desperate cha
Ordinary compartments racters, and who have not a longer term of imprisonment
to be used for convicts.
to serve than six months, may, when in parties of less
than six persons, be sent in custody by rail in ordinary carriages with the usual
escort and precautions.
8. Prisoners with unexpired sentences exceeding six months, parties of six or
Iron barred compartments more prisoners, and desperate characters, shall be conveyed
whento be used for convicts. in custody by rail only in the carriages described in
clause (b) of rule one.
9. Transportation convicts and prisoners of exceptionally dangerous character
Prison vans when to be who require extra vigilance for their safe custody, shall
used. be conveyed in custody by rail only in prison vans.
Securing Carriages.
10. District Superintendents of Police may not engage carriages for prisoners
District Superintendents travelling under the orders of the Jail Department. But
when to engage accommo they are responsible for securing accommodation for ac
dation. cused or other persons sent by rail in custody under
police arrangements.
When a despatch of prisoners is to be made by rail from a head-quarter
station of a district under the orders of the Jail Depart
District Superintendent
to ascertain that proper ment it is the duty of the District Superintendent of
carriages have been sup- Police to go himself, or to send his Assistant two hours
plied. before the departure of the train, and ascertain that the
proper description of carriage has been supplied and that all gratings, padlocks,
&c., are in order.
EXPLANATION. This rule does not apply to roadside stations except in cases
where the carriages have been sent by a previous train and are to be attached to a
later one.
12. When District Superintendents of Police secure accommodation for

accused or other persons sent in custody under depart
Precautions on securing mental arrangements, sufficient time must be given to
carriage.
procure the class of vehicle required. Broad gauge 3rd
class lateral compartments can be secured on payment of eight fares and narrow
gauge ones on payment of six fares, provided due notice is given.
Responsible Police Officer 13. A responsible Police Officer must be present

to attend at Railway Sta at the railway station to despatch persons in custody by
tion . rail under the last preceding rule.
14. District Superintendents of Police at roadside stations shall ascertain,

At roadside stations whenever necessary, from the Assistant Inspector General
Railway Police to assist of Railway Police, whether the accommodation required
with information . for prisoners or accused persons has been or has not been
attached to a running train expected at such station to take them on.
Miscellaneous.
15. When escorts travel in a prison van on the Scind Punjab and Delhi
No ticket needed for escort Railway and are relieved before the van is attached to a
in prison van whilst run train on the East Indian line, no tickets are required for
ning on S. P. and D. line. the portion of the journey in the prison vau.
16. On the State Railways when ordinary 3rd class carriages only are avail
Narrow gauge State Rail able, not more than six persons ( including escort and
way. prisoners) may be put in a narrow gauge lateral compart
ment. Should lateral compartments divided by iron
railings be available, the police guard shall occupy one and eight prisoners may be
put into each of the remaining compartments of the carriage, and iron frames shall
be placed on the windows of the compartments occupied by prisoners. In this case
the police guard shall occupy the centre or rear compartment.
Circular 49 of 1876 can 17. Circular 49 of 1876 is cancelled.
celled.
18. Paragraphs one-hundred-and-forty-seven and one-hundred- and- fifty-eight
of Book Circular XII-(GUARDS AND ESCORTS ) —are to be read as modified by this
order, and this Circular shall be read with Book Circular XII .
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA- PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT,
No. 2296-2302 R. of 6th September 1876.
READ AGAIN
OBESRVATIONS .- In Public Works Department Resolution No. 834--39 R. dated 25th

March 1875, the Government of India directed that, on all railways, carriages conveying
prisoners should be provided with iron-frames in the manner adopted on the East Indian
Railway, the precise arrangement being ascertained from that Railway Company : and that
when prisoners have to be transferred from one carriage to another, timely notice should be
given to the Railway authorities in view to similar frames being provided at the station of
transfer.
2. In August 1875 the Consulting Engineer, Calcutta, reported that the East Indian
Railway Company had agreed to carry prisoners in the compartments of 3rd class carriages,
and when the number of the prisoners and guards together amounted to six persons, or failing
оств . 1877. ] POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. 83
that number, if payment was made for that number of seats, that Company agreed to reserve a
compartment and for the proper security of the prisoners, the Company had agreed also to
provide iron removable frames to the windows of such compartments fixed by means of a pad
locked bar outside. Recently, however, orders were issued in Home Department Circular of
22nd September 1875 suggesting whether it would not suffice if a reserved compartment were
to be engaged only when the number of prisoners with the guard were enough to fill a com
partment, or when a dangerous prisoner, for whose safe custody special precautions were
necessary, was sent by rail. These orders the Railway Company considered opposed to the
understanding under which prisoners were carried in ordinary 3rd class carriages.
Since then the views of the Local Governments and Administrations have been invited by
the Government of India on the subject of reserving accommodation in railway trains for the
carriage of prisoners.
RESOLUTION.-On consideration of the replies received , it does not seem possible, owing
to difference in design of rolling stock, to adopt one uniform rule for the segregation of certain
classes of prisoners when travelling by rail in India ; but His Excellency the Governor- General
in Council is pleased to decide that the original cost of the iron frames shall in all cases be
paid by the Local Government and not by the Railway, and that a sufficient number of frames
should be provided on the different lines of railway in India to meet the probable wants of
prisoner traffic , the number of frames needed for each railway being determined by records
of past demands.
East Indian Railway. Whenever it
Eastern Bengal Railway. 8 fares for each 3rd class compartment is required by
Sindh Punjab and Delhi Railway. capable of holding 10 passengers. the Police Au
State Railways, broad gauge. thorities that
iron- frames
Oudh and Rohilkund Railway. 6 fares for each lower class compart- shall be attach
ed, and conse
South Indian Railway.
State Railways , narrow gauge. ment capab le of holdi ng 8 passe ngers, quently com
partments re
12 fares for one-half of a 2nd class served for the
Madras Railway . carriage capable of holding 20 pas transport of
sengers. prisoners, then
payment will
Prison vans fitted up with movable be made at the
gratings, divided into two compart rates noted on
Great Indian Peninsula Railway. ments capable of holding 20 passengers the margin.
each. One or both compartments can Prisoners may
be reserved by payment of either 20 be carried by
or 40 third class fares. ordinary trains
at ordinary rates if the precaution of attaching the iron-frames is not required by the Police
authorities.
Circular No. 8-1632, dated 21st April 1877, from Inspector General of Prisons, Punjab,
to all Superintendents of Jails, Punjab.
I have the honor to request that when prisoners are to be despatched by rail from your
Jail, you will the day before the despatch inform the District Superintendent of Police of the
description of carriage you propose to use ; and that you will the day before the despatch send
a trustworthy official , your Jailor if possible, to the Railway Station to see that the carriage
provided is of the kind decided on, and is properly secure and according to order.
2. If the Police Officer is not satisfied with the security of the carriage furnished, his de
partmental orders will oblige him to decline the charge of the prisoners, whom he will return to
the Jail ; and should any question of demurrage arise, the Jail department will be held liable.
3. There are three kinds of conveyances in use for carrying prisoners by
I.-Ordinary third class carriages.
II.—Third class carriages supplied with iron gratings to the windows, and iron railings
between the compartments.
III.-Prison vans.
No. I. Will be used for the transport of small parties of prisoners, or men
under trial , who, with their guard, should be kept in compartments
by themselves.
No. II.- To be used for convicts, other than life, under transfer from one Jail
to another. No ordinary traveller should be admitted into the same
compartment with them, and all space they occupy must be separat
ed from the rest of the carriage by iron railings, and the windows
must be closed by gratings.
84 POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS, Į RECORD
No. III.- Being expensive one, ordinarily only to be used when transport.
ation prisoners are being sent. In both cases when Nos. II and III
are used, the police guard must be provided with a separate compart
ment to give sufficient space for them to act if necessary, and the
usual communicating cord connecting the carriage with the guard
should be seen to be properly arranged.
Circular No. 9-1739, dated 17th April 1876, from Inspector General of Prisons, Punjab,
to all Superintendents of Jails, Punjab.
Confusion and inconvenience has of late more than once occurred in the transfer of pri
soners by rail from one jail to another. I have therefore to request that the subject may
receive your careful attention .
2. In the first place you will see from this Office Circular No. 1-81 dated 7th January
1876 that the arranging with the Railway authorities for the necessary carriage rests entirely
with you. The Police authorities have nothing to do with the matter. You should not arrange
for the carriage until you have distinctly ascertained from the police when the necessary escort
can be supplied , and you must give the Police authorities at the very least 48 hours' notice of
the date on which you wish to have the guard. On this point your attention is called to paras
603 and 604 of the Jail Manual. Having ascertained from the police the date on which the
guard can be supplied , and arranged with the Railway authorities for the carriage, you must be
careful to keep to the time fixed for the prisoners to enter the carriages, for failing to do so
you may lose the carriage altogether, or have to pay demurrage on the detention of the carri
age. You will be held responsible in this matter.
3. In the case of certain Jails (e. g., Sirsa, Hissar, Rohtak, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Trans
Indus Jails), the railway carriage will be reached at a distance from the despatching jail ; and
in these cases the Superintendent of the despatching jail should make his arrangements for
forwarding the prisoners through the Superintendent of the jail at the station where the rail
will be struck; for instance, Sirsa should arrange through Delhi, and Trans- Indus jails through
Mooltau, but in these cases the Superintendent of the despatching jail must give the Superin
tendent of the forwarding jail at least eight clear days' notice of the probable date on which
the prisoners will arrive at his station, and on their starting from the jail of despatch should
telegraph their having done so.
The Superintendent of the forwarding jail will immediately warn the Police authorities,
giving full information as to strength, &c., of the party, as laid down in para 604 of Jail
Manual. It will also be the duty of each Superintendent of jail on the route along which the
party may move between the despatching and the forwarding jail, to report to the Superinten
dent of the forwarding jail the date on which they pass on immediately on their doing so ;
and the Jailor is to enter in his journal a note to the effect that this has been done, the date
of its being done, and the way, viz., whether by telegraph or post. In the event of the Superin
tendent of the forwarding jail being prevented from making proper arrangements by the
failure of the other Superintendents to give him due information, such neglect will not be
allowed to pass unnoticed.
4. I trust there will henceforth be no more confusion in moving prisoners ; the points to
be observed are-I, to give timely notice to the police, so that the guard may be provided ; II,
to keep the time fixed with the Police and Railway authorities ; and, III, to keep all concerned
in the arrangements well informed of the movements of the party.

(No. 3278.)
Under instructions from Government the Inspector-General makes the follow

Deaths ofcivil pensioners. ing rules :
1. A list of all civil pensioners residing in the districts shall be furnished to
Lists of civil pensioners to District Superintendents of Police, giving their names,
be furnished to District residences, and other additional particulars.
Superintendents of Police. As fresh civil pensions are sanctioned, additions shall
be furnished to this list.
2. The particulars mentioned in the last preceding rule regarding civil pen
Particulars of pensioners sioners other than police pensioners shall be entered at
to be entered in register. the end of the register of pensioners ordered to be kept
up by Circular No. 14 of 1865.
3. Extracts from the register of pensioners, both of police and civil pen
Extracts from register to sioners, shall be forwarded to officers in charge of police
be sent to officers in charge stations, giving them the names and particulars of all
of police stations. such pensioners residing within their station jurisdictions.
Supplementary extracts shall be forwarded on the receipt of additions to the lists.
4. Officers in charge of police stations shall keep a list of civil and police
Lists of pensioners to be pensioners residing in their jurisdictions. Such lists shall
kept in police stations. be pasted on boards and be hung up in the office room
of the police station.
5. Headmen of villages and village watchmen shall be informed of the names
Village headmen and vil of civil and police pensioners residing in their villages,
lage watchmen to be in and instructed, when making reports of death, to distin
formed. guish the death of all such pensioners .
6. On receipt of a report of the death of a civil or police pensioner the offi
Reports of deaths of pen cer in charge of the police station shall in addition to
Bioners. the ordinary death report, submit a special report of
such death to the District Superintendent of Police to whom he is subordinate, and
Buch District Superintendent of Police shall forward it without delay to the Deputy
Commissioner. Such reports shall give the dates of such deaths.
No. 3282, DATED 18TH OCTOBER 1877.

From Inspector-General of Police, Punjab, to the Deputy Inspector-General of Police,
Lahore Circle.
In reply to his No. 1550 of the 6th October, intimating that the District
Superintendent of Jhang did not make any charge for the
Supply police for pri- police supplied to Pyrab Brahmin on the occasion of the
of inments.
enterta
vate
marriage of his son, observes that in all cases of private
entertainments, or assemblies at which a large congregation of people is expected,
and extra police arrangements are required in the interests of public order, the
District Superintendent of Police should invite the responsible person or persons to
apply for such police as may be necessary, and if he declines (or they decline) the
Magistrate of the district should be consulted as to whether police should be given.
MEMO. No. 3298.
In continuation of this office memo No. 3,175 of 8th instant, regarding

the new travelling allowance rules, publishes for infor
Rules regarding travell mation a copy of Accountant General's No. 13,941 of
ing allowances of gazetted
officers. the 4th October, containing Mr. Rawlins' comments upon
the recent resolution.
No. 1,3941 , dated 4th October 1877 , from the Accountant General Punjab, to the Inspector
General of Police Punjab.
With reference to Government of India Financial Department No. 2990 of 6th instant,
laying down revised travelling allowance rules for gazetted officers of the police department,
I have the honor, with a view to prevent future discussions, to state the interpretation of the
revised rules according to which my office will from 6th September regulate the travelling
allowances of the officers concerned.
I. Travelling allowance on occasions of temporary absence on duty and special duty. A
police officer is entitled to the daily allowance of his rank for each day's absence from head
quarters. If on any day during such absence he travel twenty miles or more, he may draw the
mileage instead of the daily allowance of his rank for that day; again, he may draw mileage for
a continuous journey of twenty miles or more, however many days he may be in accomplishing
it, provided he forfeits the daily allowance for such days.
II. Carriage of tents, horses and orderlies. Carriage to the extent authorised by Govern.
ment of India will be allowed an officer when he is obliged to carry tents, horses and orderlies
by river-steamer or railway. This order does not cancel the rules under which carriage not by
railway or river-steamer of tents is allowed to officers while on tour in the interior of their dis
tricts. Charges for carriage for tents &c. are contingent charges, and will therefore be admitted
on contingent bills. It has not been uncommon for officers to include them as well as charges
for temporary tour kalassies (which also are contingent charges) in their travelling allowance
bills.
III. Carriage of tents and horses admissible on transfers. Tentage, which technically
means an " allowance for providing tents, " is not allowed to any officer in the Punjab as a re
gular allowance . Government of India in the Financial Department No. 1167, dated the 28th
February 1877 is, so far as the Punjab is concerned therefore, not modified by para 2 of the order
under consideration ; and as in the Punjab the tents belong to the office, and not to the officer,
carriage of tents will not be admissible on transfer but only carriage of horses to the extent
mentioned in rule III and subject to the sanction of Government Punjab. Carriage of horses
on transfer is also a contingent charge and will be admitted on the contingent bill . Travelling
allowance on transfer is not dealt with in the present resolution, and will continue to be ad
mitted at mileage rates only as heretofore.
MEMO No. 3360.

To
ALL DEPUTY INSPECTORS GENERAL OF POLICE.
The Inspector General publishes, for general information, the subjoined

Extent of police jurisdic- correspondence regarding police jurisdiction on those
tion in foreign territory. parts of the grand trunk road which pass through
foreign territory.
No. 865, dated 3rd April 1877, from Inspector General of Police, Punjab, to the Deputy
Inspector General of Police, Lahore Circle.
I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter No. 351 of the 21st March, refer.
ing for opinion a case in which the District Superintendent of Police Jullunder doubted the
jurisdiction of the police to investigate a theft from a grand trunk road bungalow, situated
near a portion of the road which runs through Kapurthala territory.
2. I observe that Major Beadon, the Deputy Commissioner, held that the offence
in question, apparently perpetrated by a British subject upon the goods of an European
British subject, should be jointly investigated by the British and Kapurthala police, and that
the offender should be tried by the Kapurthala Courts.
3. First , in regard to your question as to the procedure followed in Patiala. I would
drawyourattention to vol . VI Aitchison's Treaties and Sannads, No. XXV clause IV, where the
following expressions occur :-" He will (i. e. the Maharajah of Patiala) also freely give the land
required for the construction of railroads and imperial lines of road." This settles the ques
tion as regards Patiala .
4. I have no doubt that the grand trunk road, with its encamping grounds, road
bungalows and other adjuncts is British territory, just as the Punjab and Delhi Railway with
its stations is, along its whole length, although it divides the territories of Native States
5. If Mr. Taylor raised the question to avoid the investigation of the case of theft, I do
not think it speaks well for him, and I should be glad to see a little more energy and a
little less law. The safest rule for the police is to arrest thieves and leave the question of
jurisdiction to be settled afterwards by the Criminal Courts.
No. 2821, dated 16th July 1877, from Secretary to Government, Punjab, to the Commissioner
and Superintendent, Jullundur Division.
In returning the original enclosures of your letter No. 1393 dated 18th ultimo, relative to
a case of theft which occurred on a part of the grand trunk road running through Kapurthala
territory, and which was not investigated as the District Superintendent of Police and the
Deputy Commissioner of Jullundur were of opinion that the police had no jurisdiction over
such parts of the road, I am directed to observe that His Honor the Lieutenant Governor
considers that the police officer was wrong in refusing to act, and the Deputy Commissioner
was wrong in supporting him.

(No. 3402.)
Government having intimated its intention of wording the sanction of superan

Police. nuation pensions and pensions to policemen whose salaries
Commencement of pen do not exceed twenty rupees a month as having effect
sions. from the date on which service pay ceased, the Inspector
General makes the following rules :
1. Service pay shall cease, in the case of all police officers for whom superan
nuation pension is sanctioned , and in the case of police
On grant of pension ser
vice pay to cease. officers drawing twenty rupees or less a month who are
retained in the service after being invalided under the
conditions mentioned in the proviso in rule one of section fifty-five of the Civil
Pension Code, as modified by Financial Resolution No. 2330 of the 3rd August
1877, for whom an invalid pension is sanctioned, on the day on which such sauc
tion is received by the District Superintendent of Police ; or if such day is a close
holiday, then on the next working day.
2. District Superintendents of Police shall mention in applications for pension.
Particulars to be stated or gratuity, for men whose cases come within the preced
in application for pension.ing paragraph, whether they have or have not been re
tained in the service pending sanction to such pension or
gratuity, and if retained shall also state that their places have not been filled up.
3. District Superintendents of Police shall furnish the pensioners mentioned
in the last preceding rule with last pay certificate , and
Last pay certificate to be
given to pensioner and re shall report the dates on which their pensions commence,
port to Secretary to Go as soon as possible after receipt of sanction, direct to the
vernment. Secretary to Government, Punjab, in the Financial De
partment.
1
NOVE. 1877. ] POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. 89
No. 3536.
The Inspector General of Police draws the attention of District Superiuten
dents of Police to the alterations in the Civil Pension Code effected by the orders
contained in Finanacial Department No. 3912 of the 18th October 1877 , republish
ed at page 1127 of the Punjab Gazette, Part II.
2. It will be observed that the rule requiring a pension or gratuity to be multi
plied by a fraction whose denominator is 30 and whose numerator is the number of
years (not exceeding 30) served by the officer concerned , in cases where such officer
entered the service after attaining the age of 25 years, has been extended to invalid
pensions and gratuities when the cause for invaliding is old age or natural decay
from advancing years.
3. It is now ruled that a gratuity is not to be given when it would be more
valuable than a pension. District Superintendents must indicate to medical officers
and invaliding committees the men who are entitled to gratuities only. If the
expectation of life in these cases in less than the normal prospects of life amongst
invalids they will not receive a gratuity.
4. These changes do not affect men under Scale A.
5. The Inspector General takes this opportunity of again drawing attention
of District Superintendents to para. 19 Book Circular XIII, regarding the ages of
men entertained . Under no circumstances should a man be taken as a recruit
whose age exceeds 25 years.
SECTION 59.
Insert the following as a Note under this Section after Clause (c) on page 32 :
-
[NOTE. The proviso under Section 60, applies to an officer invalided on
account of incapacity for further service, which incapacity is due to old age or natural
decay from advancing years. The attention of the examining medical officers should
always he called to that proviso in the case of an officer whose qualifying service
began after he attained the age of twenty-five years, in order that he may adapt his
certificate accordingly. ]
SECTION 60, PROVISO, (page 32.)

For the words " admissible as invalid pension or gratuity " substitute “ ad
missible under this section."
Insert the words " See Rule 5 under Section 95, page 52. A gratuity is
intended to be less valuable than a pension, and must not be awarded if it is likely
to impose upon the revenues a higher charge than would arise from a pension.
As a foot note to the word " gratuity " in each of the following Sections :
Section 50 (page 25),
"" 52 (page 27),
"9 53 (page 28), and
"" 56 (page 29),
"" 95 (page 52),
Insert the following as Rule 5 under this Section :
5. Every applicant for a gratuity should appear before a commissioned
medical officer in charge of a civil station, and if the medical officer considers
that the applicant has clearly not the normal prospects of life he should so certify
in a confidential report to the head of the office, explaining briefly the grounds for
his opinion. In such case the Local Government should grant in lieu of the
gratuity a pension equal to that which the gratuity would purchase according
to the scale of Table A Appendix E, for a person of the same age with normal
prospects of life. But it is not intended that this rule should be employed indis
criminately, and the Government of India will be ready specially to consider any
case in which its strict operation would work serious hardship.

(No. 3,573).
WITH a view to improve the appearance of the mounted constables, the In

Equipment uniform . spector-General makes the following rule :—
1. For the third clause, under the heading " mounted constables " in para
graph twenty-two of Book Circular XXIV (Equipment), the following clause shall
be substituted, namely :
During the heat of the day in very hot weather, and except on orderly duty,
When mounted constables shoes, made after the European pattern, may, at the dis
may wear shoes. cretion of the District Superintendent of Police or
superior officer, be substituted for long boots.

(No. 2,583.)
As it is necessary that each police sergeant and constable should possess a

Clothing. second cloth coat for fatigue and night duties, and as
the old cloth coats will suffice for this purpose, the Inspector-General makes the
following rule :
1. In rule one of paragraph three of Book Circular XXIX (Clothing), and in
Second-hand cloth coats rule one of Circular No. 25 of 1876 ( Clothing of sergeants,
added to the full kit. 1st grade, and mounted constables), the following addition
shall be made to that portion of the full kit which consists of the issue prior to the
last ( namely) :--
One cloth coat.
MEMO No. 3603.

In the return of savings submitted in accordance with Circular Memo 1438 of

1875, excess drawings are correctly shown by the Deputy Inspector -General of
Amballa, and the net result is brought out in the total of column 4.
2. The Inspector-Gereral requests that this practice may be generally
adopted. In the column of remarks a note should be entered opposite each balance,
mentioning whether it is debit or credit.
NOVR. 1877. 1 POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. 91
MEMO No. 3700.

Dated the 20th November 1877.
District Superintendents should warn men who take their discharge that
ordinarily speaking a police officer who has attained the age of 25, and who does
not present himself for re-enlistment within the year, will be considered disqualified
on the ground of age.
CIRCULAR No. 41.

(No. 3,778. )
In continuation of Circular 33 of 1876 , and in modification of rules V and VI

of Book Circular XXIX (Clothing) the Inspector-General makes the following
rules :
1. For the last paragraph of rule V of Book Circular XXIX (Clothing) the
Price of fatigue kurta to following shall be substituted (namely) -In addition to
bs recovered from the men. these deductions, every sergeant and constable shall have
the price of his fatigue kurta deducted from his salary.
2. The following explanation shall be added to rule VI of the above men
tioned circular (namely) :
Explanation. Though fatigue kurtas will ordinarily be issued annually, a new
kurta should not be issued to men who have serviceable kurtas in possession.
MEMO No. 3792.

The Inspector General publishes for information and guidance the subjoined
Notification issued by the Panjab Government, together with the correspondence
relative to the identification, by quinquennial committees, of police pensiouers, and
prescribes the following form of committee report.
2. The Inspector General trusts that the roll of police pensicners prescribed
by paragraph two of Circular 14 of 1865, as amended by Circular 49 of 1872 , will be
carefully verified by each District Superintendent of Police and by the Assistant
District Superintendent of Police Simla before the committees meet.
Financial Department No, 719S dated 25th October 1877.

Appointments. The undermentioned officers are appointed by His Honor the Lieutenant
Governor a committee in each district for the identification of police pensioners under the pro
vision of Section 116 of the Civil Pension Code. The Deputy Commissioner, or in his unavoid
able absence the senior European Civil Officer of the district, the District Superintendent of
Police, the Civil Surgeon.
The first committee will assemble at the next half-yearly payment of the pensioners ; and
the following rules are issued for guidance :
I. A month before the sessiou of the committee each District Superintendent of Police
shall compare his register of police pensioners with the Treasury parts of permanent payable
orders and see that they are complete and up to date.
II. Lists of all police pensioners will be sent by him to officers in charge of the stations
in whose jurisdiction they reside, with an order that the beat constables shall enquire in their
villages and ascertain that the village reports are in favour of the pensioners ' identity.
III. The reports under Rule II shall be laid before the committee.
IV. A brief report by each committee of the results generally of the investigation, with
a special notice of any cases in which the pension appears to be fraudulently drawn, shall
be submitted through the Inspector General of Police to the Financial Commissioner, and be
forwarded by the latter with any remarks or suggestions necessary for the information and
orders of Government,
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA-FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT,

Circular No. 1049, dated 5th June 1877.
PENSIONS AND GRATUITIES.
The attention of the several Local Governments and Administrations is invited to section
116 of the Civil Pension Code, in which it is provided that special committees shall be assem
bled every five years to identify pensioners from the Police Department. More than six years
have elapsed since this rule was issued ( Resolution of the Government of India, No. 613 dated
19th May 1871 ), and it is requested that the Government of India may be informed whether
the rule has been carried ont, and, if so in what manner.
No. 187-1940 dated the 3rd July 1877, from Inspector General of Police Punjab, to Secretary
to Government Punjab, Financial Department.
I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your No. 1681 of the 21st June, giving cover to
a Circular No. 1049 of the 5th idem, from the Financial Department of the Government of
India, regarding the identification of police pensioners, and to offer the following remarks.
2. I cannot trace the receipt in my office of Financial Resolution No. 613 of the 19th
May 1871 , though I possess a copy of No. 614 of the same date. I shall however endeavour to
reply to your question in the absence of this document .
3. The subject appears to resolve itself into three parts. First, the mode of invaliding
police officers : second, the identification of police pensioners: third, the assembly of commit
tees of identification.
4. In regard to the method of invaliding police officers, I have only to forward a copy of
my Circular 26 of 1876, and to explain that up to the year 1873 all police officers were invalid
ed (with one or two exceptions ) by the annual military invaliding committees. It will be seen
that in the cases of those officers who are invalided otherwise, than by the military invaliding
committees, the concurrence of the District Superintendent of Police, the Deputy Inspector
General of Police of the Circle, and of the Civil Surgeon, is required. In other words, no
police officer is invalided in the Punjab until the opinion of these three officers has been
taken , and in many eases not until the additional opinion of the military invaliding commit
tee has been secured.
5. From the experience we have gained, I can positively state that so far from the men
seeking to be invalided they do all they can to remain in the service when utterly unable to
perform their duties.
6. We have a special system of identifying all police pensioners, which you will find fully
described in the enclosed copy of Circular 49 of 1872. As police pensioners are not a numer
ous class, and are more evenly distributed over the districts than army pensioners, it is possible
for District Superintendents of Police to have a personal knowledge of them.
7. No special committees for the identification of police pensioners have been held. If
Government considers that it is necessary to form such committees at present, I suggest that
they might be composed of the Deputy Commissioner, the District Superintendent, and the
Civil Surgeon. Obviously the most convenient time of session would be at the time of the pay
ment of the half-yearly pensions. There are advantages in chosing either the summer or the
winter payments. Probably the advantages of the latter season predominate.
No. 717 S, dated 25th October 1877, from Oficiating Secretary to Government, Punjab,
Financial Department, to Inspector- General of Police, Punjab.
IN reply to your letter No. 281 , dated 2nd current, I am desired to inform you that the
rules you propose for the guidance of District Committees for the identification of police pen
sioners, as constituted in the letter to the Government of India. No. 3128, dated 6th August
1877, are sanctioned by His Honor the Lieutenant- Governor, and a copy of the correspondence
will be forwarded to all Commissioners for the guidance of the first Committees, which will
assemble at the next half-yearly payment of the pensioners.
2. A gazette notification will also issue appointing the Committees and containing a
copy of the rules,
No. 741 , dated 23rd July 1877.

From- Secretary to Financial Commissioner, Punjab.
IN reply to his No. 1680 of 21st June, forwarding, for report, an inquiry made by the
Government of India regarding the working of Section 116 of the Civil Pension Code, referr
ing to the identification of police pensioners, states that it has been ascertained that the
Inspector-General of Police has already, in his letter No. 187 of 3rd July, furnished the
Government with the information required.
NOVE. 1877. ] POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. 93
No. 312S ., dated 6th August 1877.

IN reply to your Circular No. 1049, dated 5th June, inquiring as to the measures taken for
the quinquennial identification of police pensioners, I am desired to state that no measures
have yet been taken in this province to give effect to the orders. I am, however, desired to for
ward a copy of a letter No. 187 , dated 3rd July, and of its enclosures, from the Inspector
General of Police, the procedure described in which appears to the Lieutenant-Governor per
fect in other respects . The quinquennial committees proposed in the Inspector-General's 5th
paragraph seem to His Honor fully calculated to meet the requirements of the Government of
India, and they will now be ordered. Their proceedings will commence at the next half-yearly
payment of pensioners in the approaching winter, and will be reported to Government through
the Accountant- General. The senior European Civil Officer of the district will take the place
of the Deputy Commissioner, if the latter be unavoidably absent.
No. 313S, dated 6th August 1877.
From -Officiating Secretary to Government, Punjab.
In reply to your No. 741 , dated 23rd ultimo , regarding the quinquennial examination of
police pensioners, with reference to Section 116 of the Civil Pension Code, I am desired to
forward a copy of the letter from the Inspector- General of Police, No. 187 , dated 3rd idem, and
of a communication of this date to the Government of India, and to inquire whether, after con
sultation with the Accountant-General, you have any suggestions to offer, or whether there are
any brief rules you think necessary for the guidance of the Committee. Copy of this corres
pondence will be sent to the Accountant-General.
No. 3148.
Copy forwarded to Accountant- General, Punjab, for information.
From - Secretary to Financial Commissioner, Punjab.
In reply to your No. 3138. , of 6th August, relating to the identification of police pension
ers, I am directed to forward a copy of Accountant-General's No. 12501 , of 7th September,
and to state that the Financial Commissioner agrees with the Accountant -General and the
Inspector-General of Police that if quinquennial committees are to be assembled they may suit
ably be composed of the District Superintendent of Police, the Civil Surgeon and the Deputy
Commissioner, or, in his absence, the senior Civil Officer of the district.
The Financial Commissioner has no suggestions to offer or rules to propose. If any such
are necessary they might suitably be prepared by the Police Department, but for all practical
requirements the procedure already in force in that Department seems to be sufficient.
From- Officiating Accountant-General, Punjab,
To - The Secretary to Financial Commissioner, Punjab.
In reply to your letter No. 4827 , dated the 27th ultimo, regarding the identification of
police pensioners and the assembling of special committees for that purpose every five years,
I have the honor to observe that inasmuch as the certificate of identification prescribed in
Police Circular No. 49 of 1872 , is forwarded to my office in support of the pension payment,
the ordinary requirements of audit are amply satisfied, and I agree with the Financial Com
missioner in thinking that any further proofs of identification hardly seem necessary.
As, however the Government of India deem the assembling of these committee a matter
of consequence, and it would appear that owing to the frequent changes in the office of a Dis
trict Superintendent of Police much of the personal knowledge of pensioners gained by that
officer is lost, it is desirable to obtain additional proof of identity. In this case I can think of
no officers more suited for such a committee than those recommended by the Inspector
General.
Forwarded in original to the Inspector- General of Police, together with a printed copy
of Financial proceedings of this Government, No. 4 A., dated 6th August last, for any remarks
or suggestions he may desire to offer, and for return with reply.
No. 281 , dated 2nd October 1877.

From -Inspector- General of Police, Punjab,
I have the honor to return the enclosures of your No. 2683, of the 24th September, regard
ing the identification of police pensioners, and to suggest the following brief rules :
(a). A month before the Session of the Committee each District Superintendent of
police shall compare his register of police pensioners with the treasury parts of
permanent payable orders and see that they are complete and up to date.
(b). That lists of all police pensioners be sent out to officers in charge of the stations
in whose jurisdiction they reside, with an order that the beat constable shall in
quire in their villages and ascertain that the village repute is in favor ofthe
pensioners' identity.
(c). The reports under the last paragraph to be laid before the Committee.
2. If a formal report is required by Government, I submit a form which I propose for the
purpose. If not, it would be sufficient for the Committees to record their opinion in the re
gister and to report on any case where the pension was fraudulently drawn.
3. I should be glad if you would send me a printed copy of the correspondence.
Report of a Committee assembled on the to verify police pensioners paid
from the treasury of the above district.
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DECR. 1877. ] POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. 95

(No. 3,900. )
Ar the suggestion of the Inspector General of Police North-West Provinces, the

Inspector General of Police, Punjab, makes the following rule :—
1. The following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph 7 of Book Cir
cular XXX (DUTIES WITH TROOPS) , namely :—
7. Police officers on duty with camps shall be relieved, when the relief takes
Relief of officers on duty place within the province, only at head-quarter stations
with camps . of districts ; but when the relief is to be effected in an
other general police district, it shall be made on arrival at the first encamping
ground in the new jurisdiction.
CIRCULAR No. 43.
(No. 3,935.)
As it is expedient to consolidate, and, so far as departmental orders are con

cerned, to amend the regulations governing the subject
Travelling allowances. of travelling allowance, the Inspector General makes the
following rules :
1. The orders regarding travelling allowance are divided into three parts ;
Subject divided into three the first part relating to gazetted, the second part to un
parts. gazetted, officers, and the third containing general rules .
PART I.-OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE TO GAZETTED OFFICERS.
When travelling allow. 2. Travelling allowances are granted to police

ances are admissible. officers
(a.) on tour, and on special duty,

(b.) when proceeding to examinations which are compulsory, and
(c. ) on transfer.
Allowance on tour and on special duty.

Journeys on tour and 3. The rules under this heading are applicable to
special duty. journeys made, on the public service, on tour, and on
special duty.
(a.) Rates of travelling allowance.
1.--Mileage.
4. The rates of mileage admissible to all ranks
Rates of mileage . are :
(a.) Eight annas a mile by road.
(b.) Three annas a mile by guaranteed railways.
(c.) The price of two first class tickets by State railways.
1
2.-Halting or diurnal allowance.
Rates of diurnal allow 5. The rates of halting or diurnal allowance

ance. admissible to the different ranks of police officers are as
follows -
Rs.
Inspector-General of Police ... ... ... ... 10
Deputy Inspector-General of Police ... ... ... 6
District Superintendent of Police ... ... ... 5
Assistant ditto ditto ... ... ... 4
The Assistant Inspector General of Railway Police draws Rs. 8 for every night
spent away from head-quarters ; but he draws no mileage rates.
(b). Of mileage.
6. If on any day an officer travels twenty miles, or more than twenty miles,
When mileage is admis he is entitled , in lieu of the diurnal rate for that day, to
sible. the authorized mileage rates.
7. During a continuous journey of twenty miles or more, a police officer may
draw mileage rates, irrespective of the distance travelled,
Continuous journey.
provided he shall not draw diurnal rates for such journey.
When longer distance 8. When a police officer is obliged to pay for a
than that travelled has to longer distance by rail than that actually travelled by him,
be paid for. he may draw the sum charged for the excess distance.
Fractions of a mile ex 9. In calculating travelling allowance at mileage

cluded. rates, fractions of a mile shall be omitted from the cal
culation.
(c.) Of Halting or diurnal allowance.

When diurnal allowance 10. Halting or diurnal allowance at the authorized
is admissible. rates may be drawn when the officer is
(a.) on duty, or
(b.) when, in the intervals of a journey on the public service an officer halts
on an authorized holiday, provided that in both the above cases such
officer
(c.) on leaving his head-quarters proceeded to a greater distance than five
miles, and does not halt within five miles of his head-quarters, and
(d.) does not halt for more than seven days, subject to the exceptions here
inafter contained .
11. An officer may, subject to the conditions mentioned in the immediately

Allowances when officer preceding rule, halt for fourteen days, but for the last
halts for 14 days. seven days of such halt he may only draw half rates of
diurnal allowance.
If an officer prolongs his halt beyond fourteen days, he shall be entitled to no
allowance for any day or days in excess of fourteen, except in the cases mentioned
in the rule next following.
12. If a police officer is compelled to halt for a period exceeding seven days,
Halts at fairs, darbars, for the purpose of superintending arrangements at fairs,
exhibitions, &c. darbars, exhibitions and the like, he may draw full diurnal
allowance, provided he attaches a certificate signed,
in the case of Assistant District Superintendents of Police, by the Deputy
Commissioner of the district,
and in the case of Deputy Inspectors General and of the Inspector General of
Police, by the Commissioner of the Division concerned ,
to the effect that such halt was nccessary for the performance of the duties in
question.
On such occasions the Local Government may authorize the grant of travelling
allowance, although the duty was performed beyond the province.
When diurnal allowance 13. When mileage rates have been drawn only for
may be drawn on the days those days when the police officer concerned has travelled
on which mileage is not twenty miles, or more than twenty miles, he may draw
drawn, and in addition to
mileage on the remaining diurnal rates for any other day or days of such journey
days.
whether he halted (subject to the preceding rules), or
whether he travelled a less distance than twenty miles on such other day or
days.
(d.) When mileage and diurnal rates may be drawn together for the same day or days.
14. When a police officer, marching with his camp and drawing the diurnal
When mileage may be allowance for a journey under twenty miles, is suddenly
drawn inaddition to diurnalcompelled on an emergency to travel rapidly to his dis
allowance on the same day trict head-quarters, and to leave his camp standing, he
or days. may be allowed to draw mileage for any distance travelled
away from his camp equal to or exceeding twenty miles, in addition to the halting
allowance, so long as carriage is maintained ; on the understanding that each case
is to be determined on a consideration of the necessity of the circumstances , for
Assistant District Superintendents of Police and District Superintendents of Police
by Deputy Inspectors General, and for Deputy Inspectors General by the Inspector
General of Police.
(e). Of the carriage of horses, tents, &c., by rail.

15. If an officer is ordered to proceed to a distant station so quickly that he
When horses and tents is obliged to send his tents and horses by rail or steamer,
may be taken by rail. the Local Government may, by a special order, allow him
to recover the actual cost of their carriage, not exceeding the limits mentioned in
the next suceeding rule, in addition to his authorized travelling allowances.
16. An officer, when obliged to carry with him tents, horses and orderlies by
What may be so taken river steamer or railway, may recover the actual cost of
by railway. their carriage up to the following limits ::
Weight of tents. NUMBER OF

Rank of Officer.
Maunds. Horses. Orderlies.
Inspector General ... 35 3 1

:
Deputy Inspector General ... ... 35 2 2
District Superintendent or Assistant Dis

trict Superintendent ... ... 25 2 1
If the destination of the Inspector General is more than fifty miles from his
head-quarters, he may also charge the freight of one conveyance.
17. Nothing in the foregoing rules affects the orders of Government contain
Rules regarding carriage ed in paragraph twenty-five of Book Circular IV (TENTS
of tents by road unaffected. AND MARCHING ESTABLISHMENTS) as regards the carriage
of tents by road and the payment of a proportion of the expense by the officers con
cerned.
(f ) Mode of drawing travelling allowance.

Bills to contain a jour 18. Travelling allowances shall be drawn by biils
nal of distances and to be giving a journal of distance, and after countersignature
countersigned. by the officer's immediate superior.
Explanation . The bills of an Assistant District Superintendent of Police must
be countersigued both by his District Superintendent and Deputy Inspector-General
of Police.
19.If the amount so billed for exceeds twenty rupees, a receipt stamp of
the value of one anna shall be attached to the bill, as
Receipt stamp.
ordered in paragraph one hundred and fifty-two of Book
Circular XXXIV (ACCOUNTS).
(9.) Mode of recovering expenses incurred in sending horses, tents, &e., by rail.
20. Bills for expenses incurred under the rules contained in section (e) shall
Recovery of cost of send be submitted, through the usual channel (with a full ex
planation of the circumstances under which the charges
ing horses, tents, &c . by rail .
became necessary, and are recoverable under such rules)
for the sanction of Government : and after such sanction the amounts shall be in
cluded in contingent bills, and the sanctions shall be attached as vouchers.
Explanation. -A certificate signed, in the case of District Superintendents and
Assistant District Superintendents of Police, by Deputy Inspectors-General ; and, in
the case of Deputy Inspectors-General, by the Inspector-General, to the effect that
it was necessary, under the circumstances of the case, to send tents or horses (as
the case may be) by rail, shall be attached to the bill submitted to Government.
Travelling allowances to attend examinations.

Allowances to attend ex 21. The rules regarding travelling allowance to
aminations contained in attend examinations are published as Appendix V to
Book Circular III. Book Circular III (EXAMINATION OF POLICE OFFICERS) .
An Assistant District Superintendent of Police, 2nd Class, entitled to draw
Subject to a modification. travelling allowance to attend an examination, may, when
proceeding by State railway, charge the price of two
second class tickets.
Travelling allowance on transfer.

Mileage rates only ad 22. On transfer mileage rates only may be drawn.
missible on transfer.
23. If an officer is transferred to a new station whilst absent from duty on
Travelling allowance to privilege leave or examination leave, he may draw travell
officers transferred when on
ing allowances for the journey, direct from the place in
leave in India. India where the order reaches him, to such new station,
at the same rates to which he would have been entitled if on duty ; provided that
the allowances thus drawn shall not exceed the total sum which he might have
charged for the journey direct from his old station to his new one.
Reduction as punishment 24. If an officer is reduced in grade as a punish
and transfer, travelling al- ment and transferred, he may draw travelling allowance.
lowance admissible.
25. When an offieer is transferred on promotion he may draw travelling

When travelling allow allowance, provided his salary before promotion did not
ance is admissible on trans exceed rupees four hundred per meusem, and that his
fer on promotion. promotion does not involve an increase of salary exceed
ing rupees fifty per mensem.
Explanation. This rule does not apply to acting promotion . An officer trans
ferred to fill an acting appointment draws travelling allowance in all cases.
26. If the transfer is of a strictly emergent character, an officer may take
horses with him by rail subject to the rules contained in
Carriage of horses by rail Section
on transfer. (e) :
But as tents belong to the office, and not to officers,
their carriage is ordinarily inadmissible on transfer.
Transfer must be on pub 27. Travelling allowance is admissible only if the

lic grounds to carry title transfer was not made at the officer's request, nor for his
to travelling allowance. private advantage, but was made on public grounds only.
PART II.- OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE TO NON-GAZETTED OFFICERS.

28. The rules under this part are divided into two sections. The first relates
Division of the section. to ministerial, and the second to executive officers.
(1).—Ministerial Officers.
Definition of ministerial 29. Ministerial officers are officers who are em
officers. ployed on other than menial duties in offices.
Illustrations.
(a).- Police officers employed as Court Inspectors, and as Clerks in the office of a Deputy
Inspector General or a District Superintendent of Police are ministerial officers.
(b). The pay-sergeant and the orderly-sergeant are ministerial officers.
Allowances for travelling 30. The following allowances are admissible to
on duty by road. ministerial officers travelling on duty by road :—
For rapid journeys a mileage rate of four annas per mile, if the officer is in
receipt of fifty rupees or more than fifty rupees a month, or a mileage rate of two
annas per mile if the officer is in receipt of less than fifty rupees a month.
For authorized halts within the meaning of rule ten, and for journeys at slow
rates or ordinary marches, an allowance of three-tenths of the officer's salary for
each halt or each day spent on the journey :
Provided that mileage rates aud halting allowance may not be drawn for the
same day or days.
Explanation.-A ministerial officer acting as camp clerk to a Deputy Inspector
General or District Superintendent is on duty within the meaning of these rules.
Allowances when travel 31. Ministerial officers when travelling on duty by
ling by railway. railway are entitled to the following accommodation and
rates :
Police officers drawing not less than fifty rupees per mensem, -second class
fare.
Police officers drawing less than fifty rupees, but more than ten rupees per
mensem-intermediate class fare : or, if there is no intermediate accommodation
available, then third class fare and an allowance of three-tenths of salary for the
day or days occupied by the journey.
Police officers drawing ten rupees and less than ten rupees per mensem-third
class fare, and an allowance of three-tenths of salary for the day or days occupied
by the journey :
Provided that, if the journey involves the absence of an officer from his head
quarters or standing camp for a night, so as to render it necessary for him to carry
with him servants and baggage, the District Superintendent of Police or other
superior officer (as the case may be) may, in his discretion, allow a double, in lieu
of a single, fare of the class to which the officer in question is entitled :
Provided also, that an officer entitled to second or intermediate class fare may,
at his option, in lieu of such fares, charge an allowance of three-tenths of his salary
for the day or days occupied on such journey.
32. The orders contained in rules twenty-three, twenty-four and twenty-five,
Allowances on transfer regarding travelling allowance on transfer. apply to the
of ministerial and executive transfer of ministerial and executive officers. Such
officers. officers are entitled to no travelling allowance when
transferred at their own request.
(2). Executive Officers.

33. Travelling allowance is granted to executive police officers on special
Allowances on special duty, and, subject to the rules referred to and contained
duty . in the last preceding paragraph, on transfer.
34. By special duty is meant any duty which a police officer cannot perform
Definition of special if mounted, by riding, or, if dismounted, by marching
duty. the distance required to be travelled.
Explanation . The investigation of cases within the district in which an officer
is serving is not " special duty " within the meaning of these rules, unless the officer
concerned is ordered by his District Superintendent of Police or other superior
gazetted officer to travel so quickly and for such a distance that he cannot obey the
order without paying for means of locomotion. Such orders may only be given in
exceptional cases.
35. When carriage is provided for, as in the case of guards and escorts, the
Lodging and incidental District Superintendent of Police may admit a reason
expenses. able sum for the cost of lodging (but not of board) and
conveyance hire to and from the railway, or other meaus
of transit ; but no travelling allowance shall be paid to the members of the guard
or escort .
Limit of bonâ fide expen 36. On special duty bona fide expenses may be
ses when on special duty. charged not exceeding :
By rail.-Inspectors-one second class and one third class fare ;
Deputy Inspectors, 1st and 2nd grades, -one second class fare ;
Other inferior grades -one third class fare :
Provided that Inspectors may not charge a third class fare when the duty does
not involve an absence of twenty four-hours.
By road. Such expenses as may be absolutely necessary to ensure the object
required provided that, except in cases of pursuit when very rapid locomotion is
essential, the allowances given to ministerial officers shall not be exceeded.
In each case the District Superintendent or other superior officer ordering the
duty shall give directions as to the mode of transit to be employed, and will be held
responsible that proper conveyance is used.
37. The following allowances will be granted on transfer, subject to the rules
referred to and contained in paragraph thirty-two.
By rail. -Police officers of and above the rank of Deputy Inspector 2nd
grade- bona fide expenses not exceeding two second class fares.
Police officers above the rank of Sergeant, 3rd grade, but below that of Deputy
Inspector, 2nd grade -bonâ fide expenses not exceeding two intermediate or two
third class fares provided that, where intermediate carriage accommodation is not
available, three-tenths of salary shall be admissible in addition to double third class
fares for the day or days occupied by the journey.
Officers of and below the rank of 3rd grade Sergeant- third class fares.
By road. If the journey is made rapidly-bond fide expenses, not exceeding a
mileage rate of four aunas a mile to officers drawing not less than fifty rupees a
mouth, and not exceeding two aunas a mile to cfficers drawing less than fifty and
more than ten rupees a month.
When the journeys are made by marches,
and in the case of Sergeants, 3rd grade, and of constables,
the following weights of luggage will be conveyed at Government expense :
Inspectors ... 4 Maunds.
Deputy Inspectors ... 2 99
Sergeants, 1st grade ... 1 99
Sergeants, 2nd and 3rd grade ... 20 Seers.
Constables ... 12 ""
38. By bona fide expenses are meant reasonable and necessary expenses. It
Definition of “ bonâ fide is not intended that the maximum rates prescribed should
expenses " and " rapidly." be given in ordinary cases. A journey is said to be made
rapidly by road when more than twenty-four miles are traversed in twenty-four hours.
Miscellaneous.
(COMMON TO BOTH MINISTERIAL AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS. )
39. When non-gazetted police officers are entitled to travelling allow
Mode of drawing travel- ance, a bill shall be prepared in the form given in
ling allowance for non-ga- Appendix I and shall be submitted through the Deputy
zetted officers. Inspector General of the circle for the sanction of the
Inspector General of Police .
40. Sufficient details shall be given in the bill to enable the controlling officer
Details sufficient to check to ascertain the rates charged per mile of distance travel
mileage rate. led , and which stages of the journey were traversed
rapidly and which by marches.
41. District Superintendents of Police are responsible that the number of
District Superintendents policemen sent on special duty, and that the means of
responsible that duty is and locomotion employed, are necessary in the interests of the
the numbers are necessary. public service.
42. On receipt of the bill sanctioned by the Inspector General of Police
Sanctioned bill becomes the District Superintendent of Police concerned shall
a voucher. include the amount in his contingent bill, and attach
the sanctioned bill as a voucher.
43. When it may be necessary to hire a conveyance for a messenger of any rank
Hire of conveyances for despatched on urgent business to a place in the neigh
messengers. bourhood of the office to which the business appertains,
the expenses actually incurred may be recovered : provided the head of the office
certifies that the charge was unavoidable.
44. Expenses under the last preceding rule and carriage hire for escorts pro
Conveyance and carriage ceding on the Government service, including the serai
charges how drawn. and halting expenses allowed by paragraph one-hundred
and seventy-three of Book Circular XII, shall be charged in the contingent bill on
the authority of the District Superintendent of Police.
Carriage expenses of parties of additional police travelling on the business of
private persons employing them shall be charged to such persons.
45. If a non-gazetted officer joins a gazetted appointment, he may draw, for
Non-gazetted officers join the journey taken in joining, the travelling allowance he
ing a gazetted appointment. would have been entitled to had he been a gazetted officer.
46. If a non-gazetted officer proceeds to join another non-gazetted appoint
When a non-gazetted offi ment, he is not entitled to travelling allowance in transit
cer is entitled to travelling unless he is permitted to draw pay or acting allowance
allowances on transfer. whilst so joining.
PART III.-GENERAL.
47. The mileage distances between places in the Punjab, mentioned in the
Distances assertained by polymetrical table printed as Appendix II, shall be
reference to the polymetri- charged as therein stated both by gazetted and non-gazet
cal table. ted officers.
48. For the purpose of calculating travelling allowance, the distance between
Journeys to be performed two stations shall be held to be the length of the shortest
by the shortest " route. of two or more practicable routes between them, or the
cheapest of such routes as are equally short.
Explanation. -The " shortest route " means the route by which the traveller
Definition of the " shortest can most speedily reach his destination by the ordinary
route." modes of travelling.
When necessary for pur 49. Notwithstanding the provisions of the last pre
poses of duty, police officeding rule, if it is necessary for purposes of inspection or
cers may travel by routes other duty, a police officer may travel either by road or
not the shortest.
by rail, and draw travelling allowance accordingly.
The countersignature of a Deputy Inspector General in the case of an Assistant
District Superintendent or District Superintendent, and of the Inspector General
in the case of a Deputy Inspector General, shall be a sufficient voucher that such
mode of travelling was necessary.
50. The Inspector Gcueral of Police may authorize the deputation of police
Powers of Inspector Gen men and of parties of police, and also of gazetted officers,
eral to depute police officers out of their districts on investigations into criminal cases ;
to investigate cases. and may deal finally with charges for the necessary ex
penditure, subject to the rules in force and to the usual audit .
51. If a gazetted police officer travels on duty beyond the limits of his circle
When travelling expenses or district, otherwise than in the investigation of a case,
beyond jurisdiction need his travelling expenses must be referred for the sanction
Government sanction. of Government.
Privileges of police tra 52. Police officers and men when travelling by State
velling by State railways. railways on duty are entitled to the following privileges :
Police officers are entitled to travel first-class at second-class fares.
Policemen and police officers' servants are entitled to travel second-class at the
lowest fare.
Two tons of baggage are carried free for every hundred men.
The above privileges of conveyance and carriage may be used in preference to,
and priority over, the public use of such railways for conveyance and carriage.
* NOTE.-i. e., use by the public, and not in priority over the Military and Postal officials,
who are also privileged,
No travelling allowance 53. Without the special sanction of the Government

admissible for journeys by of India, no officer is entitled to travelling allowance for a
a vessel or train at cost of journey made in any special train, or in any vessel, the cost
Government.
of which is borne from Imperial, Provincial or Local Funds.
54. Police officers riding mounted constables' horses shall pay to the owners
Payment when sowars' the sum drawn as travelling allowance for the distance so
horses are ridden. travelled.
55. When an Inspector of Police is placed in charge of the Office of District
Rates of travelling allow. Superintendent of Police, or Assistant District Superin
ance admissible to Inspec- tendent of Police, or officiates in either of these capacities,
torsholding office of District he may draw travelling allowance as if he were a District
Superintendent or Assistant Superintendent or Assistant District Superintendent of
District Superintendent.
Police : provided always that his travelling allowance bill
is duly countersigned, and that it is certified that his journey was necessary on
public grounds.
56. If a police officer is compelled to leave a station where there is no medi
Journey to procure neces cal officer, in order to procure medical advice, he may
sary medical advice. draw travelling allowance to and from the station where
the nearest civil medical officer is located.
Bills for travelling allowance under this rule must, in addition to the usual
countersignature, be signed by the medical officer consulted, who must certify that
the journey was, in his opinion , absolutely recessary.
It is the duty of departmental officers countersigning such bills to see that no
undue advantage is taken of this privilege. They may not admit diurnal allowance
for the period spent at the medical officer's station, and if the absence of the sick
officer from his station be prolonged they must require him to take sick leave.
57. The following orders are cancelled to the extent
Orders cancelled.
specified opposite them .
Book Circular IV (TENTS AND MARCHING ESTABLISHMENT), paragraphs twenty- six
and twenty-seven.
Book Cir. XXXV (ACCOUNTS), para. 158 . Circular 25 of 1875 , the whole.
Circular 51 of 1862 , the whole. "" 41 of 1875 , 99
"9 5 of 1863, 39 Memo. 1820 of 1875 , ""
41 of 1864,
sssss
"" "" 22 986 of 1876 , "9

"" 10 of 1866, 19 "" 2381 of 1876 , 99
"" 16 of 1867, "" 99 3697 of 1876, 39
Memo. 79 of 1867, Circular 5 of 1877 ,
sss
99
"9 2033 of 1868, 37 "" 13 of 1877 ,
99 3110 of 1868, para. 5. 39 21 of 1877,
Circular 5 of 1869, the whole. 99 33 of 1877,
Memo. 3528 of 1871 , 29 Memo. 858 of 1877,
29 4710 of 1871 , 29 99 983 of 1877,
19 1209 of 1872, "" "" 1086 of 1877,
99 3005 of 1872, "" 99 1542 of 1877,
Cir. Memo. 3098 of 1872 , 99 99 1737 of 1877,
Memo. 407 of 1873, "" 29 2070 of 1877,
99 496 of 1873, "9 29 2100 of 1877,
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Cir. Memo 1015 of 1873 , 29 29 2466 of 1877 ,

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APPENDIX I.
Bill for the Travelling Expenses of Non-gazetted Police Officers.
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Sanctioned for Rs. Countersigned for Rs.
(By order)
E. F., D. D.,
Asst. to Insptr. Genl., Police, Deputy Insptr. Genl. of Police,
Punjab. Circle.
MEMO No. 4002.

The Inspector General desires he will draw the particular attention of District
Superintendents of Police to the provisions of paragraph 6 of Book Circular I
regarding applications for the continuance of punitive posts.
2. When it is desirable to continue a punitive post, the application must
be despatched at least a month before the expiration of the period for which the
post has been sanctioned ; and if officers are in camp, or there are other special
reasons for supposing that a longer time will elapse before all the necessary
opinions can be obtained, District Superintendents should use their own discretion
in the choice of a still earlier date for the despatch of these documents.
MEMO No. 4014 .

Dated 21st December 1877.
Corrigendum.
Add the following words to para 2 of this office Rs . 3,536 of 6th November : —
" This rule only applies to men whose qualifying service began after the 20th
January 1871."
And to para 4 :—
" Unless he has previous police service and it is allowed, under section 108
Civil Pension Code, to reckon toward : pension. ”
DECR. 1877. 1 POLICE DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. 105
MEMO No. 4005 .

Dated 21st December 1877.
The Inspector-General republishes the subjoined order regarding telegraph
Vouchers for telegrams. receipts issued by the Accountant General, and observes
that the substance of it should be entered as an exception
under rule one hundred and fifty of Book Circular XXXIV ( ACCOUNTS ).
Account Department Circular No. 415 dated 8th December 1877 , to all Deputy Commissioners
and Heads of Offices and Departments.
Under instructions from the Government of India, Financial Department, No. 7373 dated
21st November 1877 , I have the honor to request you will be careful to see that no charges for
any other than State telegrams are made in your contingent bills. Charges for telegrams
sent by Government Telegraph must in future be supported by receipts from the Telegraph
Department, showing that they have been classified as State telegrams, and these receipts
must invariably be sent to my office with the contingent bills whatever may be their amount
singly or collectively.
MEMO No. 4026.

Dated 22nd December 1877.
In modification of Circular 36 of 1877 the Inspector General publishes the
subjoined Resolution of the Government of India in the Public Works Department,
regarding the carriage of prisoners by railway.
2. It will in future be necessary to reserve accommodation for convicted
persons so sent whenever the party (including prisoners and their escort) exceeds
three in number and also for all insanes. Subject to this modification the rules in
Circular 36 of 1877 will hold good .
3. It is concluded that the expression " prisoners " in the Resolution now
published means "convicted prisoners."
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA- PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
No. 4160-69 R, of 13th November 1877.
READ AGAIN
Public Works Department Resolution Nos. 2296-2302 R of ith September 1876.
RESOLUTION. In revision of the Resolution of the Government of India, promulgated
under Public Works Department Nos. 2296-2302 R. of the 6th September 1876, the Governor
General in Council is pleased to rule as follows.
1. The segregation of prisoners, &c., travelling by railway is obligatory, whenever
a. Military prisoners are sent.
b. The aggregate number of prisoners and guards sent, exceed three in number.
C. Even one prisoner is sent, if violent or dangerous.
d. Insanes - Civil or Military- are sent.
II. Military prisoners and Military insanes will be carried in second class carriages, which
being in compartments will not require to have iron frames attached for purposes
of segregation.
III. Whenever it is necessary that compartments shall be served for the transport of
East Indian Railway, prisoners or in
Eastern Bengal Railway. sanes, or that iron
Scind Punjab and Delhi Railway. Eight fares for each third class compart frames shall be
Oudh and Rohilkhund Railway. ment capable of holding 10 passengers. attached in order
State Railways, broad guage.
to segregate pri
South Indian Railway. Six fares for each lower class compartm ent soners or insanes,
State Railways, narrow guage. capable ofholding 8 passengers. payment will be
Twelve fares for one-half of a second class made at the rates
Madras Railway. noted on the mar
} carriage capable of holding 20 passengers. otherwise
gin,
Prison vans fitted up with moveable prisoners may be
gratings divided into two compartments cap carried by ordi
Great Indian Peninsula Railway. able of holding 20 passengers each. One or
both compartments can be reserved by pay nary trains at or
ment of either 20 or 40 third class fares. dinary rates.
IV. A sufficient number of iron-frames should be provided on each line of railway, the
number being based on past demands, and their original cost shall, in all cases, be borne by
the Local Government concerned, and not by the railway.
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JAIL DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS ,
1877.
JAIL DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS .
CIRCULAR No. 1-26.
TO ALL SUPERINTENDENTS OF JAILS , PUNJAB .
I have the honor to direct your attention to Circular No. 4-188 dated 12th
January 1874, by which certain alterations were made in the rules originally laid
down for the guidance of Superintendents of Jails with regard to the selection of
prisoners for employment on extra-mural labour.
2. You will observe that, under the altered rules, the number of prisoners
eligible for extra-mural labour has been very largely increased. But the number
of prisoners returned of late in some Jails as eligible for employment at Rupar has
been so small as to lead the Inspector General of Prisons to conclude that the
alterations in the original rules have either escaped the notice of the Superintend
ents or been forgotten by them.
3. Prisoners are now very urgently wanted at Rupar. It is therefore
requested that you will select such prisoners as are eligible for transfer to the Jail
there, under the rules last issued, and that you will despatch them by the first
opportunity you have of doing so, in accordance with rules laid down in Circular
No. 30-5461 dated 26th October 1876.
CIRCULAR No. 2-113.
TO ALL SUPERINTENDENTS OF JAILS , PUNJAB.
Under orders from Government, it is requested that the following may be

added to para. 635 of the Jail Manual :—
" Provided that it shall be competent for the Superintendent to send the
family of a prisoner all or part of the money to the credit of such prisoner in the
prisoners' property fund, if asked to do so by the prisoner."
CIRCULAR No. 3-269.
TO ALL SUPERINTENDENTS IN JAILS, PUNJAB.
It having been found necessary to have a bi-monthly, instead of a monthly,

despatch of prisoners to Rúpar, I have the honor to request that you will make the
following alterations in Circular No. 30-5461 of 26th October last :-for 66 15th
of the month," read " 1st and 15th of the month ;" for " you should, not later
than the 5th of each month, inform," " you should give at least ten days' notice
to."
2 JAIL DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. [ RECORD
2. All the instructions contained in above- quoted Circular, with regard to the
mode of despatch and conveyance of the prisoners to Rúpar, remain unaltered .
3. I would take this opportunity of pointing out that care should be taken,
so far as is possible, that the prison-vaus, or specially adapted 3rd class carriages
have their full complement of prisoners. If the prisoners to be despatched from
one jail are not sufficient to fill one van or carriage, the Superintendent should
communicate with the jails next to his own one on the line, with the view of
obtaining from them as many as will make up the full complement.
The complement of a prison-van is 30, of a specially adapted 3rd class carriage
on the Sindh, Punjab and Delhi Railway 50,on the Northern State Railway, 32
exclusive of Guard.
APRIL 1877. ] JAIL DEPARTMENTAL orders.
CIRCULAR No. 4-1085.
Dated the 22nd March 1877.
TO ALL SUPERINTENDENTS OF JAILS, PUNJAB.

I have reason to believe that sentences of whipping in addition to imprisonment
are not infrequently carried out just before the release of the prisoner ; this is
illegal. I request your attention to Section 310 of Act X of 1872, and I beg to
point out that if a sentence of whipping in addition to imprisonment is not carried
out at the time prescribed in that Section, it cannot be carried out afterwards.
CIRCULAR No. 5-1107 .
Dated the 23rd March 1877.
TO ALL SUPERINTENDENTS OF JAILS AND CIVIL SURGEONS, PUNJAB.
As instances of irregularity in the franking of covers addressed to this office

are becoming frequent, attention is invited to para. 2 of Chapter VI, page 43 of the
Indian Postal Guide, in accordance with which it is requested that in future the
official designation of the franking officer may be entered in full instead of, as is
now generally the case, being expressed by the initial letters, &c. , thus : " H. C.,"
" Supdt.," " C. S. ( or Surgn. )" should be written (or printed ) " Head Clerk,"
" Superintendent," " Civil Surgeon. "
CIRCULAR MEMO No. 6-1281.

I have the honor to draw your attention to the note to para. 6 of Accountant
General's Circular No. 387 dated 5th May 1876, communicated to you by my
Circular No. 15 dated 6th June 1876, and to request that you will endeavour to
send in all the bills that may be outstanding from the previous and current year's
transactions to the Accountant General's Office, Punjab, before the 20th instant.
If this, however, be not in any case feasible, a second final general bill for
March 1877 should be sent to the Accountant General before June 1877.
In continuation of Circular No. 34 of 1874, regarding the circulation among

Jails of descriptive rolls of officials dismissed for misconduct, has the honor to call
attention to the necessity of these rolls being prepared with greater care than is ap
parently now employed.
The description of persons given in some of the descriptive rolls which have
been received in this office is so vague that an identification from them would appear
to be impossible.
JAIL DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. RECORD
The Government have held that the officer submitting a descriptive roll is
himself personally responsible for its accuracy, and it is hoped that such statements
may in future be filled in with the utmost care.
Dated the 21st April 1877.

I have the honor to request that when prisoners are to be despatched by rail
from your Jail, you will the day before the despatch inform the District Superin
tendent of Police of the description of carriage you propose to use ; and that you
will the day before the despatch send a trustworthy official, your Jailor if possible,
to the Railway Station to see that the carriage provided is of the kind decided on,
and is properly secure and according to order.
2. If the Police Officer is not satisfied with the security of the carriage fur
nished, his departmental orders will oblige him to decline the charge of the prisoners,
whom he will return to the Jail ; and should any question of demurrage arise, the
Jail department will be held liable.
3. There are three kinds of conveyances in use for carrying prisoners by
I.-Ordinary third class carriages.
II.-Third class carriages supplied with iron gratings to the windows, and
iron railings between the compartments.
III.-Prison vans.
No. I. Will be used for the transport of small parties of prisoners,
or men under trial, who, with their guard, should be kept
in compartments by themselves.
No II. To be used for convicts, other than life, under transfer from one
Jail to another. No ordinary traveller shauld be admitted
into the same compartment with them, and all space they
occupy must be separated from the rest of the carriage by
iron railings, and the windows must be closed by gratings.
No. III.-Being expensive one, ordinarily only to be used when trans
portation prisoners are being sent. In both cases when
Nos. II and III are used, the Police guard must be pro
vided with a separate compartment to give sufficient space
for them to act if necessary, and the usual communicating
cord connecting the carriage with the guard should be seen
to be properly arranged.
Dated the 26th April 1877 .
I have the honor to issue, for your guidance, the following instructions on the
subject of vouchers pertaining to the Manufactory Contingent Bills, which are at
present received from some Jails in a very incomplete and careless state :
APRIL 1877. ] JAIL DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS.
I. All vouchers should, as a rule, be in English . If a vernacular voucher,

however, be received, a brief abstract of its contents ( as to amount, the name of
payee, nature of payment ) should invariably be given on the reverse in English.
II. The amount of each voucher should be entered in words as well as in
figures, care being taken not to leave space for fraudulent alterations before or after
either entry .
III. -Original vouchers must be sent to this office, and not the duplicates, as is
done by certain Jails.
IV. Before vouchers are sent to this office, it should be ascertained that the
authority is good, signatures of payees true and in order, receipt a legal quittance,
date of payment given, and the documents numbered ( serial ) .
V. All vouchers above Rs. 20, except those given by or on behalf of Govern
ment, should be stamped.
VI. All corrections and alterations in vouchers are absolutely forbidden, but
if unavoidable from any cause, the incorrect entry should be cancelled neatly in red
ink, and the correct entry interlined and attested by the initials of the person
siguing the receipt.
VII. - All vouchers above Rs. 100 should be forwarded in duplicate.
VIII.--No payment should under any circumstances be made on a voucher
signed by a relative or servant in the absence of the actual payee.
IX.--As no payment can be made without a voucher, there can be no excuse
for the absence of any.
X.-All vouchers should be legibly signed by the payee in English, Persian or
Hindi. If the payee cannot read and write, his seal should be affixed to the receipt,
and if he have no seal, his special mark may be taken ; in the latter case the voucher
should always be attested by the Superintendent of Jail.
XI. If possible, payments should be made before two witnesses, and by
Superintendents themselves.
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MAY 1877. ] JAIL DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS.

Dated the 1st May 1877.
I have the honor to enquire whether it is not more economical and better to
pay Lithographic writers, both English and Vernacular, by piece work than by
fixed monthly salaries. I beg you will give me in detail the estimate upon which
you arrive at your conclusion.
Dated the 12th May 1877.
I request you will send me samples of the different descriptions of paper made
in your Jail, each sample to be marked with the price at which you are willing to
sell it, and the quantity you can supply per month, exclusive of what you supply
to your own district.

The undersigned frequently receives letters of several paragraphs each from

Superintendents in which the paragraphs are unnumbered.
This is extremely inconvenient. It is therefore requested that every paragraph
in a letter may in future be numbered.

Under orders from Government, I have the honor to inform you that in future
when Officers apply to you to perform Lithogaphic Printing, they should supply
the paper, or procure it from you as a distinct transaction from the printing and
settle for it separately under the rules in force.
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JUNE 1877. ] JAIL DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS .

Under orders from the Hon'ble the Lieutenant Governor, I have the honor
to request that you will exercise the greatest care in the selection of prisoners to
be transferred to Rupar, so as to ensure only robust men being sent. Mr. Egerton ,
when lately visiting Rupar, remarked that many prisoners, too weak to work effici
ently, were sent to that jail, and desired that much more care should be taken in
selecting the men to be sent. It has been especially laid down in the rules that
only able-bodied and strong men fit for hard labor should be sent, and the Super
intendent of Rupar Central Jail will be instructed to report any cases of disobe
dience of this rule.

TO ALL SUPERINTENDENTS OF JAILS, PUNJAB .
I find there is great variety in the charge made by Jails for Lithographic print
ing, and I can discover no reason for such. I forward herewith a scale of rates care
fully prepared at the Lahore Central Jail, after fully considering the various points
bearing on the subject ; and I request you will fully explain what reason there is,
should there be any, against your adopting the rates given in this scale, and the
extent to which you would propose to alter them . I shall be obliged by a very
early reply to this Circular.
Proposed scale of rates of Lithography at the Lahore Central Jail, exclusive of
the cost of paper.
Demy and country

Foolscap. paper. Royal.
QUANTITIES. et sheet
8 vo . 4to per she 8 vo . 4 to per (Folio) 8 vo. 4 to per sheet
(Folio ) (Folio)
per 100 . 100 . per 100 per 100 . 100. per 100 per 100 100. per 100
100 to 300 pages or forms 0 2 3 0 4 6 0 9 0 0 300 60 0036 0 7 0 014 0

300 to 500 99 29 99 0 2 3 0 4 3 0 8 6 0 3 0 0 5 9 011 6 0 3 6 0 69 013 6
500 to 800 99 "9 99 020040080030056011003 66 013 0
800 to 1000 ,, "9 29 0 2 0 0 3 6 0 7 0 0 2 9 0 5 3 60 300 6 3 012 6
N. B.-A reduction of 10 per cent. on above rates for all Government officers .
Special rates will be charged on orders exceeding 1,000 copies.
When the number of copies exceeds one grade of hundreds, the charge for printing is
made for the following grade of even hundreds.
No difference of charge is made whether the work is a tabular statement or figured,
English or Vernacular.
Estimates furnished at special rates for drawings, plans, maps, &c.
Envelopes charged at the above rates according to size, plus two annas per 100 for fold
ing and pasting.

Circulates Budget Estimates for charges of the Jail Department for 1977-78.
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JULY 1877. ] JAIL DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. 11

Dated 3rd July 1877.

Requests that the enclosed slip may be pasted between columns 8 and 9 of Re
gister No. 42 given in the appendix to the Jail Manual.
8a 8b
HOSPITAL DIET.
Ghi. Vegetables.
Maunds . Sers. Chatáks. Maunds. Sers. Chatáks.

Undersigned requests that transfers of prisons to Rupar may cease till after the
rains ; instructions will be issued as to when they should commence again.
AUGUST 1877. ] JAIL DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. 13

I have the honor to request the favor of your adding the following to para 257
of the Jail Manual :-
"And shall state whether the prisoner is confined in his Jail under an order
or sentence of a Magistrate or Court ; or under an order of the Local Government
issued under Section 426, Section 430 of the Code of Criminal Procedure."
Dated 3rd August 1877.

I have the honor to forward herewith a copy of price list of stationery issued
from the store of Superintendent Stationery, Calcutta, for the year 1877-78, to you
for manufactory purposes, and beg to state that the cost of all articles received by
you should be entered in your Registers No. 27 A and B according to the price
noted in the above list, with cost of carriage hire &c. proportionately divided over
each article.
2. The whole cost should be noted in red ink at foot of your Manufactory
Contingent bill for the current mouth ( with a detailed Memo attached ) in the
same way as you do in your Jail Contingent bills, as regards articles supplied to
Jajl, by transfer in accounts.
3. The cost of paper &c. should be realized from the Government officials
when any work is performed for them, care being taken that the cost of paper be
separately realized from that of priuting.
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AUGUST 1877. ] JAIL DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS . 21
Copy of a letter No. 2,985 dated the 30th July 1877, from Officiating Secretary to
Government, Punjab, to Inspector General of Prisons, Punjab.
In continuation of this office No. 2611 dated 2nd instant, on the subject of the release of
Home. a prisoner on a forged parwana, forwards copy of a letter from
the Registrar of the Chief Court, and requests he will instruct all
Superintendents of Jails in the sense suggested by the Chief Court.
Copy ofa letter No. 1824 dated 18th July 1877 , from Officiating Registrar, Chief Court,
Punjab, to Officiating Secretary to Government, Punjab.
I am directed to acknowledge receipt of your No. 2612 dated 2nd current, forwarding
certain correspondence with the Inspector General of Prisons on the subject of the release of
a prisoner under forged orders, and calling the attention of the Court to the great danger of
fraud and the escape of criminals which mast result, if the procedure, which is said to be
common, of Magistrates issuing a vernacular order unsigned and unsealed for the release of
prisoners, be permitted.
2. In reply I am to state that such procedure is distinctly opposed to the orders which have
been issued by this Court on the subject. Regular forms have been prescribed for release
warrants (Criminal Forms No. lxxix to lxxxii), and para. 10 of Judicial Circular xxxix requires
these warrants to be always made out in English and signed in full by the officer issuing the
order. As it now appears that these orders are not observed in all districts as strictly as they
should be, the Judges will issue a Circular to Judicial officers enjoining exact observance in future,
and they would further suggest that Superintendents of Jails should be instructed not to comply
in future with an order directing the release of a prisoner, unless such order is drawn up in
English in the prescribed form, and signed at full length by the officer issuing the order and
sealed with the seal of his Court.
CIRCULAR MEMO. No. 21-3783 .
Copy of the foregoing forwarded to all Superintendents of Jails, Punjab, for in
formation and guidance. Superintendents will be held responsible for adhering
strictly in the releasing of prisoners to the rules laid down by the Chief Court, and
they are requested to inform their Jailors that they too will be held responsible in
the matter. A vernacular translation of this Circular Memo. is also herewith for
warded, and Superintendents are requested to send to undersigned the receipt of
their respective Jailors for this translation.

Under instructions from the Accountant General, I have to request that you
will cease from charging for Temporary Manufactory Establishment in your Manu
factory Contingent Bill. All such Establishment is to be charged for in a separate
and distinct bill.
Please strike out from para. 788 of the Jail Manual the words " the Manufac
tory Contingent," and insert in lieu thereof, the words " a special."

Dated 22nd August 1877.
Superintendents are requested not to offer or pay rewards for the recapture of
escaped prisoners without having first obtained undersigned's sanction to do so.
Undersigned will not hold himself in any way bound to pass a reward offered or
paid without his sauction .
2. It is to be distinctly borne in mind that Government servants cannot be
rewarded by payments of money except for any special acts, and then the sauction
of Government must be obtained.
SEPTR. 1877. ] JAIL DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. 23

On more than one occasion lately, letters addressed by undersigned to Superin
tendents have been suppressed by the Jail Clerk. This could hardly happen if
Superintendents were in the habit of themselves opening all official letters addressed
to them ; but it is believed that, in not a few instances, this is left to the Jail Clerk.
Superintendents should themselves open all official and demi-official letters addressed
to them, and Jail Clerks are forbidden to perform this duty. Undersigned requests
that this matter may for the future receive careful attention.
CIRCULAR MEMO No. 25-4760.

In continuation of Circular No. 18-3201 , dated 5th July last, undersigned begs
Superintendents will at once recommence sending prisoners to Rupar. Especial care
is to be taken that only strong men, really fit for hard labor, are sent.
The Superintendent of Rupar Central Jail will be good enough to report to In
spector General of Prisons whenever men unfit for the work are sent.
2
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Оотв . 1877. З JAIL DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. 25
An experiment having been tried at certain jails of parching gram for the use of
prisoners by prison labor, and it having proved more economical than the plan that
was formerly in use of purchasing parched gram in the bazar, Superintendents are
requested in future to have the gram for their prisoners parched in the jails, using
10 seers of fuel per maund of gram, (all other fuel being dry leaves, boughs, & c. ,
collected from the garden), and dealing with any loss that may be incurred in the
parching, in the same way as the loss sustained in cleaning and sifting wheat, &c.
The undersigned draws the especial attention of all Superintendents to para 318
of the Jail Manual. It is necessary that Superintendents should be careful to give
effect to the orders contained in this para, as it has come to notice that neglect to
do so has led to some prisoners escaping their proper amount of solitary imprison
ment, and of others getting more than they were sentenced to.
It will be seen that the orders require Superintendents themselves to note the
amount of solitary imprisonment undergone by prisoners on their warrant, and does
not leave the duty to any subordinate.
NOVR. 1877. ] JAIL DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. 27

I have the honor to draw your attention to para. 7 of the orders by His Honor
the Lieutenant-Governor on the Jail Report for 1876, and, in reference thereto, to
request that you will, as soon as you can, furnish me with a statement showing
for each prisoner under 16 years of age in your Jail on date of receipt, the following
particulars :
1. Name. 6. Tribe.
2. Age. 1.
How many times convicted.
3. Parentage . 8. Crime for which convicted each time.
4. Residence . 9. Whether parents are living, and, if so,
5. Caste. their mode of life.
CIRCULAR MEMO No. 5809.

TO ALL SUPERINTENDENTS OF JAILS, PUNJAB .
Dated 23rd November 1877.
In continuation of my Circular No. 15 dated 6th June 1867, I have the honor
to issue the following instructions for your guidance.
2. Para. 7 of Accountant General's Circular No. 387 dated 5th May 1876
has, with the consent of that officer, been mcdified to the following effect :
" The Superintendents of Jails may pass the amounts of their general bills
into their books (in one lump sum ) on the date on which they send their general bills
to this office, in the same way as if they had received cash and paid it into the Treasury.
Intimation of the credits afforded by this office will be sent to the Superintendents
by the Inspector General Prisons, Punjab (in due course) ; on receipt of this inform
ation Superintendents should satisfy themselves that the credit taken by them
previously agrees with the amount intimated."
3. All your official books should accordingly now be closed immediately on
the expiry of each month, and the transfer credit afforded in the month in which
the transaction actually occured ; except in the case of the last month of the year,
when the accounts must necessarily be kept open till final adjustments are made
by the Accountant General.
4. In order to prepare your general bill in accordance with para. 5 of Account
ant General's Circular No. 387 dated 5th May 1876, you should be careful that the
requisitions of officers received by you are completely detailed. There should be a
separate bill for each nature of supply for each department during the month, which
should be carefully entered in sequence order in the general bill submitted by you
to the Accountant General. If the bill received by you is not detailed, it should
be returned for supply of the omission . The existing practice in some jails to enter
in a lump sum the aggregate of several bills, should be avoided in future.
5. Moreover, to give effect to the recent orders of the Local Government that
the cost of paper should not be adjusted against the printing grant of an office, but
against its contingenceis, it will be essentially necessary to record the cost of each
distinctly in the bill, i . e., the cost of paper of which forms have been lithographed
should be separately noted in the bill from the cost of printing ; or, in cases when
paper has been supplied by the indenting officer, it should be so stated at the foot
of the bill. It would perhaps, be more convenient to have two columns in the bill
one for the cost of printing and the other for the cost of paper on which the forms
were lithographed.
6. It is hoped that these instructions will meet with your careful attention.
ACCOUNT DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS ,
1877.
1
ACCOUNT DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS .
CIRCULAR No. 404.

To
I have the honor to inform you that from 1st April 1877 the three classes of
deposits known as Revenue, Civil Courts, and Criminal Courts deposits should not
be separately exhibited in your accounts, but be adjusted under the one head
" Revenue Deposits. " The existing plan of registering the receipts and repayments
of each class in separate detailed registers of receipts and repayments will there
fore also be discontinued, and only one register of Revenue Deposit receipts and
one of repayments will be maintained, in which the receipts and repayments res
pectively of all three classes of deposits will be registered together and without
distinction of classes.
2. After the adjustment under the rules for lapsed deposits has been made,
the balances on 31st March 1877 at credit of the heads " Civil Court " and " Crimi
nal Court " Deposits will be transferred by this office to " Revenue Deposits, " and
no transfer of the kind need be made in your accounts. Moreover, in entering in
the Revenue Repayment registers from April 1877 repayments of Civil and Crimi
nal Court Deposits thus transferred, you should adhere to the original numbers and
dates of those deposits, and not bring them forward under any fresh numbers or
dates.
3. The change will not affect " Personal Ledger " deposits, which will conti
nue to be distinctly registered and exhibited as heretofore.
CIRCULAR No. 405.

SUNDRY CORRECTIONS .
Comptroller General's Circular No. 41 , dated 22nd February 1877.
I have the honor to request you will make the following corrections in the
Circulars named.
In Circular No. 35 (Post Office) insert :

To meet special expenses , funds will be made available by letters of
credit issued from the Director General's Office, whereon sums will be drawn
from time to time by the Postmaster on receipts, in duplicate, presented at the
treasury with the remittance book ; the treasury officer will initial the entry in the
remittance book, enter the amount paid across the original receipt, which he will
return to the Postmaster, and support the charge in his account by the duplicate
receipt.
2 ACCOUNT DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. [ RECORD
In Circular No. 38, to note following paragraph 9, add :

Branches of the Bank of Bengal will also retain charge of such papers for a year, forward
ing them at the end of that period to the head office for custody.
In Circular No. 38, for the second clause ofpara. 18 substitute

Receips for such advances will be taken in duplicate and marked " emergent,"
and the station order, or a reference to the letter directing the advance, must be
furnished in each case to support the charge ; one receipt, withone copy ofthe
station crders, should be transmitted to the Military Controller concerned on the
very day on which the advance is made, the other copy of the receipt with au
other copy of the order, being the voucher with the treasury account.
MAY 1877. ] ACCOUNT DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS.
CIRCULAR No. 406 .

Το
The Comptroller General has ordered the removal from Provincial to Imperial
books ofthe debt heads of account now standing under Provincial Services.
To enable me conveniently to carry out this order, I have the honor to request
you will, from the date of receipt of this Circular in your office, discontinue the
present practice of recording recoveries and payments of advances recoverable, and
permanent advances made to Provincial Departments, or for Provincial Services, in
the register of Provincial Services receipts and charges, and record them instead in
the Imperial Cash Book direct. The monthly Imperial Cash Accounts and List of
Payments forwarded by you to my office will consequently contain all the recoveries
and payments of advances recoverable and permanent advances made during a
month, while no such recovery or payment will appear in the Provincial Cash
Account and List of Payments.
CIRCULAR No. 407.
To
The Government of India having ordered that all receipts from cemeteries
shall be paid into the Treasury to the credit of the Public Works Department, I
have the honor to request you will in future exhibit all such receipts under the head
Public Works Department in your accounts.
The receipts from cantonment cemeteries and cemeteries in stations, the
public works of which are under the charge of the Military Branch of the Public
Works Department, should be credited to that brauch, and the receipts of all other
cemeteries to the " General Branch."
To enable me to adjust the receipts which under the rule hitherto in force
have been credited to Provincial Services " Miscellaneous" in the accounts for
April 1877-78, already submitted to this office, I beg you will, without delay, send
me a memo. showing the proportious in which the amount credited in the month's
cash account should be transferred to the " Military" and " General" Branch of the
Public Works Department respectively. I take this opportunity of reminding you
that the only cemetery charge now debitable to the Civil Department is " pay of
fixed establishment ;" all other charges are chargeable to the Public Works Depart
ment, in whose budget provision for them will doubtless be made.
.
•
ACCOUNT DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. 5
JUNE 1877. ]
CIRCULAR No. 408.

CURRENCY RETURNS . - FOREIGN CIRCLE NOTES.
Comptroller General's Circular No. 42, dated 9th June 1877.
Government revenue realized in Foreign Circle Notes will be reported in future
in the Quarterly Statement of Currency Notes received and issued, prescribed in
paragraph 20 of this office Circular No. 27, dated 21st September 1875. This may
be done by altering the third line in the revised form (prescribed by Circular No.
32, dated 7th January 1876), as follows :
Public in payment of Government dues :
Home Circle Notes .
Foreign Circle Notes
CIRCULAR No. 409.

FOREST.
Comptroller General's Circular No. 43, dated 9th June 1877.
I have the honour to forward for your information and guidance the following
extracts from this Office Circular No. 11 dated 10th March last, issued to Account
ants General, regarding Forest Accounts.
Comptroller General's Circular No. 11, dated 10th March 1877.

The following extracts from the Forest Code contain instructions to be observed
by all Civil Account Offices and Treasury Officers except those in Madras , Bombay
Mysore and Berar.
These instructions will involve no change of practice in Civil Treasuries and
Provincial Account Offices, except in the following particulars :—
I. From 1st April 1877 , letters of credit for the Forest Department will be
issued by the Comptroller General .
117. District officers who have charge of forests will submit their accounts of revenue and
expenditure to the Conservator of Forests in their Province, at such time and in such form as
the local Government in communication with the Comptroller General may direct.
121. All revenue received shall be deposited in the treasury with as little delay as possi
ble. Each deposit will be accompanied by the usual chalan form in use with, and supplied by,
treasury officers, in duplicate, and one copy will form the voucher to the entry in the Cash
Book.
122. If, however, funds be wanted for immediate expenditure locally, sums locally receiv
ed may be so expended ; but in all cases the gross amount of revenue received must be remit
ted to the treasury, which may be done in cash, or when funds are required for expenditure,
either partly in cash and partly by cheque, or wholly by a cheque drawn against the letter of
credit, the amount paid in cash and the amount remitted by cheque being shown separately in
the chalan or remittance note.
128 . All entries in the cash book of " remittances of revenue to treasuries " will be sup
ported by a voucher in the treasury chalan form, of which supplies will be obtained from the
Treasury officer. The Treasury number and date of the chalan will invariably be entered in
the cash book in the column of particulars.
129. Revenue derived from sales to public departments will be adjusted by book transfer.
A statement in triplicate will be sent to the officer who has been supplied ; he will sign
and return the original, which will then be used as a voucher.
A similar procedure will be followed in the case of payments to other departments,
6 ACCOUNT DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS . [ RECORD
132. Officers in charge of divisions will send to the Conservator's office, so as to reach
him by the 15th of the last month in each quarter, applications for the letters of credit required
by them during the ensuing quarter.
The Conservater will from them frame an application (Form No. 27) for the requirements
of the Province, and submit it to the Comptroller General. Advice of the letters of credit
should reach the officers for whose use they are intended before the commencement of the new
quarter.
All letters of credit lapse at the close of the financial year.
133. No money other than that drawn against letters of credit shall be expended. When
ever money locally received on account of revenue is expended, a cheque must be drawn for the
amount as explained in paragraph 122.
134. Officers who are furnished with letters of credit may make payments either in cash
or by cheque. Cheques should be used as much as possible for large payments. Those officers
who have transactions with more than one District Treasury will keep a separate cheque book
for each. All cheques must be in the hand -writing of the officers drawing them ; cheques will
bear printed serial numbers in each book, and the Conservator will supply cheque books in such
forms and under such rules as the Comptroller General may from time to time direct. All cheque
books must be kept under lock and key.
Funds may, if required , be obtained by forest officers from the sub-treasuries or Tahsils
subordinate to the district treasuries on which they hold letters of credit by means of cheques,
which should be distinguished by different numbers and letters from those drawn against the
district treasury. The forest officer will in such cases advise the district treasury officer from
time to time of the probable amount of his drawings, in order that funds may be duly provided .
Cheques drawn on sub-treasuries or tahsils will be written both in English and in the
vernacular used in the Courts of the province in which they are situated.
JULY 1877. ] ACCOUNT DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. 7
CIRCULAR No. 410.
Το
With a view to ensure the punctual report of casualties among Pensioners of

all classes the Government of India, as an additional precaution, have directed the
insertion of the following note in the Pensioner's halfof every permanent pay order.
I have the honor to request, therefore, you will be good enough to instruct your
Treasury Officer to have the necessary note made both in English and Vernacular
as each Pensioner next appears for payment. In case of new rolls the necessary
addition will be made in this office.
" Note 2. On the decease of the Pensioner this order should be immediately returned by
CIRCULAR No. 411 .
FOREST.
Comptroller General's Circular No. 44, dated 16th July 1877.

I have the honour to request you will make the following addition to the ex
tracts from Circular No. 11 , dated 10th March 1877, forwarded to you as Treasury
series Circular No. 43, dated 9th ultimo.
(To be read as para. 3 of Circular No. 11, dated 10th March 1877.
3. With reference to the 1st clause of para 134 of the Forest Code annexed
to this Circular, the following subsidiary rules are laid down in respect to cheques
drawn on civil treasuries :
An officer who is allowed credit on a civil treasury is also supplied with num
bered cheque books, and, before bringing one into use, will advise the treasury offi
cer of its number and of the serial Nos. on the cheques it contains. No advice of
the issue of any cheque need be sent to the treasury ; no cheque will be issued for
a sum less than Rs. 10, and none will hold good for more than three months from the
date of issue : cheques presented at a later date, or not bearing the distinguishing
numbers advised as in use, should be refused payment. Before payment, cheques
should be examined with the letters of credit, as directed in pare. 6 of this office
Circular No. 204, dated 17th May 1875 (Treasury series No. 25, dated 31st idem).
CIRCULAR No. 412.
SUNDRY ADDITONS AND CORRECTIONS.
Comptroller General's Circular No. 45, dated 16th July 1877.

I have the honour to request you will make the following corrections in the
Circulars named .
In the Bill rules, for paragraph 31 (k) substitute the following :
(k) to native officers and men of the Police Battalions and Police Constabulary,
for remitting money to their families, in the form and on the terms for
sepoys' remittances, the heading of the descriptive roll at the back ofthe
transfer receipt being altered by hand to suit the case. This rule is not
applicable to men of the Thuggee and Dacoity Establishments.
In the Bill rules, paragraph 33 (c), for the words " at 1 per cent. premium,"
substitute " at per cent. premium."
To the Bill rules, paragraph 33, add :—
(e) to persons applying for transfer receipts on the Naib-Tahsil at Palampur
in the district of Kangra, Punjab, at 1 per cent. premium .
From Circular 27, paragraph 13, strike out the last sentence, viz. :—
" Also, an invoice of all remittances of foreign circle notes should be sent to
the Accountant-General."
AUGUST 1877. ] ACCOUNT DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. 9
CIRCULAR No. 413.
CORRECTIONS UP TO 31ST JULY 1877.
Comptroller General's Circular No. 46, dated 2nd August 1877.
I have the honour to request that you will make the following corrections in
the Circulars named .
To the Bill Rules, para 33 (c), add a 2nd note :

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Officers employed in British Burma may be allowed transfer receipts under this clause,
4. 6
either on Rangoon, or Madras, or Calcutta, as they may elect, but not on more than
one treasury.
To the paragraph regarding " Stock-book" communicated with Circular 34,

and which should be read as para 17 of Circular 17, add a 5th note :
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Implements used in a Jail manufactory, excepting such as are of petty value, should
4. 6
be duly included in the Stock-book. Surgical instruments, for the audit of which indepen
dent arrangements exist in the Military Department, need not be included in the Stock
book.
(To be read as para 2 of Circular No. 42, dated 9th June 1877.)
2. The banks of Bengal, Madras and Bombay, and their branches where
Government bank with them, will also furnish, through the Provincial Account
ant General, a Quarterly Report of Foreign Circle notes received from the
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public in payment of Government dues.

This order does not apply to the branch banks in British Burma, as that Province is
not included in any particular Currency Circle.
SEPTR. 1877. ] ACCOUNT DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. 11
CIRCULAR No. 414.

Το
THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER,
I have the honor to issue the following rules for the guidance of Treasury
Officers dealing with valuables tendered for safe custody in the Treasury under para.
32 of Circular No. XXXVI of Smyth's Judicial Circulars of the Punjab.
Rule I. -Promissory Notes, bullion, jewelry and other valuables, not being
current money, exceeding Rs. 1,000 in value, connected with any case,
executive or judicial, and directed by the Deputy Commissioner to be
placed in the Treasury for safe custody, should be made up in a sealed
packet and presented with a memorandum from the Deputy Commissioner
containing a list of the property contained in the packet and a statement
of its actual or estimated value.
II. The Treasury Officer, after satisfying himself that the seal is intact, will
enter the packet in a register to be kept in the accompanying form, and
after recording on the packet its number and the date and circumstances
under which it was received, will return the memorandum to the Deputy
Commissioner, endorsed with a receipt for a sealed packet numbered and
said to contain the property detailed on the reverse.
III. The packet will then be kept in the same way as cash, under double
locks, and should not be returned without the Deputy Commissioner's
order.
2. Current money which, from the necessity of identification or for any other
reason, cannot be credited to Government at once may be treated under the above
rules.
3. It is not considered necessary to print the Register prescribed by Rule II,
and a manuscript Register should be used.
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ACCOUNT DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. 13
DBCE. 1877. ]
GENERAL LETTER No. 15,690.

To
ALL DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS AND AGENTS BANK OF
BENGAL, IN THE PUNJAB.
I have the honor to inform you that charges for extra potedárs for remittances
within a district are inadmissible, but for remittances between districts and pro
vinces the sum actually incurred may be allowed, provided that it shall not exceed
eight annas per diem for each potedar, 3rd class railway fare, carriage or cart hire
when absolutely necessary.
GENERAL LETTER No. 15,743.
Dated the 12th November 1877.

Το
ALL DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS , AND AGENTS, BANK OF
BENGAL, IN THE PUNJAB.
I have the honor to intimate that the Governor-General in Council has been
pleased to direct the free exchange of silver for legal-tender copper coin, in parcels
of the nominal value of not less than two rupees, at every Treasury, Sub-treasury,
and Currency office, throughout British India, and in Mysore and Berar ; and also,
in anticipation of the consent of the Directors, at the Presidency Banks and their
branches.
2. Wherever large bodies of men are assembled on public works under con
struction for purposes of famine relief, or otherwise, the local authorities should make
special arrangements to supply silver on the spot in exchange for the legal-tender
copper coin which may be collected by the purveyors or foremen at such assemb
lages.
3. The object of these orders is to prevent legal-tender copper coin from cir
culating at a discount ; it is believed that, if they are carefully obeyed, such a state
of things can never occur.
4. If, nevertheless, legal-tender copper coin does, at any time, or anywhere,
circulate at a discount, the circumstance should be immediately reported to this
office, with full explanation of the supposed causes of the phenomenon, and of the
measures taken to remedy the evil.
5. Care must be taken not to receive, whether under these orders or other
wise, at any Treasury, Sub-Treasury or Currency office, any copper coin that is not
a legal-tender under the Indian Coinage Act, 1870.
CIRCULAR No. 415.

Dated the 8th December 1877.
To
ALL DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS AND HEADS OF OFFICES
AND DEPARTMENTS .
Under instructions from the Government of India, Financial Department, No

4,373 dated 21st November 1877, I have the honor to request you will be careful
to see that no charges for any other than State telegrams are made in your con
tingent bills. Charges for telegrams sent by Government Telegraph must in future
be supported by receipts from the Telegraph Department, showing that they have
been classified as State telegrams, and these receipts must invariably be sent to my
office with the contingent bills whatever may be their amount singly or collectively.
CIRCULAR No. 416.
Dated the 5th December 1877.
To
ALL COMMISSIONERS AND DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS, AND
OTHER HEADS OF OFFICES , IN THE PUNJAB.
I have the honor to request that, when no member of your office establishment,
on superior service, has been on leave during the month for which the salary bill
of the establishment is drawn, a certificate in the following form may be appended
to the bill, instead of a blank leave statement.
" Certified that no person in superior service on this establishment has been
absent either with or without leave (except on casual leave) during the month
of " and further that all appointments and promotions, temporary or per
manent, have been recorded in the service books of the persons concerned under
my initials."
2. I avail myself of this opportunity, to request that you will satisfy yourself
before signing leave statements, when they are necessary, that they are accurately
prepared. With a few exceptions the leave statements received in this office have
been more or less incorrectly drawn up. My office has consequently been obliged
either to return them for correction, or to enter into correspondence regarding
them ; and much avoidable delay has taken place in the final adjustment of estab
lishment salary bills.
3. It is unnecessary to explain in detail how the statement should be prepar
ed, but for the guidance of those offices that have habitually misunderstood the
columns headed " excess of pay over leave allowances for days &c.," and " acting
allowance of each acting officer," I would explain that in the former should be ex
hibited the amount, if any, of his pay forfeited under the rules by the absentee for
the actual number of days he is absent during the month concerned, and in the
latter the actual amount of acting allowance drawn for the same period by each
officer concerned in the chain of acting appointments made in consequence of the
leave.
4. I would also invite your attention to the form of bill on which the salaries
of establishments are drawn, viz., A. G. Misc. 6, and request you will see that the
columns " net charge for each section" and " fund deductions" do not in future, as
they have but too frequently in the past, exhibit anything but section totals and
fund deductions. The former column is not intended for detailed salaries, which
have a column for themselves, nor the latter for fines and savings, which also are
provided with a separate column. Deputy Commissioners are requested to instruct
their Treasury Officers to scrutinize all establishment salary bills and leave state
ments, and return for correction, before payment, any that are not correctly pre
pared.
REGISTRATION CIRCULAR ORDERS ,
1877 .
REGISTRATION DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS .
CIRCULAR No. 1 .
Dated 1st February 1877.
TO ALL REGISTRARS , PUNJAB.

Advises despatch this day of Registration Returns,
V. as per margin , for the year 1876-77 , and requests that
Form I. Form
Do.
II. Do. VI. they may be filled in and submitted to this office,
Do. III. Do. VII. together with the Annual Report , not later than the
Do. IV. Do. VIII.
Two of each . 1st May next.
With regard to the figures for 1875-76 , which will be given in these Returns
for the pur pos es of com par iso n , requests it be ascertained that they exactly corres
If discrepancies be observed , they should be
explai
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for 1876-77 should be carefully checked with the Monthly Statements furnished
during the year, and all differences should be explained as above directed .
The instructions contained in former Circulars, respecting the figures relating
to one period being shown in black and the other in red ink, should be observed in
the Returns submitted to this office as heretofore .
The causes of any marked increase or decrease in registration should be shown
in the report now called for, as also the several particulars required in the Regis
trar's Report - Vide Circulars No. 4 of 7th March 1870 , and No. 1 of 27th February
1872. Sub-Registrars , in forwarding their Annual Statements , should in no in
stance omit to explain what the causes were which in any way affected Registration
ee
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during mb
nuye ar. of inspections made and reported to this office should be distinct
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ly shown by each Registrar.

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FEBY. 1877. 1 REGISTRATION DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. 3
CIRCULAR No. 2.
TO ALL REGISTERING OFFICERS IN THE PUNJAB.
I have the honor to forward herewith copies of Act III of 1877, being the
revised Registration Act which comes into force on the 1st April 1877, in super
session of the existing Act, No. VIII of 1871 .
2. The amendments made in the existing Act are numerous, but they are to
a considerable extent merely verbal, and only in a comparatively few instances
effect any material alterations of the law; these alterations will now be pointed
out, but Registering Officers should carefully compare the two Acts together, and
make themselves thoroughly acquainted with each alteration made, whether formal or
material- aud if any doubtful points should arise in respect to any such alterations,
Sub-Registrars should refer them at once to the respective Registrars of their Dis
tricts, who will, if necessary, refer them to this Office (by English letter) for a ruling.
Part I.- Preliminary.
3. The only material alteration in this Part, is the inclusion of " hereditary
allowances " in the definition of " immoveable property."
Part II.- Of the Registration Department.
4. The only alteration in this Part is in Section 7, which now stands as
follows, the new portion being distinguished by italics :
" The Local Government shall establish in every district an office to be styled the Office
of the Registrar, and in every sub-district an office or offices to be styled the Office of the Sub
Registrar, or the Offices of the Joint Sub- Registrars, and may amalgamate with any office of
a Registrar any office of a Sub-Registrar, subordinate to such Registrar ; and may authorize
any Sub-Registrar whose office has been so amalgamated to exercise and perform, in addition
to his own powers and duties, all or any of the powers and duties of the Registrar to whom he
is subordinate : Provided that no such authorization shall enable a Sub- Registrar to hear an
appeal against an order passed by himself under this Act."
Part III - Of Registerable Documents.
5. Some important changes have been made in this Part. In Sec. 17, which
relates to documents the registration of which is compulsory, the following additional
exceptions
64 have been made to the provisions of the 2nd and 3rd clauses :
Any document not itself creating, declaring, assigning. limiting or extinguishing any
right, title or interest of the value of one hundred rupees and upwards to or in immoveable
property, but merely creating a right to obtain another document which will when executed
create, declare, assign, limit or extinguish any such right, title, or interest ;
" decrees and orders of Courts, and awards ;
" grants of immoveable property by Government ;
" certificates and instruments of collateral security granted under the Land Improvement
Act, 1871."
And in Section 18, which relates to documents the registration of which is optional
the 4th clause (awards relating to immoveable property) has been struck out,
while the documents comprised in the 7th clause, now clause (ƒ), are briefly
described as "all other documents not required by Section 17 to be registered."
The object of these alterations was thus indicated by the Hon'ble Sir Arthur
Hobhouse in his speech in the Legislative Council : :
"The two main sections of the Act were 17 and 18. Section 17 related to compulsory
documents ; and it was provided by a subsequent Section (49) of the Act, that if one of these
compulsory documents was not registered , it should lose all validity. Section 18 related to
optional documents ; and as to them it was provided by Section 50, not that they should lose
all validity if not registered , but that a registered document of the same class should take
priority over a non-registered one. There was some little difficulty in construing Sections 17
and 18 together, and the opinion had prevailed that where documents were so described as to
fall within both Sections, they were to be considered as optionally registerable and not com .
pulsory registerable. Take, for instance, a composition-deed. It was mentioned among the
optional documents . But it might contain a gift of an interest in land of the value of Rs. 100,
and it thus came among the compulsory documents. Therefore it would fall under both
Sections. In such cases the option had prevailed that the document became an optional one.
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But the intention was that all documents mentioned in Section 17 should be registerable under
pain of losing their validity, and they did not become mere optional documents by containing
something else which also brought them under Section 18. This had been made clear, and to
that extent they had enlarged the area of the Registration Act, but not to any other extent ;
and by that enlargement they had only expressed what they believed to be its original meaning."
Part IV. Of the Time of Presentation.

6. In Section 23, the words " no document required by Section 17 to be
registered, and no document mentioned in Section 18, other than a will," have
been replaced by the words " no document other than a will."
Part V. Ofthe Place of Registration.

7. The special attention of the Registrar of the Lahore District is direct
ed to the extended jurisdiction given him by clause (b) of Section 30 of the
new Act. He is therein empowered to receive and register documents relating to
immoveable property " without regard to the situation in any part of British India
of the property to which the document relates. " The other alterations in Part V
are merely verbal.
Part VI.-Of Presenting Documents for Registration.

8. There are several alterations in this Part, some of which are verbal and
some substantive amendments, In the first line of Section 32, for the words " ex
cept in the case mentioned in Section 31 " have been substituted the words "except
in the cases mentioned in Section 31 and Section 89 "; similarly, in the first period
of Section 34, the words " Sections 41 , 43, 45, 69, 76 and 86 " have been altered
to " Sections 41 , 43 , 45 , 69 , 75 , 77 , 88 and 89"; and after the words "time allowed
for presentation " have been added the words " under Sections 23, 24, 25, and 26."
These alterations have been necessitated partly by amendments of the law already
noticed or to be noticed in their proper places , and partly by a re-arrangement of
some of the Secs ., and they will be best understood by turning to the Secs. named.
9. Two other additions have been made to Section 34 ; after the words " on
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payment of a fine not exceeding ten times the amount of the proper registration
" fee," have been added the words " in addition to the fine, if any, payable under
Section 24," and the following additional paragraphs have been placed at the end of
the Section :
" Any application for a direction under the proviso in this Section may be lodged with a
Sub-Registrar, who shall forthwith forward it to the Registrar to whom he is subordinate.
" Nothing in this Section applies to copies of decrees or orders."
10. The last clause (" nothing in Section 34," &c., ) of Section 35 has been
struck out, and the following proviso added :
" Provided that, where such officer is a Registrar, he shall follow the procedure prescribed
in Part XII of this Act,"
Part VII.- Of Enforcing the Appearance of Executants and Witnesses.

11. The opening of Section 36 runs thus :-" If any person presenting any
" document for registration, or claiming under any document which is capable of
" being so presented," &c.
Part VIII.-Of Presenting Wills and Authorities to Adopt.
12. The first clause of Section 40 begins : -The testator or after his " death
any person," &c., and the second clause begins :-" and the donor or 66 after his
death the donee," &c.
Part IX.- Of the Deposit of Wills.
13. The phraseology of this Part of the Act has been considerably altered
and improved, without however effecting any material alteration of the existing law
and practice.
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Part X. -Ofthe Effects of Registration and Non- Registration.

14. An important alteration has been made in Section 50 , which now begins : —
" Every document of the kinds mentioned in clauses (a), (b) , (c) , and (d) of Section 17
"and clauses (a) and (b ) of Sec. 18," &c .; and the following clause has been added :
Nothing in the former part of this Section applies to leases exempted under the proviso
in Section 17, or to the documents mentioned in clauses (e), (ƒ), (g), (h), ( i) , (j ), (k), and (1)
of the same section ."
In elucidation of the above amendment, the following extract is made from the
speech of Sir Arthur Hobhouse :
" Then a difficulty arose under Sections 49 and 50, and it was on this that they had thought
it necessary to move to amend the Act. They were told that these Sections left a gap in the
system through which spurious and fraudulent transactions were finding their way. The case
was this. By Section 50, which related to optional documents, it was provided that registered
documents should take precedence over non-registered documents. But it was nowhere pro
vided that documents of which registration was compulsory should take precedence over non
registered documents of which registration was optional. Suppose now that a man acquired
by deed an interest in land of the value of less than Rs. 100 ; he need not register because the
document was optional, and does not do so . Then another man takes an interest in the land
of less than Rs. 100: by registration he can gain priority over the non-registered document.
But if he took any interest of Rs. 100 in value, registration would not give him priority. This
was an absurd state of things, and one which would certainly lead to fraud. It had accord
ingly been provided that all registered documents, whether compulsory or not, should take
priority over non-registered documents."
Part XI.- Ofthe Duties and Powers of Registering Officers.
15. The Books prescribed in Section 51 will remain as before, with a slight
modification as to the documents to be entered in each :
Book No. 1 is the Register of non-testamentary documents relating to im
movable property. In it " shall be entered or filed all documents or
" memoranda registered under Sections 17, 18 and 87, which relate to
" immovable property and are not wills. "
Book No. 2 is the Record of reasons for refusal to register.
Book No. 3 is the Register of wills and authorities to adopt.
Book No. 4 is the Miscellaneous Register, in which " shall be entered all
" documents registered under clauses ( d ) and ( f) of Section 18, which
" do not relate to immoveable property."
Book No. 5, which is to be kept only in the offices of Registrars, is the
Register of Deposits of Wills.
16. Under Sec. 55 , 4 Indexes are to be kept up, instead of 3 as at present : -
Indexes Nos. I and II correspond to the existing ones of the same numbers,
the only difference being that they contain only particulars relating to
registrations affecting immovables entered in Book I, and not to the wills
&c., entered in Book 3.
Index No. IV corresponds to the present Index No. III, and contains parti
culars of the registrations recorded in Book 4.
Index No. III is new ; it " shall contain the names and additions of all
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persons executing every will and authority entered in Book No. 3, and
" of the executors or persons respectively appointed thereunder, and after
"the death of the testator or donor (but not before) the names and addi
" tions of all persons claiming under the same." These particulars, so far
as they are at present entered , are entered in Index No. I.
Sub Registrars will in future supply their Registrars from time to time with copies
of their Indexes Nos. I, II and III.
17. Section 57 relates to inspection of the Books and Indexes by persons in
terested, and the grant of certified copies or entries. The form of this section has
been altered, but the law remains practically the same.
18. In Section 58, relating to endorsements by the registering officer on
documents admitted to registration , after the words " other than a copy of a decree
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or order " the following have been added-" or a copy of a certificate under tho
Laud Improvement Act, 1871 , sent by the Collector to be registered."
19. The remaining alterations in this Part are mostly verbal ; in Section 59,
" the last preceding Section " has been changed to " Sections 52 and 58 ;" the word
" non-testamentary" has been placed before the words " document relating to immove
able property " in Secs. 64 and 65 ; and there are a few other unimportant alterations.
Part XII - Of Refusal to Register.
20. The contents of this Part are to a great extent new and should be care
fully studied by Registering Officers. The right of appeal to the District
Court and ( in certain cases ) to the High Court from the order of a Registrar refus
ing to register or to direct registration of a document , allowed by the existing law,
has been taken away by the new Act, and the order of the Registrar has been made
final. At the same time any person claiming under such document , or his repre
sentative , assign , or agent may, within 30 days, bring a civil suit for a decree
directing the document to be registered . Other minor alterations of procedure
have also been made, which need not be enumerated here, but will be manifest on
a careful perusal of the Act, and comparison with that which it supersedes .
Part XIII.-Of the Fees for Registration , Searches and Copies.
21. Provision is made in Section 78 (77 of the old Act ) for the payment of
additional fees " for the safe custody and return of documents ;" in other respects
this Part remains as before.
Part XIV.- Of Penalties.
22. To Section 82 (corresponding to 84 of the new Act) the following para
graph has been added : —
"A Registrar shall, but a Sub- Registrar shall not, as such , be deemed a Court within the
meaning of Sections 435 and 436 of the Code of Criminal Procedure."
Part XV.-Miscellaneous.
23. The Official Assignee has been added to the officials named in Section 86
(88 of the new Act) .
24. Section 89 is new ; it provides that
" Every officer granting a certificate under the Land Improvement Act, 1871 , shall send
a copy of such certificate to the registering officer within the local limits of whose jurisdiction
the whole or any part of the land to be improved, or of the land to be granted as collateral se
curity, is situate, and such registering officer shall file the certificate in his Book No. I.
It has already been pointed out (para, 5 ante) that certificates and instruments of
collatral security granted under the Land Improvement Act have been exempted
from compulsory registration under Section 17. The reason for this is thus stated
by Sir Arthur Hobbouse : :
" They had been informed that persons who desired to borrow money for the improve
ment of land found it vexatious and expensive to register the deeds that had to be executed,
whether they related to the land that was to be improved or to the collateral security that
was given. The vexation was principally experienced by those who gave the collateral se
curity. Now the Land Improvement Act provided that a full description whether of the land
to be improved or of the collateral security should be given in the certificate that was required
before the money was advanced . And the great object of the Registration Act was to give
notice to all persons interested what was the position of the land with which they were about
to deal . They thought it therefore quite sufficient if the officer giving the certificate were
to send a copy to the Registrar for entry in the Registration- Books, and thus dispense with
the necessity for the registration of any deeds in respect to that transaction ."
25. It does not seem necessary in this Circular to enumerate various formal
alterations made in the language of the Act to which I have not referred ; they
practically leave the law unaltered. Revised rules, under Section 69 of the new
Act, are under preparation, and will be duly submitted for the sanction of the
Local Government, and for publication in the Gazette ; but meanwhile the present
rules will be found sufficient for practical purposes.
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CIRCULAR No. 3.
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ALL REGISTRARS, PUNJAB.
I have the honor to draw your attention to article 2 of the rules made under
Section 69 of the Indian Registration Act, 1877 , published in Punjab Government
Notification No. 2239 dated 22nd May last, on the subject of fire proof safes for the
preservation of Wills and Authorities to adopt presented at the offices of Regis
trars, for deposit under the provisions of the said Act. It is therein laid down that
the safe shall not be used for any purpose whatever other than that above men
tioned ; that the key shall remain in the personal custody of the Registrar, who
alone shall open and close the safe ; that the safe shall be kept where it cannot be
affected by damp ; and that it shall be opened once a week with the view of ascer
taining that its contents are safe, and that the lock is in good order.
2. There is reason to fear that these instructions are as a general rule disre
garded by Registrars, and much inconvenience is the result. These safes are fre
quently used for other than their legitimate purposes ; they are not unfrequenly
placed where the contents can be affected by damp, and they are rarely, if ever,
opened except when there is some special necessity. The consequence is that the
locks get clogged and out of order, and the safes, which are expensive and not easi
ly replaced, are rendered temporarily useless-sometimes permanenly so. In one
instance within my personal knowledge, the Registrar of the district had occasion to
open a deposited sealed will after the death of the testator, on application under
Section 45 of the Act ; the safe in which the will was placed had not been opened
for nine months ; it had been used also to stow away some bundles of old settle
ment records, and it was placed in a damp out-house. The lock was opened with
considerable difficulty, when the contents were found to be in an advanced stage of
decomposition ; the will was decipherable only with difficulty, and in a few more
weeks the whole mass would have been reduced to the condition of pulp.
I desire to impress upon Registrars the importance of frequent personal
examination of the contents of these safes ; and to ensure this, I request that with
the usual monthly registration returns you will submit a memorandum showing
the dates on which, during the month under report, the safe was opened and the
contents (if any) found correct and in good order or if no such examination has
been made, that the reason thereof may be given.
This circular is not applicable to the iron safes provided for wills deposited
under the Indian Succession Act, with which this department is not concerned.
STAMP CIRCULAR ORDERS ,
1877.
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STAMP DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS .
CIRCULAR No. 1.
Το
Under instructions from Government, the Financial Commissioner has directed
me to issue orders for the exercise of the greatest vigilance on the part of officers
presiding over the various Courts of this Province in examining and punching
Adhesive Court Fees Labels when first presented. I have therefore the honor to
request your particular attention to the following remarks and instructions.
2. The first and most important point to be guarded against is the re-use of
stamps which have once been used ; such stamps may have been ouce punched, or
they may have been left unpunched and passed into the record office, and there
removed. In the case of a removed stamp that has been punched once, it is clear
that its use a second time can only be effected by the dishonesty of the native
subordinate who in the first instance receives the documents presented by suitors.
In the case of a removed stamp that has not been punched, it is possible that it may
have been so little injured in the removal as to be used a second time without
detection, unless the stamp be closely examined ; and it may pass undetected either
from dishonesty or from want of vigilance on the part of the native subordinate.
In order effectually to prevent frauds of this nature, it is absolutely necessary that
the native subordinate whose duty it is to see that the full fee has been affixed in
each case, and to punch the stamps and to record orders, should be made to stand
or sit within full view of the officer, and in that position to perform his task, certi
fying on each petition that the full fee has been affixed and all stamps have been
punched. It is of the utmost importance that this subordinate, be his position ever
so high on the establishment, should be allowed no time or opportunity for tamper
ing with the stamps.
3. In the case of plaints or petitions which a Deputy Commissioner may see
fit to transfer for trial or hearing to a subordinate Court, it will be necessary that
they should be at once returned direct into the hands of the parties from whom they
were received , for in such cases the stamps will not have been punched, and there
fore delay or the intervention of other persons in returning the petitions would
afford opportunities for removing some of the stamps and substituting others that
had been dishonestly removed from old files.
ts of Section 30 of the Court Fees
4. In cancelling stamps the requiremen
ed
Act ought to be more strictly attend to than they are at present , the figure head
of the stamps ought to be removed , and the piece removed should be effectually
destroyed .
5. When files of decided cases are sent to the record room, the record-keeper
should be required, without any loss of time, to examine the stamps and punch a
second hole in each stamp, affixing the date on which he does so. This work is at
present not performed as expeditiously as it should be, for I know of some districts
in which the files of the four previous months were still unexamined by the record
keeper, and the stamps not punched by him.
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6. To guard, as far as possible, against stamps being removed from old files
and used a second time, it is essentially necessary that " Omedwars," be they ever so
respectable, be strictly excluded both from the Sadr and Táhsil offices.
CIRCULAR No. 2.
To
ALL COMMRS., DEPUTY COMMRS. , AND JUDGES OF SMALL
CAUSE COURTS, & CANTT. MAGISTRATES ; ALSO TO THE
SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONERS, AND ALL DISTRICT SETTLE
MENT OFFICERS, PUNJAB.
With reference to this Office Circular No. 6 dated 30th October 1875, annexes,
for information and guidance, copy of an explanatory Circular drafted by MR.
TROTTER while officiating as Superintendent of Stamps, and approved by the Finan
cial Commissioner, regarding the proper mode of cancelling Court Fees labels.
In Section 30 of the Court Fees Act, 1870, it is enacted that " no document requiring a
stamp under that Act shall be filed or acted upon in any proceeding in any court or office until
the stamp has been cancelled ; and that the cancellation shall be effected by punching out the
figure-head, so as to leave the amount designated by the stamp untouched," the part removed
by punching being destroyed.
2. It having been found that the cancellation above prescribed did not afford sufficient
protection against the fraudulent use of stamps a second time, it was ordered by the Govern
ment of India, in Financial Department Resolution No. 1763 of 24th July 1873, as an additional
precaution, that "the record-keeper of every Court shall, when a case is decided and the record
consigned to his custody, punch a second hole in each label distinct from the the first, and note
the date of his doing so at the same time ; the second punching should not remove so much of
the stamp as to render it impossible or difficult to ascertain its value or nature."
3, Again, in Financial Resolution No. 3373 dated 24th September 1875, the Government
of India directed that " the court or office issuing copies, certificates, or other similar documents
liable to stamp duty, shall, before issue, cancel the labels affixed to them by punching out a
portion of the label in such a manner as to remove neither the figure-head nor that part of the
label upon which its value is expressed ; as an additional precaution , the signature of the officer
attesting the document, with the date, should be written accross the label and upon the paper
on either side of it, as is frequently done by persons signing stamped receipts.'
4. These rules are still in force, and are not contradictory ; the first relates to the can
cellation of Court Fees stamps on documents presented to a court or office ; the second to the
double punching of stamps in files consigned to the record-room after disposal ; and the third
to the cancellation of Court Fecs stamps on documents issued from a court or office.
5. This explanation becomes necessary, because in many quarters the terms of Financial
Resolution No. 3373 dated 24th September 1875 have been misunderstood by the native " amla ”
entrusted with the duty of punching, and have been taken as superseding the clear rule in
Section 30 of the Act relative to punching out the figure-head.
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CIRCULAR No. 3.
Το
Draws attention to the Post Office Notification dated 15th May 1877, published
in Part II of the Gazette of India, dated 26th idem pp. 295-315 .
The rules now prescribed for the custody, distribution and sale of postage
stamp labels, differ from those which they supersede to the extent noted below, but
the forms of the Indents, Registers and Returns all remain as before.
RULE V, CLAUSE 1.-" (not being a person employed in a Government Trea
sury.") This sentence, though new in its present place, evidently
embodies the instructions of the Government of India appended to my
Circular No. 4 of 19th March 1875, and is intended to prohibit discount
being allowed on postage stamps, not only to Government Treasurers but
also to the agents they may employ to vend stamps on their behalf.
CLAUSE 2. " Without restriction as to a minimum amount." This
addition removes all doubt as to whether less than 5 Rupees worth of
" service stamps " could be supplied to a Government official from a
Treasury.
RULE IX.- The portion from the words " The authority" down to " those
specified," is new, and allows the District officer to impose certain condi
tions on the parties whom he may authorize to retail postage stamps and
receive discount, provided no such authority is given to any person em
ployed in a Government Treasury ; and this includes any licensed stamp
vendor acting as the agent of a Government Treasurer.
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JULY 1877. ] STAMP DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. B
CIRCULAR No. 4.
Το
The Financial Commissioner being of opinion that Court Fee Labels should be
punched in the Court in which the documents are first presented and not in the
Courts to which they are subsequently distributed, para 3 of this office Circular No.
1 dated 24th April 1877 is accordingly cancelled : a note to this effect should be
entered on the Circular.
AUGUST 1877. ] STAMP DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS.
Copy ofa letter No. 2752, dated 31st July 1877, from the Director General of the Post Office of
India, to the Post Master General, North Western Provinces.
In reply to your letter No. 351-4307 dated 15th July 1877, I have the honor to state that
* Approved by the Govern the form of certificate in Rule 18 of the " Rules for the custody,
ment of India in the Financial distribution, and sale of postage labels" was not intended to go
Department letter No. 715 dated beyond the requirements of the rule itself, viz., that the stamps
19th February 1877. should be counted in the presence of the officer in charge. The
words " I have personally counted" may therefore be superseded by the words " have been
counted in my presence," the certificate being as follows :
I do hereby certify that the postage stamps in store on 18 have
been counted in my presence, the actual value &c., &c.

Copy forwarded to the Superintendent of Stamps, Punjab, in continuation of No. 1392
dated the 6th June 1877.
CIRCULAR No. 5.
Copies of the foregoing forwarded for the information of all Deputy Commis
sioners, Punjab, in continuation of this office Circular No. 3 dated 30th May 1877.
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CIRCULAR No. 6.

To
ALL DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS AND TREASURY OFFICERS .
Instruments which have been fully executed and finally signed are frequently
sent to this office for denotation of stamp, under Section 5 (b) of the General Stamp
Act. I have therefore the honor to annex for your information and guidance, copy
of a letter from the Officiating Government Advocate to the Secretary to the Finan
cial Commissioner, No. 280, dated 3rd instant ; and to point out that when such
instruments are chargeable with stamp duty and are unstamped, or insufficiently
stamped, they should, when presented at the Treasury, be impounded by the
Treasury Officer, and sent to the Collector under Section 23 of the Act, and should
not be transmitted to this office.
No. 280, dated 3rd October 1877, from the Officiating Government Advocate, Punjab, to the
In returning the original enclosure of your No. 5342 of 22nd ultimo, I have the honor to
state, that looking to the general scope and intendment of Act XVIII of 1869, I concur with
the Superintendent of Stamps in the opinion that instruments requiring to be stamped must be
presented to the proper officer before, and not after, execution. The point seems, moreover, to
have been distinctly so ruled in Government of India's Notification No. 319 , dated 13th Janu
ary 1870, with respect to adhesive stamps denoted by the Superintendent of Stamps.
No. 5814, dated 17th October 1877, from the Secretary to Financial Commissioner, Punjab, to
the Superintendent of Stamps, Punjab.
Copy of the foregoing forwarded to E. W. Trotter, Esquire, Superintendent of Stamps,
Punjab, for guidance.
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CIRCULAR No. 7.
Το
ALL DISTRICT AND TREASURY OFFICERS IN THE PUNJAB.
*From Supdt. Stamps, to Secy. to Finl. Commr., No. I have the honor to annex
34 dated 25th July 1877.
for your information and guidance,
From Supdt. Stamps, to Secy. to Finl. Commr., No.
42 dated 28th August 1877. copy of a correspondence as per
From Secy. to Finl . Commr, to Secy. to Govt. , Pun margin* having reference to the
jab, No. 955 dated 2nd October 1877. prevention of the accumulation of
From Secy. to Government, Punjab, to Secy . to Finl. excessive stocks of stamps in Dis
Commr., No. 3254 dated 20th November 1877.
trict Treasuries.
2. I beg you will submit at the close of each official year, commencing with
1877-78, a list showing the number of stamps of each description and value in your
Treasury for which there has been no demand in the two preceding years, in order
that they may either be returned to the Central Stamp Depôt at Calcutta, or
utilized by transfer to some other Treasury where they are likely to find sale.
3. In regulating to replenishment of your stock, you will, as regards Postage
and Telegraph stamps, be guided by the rules prescribed by the Government of
India, and printed at pages 83 and 87 of the Punjab Stamp Manual ; and as regards
stamps of all other kinds, by the following rules.
4. Except in the Treasuries of Lahore, Delhi, Mooltan and Rawalpindi, for
which, as hereinafter mentioned, a larger scale is prescribed, there should ordinarily
never be in any treasury a smaller balance of any denomination of stamp than is
sufficient for 3 months' average consumption, nor a larger balance than is sufficient
for 12 months' average consumption. For Lahore, the minimum is 12 and the
maximum 24 months' consumption ; and for Dehli, Mooltan and Rawalpindi, the
minimum is 9 and the maximum 18 months' consumption.
5. In preparing the monthly stamp returns rendered to my office, Treasury
Officers will take notice of the balances in hand, and if the balance of any denomi
nation of stamp is found to approach the minimum, an indent for a quantity making
up the maximum (including the balance in hand) should accompany the monthly
returns. Indents for adhesive labels of all kinds should be so regulated as to make
up complete sheets. Moreover, as the Superintendent of Stamps in Calcutta is
occupied in taking stock during the months of February and August, Treasury
Officers should avoid as much as possible indenting for stamps in those mouths.
6. Indents which are not prepared in accordance with the rules given in the
last paragraph, will be altered in my office, or returned for correction, unless they
are accompanied by a full explanation.
7. The Treasuries named in paragraph 4 maintain large balances for the pur
pose of meeting urgent and unexpected demands from other districts. Thus
Lahore has a reserve to provide for requisitions of this nature from the districts of
the Lahore, Amritsar, Jullundur and Umballa divisions ; Delhi will similarly supply
the districts of the Delhi and Hissar divisions ; Mooltan, the districts of the Mooltan
and Derajat divisions ; and Rawalpindi, the districts of the Rawalpindi and Peshawar
divisions. But although provision is thus made for cases of emergency, Treasury
Officers should, by timely application, avoid making requisitions of this nature
except from necessity ; and a letter fully explaining the necessity should accom
pany every emergent indent.
No. 34 dated 25th July 1877 , from the Superintendent of Stamps, Punjab, to the Secretary
With reference to your letter No. 1198 of the 10th March last, I have the honor to report,
Delhi. after consulting the Deputy Commissisioners marginally noted,
Lahore. and scrutinizing the stock accounts of all the districts as rendered
Rawalpindi. for the 1st of April last, that there is certainly a disproportion
Mooltan. between the stock in hand and the demand, and that this want of
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proportion is most conspicuous in the case of general stamps, in regard to which it has been ascer
tained that their aggregate value for the whole province was on the 1st of April Rs. 20,85.217.
while the sales for the previous year had not realized more than Rs. 6,25,128 . This condition of
the stock of these stamps is, however, far from being new, for, as will be seen from the state
ment herewith submitted , it existed in 1873 , when the department was transferred to me, and
probably much before that time. The principal cause of the apparent disproportion is that non
judicial stamps of high value, the demand for which is rare, are held by nearly all the Trea
suries, and although, as a rule, the numbers of these stamps are small enough, their aggregate
value is large. As an instance of the slow sale of such stamps, I would mention that Hissar,
which in 1873 held non -judicial stamps exceeding Rs. 10 each in value to the extent of Rs.
1,20,000, has in the course of 4 years not sold more than Rs. 1,800 worth of such stamps. Foreign
bill, share-transfer, and hundi stamps, all which are included in " general," have also a share
in creating the disproportion ; all the Treasuries hold more or less of them, but in most there is
no sale for the two former kinds, and in many the demand for the latter is either small or uncer
tain. The total amount realized from hundi stamps last year was little in excess of Rs. 35,000,
while the value of the stock in hand still is about Rs. 2,50,000.
2. Under these circumstances, it appears to be desirable that the non-judicial stamps of
the higher values, and other " general " stamps, for which no sales can be shewn during the last
two years, should be returned to Calcutta.
3. In regard to court-fees stamps, it will be observed from the statement prepared in this
office that on the 1st of April 1873 , the aggregate value of the stock in all the Treasuries was
close upon 42 lakhs of rupees, and that on the same date of 1877 it was Rs. 25,66,582 , while the
sales of the past official year realized Rs. 18,14,430 . Considering that the rules for supply allow
of a 12 month's consumption being indented for while a 3 months' is still in hand, and that
four of the Treasuries are authorized to hold extra supplies to meet emergencies of other dis
tricts ; also, that stamps of high value, which sell slowly, are included , I do not think the stock
excessive, and do not recommend that any portion of it be returned at present.
4. The fall in the stock of court-fees stamps since 1873 is not due to any special steps
taken by me to that end, but to the withdrawal in the first instance of the " converted " stamps ;
secondly, of the red and black impressed paper ; and lastly, of the special " talabana " or pro
cess- fees stamps .
5. Of telegraph stamps the stock in hand has increased to the extent of Rs. 36,000 since
1873 , and its value on the 1st of April last was Rs. 2,30,272 ; the sales, however, have also in
creased in a larger proportion , having risen from Rs. 1,23,540 to Rs. 2,61,992 within that period.
The stock at Delhi was exceptionally high before the Accountant General issued orders for the
return of Rs. 40,000 worth to Calcutta, but the cause of its being so was that a special large
indent had been passed by me for that place, with a view to meet all demands that might arise
during the presence of the Imperial Assemblage ; the surplus could have been disposed of by
transfer to other treasuries in the province requiring them, as, for instance, Simla, where the
stock is not much over Rs. 43.000, while the demand during the year approaches a lakh, and
where it has lately been found necessary to augment the stock by indent on Calcutta. At
Hissar and Amritsar also the stock was larger than the immediate requirements of those dis
tricts warranted, but it has been reduced by return to Calcutta of a portion , under the orders
issued by the Accountant General in March last. 1 should have thought it preferable to gradu
ally withdraw the surplus by transfers to other districts within the province. The frontier
districts also have supplies larger than their ordinary wants, and I have allowed this, to obviate
inconvenience in the event of unforeseen demands arising there ; but, as has been shewn at the
beginning of this paragraph, the total stock in the Punjab at the commencement of the current
official year was about sufficient for the requirements of 15 months, which is only 6 months
more than the maximum which may be held under the rules. The excess will have been
absorbed within the next two months ; we have, however, upwards of Rs . 16,000 worth of 2- anna
stamps, which were supplied to all treasuries in 1874 on a requisition from the Telegraph De
partment, but as the demand for such stamps is not general, and does not much exceed Rs. 700
in the year, I consider that three-fourths of them at least may be returned .
6. The stock of ordinary postage stamps has doubled since 1873, when its aggregate value
was Rs. 1,89.410. but on the 1st of April last it was Rs. 3.78.207 ; the sales, however, of the
previous 12 months amounted to Rs. 3,59,141 , so that the stock may be taken to have been equal
to a whole year's demand, while the rules of supply do not admit of more than 8 months as a
maximum ; the difference will soon be absorbed, if it have not already been. The excess has
arisen in a great measure from the introduction of the half anna envelope, which, so long as it
is obtainable. prevents the sale of the label of that value ; but as the supply of the envelope is
uncertain, indents generally include a supply of the label as well.
7. The balance of service postage stamps in 187 was Rs . 2,42,955 , and on the Ist of April
last it was Rs. 2.91,611 . The sales for the past year realized Rs . 2,02,910, or nearly Rs. 60,000
more than in 1872-73 ; the stock was, however, in excess of that required by the rules, and more
care will be taken in future to keep it within the prescribed limits as far as possible.
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8. The statement now submitted shews also that there is in several districts a dispropor
tion in respect to one or other of the several kinds of stamps, between the stock and the sales ;
some whose requirements are large, having inadequate supplies, while others have more than
they can reasonably require. This will be corrected as opportunities occur for doing so.
No. 42 dated 28th August 1877, from the Superintendent of Stamps, Punjab, to the Secretary
In reply to your No. 4708 dated 18th instant, I have the honor to state that in my opinion
it would be premature to abolish the local stamp depôts at Rawalpindi, Delhi and Mooltan .
When the Northern State Railway line is open to Peshawar . or even to Attock, the depôt at
Rawalpindi might be given up ; but small reserve stocks should always, I think, be maintained
at Delhi and Mooltan, to meet emergent requisitions from the isolated districts of the Hissar
and Derajat divisions.
2. At the same time I think that, except at Lahore, there is no nesessity for so large a
reserve as a quantity equal to one year's consumption, and the reserve at the other three depôts
might, if it be thought advisable (though in my opinion it is a matter of indifference), be gradu
ally brought down to a six months ' supply.
No. 955 dated 2 October 1877, from the Secretary to Financial Commissioner, Punjab,
to the Secretary to Government, Punjab.
I am directed to reply to your letter No. 532 dated 3rd March 1877, forwarding for the
opinion of the Financial Commissioner and the Superintendent of Stamps a copy of Accountant
General's No. 2376 dated 22nd February 1877, regarding the apparently excessive stocks of
stamps in District Treasuries.
2. The opinion of the late Superintendent of Stamps (Mr. Kirke) is contained in the letter
No. 34 of 25th July 1877, forwarded herewith, as regards general, foreign-bill, share-transfer,
and hundi stamps. It is therein pointed out that the excess arises chiefly from the small
demand for those of high value, and it is proposed that stamps of those kinds of those of which
no sales have been made during the last two years should be returned to Calcutta. In this the
Financial Commissioner concurs.
3. As regards court-fees stamps it is found that the aggregate stock in hand in April
1877 , did not much exceed one year's consumption, and that it was partly due to the stock of
the higher values and to the reserves kept at four large Treasuries to meet emergent wants of
neighbouring districts. The stock has been decreasing greatly during the last four years, and
special measures for its further reduction did not seem to the Superintendent to be necessary.
4. In this view the Financial Commissioner concurs generally, as a deficiency of stamps
required for litigation would cause much more inconvenience than the custody of surplus
stocks could cause ; it will still, however, be necessary to see that excessive stocks are uot
kept in individual districts, as, for instance, in Kohat and Gujranwala, where the stock was
much in excess of a year's consumption.
5. As regards telegraph stamps the excess of stock has been absorbed by consumption
and transfers since the correspondence arose, and the unsaleable 2 anna stamps will be re
turned to Calcutta.
6. The supply of postage stamps was somewhat in excess, owing partly to half anna
stamps and half anna euvelopes having to be kept on hand at the same time. In most dis
tricts the stock was equal to about a year's supply, whereas the rnles allow eight months.
Service stamps were also in excess, but as these stamps afford no great temptation for theft,
no great danger is incurred.
7. The Superintendent of Stamps proposes in all cases to reduce excess stocks to the
quantities allowed by the rules as opportunities offer. The Financial Commissioner remarks
that the most convenient opportunity for readjusting the stocks of stamps is the occasion of
preparing the next indent for a fresh supply. It is by moderate indents, rather than by spas
modic transfers, that excessive stocks of stamps for which there is any demand can best be
gradually absorbed.
8. In a further letter, No. 42 of 28th August, herewith, the Superintendent of Stamps
(Mr. Trotter) communicates his opinion that it would be premature to abolish the local depots
at Rawalpindi, Delhi and Mooltan, but that the reserve stock at these treasuries need not be
so large as at Lahore. In this also the Financial Commissioner concurs.
No. 3254 dated 20th November 1877, from the Officiating Secretary to Government, Punjab.
to the Secretary to Financial Commissioner, Punjab.
I am desired to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No. 955 dated 2nd ultimo, and
enclosure (herewith returned ), regarding the stock of stamps of all kinds in this province, and
to inform you that the Lieutenant Governor concurs in your remarks and suggestions.
The necessary measures should be taken accordingly and the Accountant General will be
furnished with a copy of your letter, and this reply.
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SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS .
Extract from the Proceedings ofthe Government of India in the Home Department,
No. 38 C, dated the 1st January 1877.
RESOLUTION. -The Viceroy in Council having considered the terms of the
Amnesty granted in 1859 is pleased to announce that the exception from the
Amnesty of persons who were leaders of revolt is withdrawn, and that such persons
may now return to their respective homes on the sole condition of announcing their
return to the district authorities, and of good behaviour for the future. Such per
sons will, however, be required , if they wish to leave the limits of the district in
which they reside, to give previous notice to the district authorities.
The exception as to murderers and leaders of mutiny will still remain in force,
and nothing in the above Notification will extend to Feroz Shah, the son of the late
King of Delhi.
MINT AND CURRENCY.
The 1st January 1877.
In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 11 and Section 28, Clause (2),
of the Indian Coinage Act, 1870, the Governor General in Council is pleased to
direct that the inscription " Victoria Empress " shall be substituted for the inscrip
tion " Victoria Queen " on all coins coined under the said Act on and after the 1st
January 1877, and that the date of the calendar year, according to the Christian
era, in which it is coined shall henceforth be put upon every such coin.
LEAVE, LEAVE ALLOWANCES , &c.

No. 135.-The Governor General in Council directs that the following be inser
ted as Rule 6 (d) in Chapter IX of the Civil Leave Code :—
6 (d). If an officer is authorised under clause (a) to make over charge of an
office elsewhere than at its head quarters, any joining time to which he may be
entitled shall be reckoned from the place at which he actually makes over charge.
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE.

SEA CUSTOMS.
No. 19.-In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 6 of " the Indian
Tariff Act, 1875, " the Governor General in Council exempts from the export duty
imposed by that Act all rice exported by sea, and entered outwards for either of the
2 SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS. [ RECORD
French ports of Pondicherry and Karikal or passing by land into any of the French
Settlements situate on the line of coast within the Presidency of Fort St. George.
This exemption shall commence on the 22nd day of January 1877, and shall
continue in force until the 21st day of July, inclusive.
No. 222. -The Governor General in Council directs that the following be in
serted under Section 56 after Rule 3, Civil Pension Code :
" NOTE. - Each Department of the Government of India exercises the powers
of a Local Government under the rules subsidiary to this section in respect
to any officers immediately subordinate to it ;"
and that the following be inserted under Section 75 (before the Rules) of the said
Code :
" NOTE.- In Sections 75, 76, and 77, ' Local Government ' includes a Depart
ment of the Government of India in respect of all officers immediately sub
ordinate thereto."

No. 270.-With the sanction of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, the
Governor General in Council directs that the following be inserted as Section 48A
in Chapter X of the Civil Pension Code :-
Section 48A. - The Government of India may, upon such conditions as it may
think fit in each case to impose, condone a break or breaks in the continuity
of service not exceeding twelve months in the aggregate, which are not the
result of any of the circumstances mentioned in Section 48.
LEAVE, LEAVE ALLOWANCES, & C.

No. 420. -The Governor General in Council directs that the following be add
ed to the Note under Section 1 (b) of the Civil Leave Code :--
A Nominal Roll of Officers thus admitted to date is printed at pages 147 to 159.
The death, resignation, removal or retirement of any officer whose name
appears in this roll should be promptly reported by the Government, De
partment, or Head of Office under whom he is serving, directly to the Gov
ernment of India in the Financial Department.

No. 433.-Under the authority of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India,
the Governor General in Council directs that the following be inserted as Rule 2
under Section 59 (a) of the Civil Pension Code :-
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2. " An invalid pension on the following scale, but not being less than Rs.
1,000 or more than Rs. 2,000 a year, may be granted to an officer appointed
to the service under the Regulations of the Royal Indian Engineering Col
lege at Cooper's Hill, or specially educated in England for the Forest De
partment nnder Regulations made by the Secretary of State :
If the serviee of the officer be not less than
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No. 464.- The Governor General in Council directs that the following words
be omitted from Section 14 of the Civil Pension Code :
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or specially educated in Europe for the Forest Department under Regulations
made by the Secretary of State ;"
and that the following addition be made to this section :
" The service of an officer specially educated in Europe for the Forest Depart
ment under Regulations made by the Secretary of State counts from the
date on which he joins the office to which he is first posted in India.”
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No. 2-158, dated 2nd February 1877.

From-Officiating Secretary to the Government of India, Home Department,
FROM papers recently received from the Military Department it appears that
elephants belonging to the Commissariat Department are frequently indented for
by Civil Departments, and on their return to the Commissariat Department are
frequently found unfit for work owing to injuries or bad condition. In order to
check this evil, the following instructions of the Military Department reaffirming
existing orders on the subject are circulated for strict observance in future by Civil
Departments :
I. That elephants be only applied for when no other efficient and suitable
carriage is available.
II. That no elephants be taken beyond fifty miles from their stations.
III. That when elephants are returned injured or out of condition, due to
over-work or neglect on the part of the cfficer using them, the cost of their
keep until they become fit for duty be borne by the Civil Department to
which the officer using them belongs.
The 2nd February 1877.
No. 641.-The Governor-General in Council directs that the foot-note under
Section 4 (e) of the Civil Leave Code be cancelled, and that the following be added
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to Section 4 (e)
A "local allowance " may be drawn by an Officer absent from his office on
duty for a period not exceeding one month, provided that it is not drawn by a
locum tenens.

No. 646. - The Governor General in Council directs that the words " Military
Department " be substituted for the words, " Controller of Military Accounts " in
the second sentence of the Note at the head of Chapter IV of the Civil Leave Code.
PAY AND ALLOWANCES.

No. 799. -The Governor-General in Council directs that the following be sub
stituted for Rule 1 (a and b) under Section 29 of the Acting Allowance Code :
1. Unless under special orders by the Director General, an Officer of the
Post Office can count time only under Section 28, and can count under Part
I of that Section only so much time as is continuous.
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LEAVE, LEAVE ALLOWANCES , & c.
The 7th March 1877.
No. 1351. -The Governor General in Council directs that Section 4 to (a 3)
of the Civil Leave Code be cancelled, and that the following be inserted as a foot
note under the word " duty " in Section 4 (a) -
In a despatch No. 16, dated 18th January 1877, the Secretary of State de
clined to lay down a general rule that the period of absence of an officer deputed
or detained on duty out of India shall count as service for leave as well as for pen
sion, and wrote " The occasions when Indian Officers are employed out of India,
on duty are comparatively so rare, and the circumstances of their employment
vary so much, that it will be preferable to consider each case that may arise in
future on its merits, and this course I shall be prepared to adopt ."
PAY AND ALLOWANCES.--ACTING ALLOWANCES.

The 7th March 1877.
No. 1333. - The Governor General in Council directs that the following be
added as a new entry between the entries relating to an Assistant Superintendent
of Police serving in the hill tracts of Ganjam, &c . , and an Assistant Superintendent
of Police serving elsewhere, &c. , in the list contained in Section 37 of the Acting
Allowance Code :
An Assistant Superintendent of Police serving in the Lower Provinces of the

Bengal Presidency holding no substantive appointment under the Government,
Rs. 250.
PAY AND ALLOWANCES. -TRAVELLING.

The 7th March 1877.
No. 1457. -The Governor General in Council is pleased to decide that when
any public officer is compelled to leave a station where there is no medical officer,
in order to procure medical advice, he may draw travelling allowance at the ordi
nary rates to and from the station where the nearest civil medical officer is located.
Bills for travelling allowance drawn under these orders must be countersigned
by the medical officer consulted, who must certify that the journey was, in bis
opinion, absolutely necessary. Supervising officer must take care that no undue
advantage is taken of this privilege . Halting allowance may not be drawn while
the officer is at the medical officer's station, and if the absence of the sick officer from
his station be prolonged, he should be required to take leave on medical certificate.

CUSTOMS.
No. 68. In exercise of the powers vested in him by Section 6 of the Indian
Tariff Act, 1875, the Governor General in Council is pleased to fix the value of
Raw Silk the produce of the Tasar or other wild worm, when such silk is imported
from China, at Rs. 4 per lb.
SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS. [ RECORD
Fort William, the 21st March 1877.

No. 70. In the exercise of the powers vested in him by Section 6, Clause b,
of the Indian Tariff Act, 1875, the Governor-General in Council is pleased to
exempt gunny bags and gunny cloth from all duties of Customs.
FINANCIAL DEpartment.
ACCOUNTS , &c .
No. 1709. -The following Resolution is published for general information :—
Read again
Resolution No. 3334, dated 14th December 1876.
Read--
The Financial Statement made by the Hon'ble Sir John Strachey to the Legislative Coun
cil of the Government of India on the 15th March 1877, and the Abstracts of the
Accounts and Estimates therewith presented.
RESOLUTION. -Subject to the approval of the Secretary of State in Council,
the Governor General in Council has resolved to re-incorporate in the Imperial
Estimates and Accounts, in the manner described in this Statement by the Hon'ble
Sir John Strachey, the transactions of the Local Governments, which have, since
1871-72 , been represented by a single net entry in the Imperial Estimates and
Accounts under the Head Allotment for Provincial Services.
2. Additional Revenues have been already surrendered to the provincial uses
of the Governments of Bengal, the North-Western Provinces and Oudh, and addi
tional Services transferred to their management and responsibility : it is the inten
tion of the Governor General in Council, after consultation with the other Local
Governments, to propose similar expansions of the measure of December 1870 in
respect to the Revenues and Services of the other Provinces.
3. In consequence of the arrangements thus completed or contemplated , it
is necessary to revise the conditions under which the Local Governments admin
ister the Revenues and Services entrusted to their particular use and management.
4. In supersession, therefore, of all existing regulations upon the subject, the
Governor General in Council is pleased to decide that till further orders, the follow
ing shall be the
Rules and Conditions which apply to the administration by the Local Governments of
all Revenues and Services surrendered to provincial uses and management.
I.-Without the previous sanction of the Government of India
(1 ) No additional taxation may be imposed, and no change made in any existing
system of revenue management ;
(2) No new general service or duty may be undertaken : whenever a Local
Government proposes to undertake any such new service or duty, it must
satisfy the Government of India that it can provide the funds for it, tem
porarily, if the service or duty is temporary, and permanently, if it is
permanent ;
(3) No appointment may be created with a pay of more than Rs. 250 a month ;
and no addition may be made to the pay and allowances of any officer if
they exceed, or would, after the addition, exceed , Rs. 250 a month ;
(4) No appointment of which the pay and allowances are more than Rs. 250 a
month may be abolished ; and the pay and allowances of no such appoint
ment may be reduced ;
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(5) No class or grade of officers may be created or abolished ; and the pay of
no class or grade of officers may be raised or reduced ;
(6) The rates of discount upon the retail of stamps and court-fee labels, and
the local duty on spirit and drugs, must not be altered : the Governor
General in Council reserves the right of forbidding any such alterations as
are likely to injure the revenues of neighbouring provinces or prove
otherwise inconvenient ;
(7) No addition may be made to the pay or allowances of any individual
officer, or class of officers, that may lead to increase in the emoluments
of any public servants doing duty in the same province, whose pay and
allowances are not charged under one of the transferred heads of service.
The Government of India reserves the right to forbid alterations in rates
of pay or allowances, which, in its opinion, would produce inconvenience
in other provinces ;
(8) No money may be removed from the Public Treasury for investment, or
deposit elsewhere : the Government of India, which is responsible for the
provision of ways and means for the public service in all departments,
must always, retain, as at present, in its own hands, absolute and uncon
ditional control over all money in the Public Treasury : a Local Govern
ment may not withdraw such money except for expenditure upon the
public service ;
(9) No alteration must be made in the form or procedure of the public
accounts ;
(10) No services previously rendered to other departments at the charge of
the departments made over to the control of the Local Governments may
be diminished, and no services previously rendered to these departments
at the charge of other departments may be increased ;
(11 ) No line of through communication may be abandoned, or allowed to fall
out of repair.
II. Returns are to be made quarterly, through the several Administrative De
partments of the Government of India, to the Financial Department,
showing every change made in the pay of any officer, every new office
created and every existing office abolished ; also any unusual or extraordin
ary charge incurred, and any expenditure discontinued.
III.-All standing orders and rules of the Supreme Government are to be observed,
including, in particular, the rules in the Codes of the Financial and
Public Works Departments, Travelling Allowance Rules, and the Rules
and Circular Orders of the Comptroller General.
IV. Returns, Accounts, and Estimates are to be submitted to the Supreme Govern
ment in such forms, and at such times, as may be prescribed.
V.- The Local Governments must keep the Governor General in Council, in the
several departments, fully informed of their executive and financial pro
ceedings ; the Governor General in Council will not relinquish his general
powers of supervision and control in any department : but His Excellency
in Council will, as far as possible, avoid interference with the details of
the administration of the transferred revenues and services, aud any em
barrassment of the provincial finances.
VI.-A Local Government must accept, without remonstrance, any charge which
would, under the system in force before 1871-72, have been recorded, under
any of the transferred heads of account, in the accounts of its Presidency
or province ; and must not raise objections on such grounds as that the
charge has originated outside the presidency or province, or that the pre
sidency or province is not interested in it, or the like : if any doubt arises
at any time, whether any charge should or should not be entered under
any particular head in the accounts of any presidency or province, such
doubt must be solved by one test only, viz.: " How would it have been
entered if it had occurred before 1871-72, when the powers and responsi
bilities of Local Governments were first enlarged ?" Thus, for example,
the pay or leave allowances of an officer belonging to another Administra
tion on duty or on leave in the North-Western Provinces, and drawn
there, must be charged in the accounts ofthe North-Western Provinces :
the Governor General in Council did not intend by the measure of 1870,
and does not, now, intend , to introduce, or authorise, any change of prac
tice in such matters, or any inter-provincial, inter-presidential or inter
departmental adjustments, not theretofore allowed in regard to all such
transactions, the arrangements made with the Local Governments were
calculated upon the basis of the system which existed before the year
1871-72.
VII. The grant made to a Local Government for all the services entrusted to its
administration is a consolidated grant : no claim will lie against the Im
perial Treasury on the ground that the cost of any service exceeds the
amount at which it was estimated in the calculation of the consolidated
grant.
VIII. In the management of its finances, a Local Government must never abso
lutely exhaust its balance in the Imperial Treasury : the Government of
India will not accept any estimates, or allow any transactions by a Local
Government, which involve the expenditure of more money than is at its
credit in the Imperial Treasury : it is the duty of every Accountant
General to take care that this condition is never infringed, and promptly
to report to the Governor General in Council any transgression of it which
is not, upon his representation, immediately rectified by the Local Govern
ment addressed.
IX.-A Local Government may not lend money from the balance at its credit in the
Imperial Treasury : the Government of India will always pay every atten
tion to any recommendation for the loan of public money in excess of the
powers which are entrusted to a Local Government by law or rule ; but all
loans alike must be from the Imperial Balances ; such operations must
not be mixed up with the arrangements between the Imperial and the
Local Government for the collection and appropriation of the public
revenues or the administration of the public services.
X.-It is a general condition precedent to the delegation of all authority to dis
burse public money that it shall be bond fide for a public object ; nothing
must be carried out by means of the public funds for the advantage of
any individual or body of private persons, unless, in accordance with
some declared or established rule or principle, recognised by the Govern
ment of India : it is the duty of every Audit Officer, at all times, to
challenge any infringement of this principle ; and every Local Government
must submit, for the orders of the Government of India, any represent
ation made to it by any Audit Officer in accordance with this rule which
it does not promptly accept.
XI.-On or before the 31st January of each year, each Local Government must
forward to the Government of India in the Financial and Public Works
Departments, and publish in the Local Government Gazette, in detail of
major heads, with such explanations as may be necessary for the due
understanding of its financial administration
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(1 ) An (a) balanc
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account win e gof the Local Government in the Imperial Treasury
at the beginning of the last complete financial year ;
(6) The revenues appropriated during that year to provincial uses,
and the supplementary assignment from the Imperial Treasury ;
(c) The expenditure under provincial responsibility during that year ;
(d) The balance of the Local Government in the Imperial Treasury
at the end of that e r ; il

(2) Revised estimates in the samyea
deta for the current financial year ;
(3) Estimates in the same detail for the coming financial year.
XII. -The Governor General in Council reserves power to modify, add to, or repeal
these rules and conditions at any time.
SEPARATE REVENUE - POST OFFICE.

No. 1766. -Consequent upon the admission of the countries mentioned below
into the General Postal Union , the following revised postage rates and conditions
will have effect from the dates mentioned opposite each , viz. :—
For full detail of this heading see Indian Postal Guide of October 1876 .
Prepayment is compulsory for Newspapers and for letters also when marked with a "c".
Each
packet
Each of news
Each Letter . News- papers,
paper. printed
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papers,
COUNTRIES , &C.
REMA
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Regis Per 4 Per 2
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or from Aden, by British 4 4 1 11
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Aden , by French Packet I 1 11
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By Land Post 1 14
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By Indian Packet ... IV c2
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By Private Vessel ...
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COLONIES Via Bombay or from Aden , by
WITH EFFECT British Packet, through Sin 1
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FROM gapore or Penang
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1ST APRIL Via Calcutta or Madras and
1877 . Moulmein , by Indian Packet, 1 11
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through Singapore or Penang I
Via Calcutta , by Indian Packet
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COUNTRIES, &c. paper . printed
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Peroz. tration OZS. ozs.
fee.
LABUAN (NEAR BORNEO

Via Bombay or from Aden, by
British Packet, through Singa
pore ... ... I 4 11
Via Calcutta or Madras and
Moulmein, by Indian Packet
through Singapore ... I 4 1 11
Via Calcutta, by Indian Packet
(Opium Steamer), through
Singapore ... I 1 14
MAURITIUS AND ITS DEPENDEN
CIES, viz., SEYCHELLES, RODRI
GUES AND THE AMIRANTE
BRITISH ISLANDS
COLONIES Via Calcutta or Madras or from
WITH EFFECT Aden, by French Packet ... I 4 4 1 11
FROM Via Bombay to Aden and thence
1ST APRIL by French Packet ... ... I 4 4 1 11
1877,
continued. TRINIDAD... Via Brindisi
BRITISH throughthe United
GUIANA... Kingdom I e6 4 2 21
BERMUDA... Via Brindisi
JAMAICA through Italy ... I 5 4 1 11
HONG-KONG
British Packet I 04 4 1 11
(Opium Steamer) ... ... I e4 4 1 11
Via Calcutta or Madras or from
Aden, by French Packet,
17
through Agent on board ... I 04 4 1 11

By Private Vessel ... ... IV 04 4 11
CUBA ... Via Brindisi through Ans. Ans. Ans. Ans.

PORTO the United Kingdom I c 6 4 2 21
RICO Via Brindisi through
Italy ... ... I 5 4 1 11
SPANISH PHILLIPPINE ISLANDS
COLONIES, Via Bombay or from Aden, by
WITH EFFECT British Packet, through Singa
FROM pore ... ... I 4 4 1 141
1ST APRIL Via Calcutta or Madras and
1877. Moulmein, by Indian Packet,
through Singapore ... I 4 4 1 1}
Singapore ... ... I 4 4 1 11
MARCH 1877. ] SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS. 13
Each
packet
Each of news
Each Letter.
,| EMARKS
newspapers,
COUNTRIES, & c. paper. printed
papers,
&c.
R
Regis Per 2
Peroz. tration PerOZ8.
4
Oz8.
fee.
NETHERLANDS INDIA OR DUTCH

EAST INDIES—
pore ... I 1 14
Rangoon or Moulmein, by
Indian Packet through Singa
pore ... I 1 14
Via Calcutta, by Indian Pachet
DUTCH Singapore ... ... I 4 4 1 14
COLONIES, Via Calcutta or Madras or from
WITH EFFECT Aden, by French Packet,
FROM through Agent on Board ... I 4 4 1 14
1ST MAY
1877. DUTCH GUIANA
Via Brindisi through the United
66
TT
Kingdom ... I 21
Via Brindisi through Italy · 4 21 11
DUTCH WEST INDIES, INCLUDING
CURACAO, BONAIRE, AMBA,
DUTCH PORTION OF ST. MARTIN,
ST. EUSTATIUS AND SABA
21
◄◄
21
Kingdom I c6 4 2 21
Via Brindisi through Italy 11 5 4 14
JAPAN
JAPAN, Via Bombay or from Aden, by
WITH EFFECT British Packet, through Hong
FROM Kong ... I 04 1 11
1ST JUNE Via Calcutta or Madras or from
1877. Aden, by French Packet,
BRAZIL, BRAZIL (EMPIRE OF)—
WITH EFFECT Via Brindisi through the United
21
FROM 18T
པ་ ་
Kingdom ... I c 6 4 2
T
JULY 1877. Via Brindisi through Italy ... 5 4 1

MACAO
PORTUGUESE British Packet, through Hong
COLONIES, Kong ... ... I c4 4 1 14
WITH EFFECT Via Calcutta, by Indian Packet,
FROM ( Opium Steamer ), through
1ST JULY Hong- Kong ... I 04 4 1 11
1877. Via Calcutta or Madras or from
Aden, by French Packet,
14 SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS. T RECORD
Each
packet
Each of news
REMARKS
Each Letter. news papers,
COUNTRIES, &c. paper. printed
papers ,
&c.
.
Regis Per 4 Per 2
Peroz tration Ozs. OZS.
fee.
CAPE DE VERDE AND ITS DEPEN

DENCIES, ( BISSAU AND CACHEU)
TH
6 19
21
Kingdom ... ... I c 6 2
Via Brindisi, through Italy ... 5 44 14
ST. THOMAS AND PRINCE ISLANDS
(GUINEA- AFRICA, WITH THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF AJUDA
Via Brindisi, through the United
HT
23
Kingdom ... I c 6 21
Via Brindisi, through Italy ...
PORTUGUESE ANGOLA (GUINEA-AFRICA) -—
COLONIES, Via Brindisi through the United
27
WITH EFFECT Kingdom c6 4 2 21/
FROM Via Brindisi through Italy 5 4 1 11
1ST JULY MOZAMBIQUE—
1877 , Via Bombay to Aden or from
continued. Aden and thence by Zanzibar
line ... ... ... I 4 4 1 14
TIMOR ( OCEANIA)—
pore ... ... I 4 + 1 11
Moulmein, by Indian Packet,
through Singapore ... I 4 1 14
Via Calcutta, by Indian Packet,
(Opium Steamer) through
Singapore ... I 4 4 1 11
MINT AND CURRENCY.
No. 1909.- Iu exercise of the powers conferred by the Indian Coinage Act,
1870, the Governor-General in Council is pleased to authorise the Mint Masters to
act under Section 16 of the said Act in respect to all coins tendered to them.
No. 1910.-The Governor-General in Council is pleased to authorise the Mint

Masters to receive, in parcels of not less than one thousand tolas each, silver coins
coined and issued under the authority of the Government of India which have lost
by reasonable wearing more than two per cent in weight or have been called in by
proclamation, or are from any other reason no longer a legal tender in payment or
ou account, and to pay for the same by order on the Presidency Bank of Bengal or
Bombay, as the case may be, at the rate of one rupee per tola.
15
MARCH 1877. ]
PAY AND ALLOWANCES.

No. 1905. -The Governor -General in Council is pleased to rule that, when a
Civil Surgeon is required to proceed beyond the limits of his charge in order to
appear as a witness in any judicial proceedings , he shall , in addition to the salary
of his office, continue to draw the local allowances attached thereto without pre
judice to the claim of his locum tenens to draw these allowances .
No. 667, the 7th February 1877.

ncia l luti on No. 3601 , dated 30th September 1875, in which it was ruled that , in
ReadFina
again Reso
future , without the previous sanction of the Governor -General in Couucil , no addition
to any salary paid from imperial funds shall be made from provincial or local funds , or
from the income of wards ' estates , or from any other funds administered by the Go
vernment or its Officers as trustees .
Lett er
Read ingfrom the Government of Bombay, No. 4878, dated 25th November 1876, recommend
a modification of the above mentioned rules so far as to allow Local Governments
discretion to sanction additions from local fund revenues to imperial and provincial
salaries , with the proviso that when such addition in any case exceeds Rs. 75 a month ,
the sanction of the Government of India should be applied for.
RESOLUTION . The Governor -General in Council considers that the grant of extra
allowances to Government servants for the performance of duties connected with
local funds should be subject to sanction by the Government of India. When any
officer, however , who is already in receipt of such extra allowance goes on leave , the
extra allowance drawn by him may be continued to his locum tenens , either in whole
or in part, as may be determined by the Local Government. This rule may be
applied to the case of the locum tenens of the clerk in the office of the Political
Superintendent , Thurr and Parkar, referred to by the Government of Bombay.
If any such allowance is permanently vacated by an officer, it should not be
eontinued to his successor, unless under the special or general sanction of the
No. 6-518 dated 13th March 1877.

From -Officiating Secretary to the Government of India , Home Department ,
To -The Officiating Secretary to Government , Punjab .
With reference to your letter No. 34544 , dated the 20th October last, on the
subject of the proper channel of correspondence between civil and military authorities ,
I am directed to say that the Government of India have decided that Officers Com
manding Stations only should address the District Officers direct : while General
Officers Commanding Brigades , Districts or Divisions , should themselves address
Commissioners of Divisions and similar high civil authorities, but in addressing a
civil officer in charge of a district , may do so through their staff officers .

From-Officiating Under -Secretary to the Government of India, Financial Department ,
To-The Officiating Secretary to Government , Punjab .
I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No. 351 , dated the
12th February 1877 , and in reply, to furnish you with the following copy of a letter
No. 1916 , addressed to the Accountant -General , Central Provinces , on the 26th
March 1874 :-" I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No. 125G . ,
of the 13th ultimo , and in reply, to state that the batta of a ministerial officer
should be three -tenths of his salary and not of his pay.

No. 596.-Notification. - The following is published for general information :
No. 1213, the 28th February 1877..

Read
Endorsement of the Home Department, No. 757 ( Establishments) , dated 23rd November
1876, on a letter from the Government of Madras, reporting that, under Rule 1, Sec
tion 23 of the Acting Allowance Code. Government has sanctioned a special acting
allowance to Mr. H. T. Ross, Acting Head Assistant Magistrate, Bellary, while officiat
ing as Cantonment Magistrate of that station.
RESOLUTION. -The Proceedings of the Government of Madras are confirmed.
2. The Governor-General in Council, however, observes that, as a rule, the
appointment of Cantonment Magistrate should be held by a military officer, whose
allowances for the charge of such appointment, if it is in addition to any other
appointment, may be dealt with under the existing rules.
3. A civilian, if it is unavoidably necessary to place one in charge of a Can
tonment Magistracy, should only perform temporarily the current duties of the
office until a military officer is available. In such cases a civilian may be allowed
Rs. 100 a month for the charge of a second class, and Rs. 150 a month for the
charge of a first class, Cantonment Magistracy.
The following addition should, accordingly, be made under Section 24 of
the Acting Allowance Code : -
" 2. A Covenanted or Uncovenanted Civil Officer unavoidably placed in
charge of a Cantonment Magistracy, in addition to his own duties, is entitled to an
acting allowance of Rs . 100 if the Cantoument Magistracy is of the second class,
and Rs. 150 if it is of the first class. But, as a rule, only Military Officers should
hold Cantonment Magistracies.
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT.
No. 546 - Notification.- The following is published for general information :
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.- MILITARY DEPARTMENT.

Office Memorandum, No. 349P, dated Fort William, the 17th February 1877.
From - Officiating Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department,
To- The Secretary to the Government of India, Military Department.
It having come to the notice of the Government of India that officers are in
the habit of crossing the Sind border into Khelát territory, without previously
communicating with the Political Officer in charge of Khelát affairs, and the con
tinuance of this practice being, in the opinion of the Governor-General in Council,
undesirable, the undersigned is directed to request that the Military Department
will issue suitable orders, making it imperative on all officers, before proceeding
into Khelát territory, whether on duty or otherwise, to notify their intention to
the Political Officer with His Highness the Khan, for His Highness ' information
and issue of the necessary orders. Such arrangements as may be necessary and
practicable will then be made for their protection, and for their being furnished
with guides and supplies, without which no officer should start.
APRIL 1877. ] SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS. 17
Extract from the Proceedings of the Government of India, in the Home Department (Judicial),
No. 8, under date the 3rd February 1877 .
READ again
A Public Works despatch from the Right Honorable the Secretary of State, No. 87, dated the
14th October 1868, replying to a despatch from the Government of India on the subject
of the receipt by certain military officers in civil employ of fees and commissions with
the approval of the Bombay Government, and remirking that no officer in the public
service should be allowed fees except under the previons sanction of the Governor
General in Council, as the practice of permitting officers to receive fees and commis.
sions, except under very exceptional circumstances, would be detrimental to the
public service.
Public Works Department circular dated 4th December 1868.
Home Department letter to the Government of the North- Western Provinces, No. 36, dated
the loth August 1874, saying that the Government of India have no objection to a
covenanted civilian, who is on privilege leave, assisting in the Pleaders' examination
and receiving the usual remuneration for his services out of the fees levied upon the
examinees, but that if in any special instan 'e a covenanted officer, not on leave. is re
quired for this work, and who cannot undertake it in addition to his own duties, the
best course would be to place him on especial duty for that purpose, with or without
deputation allowance, and to appoint another officer to the temporary charge of his
regular duties.
Home Department endorsement to the other Local Governments and Administrations Nos.
37 to 46, dated the 15th August 1874.
Financial Department orders Nos. 3827 and 3828, dated the 3rd November 1876 , to all
Local Governments and Administrations and Offi ers of the Account Department, re
marking that the grant of examination fees to Officers of the Education Department
for examining schools within their own jurisdiction is objectionable, and that the
objection applies with still greater force to the grant of such fees to any officer on the
staff of a Local Government, and adding that this rule should not be held to apply to
examiners appointed to conduct University examinations.
Financial Department Resolution No. 1671, dated the 16th March 1874, sanctioning the
temporary employment of an Assistant Magistrate in Bengal to conduct the Native
Civil Service examination in that year on a salary of Rs. 1,000 a month, on the under
standing that the whole sum would be covered by the fees and debited to Provincial
funds.
Endorsement from the Accountant-General, Bengal, to the Financial Department, No, 123,
dated the 20th November 1876, forwarding, with reference to that Department's orders
of the 3rd idem, a Resolution of the Government of Bengal on the subject of the re
sults of the Native Civil Service examination of 1875, with a statement attached of
the remuneration granted to the examiners.
Entry No. 1-4 in the Bengal Appointments Proceedings for July 1876. being a letter from
the Government of Bengal sanctioning the grant of Rs. 412 for assistance in the Sub
ordinate Civil Service examination of March preceding.
Read also
Letter from the Government of Bombay, No. 3554, dated the 15th June 1876, requesting
sanction to the formation of a fund out of the fee receipts of the Native Subordinată
Magistrates' examination for the remuneration of the members of the examining com
mittee, composed of a Sessions Judge or Assistant Sessions Julge, a District Magistrate
or covenanted Magistrate of the first class, and the Under- Secretary to Government
in the Judicial Department.
Home Department letter to the Government of Bombay No. 1313, dated 7th August 1876,
declining to sanction the payment of the examiners in question when they are cove
nanted civilians, it being considered undesirable that servants of Government should
receive extra remuneration for the performance of work of this description.
Letter from the Bombay Government No. 5520, dated the 15th September 1876, forward
ing copies of representations from the examiners ( the Acting Assistant Judge of Tanna
and the Acting Under-Secretary to Government) and soliciting a re-consideration of
the above decision.
RESOLUTION .-The ground advanced by the Bombay Government, in their letter
of the 15th September last, in support of the application is, that the work is far
more than the examiners could possibly perform in office hours in addition to their
18 SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS. L RECORD
own duties, and that they are obliged to devote their mornings and evenings to this
special duty ; it is therefore proper to grant them some remuneration for their
trouble on the same principle as payment is made to officers engaged in University
examinations. The Bombay Government consider it desirable to secure a full sense
of responsibility on the part of the examiners by payment for their services instead
of allowing them to regard the work as a severe additional labour imposed upon
them. The examiners plead the arduous and responsible character of the duty
entrusted to them, and one of them encloses memorandum of the expenses incurred
by him in connection with the examination, viz., in going to and returning from
Bombay, remunerating a clerk, &c.; the total of which amounts to Rs. 91-10.
2. The Governor General in Council is of opinion that Government has a right
to require its officers to perform such public duty as part of their proper work with
out extra remuneration. The Native Subordinate Magistrates' examination in
Bombay is necessary to provide the requisite administrative machinery ; and the
work connected with it is a public duty in which Government has a right to employ
its officers without extra payment. The argument that the examiners had to work
before and after " office hours " cannot be admitted . An officer is bound to devote
to the business of Government all his time, so far as the duties entrusted to him
demand it. And it is very undesirable that superior officers in the service of
Government, especially covenanted civilians, should look to extra remuneration for
every piece of temporary or periodical work on which they may be employed, and
which does not fall strictly within the sphere of their particular appointinent.
3. The divisional Committees in Bengal and elsewhere for the examination of
young executive and police officers perform their work without any extra payment,
although the work involves a large sacrifice of time on the part of the members and
also a postponement of their regular duties. Several other instances may be cited
in which officers undert ake similar work as a part of the regular duties of their
appointment.
4. The payment proposed by the Bombay Government would violate a sound .
principle, and would be opposed to the practice elsewhere. But as both the examiners
in the present case were led to expect extra remuneration for the past examination,
the Governor General in Council is pleased to sanction the preseut recommendation
of the Bombay Government in favour of these officers.
5. No such payments will, however, be sanctioned in future ; and this ruling
should be held generally applicable throughout India in supersession of all previous
rulings on the subject. The Bengal Government are requested to discontinue auy
especial payments to officers for their assistance in the Native Civil Service ex
amination.
6. In order to recoup the actual expenses of officers summoned away from

their head-quarters, it is now ruled that in similar cases the officers concerned should
be permitted to draw travelling allowance under the ordinary rules, and a deputation
allowance of Rs. 10 for every night spent out of their respective stations.
7. The reasons on which the above orders are based do not apply to Univer
sity examinations and other examinations of a similar character. They are not
compulsory examinations ordered by Government, but are voluntary, and are con
ducted by an independent body, although Government takes an interest in their
success. If Government servants have the necessary leisure and are qualified to
conduct such examinations, there is no reason why they should not do so, and receive
remuneration for their services, as they may for any other legitimate labour of a
non-official nature.
APRIL 1877. ] 8 SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS . 19
No. 1 , Educational, dated India Office, London, the 18th January 1877.
From -Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India.
To - His Excellency the Right Honorable the Governor-General of India in Council.
Notification.- I forward herewith, for the information of Your Excellency in
Letter from India Office Council, copy of a correspondence* between this Office
dated 8th August 1876 . and the Trustees of the Gilchrist Educational Trust,
Letter from Trustees Gil from which you will observe that the Trustees are
christ Fducational Trust, dated prepared in future to assign a sum of not less than
" 5th December 1876.
£50 for the return passage of each successful scholar
whose passage shall not have been otherwise provided for.
- 2. Your Lordship in Council is aware, from the 5th paragraph of the despatch
of the 16th January, No. 3 of 1868, in the Educational Department, that my pre
decessor, Sir Stafford Northcote, on the recommendation of Sir John Lawrence's
Government, consented to grant the sum of £ 100 for the return passage of each of
those gentlemen who might forfeit his scholarship. I am of opinion that it would
not be right to give a larger sum for return passage to an unsuccessful scholar than
is given by the Trustees to a successful scholar. I therefore desire that you will
announce that the sum to be given in future for return passage to a gentleman
who has forfeited his scholarship will be only £50.
Dated India Office, London, the 19th August 1876, from Her Majesty's Under- Secretary of
State for India, to the Secretary to the Gilchrist Trust, London.
I AM directed by the Secretary of State for India in Council to invite the attention of the
Trustees of the Gilchrist Scholarship to the following facts.
2. The Secretary of State in Council decided in 1868 to grant the sum of £ 100 for
passage to each scholar proceeding to this country. He also, on the suggestion of the Govern
ment of India, determined to allow the same sum for return passage to those gentlemen who
forfeited their scholarships .
+ 3. Very recently an application has been received from Mr. Prasanna Kumar Roy for a
grant of £ 100 to defray the expense of his return passage to India. In consideration of the
remarkable merit of this gentleman the Secretary of State has, as a special case, acceded to
this application .
4. It appears to the Marquis of Salisbury, 1st, that there is something faulty in the pre
sent arrangement, as it seems objectionable that a concession should be made to an unsuccess
ful scholar which is not, as a rule, made to a successful scholar; and 2nd, that the passages of
all scholars to England and the return passages of unsuccessful scholars being paid from the
Indian revenues, it would not be just to make any further charge in connection with the
scholarships on these revenues.
5. I am therefore instructed to invite the attention of the Trustees to these facts, and to
ask whether it would not be proper that successful scholars should receive their return passages
to India from the funds of the Trust; or if that be not practicable, whether a deduction should
not annually be made from the emoluments of all the scholarships sufficient to defray the ex
pense of the return passages cf all the scholars, whether successful or unsuccessful.
Dated London the 5th December 1876, from Secretary to the Gilchrist Trust, to Her Majesty's
Under-Secretary of State for India.
I have the honor to forward to yon three packets of papers for the examination to be held
for the Gilchrist Scholarships in the second week of January , and have to request that you will
cause them to be transmitted by the next post to the three presidential capitals to which they
are respectively addressed.
Having duly brought your letter of the 19th August under the consideration of the Gil
christ Trustees, I am directed by them to inform you that they will be prepared to assign a
sum not exceeding £50 for the return passage of each successful scholar whose passage suall
not have otherwise been provided for.
20 SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS. [ RECOED
FINANCIAL DEpartnent.
No. 2017, the 13th April 1877.
RESOLUTION. -The Governor-General in Council observes that under the exist
ing Bill Rules Treasury Oficers may grant to all officers in civil emplo ? on the issue
of pay, and to the extent of their monthly salaries, transfer receipts on the General
Treasury at the capital of their Presidency at 1 per cent premium for sums not less
than Rs. 150.
Looking, however, to the great improvement in the means of communication,
and to the lessened cost of remitting money in late years, His Excellency in Coun.
cil is pleased to rule that in future the rate of charge shall be per cent through
out India.
PAY AND ALLOWANCES.

No. 75. -It has been brought to the notice of the Governor-General in Conncil
that great diversity exists in the rules regarding the travelling allowance of Civil
Surgeons. In some cases these officers receive mileage only, in others they draw
mileages for journeys and a daily allowance for halts, and, under a third system ,
they are permitted to receive, in addition to mileage, a daily allowance for the
whole period of absence from head-quarters, including the period for which mileage
is drawn. It is sufficiently obvious that the travelling allowances of officers employ
ed in similar capacities should be regulated, as far as local circumstances admit, on
a uniform principle. His Excellency in Council is accordingly pleased to lay down
the following rules for general adoption :
I.-The rates of travelling allowance for Civil Surgeons are 8 annas a mile,
subject to reduction under general rules for journeys by railway, and Rs. 5 a day,
except in the Berars, for which a rate of Rs. 6-4 a day has been experimentally
sanctioned for the current year.
II. -Subject to such restrictions as the Local Government or Administration

may see fit to impose as to the duration and frequency of his journeys, a Civil Sur
geon is entitled either to the daily allowance or to the mileage for the whole of each
period of his absence from his head-quarters on duty, unless the duty is one for
which he receives no extra remuneration, in which case he is entitled to the daily
allowance for halts and either to that allowance or to the milenge for journeys, pro
videl that both allowances are not drawn for the same day, and that the allowance
for journeys shall be payable only when the Civil Surgeon has the sanction of the
district officer to his marching instead of going by dak or railway.
LEAVE AND LEAVE ALLOWANCES.

No. 221.-The Governor General in Council directs that the following be in
serted as case (7A) in Appendix A to the Civil Leave Code :
The service and residence of a Chaplain proceeding on leave to Europe should
be entered in a foot-uote on his Last Pay Certificate.
APRIL 1877. ] SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS. 21
PAY AND ALLOWANCES.

No. 146.- The Governor General in Council directs that the following be in
serted as exception (7) under Section 25 of the Acting Allowance Code :
An Assistant Magistrate or Collector or an Assistant Commissioner placed in
charge of the duties of District Superintendent of Police is entitled to a
charge allowance of Rupees 100 a mouth, provided that no class promotion
be given in the Police Department in consequence of the leave or deputation
of the officer of whose office the Assistant Magistrate or Collector or Assist
ant Commissioner has charge.
This rule applies to supernumerary Assistant Collectors in the Bombay Pra
sidency.
PENSIONS AND Gratuities.

No. 220. -The Governor General in Council directs that the following be sub.
stituted for Rule 1 under Section 3 of Supplement C to the Civil Pension Code :
Pensions are granted either by the Governmentof India, the Government of
Bombay or the Government of Madras (as the case may be), or by the Secre
tary of State. A Chaplain proceeding to England on retirement without
applying for pension to the Government of India, the Government of Bombay
or the Government of Madras (as the case may be), should procure a certif.
cate from the Accountant General showing his service, residence, the amount
of pension to which he is entitled, and the date from which his pension may
be paid. A Chaplain to whom pension has been granted in India should be
careful before proceeding to England to obtain the usual certificate of the
last issue of pay or pension to him in Iu dia.
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SUPREME GOVERNMENT orders.
'MAY 1877. ]
FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT .
No. 214, the 28th April 1877.
A letter from the Director of State Railways , to the Secretary in the Public Works De
READ partment, No. 00195 , dated , the 10th February 1877 , submitting , for the decision of
the Government of India , a question as to the Department which should bear the
expenses of passage , to England or the Colonies , of Europeans who are engaged under
circumstances which render the State liable for such passage on their discharge from
ern ment vee rn

vic . or -General in Council is pleased to decide that any
theLUGov
RESO TION .-TheserGo
expend itu re incurr by the State for the deportation of a Native of Europe dis
ed
charged from the service of the Government, shall be recorded in the public
accounts as a charge to the department from which he is discharged .
PENSIONS AND GRATUITIES .
The 4th in yCo187

l Ma 7.l directs that the words "or
No. 382. - The Governor Ge nera unci
ty
gratui " be ins ert ed er
aft the wo rd " pe ns io n " in line 3, and also in line 4 of the
Proviso under Section 60 of the Civil Pension Code.
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE , AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE .
CUSTOMS .
The 11th May 1877.
No. 86. - In exercise of the powers vested in him by Section 6 of the Indian
Tariff Act, 1875 , the Governor General in Council is pleased to declare that
importations of mock gold leaf shall henceforth be assessed for duty at the rate of
5 per cent ad valorem.
PAY AND ALLOWANCES .
The 11th May 1877.

No. 451. -The Governor General in Council is pleased to decide that an officer
who, while absent from duty on privilege -leave or examination -leave, is transferred
to a new station , may draw travelling allowances for the journey direct from the
place in India where the order reaches him, to his new station , at the rate (if any)
to which he would have been entitled if he had been on duty : provided that the
allowances thus drawn shall not exceed the total sum which he might have charged
for the journey direct from his old station to his new one .
PENSIONS AND GRATUITIES .
The 18th May 1877.

No. 761.- In supersession of Notification No. 555, dated 11th May 1877,
published at page 247 of Part I of the Gazette of India of the 12th idem, the
Governor General in Council directs that the following be inserted as Rule 3 under
Supplement C to the Civil Pension Code :

Section 3 of la
A Chap in belonging to the Bengal Establishment , who wishes to obtain
pension from the authorities in India , must submit his application to the
Government of India in the Home Department, through the Venerable
the Archdeacon or the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Calcutta.

A Chaplain belonging to the Madras or Bombay Establishment must
submit his application to the Government of Madras or the Government
of Bombay, as the case may be, through the Venerable the Archdeacon or
the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of his Diocese.
POST OFFICE.
The 15th May 1877.
RULES FOR THE CUSTODY, DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF POSTAGE STAMP LABELS.
Approved by the Government of India in Financial Department letter No. 715, dated
9th February 1877.
(N. B.—These Rules apply both to Service Stamps and to Ordinary Stamps, with the excep
tions noted in Rules V and VIII)
Supplies from Central Depôts.
I.- Supplies of postage stamps for the Madras Presidency, including Mysore
and the local depôts subordinate to Madras, shall be supplied by the Superinten
dent of Stamps at Madras on the indent of officers in charge of local depôts.
II.- Supplies of postage stamps for the Presidency of Bombay, including Sind,
Berar, the Central Provinces, and local depôts subordinate to Bombay, shall be
supplied by the Superintendent of Stamps at Bombay on the indent of officers in
charge of local depôts.
III.-Stamps for the Bengal Presidency, including the North-Western Pro
vinces, Oudh, the Punjab, Central India, Rajpootaua, Assam, and British Burmah,
and local depôts subordinate to Calcutta, shall be supplied by the Superintendent
of Stamps at Calcutta on the indent of officers in charge of local depôts.
IV. — The above-mentioned supplies from central to local depôts shall be issued
on credit.
Local Depôts.
V.-Every Treasury throughout India, including those attached to political,

customs and salt agencies, shall be a local depôt for the sale of postage stamps,
provided that the value of the stamps sold at one time to any purchaser shall not
be less than Rs. 5, and shall not include any fraction of a rupee. At any station
at which there is a collector of land revenue, neither a salt agent nor collector of
customs shall be entrusted with the custody and sale of postage stamps. All sales
under this rule will be for cash on delivery ; and when the purchaser is one of those
who are required to retail stamps under Rule VIII (not being a person employed in
a Government Treasury) , or is one specially authorized under Rule IX, a discount
of one-half anna per rupee will be allowed . But to purchasers other than the
above, no discount will be allowed ; and officers in charge of local depôts must see
that discount is not allowed except to the privileged officers above referred to.
The sale of embossed envelopes shall be subject to the same conditions, except that
they shall be sold in packets containing sixteen envelopes each, portions of a
packet not being saleable. The price of each packet shall be the value of the
stamps borne by the envelopes coutained in it, the discount ( if any) being
calculated on that value.
The above rule is only partially applicable to " Service Stamps," which may
be sold only to Government officials without restriction as to a minimum amount on a
written application, accompanied by payment of the value in cash, and on which no
MAY 1877. ] SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS. 25
discount is allowed. A receipt containing in detail the gross value of each descrip
tion of Service Postage Stamps sold will be granted by the treasury officer for the
amount paid to him.
VI. A supply equal to the probable consumption for five months of the
district attached to each local depôt shall be kept in each, and as soon as the
number in store has fallen below the number expended during the preceding six
* Form 1. months, the collector, or other officer in charge of the
depôt, shall indent* on the central depôt of his Presi
dency for a number equal to the consumption of the last three months for which
accounts have been rendered to the central depôt of the Presidency. If by any
accident the stock of stamps of any value should run short before the receipt of a
fresh supply from the central depôt, the officer in charge of the treasury will indent
ou neighbouring districts for a quantity sufficient to meet the demand, which may
be supplied or not, according to the discretion, and on the responsibility of the
officer indented on, with reference to the wants of his own district. It will be the
duty of the Superintendent of Stamps of the Presidency to report to the Director
General of the Post Office, for the orders of Government, every occasion on which
it may appear, from the monthly statement or otherwise, that the store of stamps
of any particular value in any district has fallen below the authorized amount.
Branch Depôts.
VII. Every branch treasury and every tehsil treasury shall be a branch depôt
for the sale of postage stamps under the conditions described in Rule V. It will
receive its stamps from the local depôt to which it is subordinate, keeping always
in store a supply sufficient to meet the probable demands of one month, estimated
according to the average of former sales. It will keep an account of sales in the
same form (3) hereafter prescribed for the treasurer's account, and will indent for
supplies in the same form (4) as hereafter prescribed for the treasurer's indent. It
will render an account monthly to the local depôt in Form 6A immediately on the
expiration of the mouth .
Retail sale of Stamps.
VIII -A supply of stamps for sale by retail shall be kept available at every
post office, receiving house, tehsildaree, thana aud every police station at which
letters are received for despatch, and with every licensed stamp-vendor ; and it shall
be the duty of the officer to whom the person in charge of any of the above-named
places is subordinate, to take steps to ensure that the supply kept on hand is at
all times equal to at least one week's demand. Persons in charge of the above
mentioned places will receive discount on purchases under Rule V.
This rule does not apply to " Service Stamps."
By the term "licensed vendor," as used above, is meant a stamp-vendor licensed
under rules framed by the local Government in accordance with Section 48 of the
General Stamp Act (XVIII of 1869).
Authorization of certain retail vendors other than the above.

IX. A district officer may authorize the grant of discount at half-anna per
rupee on purchases under Rule V to any person who is a bona fide retail vendor of
postage stamps, although he may not be one of those required to retail them under
the above rule. Such authority shall be given in writing, and must be produced
by the person authorized when claiming discount on purchases : the authority will
hold good for only 12 months from the date on which it is given, and may be
revoked at any time at the discretion of the district officer. No such authority
#6 SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS. [ RECORD
may be given to any person employed in a Government Treasury. The authority

so given may at the discretion of the district officer be made subject to conditions
to be expressed in the writing of authority in any or all of the following respects,
viz:-the maintenance of a sufficient supply of all or any specified denominatious
of postage stamps for retail : a particular shop, place or locality, or particular shops,
places or localities, in which postage stamps are to be exposed for sale : the days
and hours during which they are to be so exposed : and any restriction upon the
sale in shops, places or localities other than those specified. A register showing
the name, residence, and occupation of every person so authorized, and the date of
the authority shall be kept by the district officer.
Custody of Stamps in Local Depôts.

X.-The bulk of postage stamps in store at any local depôt shall be kept in
parcels, containing a known number of sheets, in the treasury or other secure place,
in one or more strong chests or presses, under double locks, -the key of one lock
of each chest or press always remaining in the hands of the collector or other officer
in charge of the stamps, and the key of the other in the hands of the treasurer.
XI -The remainder of the stamps in store shall be in the hands of the
treasurer, and shall not exceed the probable demand of fourteen days, estimated
according to the average of former sales.
XII. The treasurer shall keep a daily account of receipts and sales* in the
* Form 3. vernacular of the district, in which the transactions of
each succeeding day shall be entered consecutively, a
balance being struck at the close of each day, and attested by the initials of the
officer in charge of the treasury.
XIII . On the first open day of each month, and on every Monday during the
month, the treasurer shall prepare in the vernacular, and submit to the officer in
† Form 4. charge of the postage stamps, an indent+ for a supply
of postage stamps for the following week. The indent,
after being approved or altered by the officer in charge of the postage stamps, shall
be signed by him, and complied with as directed in the following rule. The indent
thus signed shall be the warrant for the issue of the stamps.
XIV. The officer in charge of the postage stamps shall cause the store under
double locks to be opened, and the required number to be counted and delivered to
to the treasurer in his presence . A store-book shall be
Form 5.
kept in English, in which the number and value of the
stamps delivered to the treasurer shall be entered, and a balance struck at the time
of delivery. This balance will be attested by the initials of the officer in charge
and of the treasurer, both of whom shall invariably be present during the whole
time that the store under double locks, or any part of it, remains open. The de
liveries shown in the store-book will agree with the indent as approved.
XV. If the treasurer require stamps at any intermediate time, the same pro
cess will be observed as is prescribed in the two preceding rules.
XVI.- Stamps will be supplied from the store under double locks only to the
treasurer and to brauch depôts, and on indent from them respectively. Sales
should be made not out of store, but from the supply in the hauds of the treasurer
or the supply in branch depôts.
XVII. As soon as possible after the arrival of a despatch of postage stamps
from a central depôt, or from any other local depôt, the packets or boxes are to be
opened, one at a time, in the presence of the officer in charge of stamps. The
MAY 1877. ] SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS. 27
stamps contained in each box or packet are then to be immediately counted and
*
* Form 2. compared with the invoice, which after being receipted,
will be returned by the first post to the depôt whence
they were despatched. Unless the officer in charge of the stamps can certify that
the stamps contained in any given packet or box were immediately counted by
himself personally, or in his presence, he will be held responsible for the value of
any that may be found deficient. The stamps are then to be placed in the store
under double locks and entered in the store-books, and no stamps are to be deliver
ed to the treasurer or sold to any party without being first brought into store.
XVIII.- Officers in charge of stamps will have the stamps in store, both those
under double locks and the hands of the treasurer, counted in their presence on the
last open day of September and March in each official year, and will certify having
done so in the following terms at the foot of the monthly accounts of sales and
stock+ for those months furnished to the Superintendent
Form 6.
of Stamps :
I do hereby certify that I have personally counted the postage stamps in store on
18 " the actual value of which is Rupees (here enter the amount
in words and figures) ; and that the rules prescribed by the order of the Government of
India, dated 9th February 1877 are duly observed."
XIX . On occasions of transfer of charge, postage stamps will be made over in
the same manner and under the same precautions as the cash balance in the treasury.
XX. The officer in charge of each local depôt will submit, within the first
week of each month, an account to the Superintendent
+ Form 6. of Stamps of his Presidency, showing the balance in hand
.
at the sudder and branch treasuries at the close of the preceding month, and the
sales effected during that month.
Returns to be made by Central Depôt.

XXI. The Superintendent of Stamps of each Presidency will, on the 5th of
each month, in addition to any account required by the
§ Form 7. Accountant General, furnish the Director General of the
Post Office with a memorandum § showing the number of stamps distributed by
him during the preceding month ; and at the close of
Form 8.
each month he will also furnish another memorandum ||
showing the number and value of stamps in hand, and the total amount of the ac
tual sales of each local depôt and of all the local depôts supplied by him.
·
JUNE 1877. ] . SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS . 29
No. 1075- SOR .

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
RAILWAY.
Consignment of arms and ammunition by Railways to places in Native States.
Read :
:
ACT NO. XVIII OF 1841 , SECTION 1.- It is hereby enacted that arms, ammunition and
military stores (with the exception of arms in the possession of individuals for private
use) shall not be exported, or otherwise taken from the territories of the East India
Company, without a license from a public officer or officers for each Presidency to be
indicated by the Government of the respective Presidencies for the purpose of
granting such licenses, and a full compliance with all such rules and conditions as
may be prescribed for the guidance of such officer or officers in regard to such exports
by the aforesaid Government, respectively.
RESOLUTION . The Governor- General in Council observes that, under the law
as above stated, consigments of arms, ammunition and military stores cannot be
booked for transit from British territory into the territories of Native States by
any railway in India unless covered by an export license under the signature of a
duly constituted licensing officer.
2. The only officers empowered to grant such licenses are those specified in
the Resolution of the Home Department, No. 62-3548, of 28th November 1873.
3. In the event of a consignment passing on to a foreign railway, export
license should be passed on with it.
ORDER. - Ordered, that this Resolution be forwarded to the Director of State
Railways for information and guidance ; also to the Governments of Madras and
Bombay, in the Public Works Department (Railway) , and the Consulting Engineers
to the Government of India for Guaranteed Railways at Calcutta, Lahore and
Lucknow, for information, and for communication to the Agents of the various
Railway Companies.
Endorsement by the Government of India, Foreign Department.
No. 1339P., 19th June 1877.
Copy of the foregoing, and extract from Home Department Resolution No.
62-3548, dated 28th November 1873, forwarded to the Government of the Punjab
for information.
Extract from Resolution of the Home Department (Public), No. 62-3548, dated
the 28th November 1873.
The Governor General in Council is, therefore, pleased to declare as follows :
*
* * *
Fourthly, as regards the granting of passes for exporting arms and ammuni
tion, that no such passes shall in future be granted for exportation either
by land or sea, except by the Secretary to the Government of India, in
the Foreign Department, and such other officers as the Government of
India, or the Governments of Madras and Bombay within their respective
Presidencies, may have expressly authorized, or may hereafter expressly
authorize, in this behalf. That all such passes shall be
Vide Home Depart granted subject, as far as may be, to the rules for the
ment Notification No. 713
transport of arms w.hin British India, and that, when
(Public), dated 12th April
1876, published in the ever there is a Political Agent, Cantonment Magistrate,
Gazette of India of 15th or other British official at the place of destination, the
April 1876. pass shall be delivered to him within six days of the
30 SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS. [ Racord
arrival there of the articles covered by it, with a view to his satisfying himself that
there is no deficiency, in the same manner as a Magistrate of a British district is
required to do by the inland transport rules.
PENSIONS, GRATUITIES, &C.
No. 695, the 21st May 1877.
RESOLUTION. -The Governor-General in Council directs that the second sen
tence of Section 18 (b) of the Civil Pension Code be expunged. Claims to pension
under this rule may, in future, be disposed of by the local Governments without
reference to the Government of India.
ACCOUNTS.
No. 671, the 21st May 1877.
Read again
Financial Resolution No. 1522, dated 16th March 1877, ruling that when a loan of public
money is taken out in instalments, the first half-yearly repayment shall not be de
manded, until six months after the last instalment is taken.
Read
A letter from the Accountant- General, Bengal, No. 22 B., dated 12th April 1877, pointing
out that there would be a difficulty in applying these orders to loans which are re
payable with interest by fixed instalments, as under the rule laid down in Financial
Notification No. 821 , dated 4th June 1873, interest is to be realized on the 30th June
and 31st December of each year.
RESOLUTION. -The Governor General in Council is pleased to declare that the

order of 16th March 1877 applies universally, but that if in any case particular
dates in the calendar have been fixed for the payment of interest, or for the repay
ment of instalments of debt, then such repayments should not begin until the
second of the half-yearly dates so fixed, after the loan has been completely taken
up, simple interest only being recovered on the first half-yearly date after the com
pletion of the loan. For example, interest is recoverable on a loan advanced under
the Rules made by Notification No. 3761 , dated 15th October 1873 , issued under
Section 4 of the Local Public Works Act, and it is payable under Rule X ( 5), on
30th June and 31st December. Supposing such a loan to be completely taken up
on the 31st March, the first repayment of principal will not be due until the 31st
December following. Simple interest only will be due on the intermediate 30th
June.
PENSIONS, GRATUITIES, &C. ,

No. 351, the 22nd May 1877.
RESOLUTION. -The Annual Returns of Pensions prescribed in Section 88 of the
Civil Pension Code are rendered almost useless by the unpunctual report of casual
ties among pensioners. The relatives of a deceased pensioner have no particular
inducement to report his death, which therefore, under present arrangements,
does not necessarily become known to the District Officer or other Pension Pay
Master for an indefinite period .
JUNE 1877. ] SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS. 31
2. If this defect can be cured, these returns will become of great value in
various ways. The Local Govern
ments and Administrations are accordingly re
quested to issue instructions, first, to the police or some other suitable subordinate
agency, to make prompt report to the District Officer of the decease of every civil
pensioner ; secondly, to the District Officers to make immediate enquiries into the
cause of the non-appearance of any pensioner to take his pension.
3. The following note will accordingly be added to Section 88 of the Civil
Pension Code :
" The Local Government should instruct the Police or some other suitable subordinate
agency to report promptly to the District Officers the death of any civil pensioners ; and Dis
trict Officers should enquire immediately into the cause of the non-appearance of any pensioner
to draw his pension."
4. The following note should also be added to the pensioner's half of every
Permanent Pay-Order, Appendix A, Form B :
"Note 2. On the decease of the pensioner, this order should be immediately returned by
No. 1007, the 31st May 1877.

Read the following :
No. 434, dated 29th December 1876.
From- The Government of India,
To- The Secretary of State for India.
We have the honor to refer for your Lordship's consideration an application
*
from the * * for the grant of an increased pension to Lieutenant
* * *
and Assistant Commissary A. B.
It will be observed that Lieutenant A. B. has already been granted the invalid
pension of his rank, viz. , Rs . 175 a month ; but in consideration of the very high
and honorable character borne by him, aud of his long and faithful service of over
*
47 years, the Government of * recommend sanction to the grant to him
of the pension of a Deputy Commissary, viz., of Rs. 240 a month. We beg to
support this recommendation.
Extract (paragraphs 1 and 2) , from a despatch from the Secretary of State, to the
Government of India,-No. 92 ( Military), dated 8th March 1877.
PARA. 1. With your Financial letter No. 434, dated 29th December 1876,
you forward and recommend for favorable consideration, an application from the
*
Government of * for the grant of increased pension to Lieutenant and
Assistant Commissary A. B. of the ** Department at that Presidency.
2. On the recommendation of the Government of * * supported by
Your Lordship, I authorise you to grant Lieutenant A. B. the higher pension of a
Deputy Commissary, in lieu of that of an Assistant Commissary, to which only
he is entitled under the Regulations. I desire, however, to express my general
disinclination to increase the non-effective charges, by the grant of any pensions in
excess of what the Regulations of the service provide, save in case of very excep
tional and distinguished service.
3. Mere length of service, however faithfully performed, is not, I consider, in
itself a sufficient ground for exceptional reward, while in this case it would appear
* * out of considera
that A. B. was permitted by the Government of
tion for himself personally, to extend his service beyond the date when it could
be usefully or satisfactorily rendered .
32 SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS. [ RECCED
ORDERED, that copies of this correspondence be forwarded to the several Depart

ments of the Government of India and the several Local Governments and Adminis
trations.
The 1st June 1877.
No. 948. The following Financial despatch from Her Majesty's Secretary of
State for India, to His Excellency the Hon'ble the Governor in Council, Bombay,
No. 45, dated 19th April 1877 , is pulished for general information : —
Para 1 .- " I have considered in Council para 2 of your Marine letter dated
the 10th February 1877, No. 7, inquiring, with reference to my Financial
despatch to the Government of India, dated the 19th November 1874,
No. 598, whether remittances made by mechanics and others in India
for the benefit of their families should be payable only to families residing
in the United Kingdom.
" 2. There are not likely to be many cases in which family money will be re
quired to be issued in a foreign country, and I see 110 reason why the
privilege should not be allowed to persons entitled thereto when the
money can be readily paid. It will be necessary, however, that I should
be furnished, in all instances in which such payment is desired, with the
name and full address of the person who is to receive the mouey, and
care should be taken that timely notice is given of the date when pay
ment is to cease.
" 3. In the case of Mr. J. Balbi, First Class Engineer, Bombay Marine,
arrangements have been made for paying his family money of £8
per mensem, as he requests from the 1st April 1877 (being for the
mouth ended 31st March 1877 ), to his brother-in- law Mr. Francesco
Garbagui at Lugo per Fusiguano, Italy."
LEAVE, LEAVE ALLOWANCES, & c.

The 31st May 1877.
No. 921. - The Governor General in Council directs that the following be
-
:
added to Section 4 (b) of the Civil Leave Code :
" but includes leave without allowances granted under Section 9 of Supple
ment F."
The 1st June 1877.

No. 1039. -The Governor General in Council directs that the following be
inserted as Rule 2A. in Chapter IX of the Civil Leave Code :—
2A. An officer whose appointment is changed while he is in transit from one
appointment to another must join his new office within a period, beginning from
the day on which the order changing his appointment reaches him, and calculated
in the manner prescribed in Rule 2 : except that, without the special orders of the
Local Government, the six days allowed, by that Rule, in addition to the time
calculated by distance, shall not be granted afresh to an officer in these circum
stances.

The 8th June 1877.
No. 1163. -The Governor General in Council directs the publication of the
following addenda to the Codes of the Financial Department :
CIVIL PENSION CODE.
Section 15 ( Page 6).
Insert the following as Rule 6 :
6. The service of the officers of the Printing Department of the Bengal Secretariat who
before August 1868 were paid partly from the amount saved by the reduction of the
copying staff of the Secretariat and partly from Gazette collections, qualifies.
Section 64, Rule 1 (Page 36).
Insert the following words after the word " duty " :—
Whether in substantive or acting service.
The 15th June 1877.

following addendum to the Codes of the Financial Department -
CIVIL PENSION CODE.
Section 7 (Page 4. )
Insert the following as an example under this section :
Example. A soldier who obtains his discharge from the Army under Exception (4),
Section 6, is not entitled to any pension or gratuity in the Military Department for the portion
of his military service which he will thereafter count as civil service.
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
CORRIGENDUM . In the Indian Registration Act III of 1877 ( published in the
Gazette of India, Part IV, of 17th and 24th February and 3rd March 1877),
section 51 , line 17, for "87 " read " 89."
PENSIONS, GRATUITIES , & C.
The 22nd June 1877.
No. 1480. - The Governor General in Council directs the publication of the
-
following addenda and corrigenda to the Codes of the Financial Department :
CIVIL PENSION CODE.
Section 85 (page 47).
INSERT THE FOLLOWING NOTES UNDER THIS SECTION :
Note. (1). This Rule applies to ordinary not to special cases. If, under
special circumstances, a pension is grauted long after an officer has retired,
retrospective effect should not be given to it, without the special orders of the
Government granting it, in the absence of which special orders, such a pension will
take effect only from the date of sanction .
(2). With reference to Section 92 of this Code, a pension should, under no

circumstances, be paid, for the first time, in arrears for more than six months,
without the special orders of the Local Government.
ACTING ALLOWANCE CODE.

Section 2 (b) (page 224).
INSERT THE FOLLOWING AS Example (2) : -
Example (2). The acting allowance of an officer officiating in an appointment
the pay of which has been reduced with effect from the next succession thereto, is
calculated upon the reduced pay.
ADD THE FOLLOWING TO THE LIST IN THIS SECTION :
"Extra Assistant Superintendent in the Andamans and Nicobars - Rupees
200."
No. 989.
Extract from the Proceedings of the Government of India in the Home Department
(Judicial),- under date the 23rd June 1877.
READ again the following correspondence relative to the execution of deeds,
contracts, &c. , on behalf of the Secretary of State :—
* * *
RESOLUTION.-In exercise of the power conferred by the thirty-third and thirty
fourth of Victoria, Cap. fifty-nine, section two, the Governor General in Council is
pleased to declare that the undermentioned classes of the deeds, contracts and
other instruments referred to in the twenty-second and twenty-third of Victoria,
Cap. forty-one, section two, may be executed as follows :
(a.)—In the territories under the administration of the Government of Fort
St. George
By Collectors of Districts , Sub-Collec- 1
tors, Assistant and Deputy Collectors in
charge of Divisions , Chief Engineers , De
puty Chief Engineers , Superintending
Engineers , all Executive Engineers in
charge of Districts , Ranges or Special
Works, Inspector General, Deputy In
spector General of Ordnance and Maga
zines, Superintendent of Gun Carriage Contracts and other instruments for
Factory , Superintendent Gun-Powder Fac the purchase and supply of stores and
tory, all Officers in charge of Arsenals , building materials, and the provision of
Magazines and Depôts, Commissary Gen labour for buildings or other work, and
eral, Deputy Commissary General, and such like engagements.
all Executive Commissariat Officers, Sup
erintendent Army Clothing, Agent for
Remounts, Barrack Master, Inspector
General , Deputy Inspector General and
Superintendents of Police, Commissioner
of Police, Madras, Master Attendant,
Madras, Masters Attendant at Outports,
Inspector General of Jails, and Superin
tendent of Stationery.
SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS. 35
JUNE 1877. ]
(b.)-In continuation of Notification No. 1750, dated 2nd November 1876, it is

further notified that in the territories under the administration of the Government
of Beugal
By the Chief Engineer, and the Sec Contracts, the acceptance of tenders
retary to Government in the Public Works and other instruments for the supply of
Department, and the Joint Secretary , articles, for securities deposited by sub
Public Works Department, Irrigation ordinates, and for public works generally .
Branch.
Contracts and other instruments con
By Superintending and Executive En nected with civil and other buildings and
gineers. with embankments.
(c.)-In the territories under the administration of the Government of the
North-Western Provinces
Contracts and other instruments for
sums not exceeding Rs. 2,000, except
By all Heads of Departments. those which affect real estate.
Contracts, security bonds, and the
By Executive Engineers. like.
Contracts and other instruments at
By Collectors, Deputy Commissioners present executed by Collectors, Deputy
and Senior Assistant Commissioners. Commissioners and Senior Assistant Com
missioners.
By subordinate officers appointed by Contracts and other instruments for
Heads of Departments with the approval a sum not exceeding Rs. 500, and not
of the Government of the North-Western
affecting real estate.
Provinces.
(d.)-In the territories under the administration of the Government of the
Punjab
Contracts and other instruments con
nected with leases of land, octroi collec
tions, ferries, grazing dues, fisheries, nazul
By Deputy Commissioners . lands and buildings, spontaneous products
and minerals, execution of minor works
not under the Public Works Department,
and the supply of necessaries for depôts.
Contracts for supply of articles re
By Superintending and Executive En quired by or for works executed in the
Public Works Department, including the
gineers.
Irrigation Branch.
By Conservators and Deputy Conser quired by or for works executed in the
vators of Forests. Forest Department .
Contracts for the supply of clothing,
By the Inspector General of Police. &c. , for the Police.
Contracts for the supply of articles
By the Inspector General of Prisons. for use in Jails, or regarding the sale of
articles manufactured in jails.
(e.) In the territories under the administration of the Chief Commissioner of
the Central Provinces
Contracts and other instruments in
By Deputy Commissioners . matters connected with the lease or sale
of land.

By the Chief Engineer and Executive quired by or for works executed in the
Engineers. Public Works Department, including the
Irrigation Branch.
(f.) In the territories under the administration of the Chief Commissioner of
British Burma
By Deputy Commissioners . matters connected with the lease or sale
of land and fisheries .
Contracts and other instruments for
By the Heads of the Marine, Jail and
the supply of stores, rations, clothing,
Police Departments. &c.
matters connected with Public Works in
By Executive Engineers. the interior of the Province, i. e., out of
the town of Rangoon.
(g.)-In the Hyderabad Assigned Districts
By the Resident at Hyderabad, the
First Assistant Resident, Commissioners
Ordinary contracts.
and Deputy Commissioners in the Hyder
abad Assigned Districts.
By the Superintending Engineer at
the head of the Public Works Depart Contracts for the supply of articles
ment, and by Executive Engineers in appertaining to the Public Works De
charge of Divisions, Public Works De partment.
partment.
f Contracts for the supply of clothing,
By the Inspector General of Police.
&c., for the Police.
By Inspector General of Jails. Contracts for the supply of articles
required for jails.
The 29th June 1877.
No. 1609,-The Governor-General in Council directs • the publication of the
CIVIL PENSION CODE.
SUPPLEMENT C.
Section 3, Rule 3 (Page 106.)
Add the following :
" A Chaplain of the Church of Scotland serving in the Bengal Presidency,
who wishes to obtain pension from the authorities in India, must submit his ap
plication to the Government of India in the Home Department, if he is not Senior
Chaplain, through the Senior Chaplain of the Church of Scotland . A Chaplain of
the Church of Scotland serving in Madras or Bombay must submit his application
to the Government of Madras or Bombay, as the case may be, if he is not Senior
Chaplain, through the Chaplain of his Presidency."
Rule 7 (Page 55).
Substitute the following for this Rule :—
7. Except as provided in Rules 1 , 2 and 3, an officer who, having been dis
charged with a pension or gratuity, is subsequently re-employed, may not count
his new service for a separate pension or gratuity. Pension or gratuity is in any
case admissible only for the new service combined with the old, the whole being
counted as one service. Provided, however, that if a gratuity received for the
earlier service has not been refunded, gratuity or pension (as the case may be) may
be allowed for the subsequent service on condition that the amount of such gratuity,
or the present value of such pension calculated according to Table A in Appendix
E, plus the amount of the previous gratuity, should not exceed the amount of
gratuity, or the present value of the pension calculated according to Table A in
Appendix E, that would have been admissible had the gratuity received for the
earlier service been refunded. If the amount of such gratuity, or the present value
of such pension, plus the amount of the previous gratuity, exceeds the amount of
gratuity, or the present value of the pension that would have been admissible if
the gratuity received for the earlier service had been refunded, the excess must be
disallowed .
Examples to the Proviso :
1. A. B., after a service of 8 years, received a gratuity of Rs. 4,800 . A. B. was re-em
ployed but did not refund the gratuity. After serving for 5 years, A. B. becomes eligi
ble for an invalid gratuity of Rs. 3,000 . If A. B. had refunded the gratuity for the
earlier service, he would have been entitled to a gratuity of Rs. 7,200. As the gra
tuity admissible for the new service, plus the gratuity received for the earlier service,
exceeds the gratuity which would have been admissible to A. B. if the gratuity for
the earlier service had been refunded, A. B. is entitled to receive a gratuity of Rs.
3,000 minus Rs. 600 which is the excess.
2. C. D. obtained a gratuity of Rs. 4,000 after a service of 8 years. C. D. was re-em
ployed but did not refund the gratuity. After serving for 16 years, C. D. at the age
of 48 years becomes eligible for an invalid pension of Rs. 150 a month. If C. D. had
refunded the gratuity for the earlier service he would have been entitled to a pen
sion of Rs. 150 a month. The present value of the pension of Rs. 150 ( Rs. 18,971-14-0)
plus the gratuity received for the earlier service is equal to Rs. 22,971-14-0 and as
this is in excess of the present value of the pension by Rs. 4,000, the excess should
be disallowed. C. D. will therefore be entitled to a pension of which the present
value is Rs. 14,971-14-0, or a pension of Rs. 118-5-11 a month.
3. E. F. is removed after a service of 10 years with a gratuity of Rs . 3,000 . E. F. was
re-employed but did not refund the gratuity. After serving for 20 years, E. F. at the
age of 56 years becomes eligible for a superannuation pension of Rs. 150 a month. If
E. F. had refunded the gratuity for the earlier service he would have been entitled
to a superannuation pension of Rs. 225 a month. The present values of the pension
of Rs. 150 and Rs. 225 are respectively Rs. 16,092-3-0 and Rs. 24,133-4-6 . The present
value of the pension of Rs. 150, plus the amount of the gratuity received for the
earlier service, does not exceed the present value of the pension that would have
been admissible if the gratuity for the earlier service had been refunded. E. F. is
therefore entitled to the pension of Rs. 150 a month.
CIVIL LEAVE CODE.

Section 4 (Page 118).
-:
Insert the following as case (k) .
(k) . When the leave allowances of an officer are said to be chargeable to
several accounts according to the " rule of proportions," the meaning is that the
charge should be debited to such several accounts in the proportions in which the
aggregate salary drawn by the officer in the course of the three years immediately
preceding the beginning of his leave, was charged to such several accounts.
Section 36 A.
Substitute the following for this Section :
Section 36 A. The leave allowances of an officer, who in the course of the
three years immediately preceding the beginning of his leave has served in any ap
pointment, the pay or salary of which has been derived either wholly or in part
otherwise than from Indian Revenues, shall be charged according to the " rule of
proportions." This rule does not however apply to an officer who has made a con
tribution under Section 38 of the Civil Pension Code for the cost of his leave, or
who is specially exempted from the operation of that section. Nor does this rule
apply to a Military officer who vacates his appointment in the Civil Department
when going on leave and reverts to the Military Department : in this case the leave
allowance is charged to the Military Department.

Chapter IX (Page 236).
Add the following Section to this Chapter :
Section 28 A. Section 28 does not apply to the case of an officer the pay of
whose appintment is changed during his tenure of office. In such case if the new
pay is progressive, the officer is not entitled to the first increment on his old pay
till a year after a date of the order sanctioning the increase.
Examples.- (1). The pay of A. B.'s appointment is Rs. 300 on the 1st July 1876 it is
changed to Rs 250 rising by five annual increments of Rs. 20 a month to Rs. 350. A. B. is
entitled to Rs. 320 from the 1st July 1877.
(2). The pay of C. D.'s appointment is Rs. 200 rising by five equal annual instalments to
Rs. 300. C. D.'s pay has been Rs. 300 for five years. The pay of the appointment is changed
by an order dated 1st July 1876 to Rs. 250 rising by five equal annual instalments to Rs. 350.
C. D. is entitled to Rs. 320 from the 1st July 1877.
JULY 1877. ] SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS.. 39
PAY AND ALLOWANCES.
No. 877, the 12th June 1877.
RESOLUTION. - An officer lately drew an allowance for house-rent while occupy
ing Government quarters without paying rent therefor. The Civil Accountant
General could not check this officer's claims, because he did not know that the
officer was inhabiting Government quarters rent-free. The Governor-General in
Council requests that each Local Government and Administration will take care
that the officer who audits his claims for pay and allowances, is informed whenever
an officer of Government is allowed to occupy any public building without payment
of rent.
2. The Governor-General in Council desires also to remind all public officers
that it can rarely, if ever, be right for an officer to draw an allowance for house-rent
while he is occupying public premises . Before claiming any such allowance, under
such circumstances, an officer should obtain explicit orders authorising it.
ACCOUNTS .
No. 1169, the 14th June 1877.
READ the undermentioned papers regarding the mode of adjustment to be
followed in respect to expenditure incurred for famine relief works :—
Letter from the Bombay Government to the Department of Revenue, Agriculture and
Commerce, No. 8A-39, dated 10th January 1877 , and enclosures.
Letter from the Comptroller-General, No. 196, dated 8th May 1877, and enclosures.
Office Memorandum from the Public Works Department, No. 387A.-G., dated 21st May
1877, and enclosures.
RESOLUTION. -The Governor-General in Council is pleased to decide that all
outlay on public works executed for the purpose of relieving distress among the
people arising from famine, whether supervised by the officers of the Public Works
Department or by Civil officers, shall, in the first instance, be recorded in the
accounts of the Public Works Department under a suspense head to be called
" Famine Relief."
2. Of the whole outlay thus recorded, the portion which represents the value
of the work done calculated at normal rates must be ultimately recorded as expen
diture under the proper sub-divisions of the Service Head Public Works, Ordinary
or Extraordinary, as the case may be, the remainder being transferred to the Ser
vice Head " Famine Relief."
3. The responsibility of determining, in each case, how much of such outlay
shall be recorded as Public Works expenditure, and how much as expenditure under
the head of Famine Relief, will rest upon the Public Works Department. But it
is important that the Suspense Account to be kept in the Public Works Department
should be cleared as quickly as possible, and no such refinements of calculations
should be attempted or permitted as will cause any delay in the attainment of this
object.
4. The Governor-General in Council trusts to the Local Governments to issue
such subsidiary orders as will secure this result.
5. As a rule, the Governor-General in Council considers that experience shows,
conclusively, that public works executed for relief purposes can be most con
veniently and economically supervised by the professional officers of the Public
Works Department ; but if, in any case, this is found impracticable and the super
vision of such works is entrusted to Civil officers, the arrangement must not be
40 SUPREME GOVERNMENT orders. [ RECORD
allowed to interfere with thorough obedience to the present order, and the Civil
officers must act only as disbursers of the Public Works Department, submitting to
that Department all accounts of their outlay.
6. This resolution is to be applied immediately, and with retrospective effect,
to the outlay now being incurred for the relief of the distress arising from the pre
sent Famine in the Presidencies of Madras and Bombay.
Extract from the Proceedings of the Government of India in the Home Department (Police).—
No. 203, under date the 20th June 1877.
READ the undermentioned papers regarding the arrest of a Railway servant
without measures being previously taken to provide for the proper perfor
mance of his duties, and the probable danger to the public safety thereby
occasioned :--
From Foreign Department, No. 523G., dated 28th February 1877, and enclosures.
To the Registrar of the High Court, Calcutta, No. 67, dated 10th March 1877.
From the Registrar of the High Court, Calcutta, No. 707, dated 14th May 1877.
RESOLUTION . In this case a Stationmaster on the Rajputana State Railway
was arrested under Section 183 of the Criminal Procedure Code and removed from
his post before he was relieved by a qualified person.
2. According to law the officer entrusted with a warrant is not absolutely,
and in all cases, bound to arrest the person against whom it is issued at the first
moment it is possible to do so ; and in order to prevent the recurrence of inconveni
ence and difficulty similar to that complained cf by the Manager of the Rajputana
State Railway, the Government of India desire that Local Governments and Ad
ministrations will issue such orders as will ensure that warrants issued against
Railway servants be entrusted for execution to some Police Officer of superior grade,
who shall, if he find on proceeding to execute the warrant that the immediate arrest
of the Railway servant would occasion risk or inconvenience, make all arrangements
necessary to prevent escape and apply to the proper quarter to have the accused
relieved, deferring arrest until he is relieved.
ORDER. - Ordered, that this Resolution and copy of the papers rend be for
warded to Local Governments and Administrations for information and guidance,
and to the Foreign and Public Works Departments for information and for the
issue of such further orders as may be necessary.
No. 521 G., dated 28th February 1877.

From The Offg . Under-Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Dept.
To-The Officiating Agent to the Governor- General for Rajputana.
With reference to your letter No. 3319-1627G., dated 3rd October 1876, submitting a re
port from the Manager of the Rajputana State Railway regarding the arrest of the Station
master of Nusseerabad, I am directed to state that the Governor-General in Council concurs
in Mr. Lyall's view of Section 183 of the Criminal Procedure Code as applicable to the arrest
of a Railway Stationmaster.
No. 523G.
Extract from Rajputana Agency diary for the week ending the 5th August 1876 Copy of the above
(entries Nos. 1 and 2).
To Officiating Agent to the Governor-General for Rajputana, No. 1917G. , dated together with copy of the
1st September 1876. papers marginally noted
From Officiating Agent to the Governor-General for Rajputana No. 3319— forwarded to the Home
1627G., dated 3rd October 1876. Department for informa
tion.
JULY 1877. ] SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS. 41
Extact from Rajputana Agency Diary for the week ending the 5th August 1876.
1. FROM the Manager of the Rajputana State Railway, No. 3466, dated 20th July 1876.—
Intimates that the Cantonment Magistrate of Agra recently issued a warrant of arrest under
which the Stationmaster of Nusseerabad was seized by the Railway Police and carried to
Ajmere, where after some hours he was able to find bail and was released, the Station mean
time being left without a competent head. States that he cannot say whether in this case any
danger was incurred, but considers that at any time to remove a Stationmaster when no quali
fied person is at hand to perform his work endangers the public safety. Enquires if it is not
possible to give the Superintendent of Police such discretionary power in the execution of
warrants as will afford time for the relief of an offending Stationmaster, who may in the mean
time remain under police surveillance. Adds that the delay would not always be necessary,
and would rarely be 24 hours, and that the matter seems to be one which the Superintendent
of Police might be allowed to arrange with the Traffic Superintendent without any material
drawback.
2. To the Manager of the Rajputana State Railway, No. 2724-71R. - Acknowledges and
states that Section 183 of the Criminal Procedure Code requires that the officers executing a
warrant shall, without unnecessary delay, bring the person arrested before the Magistrate.
Considers that in the case of a Railway Stationmaster, this section authorizes the delay neces
sary to provide for the due performance of that part of his duties with which the public safety
is directly concerned, proper precautions of course being taken to prevent the prisoner's es
cape. In the particular case mentioned by the Manager, is of opinion the person arrested ought
to have been taken before the Magistrate in whose local jurisdiction the arrest was made.
Adds that it does not precisely appear from Captain Pye's letter whether he was arrested with
in the jurisdiction of the Magistrate of Nusseerabad, but if he was, he should not have been
taken to Ajmere.
No. 1917 G., dated 1st September 1876.

From The Assistant Secretary to the Govt. of India, Foreign Department.
To-The Officer in charge of the Rajputana Agency.
With reference to entries Nos. 1 and 2 in the Political Diary of the Rajputana Agency for
the week ending the 5th August 1876 , on the subject of the arrest of the Stationmaster of
Nusseerabad, I am directed to request that a report on the matter may be submitted for the
information of the Governor- General in Council.
No. 3319-1627G. , dated 3rd October 1876.
From The Officiating Agent to the Governor- General in Rajputana.
To-The Officiating Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department.
With reference to your office letter No. 1917G, dated 1st September 1876, I have the
honor to submit copy of a letter No. 4575, dated the 23rd Ultimo, from the Manager of the
Rajputana State Railway, furnishing the report called for on the arrest of the Stationmaster of
Nusseerabad.
No. 4575, dated 23rd September 1876.

From The Manager of the Rajputana State Railway.
To-The Agent to the Governor-General for Rajputana.
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your No. 3149-81R., dated 15th Septem
ber 1876 asking for a report upon the arrest of the Stationmaster of Nusseerabad in June last.
2. On 22nd June 1876 the Superintendent of Railway Police received a warrant from the
Cantonment Magistrate of Agra for the arrest of " Mr. Stringer, of the Rajputana State Rail
way Bandequey," who was charged with provoking a breach of the peace. This Mr.
Stringer might be released if he could find bail in Rs. 200 and two sureties in Rs. 100 each to
appear before the Magistrate at Agra on 26th June.
3. Now there were two men called Stringer employed on this Railway-one, an old ser
vant, was Stationmaster of Nasseerabad, the other, who had more recently been employed, was
a guard, and was the man charged with the above offence. The Superintendent of Railway
Police did not know of the latter man's existence, nor did his European Sergeant Leeson, who
was formerly a Stationmaster on the Railway, and might reasonably be expected to know the
staff ; but as he did happen to know that Stationmaster Stringer had recently been at Agra, it
was but natural that he should assume that this was the man concerned.
4. The Superintendent of Police wrote to the Traffic Superintendent, suggesting Station
master Stringer's immediate relief, but to use his own words " Though doing this out of con.
sideration for the Railway service, I had no power to disobey the warrant, or to hold it in
abeyance. * * * In fact, I at once directed Sergeant Leeson to proceed to Nusseerabad
and execute it."
42 SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS [ RECORD
5. There was no one to relieve Stationmaster nearer than Agra ; so when Sergeant
Leeson arrived at Nusseerabad and arrested him , the station had to be left in charge of the
Goods Clerk, who was not competent to hold such a post. As to the actual manner of arrest,
there is a difference of description . According to aggrieved man, he was not permitted to
leave the platform for a change of clothes, but was hurried into a carriage and taken at once
to Ajmere. According to the Sergeant he had leisure to hand over charge to the Goods Clerk,
to send for a cup of tea from his house, and provide himself with a small portmanteau, in
which there was probably the change of clothes referred to. At all events he was taken to
Ajmere where he found the requisite bail.
6. After hearing all that was urged on this point, and knowing the character of the man
concerned , I came to the conclusion that, though there may have been some precipitation in
the manner of making this arrest, there was no need for any further action in the matter beyond
drawing the attention of the Superintendent of Police to the circumstances. But I did object
most strongly in the interest of the public safety to any arrest of a Stationmaster until some
qualified person could be detailed to relieve him, and consequently made a representation to
your office, which led to Mr. Lyall's ruling that such delay may be incurred in the execution of
warrants as is necessary to provide for that part of a Stationmaster's duties with which the
public safety is directly concerned. This is all that is needed from a railway point of view.
7. I also made a representation to the Officiating Cantonment Magistrate of Agra regard
ing the difficulties which are liable to follow vague descriptions of persons in warrants of
arrest.

From-The Officiating Secretary to the Government of India, Home Department,
To-The Registrar of the High Court, Calcutta.
WITH reference to the accompanying letter from the Officiating Agent, Governor
* To the Government of India, General, Rajputana, dated the 3rd October last, and of the reply
in the Foreign Department. to it, I am directed to suggest that such difficulty as was experi
enced in the case mentioned in the correspondence might be
avoided by a ruling that warrants issued against railway servants who cannot be taken suddenly
away from their posts without causing risk or grave inconvenience to the public should be
entrusted for execution to some intelligent police officer of superior grade, and that such officer
should, if on proceeding to execute the warrant he finds that the immediate arrest of the rail
way servant concerned would occasion risk or grave inconvenience to the public, simply make
arrangements to prevent escape, and apply to the proper quarter to have the accused relieved,
deferring arrest until he is relieved. As the law now stands, police officers entrusted with
warrants do not appear to be absolutely, and in all cases, bound to arrest the accused person at
the first moment it is possible to do so.
2. In the opinion of the Government of India the above suggestion can be carried out by
means of rules issued by the High Court under Section 292 of the Criminal Procedure Code,
and I am desired to request the favour of the Court's opinion on the subject.
From The Officiating Registrar of the High Court, Bengal,
To-The Officiating Secretary to the Government of India, Home Department.
I AM directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No. 67 , of the 10th March 1877,
forwarding copy of a correspondence with the Agent,
HIGH COURT. Governor-General, Rajputana, suggesting that it should be
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT. ruled that only intelligent police officers of a superior grade
Criminal.
PRESENT : should be entrusted with the execution of warrants against
The Hon'ble Sir R. Garth, Kr. , Chief Railway officials who cannot be taken away suddenly from
Justice. their post without causing risk or grave inconvenience to
The Hon'ble Louis S. Jackson,
The Hon'ble W. Markby, Judg
the public, and that where it is found that either is likely
The Hon'ble W. Ainslie, es. to be caused by the immediate arrest of the railway servant,
The Hon'ble G. G. Morris, the police officer should simply make arrangements to pre
vent escape and apply to the proper quarter to have the
accused relieved, and differ arrest until he is relieved.
2. In reply, I am to say that the Court considers that the ruling suggested is a proper
one, and that it will suffice to meet the difficulty brought to notice ; but the Judges understand
that the matter being of an executive nature will be dealt with under the orders of Government,
JULY 1877. ] SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS. 43
No. 1553.
PAY AND ALLOWANCES.
The 29th June 1877.
RESOLUTION .- Doubts having arisen as to the meaning of the definition of the
terms " class " and " grade " in Section I ( b ) of the Acting Allowance Code, espe
cially as it affects Ministerial Officers, the Governor-General in Council is pleased
to declare that appointments are not to be considered to belong to the same class
or grade unless they have been so constituted or recognised by proper authority.
His Excellency in Council is not aware of any orders constituting classes or grades
of Ministerial Officers. There is, therefore, nothing to prevent a Ministerial Officer
being appointed to act for another Ministerial Officer in the same office whose pay
is higher than his own ; but it must be borne in mind that Chapter IX of the
Acting Allowance Code applies to Ministerial Officers on progressive pay, and that,
except as provided in that chapter, a Ministerial Officer appointed to act for another
whose pay is progressive cannot draw more than the minimum pay of the office in
which he acts.
2. If the pay of two or more officers progresses from the same minimum to
the same maximum, one of them whose pay happens to be at the moment lower
cannot draw allowances for acting for another of them whose pay is at the moment
higher.
No. 1582.
The 30th June 1877.
RESOLUTION. -The Governor-General in Council is pleased to rule that, except
with the permission of the Local Government, which should only be given on
public grounds, halting allowance may only be drawn when the halt is
(a) on duty, or
(b) on an authorised holiday, and
(c) may not be drawn for more than 10 days at one place, unless in any
case a longer period is allowed by some general or special order of
the Government of India.

From The Officiating Secretary to the Government of India, Home Department.
In reply to your letter No. 1974, dated 2nd May last, I am directed to say
that the Government of India sanction the proposals therein contained, viz. , to
exempt the Police Department in the Punjab from the payment of stamp duty for
copies of judgments and depositions required by that department in appeals on
behalf of Government ; and to extend the Resolution of the Financial Department
of the Government of India, No. 4366, dated 21st October 1870, so as to include
within its provisions all copies of records taken by any Government Advocate or
Pleader under the orders of Government for the purpose of advising the Govern
ment in connection with any criminal proceeding.

The 6th July 1877.
No. 1754.- The Governor General in Council directs the publication of the.
following addendum to the Acting Allowance Code of the Financial Department :
Insert the following as clause (a 1) , Section 38 (a) :

" A Clergyman appointed by the Additional Clergy Society to a station at which
the appointment of a Clergyman of the Society has been authorized by the Govern
ment of India in the Home Department, or to a charge usually held by a Chaplain
on the regular establishment, is entitled, provided that there is no Chaplain on duty
at the same place, to an allowance of Rs. 150 a month."
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE.

CUSTOMS.
The 14th July 1877.
No. 110. In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 6 of the Indian Tariff
Act, 1875, the Governor General in Council is pleased to exempt Lac from import
duty.
No. 111.- In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 6 of the Indian Tariff
Act, 1875, the Governor General in Council is pleased to declare in modification of
No. 3 of Schedule B of the said Act, that from the date of this notification the
export duty on Shell Lac shall be one rupee eight annas per cwt. , and the export
duty on Button Lac shall be one rupee four annas per cwt. , and to exempt from
export duty all sorts of Lac other than those above mentioned .
LEAVE, LEAVE ALLOWANCES, &c.
The 13th July 1877.
No. 1901.-The Governor General in Council directs the publication of the
following Addenda and Corrigenda to the Civil Leave Code of the Financial Depart
ment : ----
CIVIL LEAVE CODE.
Section 16 (b) (page 122) .
Add the following to this section :
" An officer is not entitled at the end of furlough or special leave, or subsidiary
leave affixed thereto, to resume, as a matter of course, without further orders, the
particular appointment which he vacated before his furlough or special leave. He
should report his return to duty in the manner prescribed in Section 37, Rule 3,
and await orders."
Section 34 (Page 131 ) .
Substitute the following for Rule 3 under this section :
3. If an officer, on transfer from one appointment to another, obtain privilege.
leave without joining his new office, his leave allowance shall not be less than it
would have been if he had joined his new office.
PAY AND ALLOWANCES.

The 20th July 1877.
No. 2063.- The Governor General in Council directs the publication of the
following Corrigendum to the Acting Allowance Code ofthe Financial Department :
Section 23 (c) (page 233).
Substitute the following for the passage within parenthesis in Rule 1 :
"(to be recorded and, unless the extra expense falls only upon Provincial or Local
Resources, communicated to the Supreme Government.)”
JULY 1877. ] SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS.` 45
No. 2041.- In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 35 of the Court Fees
Act VII of 1870 , and in supersession of the Notification in the Financial Depart
ment, No. 4366 , dated 31st October 1870 , the Governor General in Council is pleased
to remit the fees chargeable under the said Act in respect of
1st.-Copies of all documents furnished under the orders of any Court or Ma
gistrate to any Government Advocate or Pleader or other person specially
empowered in that behalf for the purpose of conducting any trial or investi
gation on the part of Government before any Criminal Court.
2nd. -Copies of all documents which any such Advocate, Pleader or other per
son is required to take in connection with any such trial or investigation
for the use of any Court or Magistrate, or may consider necessary for the
purpose of advising the Government in connection with any criminal
proceeding.
3rd.-Copies of judgments and depositions required by officers of the Police
Department for conducting appeals on behalf of Government before any
Criminal Court.
NOTIFICATION.
CORRIGENDUM.- In Act No. III of 1877 (published in the Gazette of India, Part
IV, of 17th and 24th February and 3rd March 1877) , in the Table of Contents, Part
X, section 50, and in the marginal note to section 50, omit the words " of which
registration is optional."

The 27th July 1877.
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CIVIL PENSION CODE.

Section 13 (page 5.)
Add the following as a note under this section :
(NOTE.-The word " Apprentice " in this section does not include Engineer Apprentices
in the Public Works Department. )
Chapter VII (page 15.)
Substitute the following for the note at the head of this chapter :
(NOTE. The rules in this chapter apply to all officers in the service of the British Government. )

Add the following to Rule 5 :
" The Government will not ordinarily enter into any direct arrangements with
the Native State, Municipality, or other body to which the officer may be
lent, or make any direct demands upon it."
CIVIL LEAVE CODE.

Add the following as Rule 4 (A) under this section :—
" The suspension of an officer from office pending enquiry into his conduct
interrupts his duty or not as the Local Government may in each case
decide. Time passed under suspension does not qualify for privilege leave
unless, in any case, the Local Government expressly orders that it shall
so qualify."
Supplement F, Section 1 (page 210. )
Add the following as a note under Rule 5 :—
(NOTE.- The word " Apprentice " in this rule does not include Engineer Apprentices in
the Public Works Department).
SEPARATE REVENUE- POST OFFICE.

The 27th July 1877.
No. 2196.-Under the powers vested in him by Sections 20 and 22 of the
Post Office Act of 1865, the Governor General of India in Council is pleased to de
clare that the rates of postage chargeable on inland parcels and on inland packets of
books and other articles shall be those hereunder mentioned, viz. : —
On parcels : 8 annas if the parcel does not exceed 40 tolas in weight : and 4
annas additional for every additional 40 tolas or fraction thereof.
On packets : 1 anna if the packet does not exceed 10 tolas in weight, 2 annas
if it exceeds 10 tolas and does not exceed 40 tolas, and 2 annas additional
for every additional 40 tolas or fraction thereof.
The foregoing rates shall be subject to the existing regulations concerning the
compulsory prepayment of packets and the packing of them with open erds.
No alteration is made in the present scale of charges* leviable on packets trans
* 2 annas for 20 tolas, 3 mitted on Her Majesty's Service : but in lieu of the pre
annas for 30 tolas, and so on.
sent scale of charges leviable on parcels transmitted on
Her Majesty's Service, under the official correspondence rules, there shall be charged
on every such service parcel the same amount as that chargeable on a service packet
of like weight together with 4 annas for registration . Thus for a service parcel
exceeding 20 and not exceeding 30 tolas there shall be charged 3 annas (service
packet rate) together with 4 annas, or a total of 7 annas. The prepayment of service
packets shall continue to be compulsory : and that of service parcels shall continue
to be optional.
This order shall have effect in respect of all parcels and packets posted on and
after the 1st September 1877.
STAMPS.
The 27th July 1877.
No. 2127.-In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 35 of the Court
Fees Act, 1870, the Governor General in Council is pleased to declare that the fee
chargeable under the said Act on plaints filed in suits for possession of immoveable
property under Section 9 of the Specific Relief Act No. I of 1877, shall be one
half of the amount prescribed in the scale of fees for plaints mentioned in Schedule
I, Article I of the Court Fees Act.
AUGUST 1877. ] SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS. 47
READ again—
Resolution in this Department, No. 3537, dated 30th November 1870, fixing Rs . 1,000 as
the limit within which Local Governments may deal with losses of public money
arising from fraud or negligence of individuals or otherwise.
Read
I
A letter from the Government of Bengal, No. 1812, dated 18th June 1877, reporting the
circumstances connected with a loss of Rs. 3,473-4-4 incurred in the purchase of ram
from the Commissariat Department for the use of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Police,
and soliciting confirmation of the sanction accorded by the Hon'ble the Lieutenant
Governor to this amount being written off the Accounts; also enquiring whether the
Local Government is competent to order any sum debitable to Provincial Funds to be
written off the Accounts, or whether it is still precluded, by the order of 30th Novem
ber 1870, from according sanction to write off sums above Rs. 1,000.
RESOLUTION . The Governor-General in Council is pleased to authorise Ac

countants-General to write off under the sanction of the Local Governments the
irrecoverable value of stores or public money lost, whatever the amount, when the
loss falls on Provincial or Local Resources.
EXPENDITURE.- (Rule. )
READ
A letter from the Director-General of Telegraphs in India, to the Secretary to Govern
ment, in the Public Works Department, No. 481 E. T., dated 16th March 1877 , sub
mitting a bill for Rs. 13-12-0 for fees and cost of medicines paid to a private medical
practitioner by Signaller A. D'Souza on board the river steamer Oudh while he was
proceeding on duty from Dhulia to Gowhatty in November 1876 .
RESOLUTION . -The Governor-General in Council regrets that this charge cannot

be sanctioned, the Government not having undertaken to reimburse to a public ser
vant, who is entitled to the gratuitous attendance of a Government Medical Officer
or to medicines from a Government Dispensary, fees which he may have occasion
to pay to a medical practitioner not in the public service, cr the cost of medicines
which he may purchase privately.
ACCOUNTS .
READ again the following Proceedings in the Financial Department :
Accounts, October 1869, Nos. 56 and 57.
19 19 1873 , No. 30.
19 1875 , Nos. 27 to 31.
79 February 1876 , No. 56.
March 1876 , No. 9.
Accounts and Finance, May 1876, No. 45.
99 29 June 1876, No. 1 .
29 29 July 1876, Nos. 47 to 50.
19 October 1876, Nos. 3 and 4.
Resolution No. 1522, dated 16th March 1877,
>> No. 1170, dated 18th June 1877,
Read
A letter from the Government of Madras, No. 1542 , dated the 24th April 1877, soliciting
sanction to certain advances of small amounts made to the ryots of Bonvanka and
Vundeyoor, in the Ganjam and Madura Districts, for rebuilding houses destroyed by
fire; also requesting that general powers may be granted to that Government to make
similar advances, subject to such restrictions as to amount and report, as may be
deemed necessary .
Read
Takavi proceedings in the Revenue Department, April 1877, Nos . 1 to 24.
Read
Despatch from the Secretary of State, received in the Revenue Department, No. 42, dated
10th May 1877.
Read
A letter from the Government of Madras, No. 1728, dated 18th June 1877, asking confirm
ation of its order, authorising the Collector of Nellore to make advances to the newly
established Municipality of Ongole, to be adjusted when the municipal taxes are
realised ; and for general sanction to such advances subject to adjustment within the
year.
RESOLUTION. -By Resolution in the Financial Department, No. 3649, dated

30th September 1869 , the Governor-General in Council decided that the particular
sanction of the Supreme Government for each takavi advance was not necessary,
and that it would suffice for the Local Governments to obtain sanction for the dis
bursement of lump sums from time to time on this object.
2. These advances will , in future, be regulated by the Rules framed under the
Land Improvement Act, 1871. The rate of interest under these Rules is one anna
in the rupee, or 6 per cent per annum.
3. By Resolution in the Financial Department, No. 191 , dated 12th January
1876, the Government of India decided that, without the special sanction of the
Government of India in the Financial Department, no loan of public money shall
be made under the provisions of any special law bearing a less rate of interest
than 4 per cent, and no such loan shall be made otherwise bearing a lower rate of
interest than 6 per cent.
4. By orders in the Revenue Department, No. 10 , dated 21st March 1876 , the
Government of the North-Western Provinces was authorised to make advances, in
any case of emergency, for such purposes as the purchase of seeds, grain, &c. , with
out interest, reporting the matter simultaneously to the Government of India .
5. By Resolution in the Financial Department, No. 1291 , dated 30th June
1876, it was declared that
1st. No advances should be made without the general or special sanction of
the Government of India, unless, in any case, the Local Government is
empowered by law to make such advances without reference to the Im
perial Government.
2nd. Regular provision should be made in the estimates for all advances,
and no advance should be made without the special sanction of the Gov
ernment of India, unless funds have been duly provided in the estimates
and sanctioned by the Governor-General in Council.
6. By Resolutions No. 1451 , dated 9th July 1873 , No. 5206 , dated 26th
August 1874, aud No. 465, dated 26th May 1876, Local Governments were
authorised, under certain defined circumstances, to advance money without interest
to public servants to enable them to build houses.
7. By Resolutions No. 3687, dated 30th September 1875, and No. 1170,
dated 18th June 1877 , provision was made for the immediate report to the Supreme
and Local Governments of any default in the payment of interest upon a loan of
public money, or in the repayment of its capital amount, and for the levy of com
pound interest at six per cent upon over-due instalments. A Local Government
receiving intimation of such default was also required to explain to the Government
of India at once the causes of the default and the steps taken to remedy it.
8. The Governor- General in Council considers it expedient now to substitute
the following amended and consolidated order for these scattered Resolutions, and at
the same time to dispose of the two pending references from the Government of
Madras, recited in the preamble.
9. Advances made under the Land Improvement Act, 1871 , are regulated by
Rules passed by each Local Government with the approval of the Governor-General
in Council under authority of the Act. Provision for these advances may be made
in the estimates of each year, without further sanction by the Government of India,
as follows : 3
Rs.
Governments of Madras, Bombay and the North-Western
Provinces and Oudh, each ... ... ... 2,00,000
Government of the Punjab .. ... ... ... * 1,50,000
Governments of Bengal, Mysore and the Central Provinces,
each ... ... ... ... 1,00,000
Governments of Assam, British Burmah and Berar, each... 50,000
If any Local Government or Administration wishes to make a larger provision than
this, the previous sauction of the Government of India must be obtained. Sums
thus provided in the estimates may be disbursed without any further orders by the
Government of India than may, in any case, be required by the Local Rules under
the Land Improvement Act. The yearly rate of interest fixed by these Rules is one
anna in the rupee, or 61 per cent ; but the Local Government may, if in any case
it considers it expedient, for special reasons, reduce this rate to 4 per cent, or
remit due interest in excess of this rate.
10. The powers of the Local Government, under the Local Public Works Loan
Act, 1871, are regulated by rules published under the Act by Notification No. 3761 ,
dated 18th October 1873.
11. Besides advances under the Land Improvement and Local Public Works
Loan Acts, it sometimes becomes necessary to make loans of public money for the
relief of persons suffering from some temporary calamity, as for instance the destruc
tion of houses or crops, or seed grain, or agricultural stock, by some calamity of
season, or by fire, or flood, or for some miscellaneous object, such as that described
in the letter from the Government of Madras, No. 1728 , dated 18th June 1877 , now
read. The Local Governments are authorised to advance money in such cases at
their discretion within the following limits :
Limits of
each all advances during
advance. the year.
Rs. Rs.
Governments of Bombay and Madras ... 2.500 25,000
Lieutenant-Governors ... ... 1,000 10,000
Chief Commissioners ... ... ... 500 5,000
The yearly rate of interest upon such advances should ordinarily be, as for advances
under the Land Improvement Act, one anna in the rupee, or 64 per cent ; but the
Local Government may, at its discretion, for special reasons, make such advances at
a lower rate of interest, or even without interest, or remit any part of the interest
due upon such advances. It is not necessary generally to make any provision in
the estimates for this class of advances, the amount of which is never likely to be
large, and cannot, ordinarily, be foreseen.
12. The following general rules should apply, as far as the law and existing .
regulations allow, to all the advances to which reference is hereinbefore made : —
(a). The advances should be repaid in not more than twenty equal half
yearly instalments including interest, the first instalment of principal to
be repaid six months after the loan is completely taken up.
(b). Temporary advances to Municipalities should be repayable in not more
than twelve months.
(c). A penal rate of compound interest not less than six per cent should be
enforced , as far as the law allow, upon all over-due instalments of interest
or principal and interest, and this should not be lightly remitted.
(d). Any default in the payment of interest upon a loan of public money
or in the repayment of the principal, should be promptly reported by the
Account Department to the Local Government, and if the loan was sanc
tioned by the Governor-General in Council, to the Supreme Government.
A Local Government receiving such a report should, in the case of a loan
sanctioned by the Governor- General in Council, immediately explain the
circumstances to the Government of India in the Home, Revenue, or Public
Works Department, as the case may be, and the steps which it has taken
to remedy the default.
13. No fresh orders are needed about building advances to public officers,
which must be regulated , as heretofore, by the rules in Resolutions No. 3123, dated
25th August 1871 , and No. 5206, dated 26th August 1874.
PAY AND ALLOWANCES, & C. ,

No. 2118, dated 31st July 1877.
READ again the undermentioned orders :
Order of the Government of India in the Financial Department, No. 2807, dated 30th April
1874, ruling that when a Civil officer of Government is deputed on duty to Europe,
his allowances during his employment on such deputation shall not, ordinarily, exceed
two-thirds of the amount which he would draw were he on duty in India.
General Order of the Governor- General of India in the Military Department, No. 6 of 1869,
ruling that a Military officer who may be permitted to proceed to England on special
duty, shall receive the full Indian pay and allowance of his rank and a moiety of his
staff salary.
Read
Letter from the Director-General of Telegraphs in India, No. 19- E. T. , dated 23rd May 1877,
and enclosure received in the Public Works Department, containing an enquiry as to
the date from which an officer on special duty in Europe is to be considered on his
authorised reduced pay, and the date from which he is to be held to revert to full pay
and allowances on return to duty in India.
RESOLUTION . - The Governor-General in Council is pleased to decide that the
pay of an officer deputed to Europe on duty shall be reduced from the date on which
he makes over charge of his office, and that he shall not again receive full pay and
allowances until ho resumes charge of his office in India.
ACCOUNTS.
No. 2144, dated S0th July 1877.
RESOLUTION. The Governor General in Council deems it important that, in all
accounts of expenditure on public works undertaken by the State for the relief of
51
SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORders .
AUGUST 1877. ]
distress caused by famine , a clear distinction should be maintained between the cost
of materials and skilled labour , and the outlay on unskilled labour .
2. It will often be impossible to avoid some expenditure on such works for
materials (the purchase and carriage of which can seldom , if ever, contribute much
to the relief of the distressed population , which is the first object of the works ), or
for skilled labour, the employment of which might not be required immediately for
relief purposes ; if it is so required , the wages paid should , as a rule, be at unskilled
. t it is the paramount duty of all authorities responsible for the expen

rates 3.onlyBu
diture on such works to reduce to a minimum the expenditure which is thus acces
sory to the large outlay for direct relief which , at such times , strains the resources
of the State. The accounts should be so constructed as to show plainly the propor
tion of the whole expenditure absorbed in such accessories .
4. His Excellency in Council is accordingly pleased to decide, that whenever
any public work is undertaken for purpose of famine relief, the expenditure thereon
shall be classified as follows :

(1.) For
(2. )-Fo r mat
labo urals
eri pa.id at the rates fixed by the Government for unskilled labour
upon relief works .

(3.)-For labour paid , for whatever reason , at any higher rates divided into
(a) skilled labour, (b) supervision of labourers, skilled and unskilled .
5. Ex anation will be expected by the Supreme Government whenever the
pl
proportion of the whole expenditure which falls under headings (1 ) and (3) bears any
substantial proportion to the whole expenditure on the work.
6. These instructions should , as far as possible, be applied retrospectively in
the case of the works undertaken since the beginning of the existing famine in the
Madras and Bombay Presidencies and in Mysore ; and all future estimates of works
to be thus undertaken should be classified in the manner thus prescribed .
HOME DEPARTMENT .
Dated 31st July 1877.

No. 1461.- In the rules published under Home Department Notification No.
3742 , dated the 21st August 1867 , to regulate the submission , receipt and traus
mission of memorials addressed to Her Majesty's Government , the following Rule
VIII has been substituted for the rule bearing the same number, and is published
for genVI IIl. inf

era Noorm
lim itonis:—
ati fixed to the time within which an appeal from an act or order
of the Governments in India must be preferred to the Home Government except in
the case of appeals from a judicial decision in which
the Judge is a Political Officer and in which the
* When a judicial decision of the eal ordinarily lies to Government in the Politi
nature referred to has been commu app
ni ca te d ty
tothe par or par tie s con cal Department. Such appeals* must be preferred
cerned before the date of this No within a period of twelve months from the date
n he oronthey may appeal
icatioch munication to the persons concerned of the
tifom
fr su , dec isi within 18 months of com
from the date of this Notification . order to which objection is taken .
52 SUPREME GOVERNMENT orders. [ RECORD
PENSIONS, GRATUITIES, & C.
No. 2330.- The Governor General in Council directs the publication of the
following Addenda and Corrigenda to the Codes of the Financial Department :—
CIVIL PENSION CODE.
Section 6 (page 4).
-
INSERT THE FOLLOWING AS RULE 2 :
2. Saving as provided in Exception (4), a soldier whether attached or un
attached cannot count service for civil pension till he takes his discharge from the
army.
Section 55, Rule 1 (page 29).
Substitute for the words
" below the rank of Head Constable"
the words
" whose pay does not exceed twenty rupees a month, and"
HOME DEPARTMENT.
From The Officiating Secretary to the Government of India, Home Department,
To-The Secretary to the Government of Bombay.
FROM the Resolution of the Bombay Government, in the Public Works Depart
ment, No. 130P. , dated 27th June last, the Government of India have observed that
certain sums have been sanctioned for the demolition of the Guttal fort and for
filling in the ditch and for levelling the fort and reclaiming the ditch at Gadag as
famine relief works.
2. The Government of India have no knowledge of these particular forts, but

* Home Department Circular they feel assured that His Excellency the Governor
Nos. 57-4030-9, dated 29th in Council would not have approved their demoli
August 1867. tion had they possessed architectural merits or
Home Department Resolution historical associations. I am to take the opportu
Nos. 14-930-41A., dated 24th Feb
ruary 1868. nity of reminding the Bombay Government of the
Public Works Department Cir various instructions * which from time to time have
cular No. 9, dated 13th February been issued in view to the preservation of buildings,
1873 . &c. , of historical or architectural interest. The
Government of India consider the preservation of such works an urgent duty, and
though the subject has received considerable attention, it is feared that the instruc
tions are not always strictly observed . There is, indeed, reason to believe that
destruction of such buildings is still occasionally permitted, especially by railway
contractors and engineers. Even where it is necessary to remove them, inscriptions
and valuable carvings should be carefully preserved.
ACCOUNTS .
No. 2459.-The following Financial despatch from Her Majesty's Secretary of
State for India, to His Excellency the Right Hon'ble the Governor-General of India
in Council, No. 229, dated 5th July 1877, is published for general information :
I have considered in Council your Financial letter dated the 17th May 1877,
No. 134, in which you request that the privilege of making family remittances at
present conceded to mechanics and others of a similar class engaged in England ,
may be extended to mechanics and artisans who have been engaged in India for the
service of Government.
I sanction the extension of the privilege as requested by you, it being dis
tinctly understood that all remittances should be bond fide for the support of
families ; that the rate of exchange at which they shall be adjusted is that annually
fixed between this Office and the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury,
and that no remittance shall exceed one-half the salary of the person remitting,
and, in no case, be more than 127. a month.

No. 2481.- The Governor-General in Council directs the publication of the
following Addenda and Corrigenda to the Codes of the Financial Department :
CIVIL PENSION CODE.

Section 48A (page 23).
Add the following to this Section :—
" In the same manner, the Local Government may, upon such conditions as it
may in each case think fit to impose, condone a break or breaks in the continuity
of service, not exceeding three months in the aggregate, or one month on any one
occasion, provided that such break or breaks be not the result of any one of the
circumstances mentioned in Section 48."

Insert the following as Rule 3 under this Section :
3. An officer placed in charge of the current duties of an office is not entitled
to any fixed travelling, tentage or local allowances attached to the office, except
under the special orders of the Local Government.
CORRIGENDUM . - In Act No. III of 1877 (published in the Gazette of India,
Part IV of 17th and 24th February and 3rd March 1877) section 90 paragraph (c),
line 2, for " or " read " are."
No. 2611.-The Governor-General in Council directs the publication of the
CIVIL PENSION CODE.

Insert the following as Note 2 under this Section :
[ NOTE 2. If the examining medical officer, though unable to discover any
specific disease in the officer, considers him incapacitated for further service
by general debility while still under the age of 55 years, he should give
detailed reasons for his opinion, and if a second medical opinion be easily
obtainable, it should always in such a case be obtained. In cases of this
kind, special explanation will be expected from the head of the office or de
partment concerned of the grounds on which it is proposed to invalid the
officer. ]
Section 123, Rule 1 (page 66).

Substitute the words " servant injured or killed " for the word " deceased " in
this Rule.
CIVIL LEAVE CODE.

Chapter VIII (page 132) .
Add the following to the note prefixed to this Chapter :
"A Military officer in civil employ is not eligible for leave to enable him to
pass an examination under G. G. O. Military Department No. 1009, dated
3rd December 1876."
Section 37 (page 141 ) .

-
Insert the following as Rule 1A :
1 A. If the Local Government considers it inexpedient that an officer should
return from furlough or special leave in Europe to duty in India, it should
furnish a complete statement of the circumstances to the Secretary of State
in the case of the Governments of Madras and Bombay directly, otherwise
through the Government of India, if possible when the furlough or special
leave is granted, but, in any case, at a sufficiently early date to enable the
Secretary of State to take any measures that may seem to him necessary
before the time when permission would, in ordinary course, be given to the
officer to return to duty.
Substitute the following for case (c)
(c). An Accountant officiating with the sanction of the Government of India
for an Examiner or Deputy Examiner, is entitled to an allowance of Rs.
100 a mouth in addition to his pay ; provided that his salary must not exceed
the pay of a Deputy Examiner.
PENSIONS, GRATUITIES, &c.

t
CIVIL PENSION CODE.

Section 43 (a), (page 20) .
Add the following as a note under this section ·
:
[ NOTE. It is not intended by this section that an inferior servant should
count service as superior in virtue of his voluntarily assisting in the office in supe
rior work. It provides for the case of a person who is engaged under due authority
to do superior work though with an inferior desiguation. ]
CIVIL LEAVE CODE.
Section 24, Rule 8, (page 126).
After the words " by a Local Government," insert the words " or, in the case of a
military officer in civil employ, by the Government of India, Madras, or Bombay, in
"} in
the Military Department,'," and again after the words " the Local Government
sert the words " or, in the case of a military officer in civil employ, the Government
of India, Madras, or Bombay, in the Military Department, at the instance of the
Local Government. "
Section 38, (page 144) .
Insert the following as Rule 11A:
11A. An application* by a military officer in civil employ for furlough out of
Indiat must be submitted in the manner prescribed in G. G. O. Military Depart
ment No. 34, dated 11th January 1869, to the Local Government. Any Local
Government receiving such an application from an officer of the Bengal Army will,
if it thinks it should be granted, submit it to the Government of India in the Mili
tary Department at Calcutta.
The Government of Madras or Bombay receiving such an application from an
officer belonging to its own army will, if it consider in the Civil Department that it
should be granted, transfer it to be disposed of in the Military Department.
Any other Local Government receiving such an application by an officer of the
Madras or Bombay Army, shall, if it consider that it should be granted, forward it
to the Government of Madras or Bombay, as the case may be, in the Military De
partment.
In forwarding such an application the Local Government, in the Civil Depart
ment, will always state, with careful reference to the note prefixed to Chapter VI,
the amount of subsidiary leave to be allowed to the officer, if his application is
granted ; and the Governmentof India, Madras or Bombay, in the Military Depart
ment, as the case may be, will, when granting the furlough, at the same time, grant
the subsidiary leave recommended by the Local Government in the Civil Depart
ment.

Section 25, (page 234).
Insert the following as an example under this section :--
EXAMPLE. The effect of the Proviso in this section is, inter alia, that, unless
the Local Government thinks it necessary to make the declaration indicated in
Rule 1 under Section 23, Clause (c), an officer is not entitled to any allowance for
taking charge of an office the pay of which is not higher than that of his own
substantive office.
* N B.-This rule does not apply to the case of Medical Officers whose applications must
be forwarded through the Local Government to the Adjutant-General.
As to furlough in India, see the note prefixed to Chapter IV.
SEPTR. 1877. ] SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS. 57
ཐ
PAY AND ALLOWANCES.
Read again
Notification of the Government of India, in the Financial Department, No. 846, dated
11th February 1876 , in which it has been ruled that whenever on public grounds a
Commissioned Military Officer holding a Civil appointment on consolidated pay, which
is less than his military pay, is allowed to draw the difference between them, he shall
draw it from the Department from which he receives his consolidated pay.
RESOLUTION . -The Governor- General in Council is pleased to decide that when
ever, under the orders now read again, the charge for the excess military pay of an
officer thus retained in civil employ falls upon Provincial or Local Funds, the orders
of the Local Goverument shall suffice for the charge by the Civil Account Department.
2. If the charge falls upon any grant which has not been surrendered to the
Local Government, the sanction of the Government of India is necessary.
3. In either case, the Local Government should not, as a matter of course, or
without careful consideration, authorise the retention in Civil employ of a Military
Officer whose military pay exceeds the pay of his Civil office.
4. These orders do not apply to a Commissioned Medical Officer whose com
mission is dated before the 7th November 1864. Such an officer is absolutely en
titled to pay equal to the grade pay of his rank, even while holding a civil office.

No. 2693, dated 23rd August 1877.
RESOLUTION. With reference to the Resolution of the Government of India,
in the Financial Department, No. 423 , dated 20th January 1871 , quoted at foot
of page 32 of the Civil Pension Code, the President in Council is pleased to direct
the following addition to the certificate prescribed in Rule 2 under Section 52 of
the Civil Pension Code :
" His age is, according to his own statement, years, and by appearance
about years."
ACCOUNTS.

READ again
The Resolution in this Department, No. 683, of the 4th February 1876, deciding that
when stores from England are required for the joint purposes of Imperial and Provin
cial Services, the whole cost should be treated in the Home accounts as an Imperial
charge, any necessary adjustment between Provincial aud Imperial Revenues for stores
appropriated to Provincial use being made in India by credit to Imperial Revenues.
Read also
Office Notes of the Public Works and Financial Departments on the subject of the above
orders.
RESOLUTION. After further consideration of the question of the precise mode
of adjusting the value of English stores paid for from Imperial Funds but appro
priated in India to Provincial uses, the Honorable the President in Council is
pleased to decide that Resolution No. 683, of the 4th February 1876, shall not be
ield to apply to the Public Works Department. In this Department, all recoveries
from Provincial Funds for such stores transferred shall be credited in the accounts
to Imperial Outlay and not to Imperial Revenue.
2. The opportunity is taken to impress upon Local Governments and Admi

nistrations the necessity for effecting adjustments of this nature in the accounts of
the year in which the expenditure is incurred, and also of avoiding as much
as possible the submission of consolidated indents. There ought not to be much
difficulty in distinguishing ab initio between the stores required from Eugland for
Imperial and Provincial purposes respectively.
Extract from the Proceedings ofthe Government of India, in the Home Department
(Medical), - No. 476, dated the 31st August 1877.
READ the following papers regarding the supply of Hospital Assistants for the
Civil Department :— *
* * *
RESOLUTION .--On consideration of the foregoing papers, the Government of
India have resolved that the Subordinate Medical Service shall be divided into two
distinct branches -one for military, and the other for civil employ.
2. The military branch will consist of so many of the Hospital Assistants as
are required for military hospitals with a reserve of 25 per cent. on that strength.
The Assistants forming this reserve, when not required for military duty, may be
employed in the Civil Department, but under such circumstances they will only be
lent to the Local Government or Administration for the time being ; they will con
tinue to receive, from the Civil Department, their military rate of pay, and will be
always in readiness for immediate transfer to military work whenever their services
may be needed. The list of Military Assistants will be kept by the Surgeon-Gen
eral of the Indian Medical Department, and the establishment will be preserved at
the required strength by filling up the requisite number of vacancies annually un
der the same system as that now in force. The Surgeon-General will also reg ulate
the distribution of the reserve among the various Local Governments.
3. The Civil Hospital Assistants will constitute a separate class in each Pro
vince sufficient for the entire civil medical work of that Province. Local service
will probably attract candidates of a better class, and Hospital Assistants serving in
their own Province are more likely to be acceptable to their fellow-countrymen
than those from other parts. In this way dispensaries may become more popular,
and their field of usefulness extended. The list of the Civil Hospital Assistants
belonging to each Province will be kept by the Local Government or Administra
tion. The conditions of service will be as follows :
1st.-Civil Hospital Assistants will not be asked to serve out of the Province
for which they elect.
2nd. They will be held liable for military duty with regiments serving in the
Province to which they belong in the event of necessity arising for with
drawing the Military Hospital Assistants from such regiments.
Srd. The civil scale of pay shall be as follows :
Without English With English

qualification . qualification.
⠀⠀⠀
Rs. per mensem. Rs. per mensem.

⠀⠀
First class, above fourteen years' service 35 55
Second class, above seven years' service 25 35
Third class, under seven years' service 20 25

SEPTB. 1877. 1 SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS . 59 .
4. Hospital Assistants of the several grades employed in British Burma and

Assam being natives of other Provinces will be entitled to pay increased to the
extent of 50 per cent. and 25 per cent., respectively.
5. In addition to the above scale of pay special allowances of from Rs. 10 to

Rs. 25 will be granted to Hospital Assistants for independent or other charges of
more than ordinary importance, or when local circumstances, such as reputed
unhealthiness or dearness of provisions, may give just grounds for increasing the
emoluments of a particular charge. Local Governments and Administrations will
decide to what charges and appointments within their respective Provinces special
allowances shall be attached and the amount in each case. Special personal allow
ances may also, on the recommendation of the Deputy Surgeon-General of the
Circle, be granted for exceptional good service .
6. Military Hospital Assistants when in civil employ will receive the military
pay of their grade (the difference in excess of the civil scale of pay being paid by
the Military Department), and they will also be eligible for the special allowances
attached to independent and important charges and to personal allowances for
exceptional good service.
7. Civil Hospital Assistants when employed solely on military duties will
receive pay according to the military scale, and when a Civil Hospital Assistant is
called upon to perform a military duty in addition to his own proper work, he will
be entitled to an extra allowance of Rs. 15 a month for a regiment, Rs. 10 för a
wing of a regiment, a lock hospital or station staff hospital, and Rs. 5 a mouth for
any detachment less than a wing.
8. When a Hospital Assistant attached to a dispensary, jail or other institu
tion is appointed to an additional charge, such as a lock-up or a police hospital or
normal school, he will be entitled to an extra allowance of Rs. 10 per mensem.
A Hospital Assistant attached to a survey party or other similar charge will

be entitled to a travelling allowance proportionate to that drawn by other subordi
nate officers of the same party.
9. Civil Hospital Assistants will be eligible for pension under the rules of the
Civil Pension Code.
10. In future all vacancies in the local civil hospital establishment will be
filled up by the Local Government or Administration . Nearly all the Provinces are
now provided with medical schools, and these should be utilized, as far as possible,
to meet all local requirements . Where either owing to the want of a medical
school or to the paucity of pupils attending it a sufficient supply cannot be obtain
ed in the Province, arrangements should be made with other Local Governments
to provide the requisite number .
11. In regard to the system of education followed at the different medical
schools, Local Governments and Administrations may form their own plaus ; but
in order to secure uniformity as far as possible, the Government of India should
be kept informed of the prescribed curriculum and of any changes made in it.
12. Under these arrangements a distinct service of Civil Hospital Assistants
will gradually be formed, but it is desirable that the separation should be made
as far as possible now. With this view all Hospital Assistants now in the service
should be called on to state whether they will select the civil or military branch,
and if the former, what Province they desire to serve in. When these lists have
been prepared the Provincial establishments can be formed according to the esti
mated requirements of each Province.
60 SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS . [ RECORD
13. The whole of the Bengal class of Native Doctors may be absorbed into
the new class of Civil Hospital Assistants and such of the locally entertained Native
Doctors in the various Provinces as may be specially recommended by the Deputy
Surgeons-General of their respective circles.

The 31st August 1877.
following Addenda and Corrigenda to the Codes of the Financial Department :—
CIVIL PENSION CODE.
Substitute as follows for the Proviso :—
Provided
(1) that the transfer is made on public grounds, and not only in the private
interest of the officer transferred ;
(2) that no officer be transferred without the consent of the Local Govern
ment, and
(3 ) that no officer be transferred for service under a Native State without the
consent of the Government of India in the Foreign Department.
Section 70 (a), (page 39) .
Substitute the following item (4) :
Field allowances , i . e., horse and tent allowances, of any officer of the Survey
Department in the Bengal Presidency who retires from the service on or before the
1st September 1882.
Insert in Clause (b) , (page 40) , the following as item (SA):

" (3 A). Field allowances (i.e., horse and tent allowances) of officers ofthe
Survey Department, excepting officers in Bengal who retire before 1st September
1882."
Supplement A, Section 6, (page 102.)

Insert the following Rule under this Section, together with the note appended : —
1. An officer leaving India on resignation of the service, must report the date
of the departure of the vessel in which he sails, if he is a member of the Bengal
Civil Service, to the Government of India in the Financial Department, and if he
is a member of the Madras or Bombay Civil Services, to the Governments of
Madras or Bombay, as the case may be.
[NOTE. -A copy of this Rule should be furnished by the Accountant General
to every officer (if he be in India) who applies to resign, with au intimation that
there will be delay in the commencement of his annuity if he does not report the
date of his departure. This copy should be sent to the officer when the Account
ant General prepares his No-Demand certificate . ]
CIVIL LEAVE CODE.
Section 30, Rule 5, ( page 129).
Substitute the following for the second sentence of this Rule :
But if the Local Government considers that his default was due to circum
stances beyond his control, it may remit the penalty.
SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS . 619
SEPTR. 1877. ]

Section 38, ( page 241 ) .
Insert the following as case (a 2) under this Section :·――
(a 2). The Government of India may grant to a Minister appointed by the

Church of Scotland for service in any station, an allowance of Rs. 100 a month
whenever not less than one hundred Presbyterian soldiers are quartered at the sta
tion, and of Rs. 150 a month when the number of such soldiers at the station ex
ceeds two hundred.
PAY AND ALLOWANCES.

READ the under-mentioned papers :
Resolution of the Government of India in this Department, No. 1823, dated the 8th August
1866, sanctioning, on certain conditions, the conveyance by railway at the public ex
pense of the tents and horses of Superintendents and Assistant Superintendents of
Police.
Notification of the Government of India in this Department, No. 1678, dated the 27th
March 1867, declaring that " when a Deputy Inspector- General of Police, whose
travelling allowance is less than ten rupees a day, proceeds on duty by rail, and is
obliged to take his horses and camp equipage with him , and has not been able to send
them on beforehand by the ordinary marches, he will be allowed to charge for the
transit of horses and camp equipage by rail to the extent to which a like indulgence
was authorised for District Superintendents of Police " in the Resolution No. 1823 of
the 8th August 1866.
Letter to the Accountant-General, Bombay, No. 3829, dated the 31st December 1868, declar
ing that the Resolution , No. 1823 of the 8th August 1866, applies to the cases of
Superintendents and Assistant Superintendents of Police temporarily absent from head.
quarters on duty, but not of those transferred from one station to another.
The following extract from Rules for the grant of travelling allowance to Police Officers
sanctioned in letter to the Secretary to the Government of Bengal, No. 964, dated the
31st May 1871 :
"20. Police officers (except Inspectors- General) when travelling on duty by rail, and when
obliged to carry tents, horses, and orderlies, may charge in contingent bills the
actual cost of the carriage of such tents, horses, and orderlies, according to the
following scale, provided it is not practicable to forward the tents, horses, and
orderlies beforehand by road. For Deputy Inspector- General, 35 maunds, 2 horses,
and 2 orderlies. For District Superintendents, and Assistant District Superinten.
dents, 25 maunds, 2 horses, and 1 orderly.
" 21. The Inspector- General of Police is not permitted to charge for the carriage of tents
and horses by rail, unless it is shown to have been impracticable to send his horses
by ordinary marches, and unless the railway fare for himself, servants and tents,
and his own marching expenses, all put together, exceeded the established travell
ing allowance drawn for the whole journey."
Resolution of the Government of India in this Department, No. 1964, dated the 29th March
1875, regarding travelling allowances to Police Officers.
Letters to the Governments of the Punjab and Fort Saint George, Nos. 1167 and 1168,
dated the 28th February 1877 , declaring that " if an officer is ordered to proceed to a
distant station so quickly that he is obliged to send his tents and horses by rail or
steamer, the Governor- General in Council has no objection to the Local Government
allowing him, by a special order, to recover the actual cost of their carriage in addition
to his authorised travelling allowances."
Endorsement No. 139 , dated the 24th April 1877, forwarding copies of the letter No. 1167,
of the 28th February 1877, to the Home Department and to Local Governments and
Civil Account Officers.
Office Memorandum from the Home Department, No. 143, dated the 4th May 1877, and its
enclosures, proposing modifications of the foregoing orders.
RESOLUTION. -In supersession of the orders of the 8th August 1866 , 27th March
1867, 31st December 1868, and 29th March 1875, and the passage quoted in the
Preamble from the Rules of the 31st May 1871 , the Hon'ble the President in Coun
cil is pleased to lay down the following Rules for regulating the travelling allowances,
on occasions of temporary absence from head-quarters on duty, of Police Officers
above the rauk of Inspector, throughout India, except in the Bombay Presidency,
where different rules prevail --
:
I. An officer is entitled to travelling allowance at the authorised daily rates
for every day that he is absent from his head-quarters.
II.-If, on any day, an officer travels twenty miles or more, he is entitled for
that day, in lieu of the daily rate, to the authorised mileage rates.
Mileage rates may also be allowed for the whole of a continuous journey
of twenty miles or more, even though it occupies parts of different days :
Provided that the daily rate may not be drawn for any day partly occu
pied by a journey for which mileage rates are so charged.
III. An officer, when obliged to carry with him tents, horses, and orderlies,
by river-steamer or railway, may recover the actual cost of their carriage
up to the following limits :
Number of
Weight of tents. Horses. Orderlies.
Inspector -General ... 35 maunds 4
Deputy Inspector -General 35 29
District Superintendent or Asst. Superintendent , 25 99 2
If the destination of an Inspector-General is more than fifty miles from his
head-quarters, he may also charge freight of one conveyance.
2. The President in Council is also pleased to rule that no Police Officer who
is already in receipt of tentage may be reimbursed the cost of carrying tents by
railway or steamer under the orders of the 28th February 1877. Whenever, under
those orders as thus modified, a Police Officer transferred from one station to au
other is allowed to recover freight on his tents or horses, or both, the weight of the
tents and the number of the horses on account of which such recovery is made shall
not exceed the limits prescribed in the third rule in paragraph 1 of this Resolution.
The orders in this paragraph apply to officers in the Bombay Presidency as well as
elsewhere.
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT.
No. 2512G. -Rules IX and X of the revised rules published under Foreign
Department Notification No. 1330G. , dated 6th July 1875, for giving effect to
Article IX of the Treaty between the British Government and His Highness the
Maharaja of Jummoo and Kashmir, dated 2nd May 1870, for the furtherance of
trade with Eastern Turkistan, are hereby cancelled, and the following revised Rules
IX and X are substituted for them :
IX . The holder of a certificate granted under Rule VII will only be entitled
to claim a refund on such certificate after it has been attested either
* NOTE- The name and designation of the said offi 1. By the customs official*
cials are at present as follows : of His Highness the Maharajah
At Jummoo, Partab Sing, Farmer of Customs.
At Srinuggur, Bodh Sing, Farmer of Customs. on arrival of the goods at Jummoo
Any change in their name or designation will be or Srinuggur of His Highness'
notified in the Gazette. dominions, or
2. By the British Joint Commissioner at Leh on arrival of the goods at Leh, or
3. During the absence of the British Joint Commissioner from Leh by the
Kashmir Joint Commissioner,
SEPTR. 1877. ] SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS. 63
When any of the abovenamed officials are called upon to attest the certificate,
they will examine the packages to see that the seals are untampered with, and that
the number and weight of packages correspond with the certificate accorded .
X. The owner or his agent may then present this certificate either to the
British Joint Commissioner at Leh, or during the absence of the British Joint Com
missioner at Leh, or in the case of goods sealed and declared at Calcutta or Bom
bay to the Collector at Calcutta or Bombay, respectively, or in the case of goods
sealed and declared at Umritsar to the Deputy Commissioner at Umritsar, and
obtain payment of the amount of duty stated therein. No refunds will be paid at
Sultanpore .
No. 3021. -The Governor-General in Council directs the publication of the
following Addendum to the Civil Pension Code of the Financial Department :--
Add the following to the Note to Exception (4) under this section : —
(44.) But if such a clerk is subsequently employed in the Civil Department,
he may count his service in the Military office, provided he takes his discharge
within twelve months after joining his appointment in the Civil Department.

CIVIL LEAVE CODE.
Supplement F., Section 1 ( b), Exception 4, (page 210).
Insert the following before the words " An Artificer":—
" An Engineer of the Marine Department, or "
Section 38 (a), (page 241).
Insert the following as case (a 3) under this section :-
(a 3). A Chaplain officiating as Archdeacon is entitled to an acting allowance.
of Rs. 166-10-8 a month in addition to his pay as Chaplain.
HOME DEPARTMENT.
No. 13-673, dated 14th September 1877.
From -Officiating Secrectary to the Government of India, Home Department,
A case has recently occurred in which a European, who came to this country
as a gentleman's servant, was sent to the Bhowanipore Lunatic Asylum under the
provisions of Section 4 of Act XXXVI * of 1858. On
* An Act relating to Lu
arrival there be was found not to be insane, but merely
natic Asylums.
to be suffering from intemperance ; hence his journey to
Bhowanipore and detention in the asylum there have caused needless expense to
Government.
2. I am now directed to forward the accompanying orderst by the Govern

† To Bengal Government, ment of India for regulating the admission of lunatics
No. 179, dated 25th March into asylums, and I am to request that the restrictious
1876.
contained in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 in regard to such ad
mission may in future be carefully attended to.
From-Officiating Secretary to the Government of India, Home Department,
To-The Secretary to the Government of Bengal, Judicial Department.
I am directed to acknowledge your letter No. 631 , dated the 17th ultimo, and
in reply to say that, under the provisions of Section I of Act XXXVI of 1858, the
Governor General in Council is pleased to sanction the establishment of a Lunatic
* Home Department No. 454, Asylum at Hazaribagh, and to approve of his Honor
dated the 22nd January 1869. the Lieutenant-Governor's proceedings in the matter,
Home Department No. 44, dated on the clear understanding that the orders* of the
the 28th January 1876.
Government of India, dated 22nd January 1869 , and
28th January last, will regulate the class of lunatics to be received and maintained
in this asylum.
2. I am to express a hope that the Government of Bengal have not lost sight
of the necessary restrictions which the orders above mentioned prescribe. The
Government of India are not prepared to admit that it is the duty of the State to
provide everywhere a certain amount of asylum accommodation sufficient for the
assumed lunatic population of the country irrespective of the fact whether the
lunatics themselves are collected by the means which the law provides, or whether
proper precautions have been taken to see that the law itself is carefully adminis
tered, and not stretched to its extreme limits. The tendency among public officers
is to admit into asylums, from a spirit of compassion , as many lunatics as the asy
lum can contain : whereas it is believed that the average number of patients in the
Lunatic Asylum at Bhowanipore was considerably reduced in 1861-62 by the enforce
ment of two simple rules, ( 1 ) not to accept as lunatics persons suffering only from
the effects of intoxicating drugs or spirits ; (2 ) not to receive without payment
lunatics whose friends are able to pay for their maintenance.
3. It is unnecessary and unwise to go to the extent of admitting into Govern
ment asylums and maintaining at the public expense all the insanes that are presented
for admission. Persons suffering from the temporary results of sickness, intemper
ance or debauchery, and those whom their friends ought to support, should be kept
out of public asylums. Many insanes are, as a matter of fact, well taken care of by
their friends, better indeed and with more tenderness than they can be ordinarily
tended at a Government asylum ; whereas others, and specially those who are but
partially insane and harmless, are best left alone.
4. While therefore the Government of India approve of large central asylums
-such as that now established at Hazaribagh in preference to small lunatic asylums
scattered over the country and less amenable to proper supervision and control- it
is only on the understanding that the accommodation provided by the State is
rigidly restricted to those for whom it is intended.

CUSTOMS.
The 21st September 1877.
No 132.-In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 6 of the Indian
Tariff Act, 1875, the Hon'ble the President in Council is pleased to exempt regi
mental band instruments from import duty.
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FOREIGN DEPARTMENT.
JUDICIAL.

No. 144J. - In exercise of the power conferred by Section 3 of Act XIV of
1874 [the Scheduled Districts' Act], the Hon'ble the Lieutenant-Governor of the
Punjab is pleased, with the previous sanction of the Hon'ble the President in
Council, to declare that the said Act is in force in the Scheduled Districts of the
Punjab.
No. 145J.- In exercise of the power conferred by Section 5 of Act XIV of
1874 [the Scheduled Districts' Act], the Hon'ble the Lieutenant- Governor of the
Punjab is pleased, with the previous sanction of the Hon'ble the President in
Council, to extend Act I of 1877 [ the Specific Relief Act ] to the Scheduled Districts
of the Punjab.
PENSIONS, GRATUITIES , &C.
The 21st September 1877.
No. 3280.-The President in Council desires to intimate that the Addenda
and Corrigenda to the Codes of the Financial Department are issued under the
orders of the Government and should be treated as authoritative without any fur
ther notification of each change.
following Addendum to the Acting Allowance Code of the Financial Department :
Section 2 (b), (page 224.)

Insert the following as a foot-note to the word " service" in the example under
this Section :
" This does not refer to cases of progressive pay which are governed by
the specific rules in Chapter IX.”
PAY AND ALLOWANCES.

No. 3399.-The President in Council directs that the following Resolution be
published in the Gazette of India for general information : ~
RESOLUTION. -The President in Council is pleased to rule that in calculating
travelling allowances at mileage rates, fractions of a mile shall be omitted from the
calculation.
No. 3439.-The Governor-General in Council directs the publication of the
-
following addendum to the Civil Leave Code of the Financial Department :
Supplement F, Section 1 (b), (page 209).

Add the following after the second sentence of this section:
The absentee allowance of the substantive incumbent must not exceed what
remains from the pay of the appointment after provision is made for the efficient
discharge of his duties during his absence.
From- Secretary to the Government of India, Financial Department,
To -The Chief Commissioner, Central Provinces.
In reply to your letter No. 2858, dated 20th July 1877, I am directed to say
that the Honorable the President in Council approves of the additional rule pro
posed by you, making the demand or receipt of any consideration in excess of the
value of a stamp, sold by a licensed stamp-vendor, penal. The new provision may,
as you suggest, be added to Rule IX of the Rules for the sale of stamps framed
under Section 48 of Act XVIII of 1869, which will now be as follows : —
IX.-Every licensed vendor shall without delay deliver any stamp which he
has in his possession for sale on demand by any person tendering the
value in any currency which would be accepted on behalf of the Govern
ment by the Collector of the district. A licensed vendor shall not de
mand or accept for any stamp any consideration exceeding the value of
such stamp .
2. The papers accompanying your letter are herewith returned.
No. 2858-132, dated 20th July 1877.

From - Secretary to Chief Commissioner, Central Provinces,
To-The Secretary to the Government of India, Home Department.
By Act XVIII of 1869 (the General Stamp Act) the provisions of Act X of 1862, regarding
the sale of stamps, were repealed, and, in lieu of these, the former Act invested the Local
Governments with the power of framing rules, subject to the sanction of His Excellency the
Viceroy and Governor- General in Council, for the regulation of such sale ( Section 48 ) .
2. Rules were accordingly framed for these Provinces, a copy of which is annexed for
facility of reference. But these rules do not contain any provision for the punishment of a
stamp-vendor accepting any consideration exceeding the value of the stamp sold, such as was
contained in section 42 of Act X of 1862.
3. Owing to the fact that the opinion has been prevalent that this provision of the old
law was still in force, no evil results have hitherto followed this omission. But a case having
now arisen, it is necessary to rectify the matter. It is a matter of great importance that the
demanding or accepting of such consideration should be made penal. Otherwise great extor
tion may well be looked for.
4. The Chief Commissioner accordingly proposes, with the sanction of the Government of
India, to frame an additional rule to the following effect : -" A licensed vendor shall not de
maud or accept for any stamp any consideration exceeding the value of such stamp." This
rule might be added to Rule IX of the rules herewith submitted.

READ again
Expenditure Proceedings, March 1870, Nos. 17 to 20, and November 1872, No. 15 ; Ac
counts, Proceedings, October 1875, Nos. 12 to 13 ; and Abstracts, January 1875, No. 46-1 , and
February 1875, No. 123-1 .
RESOLUTION. -By Resolution No. 1221 , dated 21st February 1870, the record
of any salary as contingent expenditure was strictly forbidden.
2. By Resolution No. 4018, dated 5th November 1872, payment for section
writing to any person in the receipt of a salary from the Government, except with
the special sanction of the Local Government, was prohibited.
3. By Resolution No. 3601 , dated 30th September 1875 , additions to sanc
tioned salaries were made subject to the sanction of the Government, Local or
Supreme, as the case might be.
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4. The Governor-General in Council is now pleased to declare that if any

bonus or honorarium , as for instance, for work done out of office hours, is paid to
any public officer, it must be recorded in the public accounts, and treated by the
offices of Audit and Account as an addition to salary, and be made subject to the
Rules which govern such additions : that is to say, if the bonus or honorarium is
paid to an officer whose salary is recorded in the Imperial Section of the Accounts,
the sauction of the Government of India, in other cases the sanction of the Local
Government is necessary before the charge can be admitted .
PAY AND ALLOWANCES.--TRAVELLING ALLOWANCES.

No. 3,474, dated 5th October 1877.
READ the following correspondence regarding the grant of travelling allowance,
under certain circumstances, in the Punjab and the Central Provinces : -
I. PUNJAB.
For the second time
Proceedings (Leave and Allowances) , Nos. 23 to 26, July 1868, ruling that when a Police
Officer, marching with his camp and drawing the daily rate for a journey under 20
miles, is suddenly compelled, on an emergency, to travel rapidly to his distant head
quarters, so leaving his camp standing, he may be allowed, subject to the decision of
certain superior departmental officers, to draw mileage for any distance travelled
away from his camp, exceeding 20 miles, in addition to the travelling allowance, so
long as carriage is maintained.
Proceedings, Leave and Allowances ( Abstract) 27—1 and 2, April 1873, ruling that the
Clerk of the Financial Commissioner's Court, who had accompanied his chief on tour,
and who, when the Financial Commissioner, on being summoned to an assembly of
the Legislative Council in Calcutta, left his camp standing at Dera Ghazi Khan, did
the same, and returned to duty at Lahore, while the Financial Commissioner came to
Calcutta, should be allowed his usual travelling allowance of Rs. 3 a day for the period
during which his marching establishment was in camp, and until its return to Lahore ;
on the ground that the expense for which the allowance is given was fully incurred .
For the first time
Letter from the Government of the Punjab, No. 1295, dated 12th May 1877, reporting a
similar instance, in which the Financial Commissioner, after having taken his Clerk of
Court on tour, was obliged to leave his camp standing at Umballa, and to proceed to
Calcutta, while the Clerk also kept up his marching establishment at Umballa, remain.
ed there in camp for much more than a month, exclusive of an interval during which
he returned to Lahore on duty, leaving his marching establishment at Umballa, and
eventually rejoining it there. The Government of the Punjab recommends that full
travelling allowance at three-tenths of salary should be passed to the Clerk of Court for
the whole period during which he kept up marching establishments.
II. -CENTRAL PROVINCES .
Proceedings (Leave and Allowances) , No. 6—1 (Abstract), July 1868 ; Proceedings (Leave
and Allowances ) No. 1-162 ( Abstract) , September 1868 , in which the Chief Commis
sioner represented the following circumstances :
(a.)-That owing to the difficulty of procuring carriage in the Central Provinces, all District
Officers, viz., Deputy Commissioners, Assistant Commissioners, and Extra Assistant
Commissioners, and Police Officers, have to hire carriage for the season.
(b.) That, in practice, these Officers, and especially Deputy Commissioners, are often ob
liged to break their marches, leave their camp standing, and return to head- quarters
on duty for more than the eight days of halt, for which full travelling allowance has
been allowed under a local rule.
(c.)-That in the Punjab, Settlement Officers drew half travelling allowance for any halt
exceeding fifteen days in the marching season, and Police Officers were similarly
privileged with the exception that the first period of grace, or that on full allowance,
was, in their case, restricted to seven days.
Thereupon, the Chief Commissioner, having regard to the state of the market for labour
and carriage in the Central Provinces, recommended that the District Officers above
mentioned should receive full allowance, as theretofore, for any halt not exceeding
eight days, and half allowance for any halt not exceeding one month,
The proposal was sanctioned for Deputy Commissioners, Assistant and Extra Assistant
Commissioners, with a notification as regards Police Officers, viz., that they might
draw full travelling allowance for a halt not exceeding eight days, and half allowance
for a halt not exceeding a month, only when they are obliged to hire carriage for their
camp equipage by the season. But each case was to be treated specially.
For the first time
Letter from the Chief Commissioner, Central Provinces, No. 1928-93, dated 17th May
1877 , recommending that the decision of September 1868 may be extended to the
Commissioner of Excise in the Central Provinces, so as to enable him, when tempo.
rarily absent from camp during the marching season, on duty at head-quarters, to draw
full travelling allowance for any halt not exceeding eight days, and half allowance
for halts exceeding eight days and not exceeding one month, he having on such occa
sions to maintain his private camp which is hired for the season.
RESOLUTION .- The Governor-General in Council observes that in the several
decisions of 1868 to 1873, recited in the preamble, the grants of marching allow
auce, at full or half rates, for periods of necessary halt on duty, with or away from
standing camp, were designed merely to cover expenses actually incurred for the
standing camp, and not to yield a personal profit.
2. His Excellency in Council is now pleased to empower Local Governments
to deal with similar cases in which camp establishment is kept up and expenses are
actually incurred, on the understanding that the payments which may be authorised
shall not exceed the actual expenses of the camp.
3. This Resolution does not apply to officers who receive premanent monthly
travelling allowances.
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT.
The 1st October 1877.
No. 152J.-In exercise of the power conferred by Section 5 of Act XIV of

1874 (The Scheduled Districts Act), the Hon'ble the Lieutenant-Governor of the
Punjab is pleased, with the previous sanction of the Governor-General in Council,
to extend Act X of 1877 (The Code of Civil Procedure) to the Scheduled Districts
of the Punjab, except Sections 1 and 3, which are already in force in the said
Scheduled Districts.
FINANCIAL Department.
following Addendum to the Civil Leave Code of the Financial Department :
CIVIL LEAVE CODE.
-
Insert the following as Rule 1B under this section together with the Note appended :
1B.-If the Local Government decides before an officer whom it has the power
to remove from the service leaves India, that he shall not be permitted to return
to duty in India, notice should be given to him before he leaves India, so that any
remonstrance which he may wish to make, may be considered on the spot by au
authority fully cognisant of the facts of the case. Such notice should not be post
poned until after the officer's departure and then communicated to him through the
Secretary of State. But if the question to be determined is the propriety of re
moving an officer for incapacity, whether mental or physical, which is of such a
69
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nature that it is not possible to say before his departure whether it will be perma
nent or temporary, the Local Government should report the circumstruces fully to
the Government of India for communication to the Secretary of State for India.
[NOTE. -These Rules ( 1A and 1B) must not be understood to authorize the
grant of furlough to an officer who ought to be dismissed or removed from the ser
vice for misconduct or general incapacity.]

CUSTOMS.
No. 188. —Iu exercise of the powers conferred by Section 6 of the Indian
Tariff Act, 1875, the Governor General in Council is pleased to exempt from all
duties of Customs, wooden railway sleepers, current coin and bullion, when they
are imported into British India.
-
CIVIL PENSION CODE.
Section 38 (page 18) .
Add the following as Rule 10A under this section -
10A. The rules of this Code apply to an officer appointed to the Kolhapore
School before the 22nd October 1875 ; but the British Government is not respousi
ble for any pension or gratuity to which he may become entitled. Such pension or
gratuity is payable only from the Fund described in Rule I (b) , Appendix D. If
such an officer is transferred to service under the British Government, any pension
or gratuity to which he may become thereafter entitled , is payable according to the
rule of proportions by the British Government and from the said Fund.
Section 52 (page 27) .
Insert the following as Rule 2A under this section :
24. Whenever it appears from the certificate prescribed by Rule 2 that a
person has been admitted to the public service whose age according to his own
statement or in the opinion of the examining medical officer exceeded twenty-five
years, the Accountant-General should report the case for the orders of the Local
Government, reminding it of the Resolution by the Government of India No. 423,
dated 20th January 1871 , quoted as a foot-note to Section 60.
CIVIL LEAVE CODE.
Section 83A (page 137).
Substitute the following for the last sentence :—
Nor does this rule apply to a military officer who either vacates his appoint
ment in the Civil Department when going on leave and reverts to the Military
Department, or receives only English furlough pay, or to a Covenanted Civil Servant
who receives only subsistence allowance : in these cases, the allowance admissible is
charged to the British Indian revenues.
70 SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS . [ RECORD

CIVIL PENSION CODE.
Chapter I.
Insert the following Note between " Chapter I " and Definitions : ·-
[NOTE. No standing order not contained in this Code should be quoted or
trusted in deciding or submitting for orders any question affecting pensions. If any
officer thinks that any order not embodied in this Code ought to be revived, he should
refer the question through the proper channel to the Government of India. With
out the special authority of the Government of India, no such order has any validity.]
Section 1 (a) (Page 1.)
Insert the following as a Note under this section :—
[ NOTE. - The Chief Commissioner of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is not a
Local Government for the purposes of this Code. ]
Section 59.
Insert the following as a Note under this section after Clause (c) on page 32 :
[NOTE. -- The proviso under Section 60 applies to an officer invalided on account
of incapacity for further service, which incapacity is due to old age or natural decay
from advancing years. The attention of the examining medical officer should always
be called to that proviso in the case of an officer whose qualifying service begun after
he attained the age of twenty-five years, in order that he may adapt his certificate
accordingly.]
Section 60 Proviso ( Page 32.)
For the words " admissible as invalid pension or gratuity " substitute “ admissi
ble under this section."
Insert the words :
"See Rule 5 under Section 95, page 52. A gratuity is intended to be less
valuable than a pension, and must not be awarded if it is likely to impose upon the
revenue a higher charge than would arise from a pension.
As a foot-note to the word " Gratuity " in each of the following sections :
29 52 ( 99 27).
"9 53 ( "" 28 ), and
"9 56 ( » 29).
Section 95 ( Page 52.)
Insert the following as Rule 5 under this section :
5. Every applicant for a gratuity should appear before a commissioned medical
officer or medical officer in charge of a civil station, and if the medical officer con
siders that the applicant has clearly not the normal prospects of life , he should so
certify in a confidential report to the head of the office, explaining briefly the grounds
for his opinion. In such case the Local Government should grant, in lieu of the
gratuity, a pension equal to that which the gratuity would purchase according to
the scale in Table A, Appendix E, for a person of the same age with normal pros
pects of life. But it is not intended that this rule should be employed indiscrimi
nately, and the Government of India will be ready specially to consider any cases
in which its strict operation would work serious hardship.
ГОСТВ . 1877. ] SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS. 71
CIVIL LEAVE CODE.

Chapter (Page 113.)
Insert the following Note between " Chapter I " and " Extent of application ":
[ NOTE. No standing order not contained in this Code should be quoted or
trusted in deciding or submitting for orders any question affecting leave. If any
officer thinks that any order not embodied in this Code ought to be revived, he
should refer the question through the proper channel to the Government of India.
Without the special authority of the Government of India, no such order has any
validity.]
Section 4 (g) (Page 118.)
Insert the following as a Note under this section : —
[ NOTE.-The Chief Commissioner of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is not
a Local Government for the purposes of this Code. ]
SUPPLEMENT F.
Section 1 (b) Exception (4) ( Page 210.)
Add the following after the words " Ordnance establishment " :—
" or a syce in charge of a Government stallion."
Chapter I (Page 223.)
Insert the following Note between " Chapter I " and " Definitions and Explanations " :
[ NOTE.- No standing order not contained in this Code should be quoted or
trusted in deciding or submitting for orders any question affecting acting allow
ances. If any officer thinks that any order not embodied in this Code ought to be
revived, he should refer the question through the proper channel to the Government
of India. Without the special authority of the Government of India, no such order
has any validity.]
Section 1 (a) (Page 223.)
-
Insert the following as a Note under this section :
[NOTE. -The Chief Commissioner of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is not
a Local Government for the purposes of this Code. ]
Section 25.
-
Insert the following as Rule 4 on page 236 :
4. An officer in medical charge of a civil station is entitled under this section
to an allowance of Rs. 100 a month for holding visiting charge of a second station.
LEAVE, LEAVE ALLOWANCES, &c.

CIVIL LEAVE CODE.
Insert the following Note under this section :
[ NOTE. This section does not apply to a military officer employed in the
Military Secretariat of the Government of India, Madras or Bombay. Such an
officer is subject to the rules of the Military Department for all kinds of leave.]
.72ས SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS. [ RECORD
SUPPLEMENT E.
Section 13, (page 206.)
Substitute the following for Rule 1 under this section :—

A Chaplain on privilege leave may draw any local allowance attaching to his
office, such as conveyance allowance, or jail allowance, provided that it is not drawn
by his locum tenens.
PAY AND ALLOWANCES.
Chapter IV, (page 226.)
Insert thefollowing Note below the heading of this Chapter :
[NOTE. A military officer employed in the Military Secretariat of the Govern
ment of India, Madras or Bombay, though drawing pay in the Civil Department, is
not, for the purposes of this Code, considered to be a military officer in civil employ. ]
C
NOVR. 1877. ] SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS. 73
HOME DEPARTMENT,
The 1st November 1877.
No. 2032.-In supersession of Home Department Notification No. 3274, dated
the 6th July 1871 , the following new Warrant of Precedence for India, which has
been approved by Her Majesty the Queen, Empress of India, and which has receiv
ed Her Royal Sign Manual, as also the graded list of civil offices not reserved for
Members of the Covenanted Civil Service, supplementary to the Warrant of Prece
dence, which has been prepared under the orders of the Governor-General in Coun
cil, are published for general information :
1. Warrant of Precedence approved by the Queen, Empress of India.
VICTORIA, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, Empress of India,
To all to whom these presents shall come greeting :
Whereas it hath been represented unto Us that it is advisable that the rank
and precedence of persons holding appointments in the East Indies, as regulated by
Our Royal Warrant, dated the 6th day of May 1871 , should be altered in mauuer
hereinafter mentioned. We do therefore hereby declare that it is Our Will and
Pleasure, notwithstanding anything in Our said Warrant contained, that the follow
ing Table be henceforth observed with respect to the rank and precedence of the
persons hereinafter named, viz. :—
1. Governor General and Viceroy of India.
2. Governors of Madras and Bombay.
3. President of the Council of the Governor General.
4. Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, the North-Western Provinces, or the
Punjab, when in his own territories.
5. Commander-in-Chief in India.
6. Lieutenant-Governors of Bengal, the North-Western Provinces, and the
Punjab.
7. Chief Justice of Bengal.
8. Bishop of Calcutta, Metropolitan of India.
9. Ordinary Members of the Council of the Governor General.
10. Commanders-in-Chief in Madras and Bombay.
11. Commander-in- Chief of Her Majesty's Naval Forces in India, unless senior
in relative rank to the Commander-in-Chief of Madras and Bombay,
in which case he will take the precedence.
12 . Chief Justices of Madras, Bombay, and the North-Western Provinces.
13. Bishops of Madras and Bombay.
14. Ordinary Members of Council in Madras and Bombay.
15. Chief Commissioners and Resident at Hyderabad, and Agents to the Gov
ernor General in Rajputana, Central India, and Baroda.
16. Puisne Judges of the High Courts of Calcutta, Madras, Bombay, and the
North-Western Provinces.
17. Military Officers above the rank of Major- General.
18. Additional Members of the Council of the Governor General, when
assembled to make Laws, &c .
19 . Secretaries to the Government of India.
20. Commissioner in Sind.
21 . Judges of the Chief Court, Punjab.
22. Additional Members of the Councils of the Governors of Madras and
Bombay, when assembled to make Laws, &c.
23. Chief Secretaries to the Governments of Madras and Bombay.
24. Members of the Legislative Council of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal.

25. Vice-Chancellors of Indian Universities.
FIRST CLASS .
26. Civilians of 31 years' standing and Major-Generals.
27. Advocate-General, Calcutta.
28. Advocates-General, Madras and Bombay.
29. Members of the Boards of Revenue, Madras, Bengal, and the North-Western
Provinces, and Commissioners of Revenue and Customs, Bombay.
30. Financial Commissioner, Punjab.
31. Judicial Commissioners, and the Recorder of Rangoon.
32. Comptroller- General of Accounts in India.
33. Commissioners of Divisions within their own Divisions, and Residents,
Political Agents, and Superintendents on pay of Rs. 2,000 per mensem
or more (not being Collectors or Deputy Commissioners of British
Districts) within their own charges.
34. Civil and Military Secretaries to Governments, Madras and Bombay, and
Civil Secretaries to Governments, Bengal, North- Western Provinces,
and Punjab.
35. Surveyor-General of India, and Directors-General of the Post Office, and
of Telegraphs.
36. Chief Engineers, 1st Class.
37. Archdeacons of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay,
38. Brigadiers-General.
SECOND CLASS.
39. Civilians of 23 years' standing and Colonels.
40. Commissioners of Divisions and Commissioner of Police, Calcutta.
41. Private Secretary to the Viceroy.
42. Residents, Political Agents, aud Superintendents on pay of Rs. 2,000
per mensem ot more (not being Collectors or Deputy Commissioners
of British Districts .)
43. Superintendent, Great Trigonometrical Survey.
44. Commissioner of Inland Customs.
45. Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India.
46. Superintendent of the Geological Survey.
47. Inspector-General of Forests in India.
48. Standing Counsel to the Government of India.
49. Military Accountant-General.
50. Directors of Public Instruction under Local Governments.
51 . Accountants-General for Local Governments.
52. Inspectors-General of Police under Local Governments.
53. Director of Revenue Settlement, and Superintendent of Revenue Survey,
Madras ; Survey and Settlement Commissioners, Bombay ; Commis
sioner of Settlements, Punjab.
54. Remembrancers of Legal Affairs and Government Advocates in the North
Western Provinces, the Punjab, and British Burma.
55. Consulting Engineers to the Government of India for Guaranteed Rail
ways, Calcutta and Lahore, and Chief Engineers , Second and Third
Classes, under Local Governments.
56. District and Sessions Judges, Collectors and Magistrates of Districts,
Deputy Commissioners of Districts, Deputy Superintendent of Port
Blair, and the Chief Officer of each Presidency Municipality, within
their respective charges.
57. Officers in the First Class, graded list of civil offices not reserved for mem
bers of the Covenanted Civil Service.
THIRD CLASS .
58. Civilians of 18 years' standing and Lieutenant Colonels.
59. Political Agents and Superintendents on pay of Rs. 1,000 per mensem,
but less than Rs. 2,000 (not being Collectors or Deputy Commissioners
of British Districts) within their own charges.
60. Military Secretary to the Government Punjab, and Civil Secretaries to
Local Administrations.
61. Private Secretaries to Governors.
62. Directors of Public Instruction under Local Administrations.
63. Administrators- General, Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay.
64. Inspectors-General of Jails and of Registration , Sanitary Commissioners,
Inspectors and Conservators of Forests under Local Governments, and
Post-Masters-General.
65. Accountants-General for Local Administrations.
66. Consulting Engineer to the Government of India for Guaranteed Rail
ways, Lucknow, and Chief and Superintending Engineers when Secre
taries to Local Administrations, or to Agents to the Governor General.
67. Inspectors-General of Police under Local Administrations.
68. Senior Chaplains .
69. Superintendent of Marine, Bombay.
70. Master Attendants.
71. Sheriffs within their own charges.
72. Officers in the Second Class, graded list of civil offices not reserved for
members of the Covenanted Civil Service.
FOURTH CLASS.
73. Civilians of 12 years' standing and Majors.
74. Political Agents and Superintendents on pay less than Rs. 1,000 per men
sem, within their own charges.
75. Government Solicitors.
76. Inspectors-General of Jails and of Registration, Sanitary Commissioners,
and Conservators of Forests under Local Administrations.
77. Officers in the Third Class, graded list of civil offices not reserved for mem
bers of the Covenanted Civil Service
Officers in the above table will take precedence in order of the numbers of the
entries. Those included in one number will take precedence inter se according to
the date of entry into that number.
When an officer holds more than one position in the table, he will be entitled
to the highest position accorded to him.
Officers who are temporarily officiating in any number in the table will rank in
that number below permanent incumbents.
All officers not mentioned in the above table, whose rank is regulated by com
parison with rank in the army, to have the same rank with reference to civil ser
vants as is enjoyed by Military Officers of equal grades.
All other persons who may not be mentioned in this table to take rank accord
ing to general usage, which is to be explained and determined by the Governor
General in Council in case any question shall arise.
Nothing in the foregoing Rules to disturb the existing practice relating to pre
cedence at Native Courts, or on occasions of intercourse with Natives, and the Govern
nor General in Council to be empowered to make rules for such occasions in case
any dispute shall arise .
All ladies to take place according to the rank herein assigned to their respec
tive husbands, with the exception of wives of Peers, and of ladies having precedence
in England independently of their husbands, and who are not in rauk below the
daughters of barons, such ladies to take place according to their several rauks, with
reference to such precedence in England, immediately after the wives of Members
of Council at the Presidencies in India.
Given at Our Court at Balmoral, this eighteenth day of October, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, and in the Fortieth
Year of Our Reign.
By Her Majesty's Command.
(Signed) SALISBURY.
2. Supplementary graded list of civil offices not reserved for Members of the
Covenanted Civil Service prepared under the orders of the Governor- General in
Council.
FIRST CLASS (Number 57 of the Warrant).

Deputy Comptroller General,
Deputy Secretaries to the Government of India.
Deputy Surveyors General and Superintendents of Revenue Survey.
Directors of State Railways.
Inspector of Local Offices of Account.
SECOND CLASS- (Number 72 of the Warrant).

Chairman of the Port Trust, Calcutta.
Chairman of the Town Council, Bombay.
Commissioners of Police, Madras and Bombay.
Deputy Accountants General to Local Governments.
Deputy Commissioners of Districts and of Settlements.
Deputy Director General of the Post Office.
Deputy Director General of Telegraphs.
Deputy Inspectors General of Police,
Deputy Superintendents of Revenue, Topographical and Trigonometrical Surveys,
1st grade.
Deputy Superintendent of Port Blair.
Directors of Traffic and Construction , Telegraph Department.
Educational Department Officers , 1st grade.
Examiners of Accounts, Public Works Department, 1st class and 2nd class, 1st
grade.
First Judges of Presidency Courts of Small Canses.
Geological Survey Officers, 1st grade.
Government Astronomer, Madras.
Superintendent of Royal Botanical Gardens, Calcutta.
Supermtendent of Marine Survey.
Superintendent of Inam Settlements, Mysore.
Superintendents of Revenue Survey and Assessment , Bombay and Mysore.
Superintending Engineers, Public Works Department.
Under Secretaries to the Government of India.
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THIRD CLASS (Number 77 of the Warrant).

Assistant Secretaries to the Government of India.
Deputy Commissioner, Inland Customs.
Deputy Commissioner of Police, Calcutta.
Deputy Directors of Revenue Settlements , and of Revenue Surveys, Madras.
Deputy Superintendents of Revenue, Topographical and Trigonometrical Surveys,
2nd grade.
Educational Department Officers, 2nd grade.
Examiners of Accounts, Public Works Department, 2nd class, 2nd grade.
Executive Engineers, Public Works Department, 1st grade.
Geological Survey Officers, 2nd grade.
Inspector-in-Chief, Cotton Frauds, Bombay.
Junior Judge of Presidency Courts of Small Causes .
Presidency Magistrates.
Registrars to the High Courts and to the Chief Court, Punjab.
Settlement Officer, Sind.
Superintendent of the Indian Museum.
Superintendents of Stamps and Stationery.
Superintendents, Telegraph Department, 1st and 2nd grades.
EXPENDITURE- MEDICAL.
The 31st October 1877.
No. 4177. -The following Resolution is published in the Gazette of India for
general information : --
Read again
Pay and Allowances Proceedings , July 1977, Nos . 10 to 31 .
Read the following letters :
From the Government of Bengal, to the Government of India in the Home Department,
No. 731T. , dated 21st June, asking permission to appoint an Uncovenanted Medical
Officer to be Civil Surgeon of Burdwan, one of the civil stations reserved for the
Covenanted Medical Service.
From the Government of India in the Home Department, to the Government of Bengal,
No. 451 , dated 14th August 1877 , refusing to sanction this appointment.
RESOLUTION. - Ry Resolutions No. 2185, dated 14th August 1876, and No.
3813, dated 31st October 1876 , the principle was affirmed that, except for special
reasons, and with the previous sanction of the Government of India, no one but a
Commissioned Medical Officer should be appointed to any office reserved for the
Covenanted Medical Services.
2. In applying for permission to make the appointment which has now been
disallowed, the Government of Bengal pointed out that these orders of 1876 ap
pear to conflict with certain earlier orders favoring as economical, the extended
employment of Uncovenanted Medical Officers.
3. The Governor General in Council considers that there is no real conflict
between the orders thus contrasted ; but, to prevent future misunderstanding
about a principle of much importance, His Excellency in Council deems it neces
sary to recite and declare afresh the policy of the Government as regards the
public service in the Medical Department.
4. The Commissioned Medical Officers in the Military Department are all
Members of organised Covenanted Services. The Government of India has autho
rised the appointment of Members of these services to certain specified Civil Me
dical Charges and Appointments. These specified appointments are added to the
List of Military appointments for which provision is authorised, and the strength
of the Commissioned Medical Services is regulated and maintained accordingly.

Every addition to the List of Civil Medical Charges for which Covenanted Officers
are authorised, involves an addition to the strength of one of the Commissioned
Medical Services ; and every reduction of that List involves a reduction of the
strength of one of these Services.
5. The pay and pension of a Commissioned or Covenanted Medical Officer in
Civil employ being higher than the pay and pension of au Uncovenanted Medical
Officer, every addition to the List of Civil Medical Charges for which Commissioned
Medical Officers are authorised , causes additional expense, and every reduction of
this List produces a saving. Hence the orders to which the Government of Bengal
has referred, favoring the extended employment of Uncovenanted, in place of Cove
nanted, Medical Officers. The principle of these orders is still emphatically re
cognised every curtailment of the List of Civil Medical Charges for which Commis
sioned Officers must be provided will be welcomed as conducive to economy, and
no addition to this List will be allowed without the strongest evidence of necessity.
6. But, when once a Civil Medical Charge is enrolled in the List and pro
vision is made for it by the necessary addition to the strength of one of the Com
missioned Medical Services, it is impossible, except for very special reasons, to allow
the appointment thereto of any one but a Commissioned Medical Officer. The ap
pointment of an Uncovenanted Officer to an office for which provision is made in
the recruitment of one of the Commissioned Medical Services would be obviously
unjust to the officers of this Service, and tend to produce organic incoveniences
such as the Government is now finding it so difficult, and so costly, to remedy in
the Covenanted Civil Service. It is an indispensable condition of the formation
of every body of officers organised under covenant or commission, to fill certain
offices, that the monopoly of these offices be jealously and rigidly preserved to
them. Any departure from this course involves ( 1 ) injustice to the officers, and,
as a consequence, well-founded, and, therefore, mischievous discontent among them ;
(2) needless expense for the pay of officers provided for offices otherwise filled.
7. Hence the Resolutions of 1876 that, except under circumstances of special
necessity and with the particular sanction of the Government of India, no one but
a Covenanted Medical Officer may be appointed to any office in the List of Medical
Charges for which Commissioned Officers are provided . The principle of these
Resolutions makes it necessary to add that they must continue to operate in res
pect to an office removed from that List, so long as any officer who was admitted
to the service before the office was so removed, remains practically eligible for the
appointment.
8. It seems necessary even to go a step further. It being necessary, for the
general purposes of the Administration, to maintain organised bodies of Commis
sioned Medical Officers, economy plainly requires that the utmost possible use be
made of them, and that , so long as any of them is unemployed, no other Medical
Officer be appointed to the public service. An Uncovenanted Medical Officer
is less costly than a Commissioned Officer, only if his employment enables the
Government to dispense with the employment of a Commissioned Officer. It
is not, however, possible to regulate the recruitment of bodies like the Commis
sioned Medical Services so exactly that their number shall never be excessive.
Moreover, the reserve of Commissioned Medical Officers maintained for military
purposes is larger than is needed for actual military duties in times of peace.
9. An Uncovenanted Officer, therefore, should never be appointed to any
Medical Charge, whether it be contained in the List of Charges for which Commis
sioned Officers are allowed or not, until it has been ascertained that no Commis
sioned Officer can be spared for the post. Although the pay of a Commissioned
Officer be higher, it will be cheaper and better to employ such an officer if one can
SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS. 79
NOVR. 1877. ]
be spared, rather than to leave him to draw his military pay for doing duties for
which his services are not absolutely required , and to pay an addition Uncove
The Departmental Medical Authorities
nan ted Off ice r tho ugh
h on
will decide, in eac cas whe e,a low er
the rsca le
a Com . mis sioned Officer can or cannot be spared.
The Government of India does not wish to press for the employment of Com
missioned Officers in any Civil Charges not included in the List of Charges for which
Commissioned Officers are sanctioned and provided ; but the Heads of the Medical
Department should be guided in their proceedings by the principles herein recited.
10. Briefly the policy of the Government of India is as follows :
(1).-The Governor General in Council has no desire to increase the number
of the Commissioned Medical Officers : on the contrary, so far as the exigencies of
the public service will permit , His Excellency in Council would be glad , for econo
mical reasons, to reduce the num ber of such officers.
(2.)-But His Excellency in Council must insist upon the Commissioned
Medical Officers in the several Services at any time, being utilised to the utmost ,
and he expects the Heads of the Medical Department and the Local Governments
to take all precautions not only that there be no avoidable encroachment by Un
covenanted Officers upon the appointments for which Commissioned Officers are
sauctioned and provided , but that not a single Uncovenanted Medical Officer be
appointed to any Civil Medical Charge , unless no Commissioned Medical Officer is
availa11. As the
ble for y . ce of Superintendent of a Central Jail to which the Govern
dutoffi
to the
ment of Bengal refers, the Commissioned Medical Services are not now recruited
with a view to the provision of Members of these Services for this office . There
is, therefore , no conflict between the Resolution in the Home Department No. 819,
dated 16th June 1869 , and the principles affirmed in this Resolution , and no ob
n to the con
jectio12. s ued
tin rat ion ofert Resolu
t ing tion . ctioned
It appear thatope
, wh en asc tha ain the san strength of the Com
missioned Medical Service , in order to determine the number of recruits to be added
to the service from time to time , the Military authorities reckon , among the sanc
tioned appointments, all those actually filled by Medical Officers at the time,
This practice should now cease ; no office
therbespe
should
whe cifitt
adm ed to
ically santhe listd of
ctione or offi
not.ces for which Commissioned Medical Officers
are to be provided , unless the appointment of a Commissioned Medical Officer
thereto is compulsory within the meaning of this Resolution . Any Commissioned
Medical Officer who can be spared , may be appointed to any office which he can
legally fill ; but provision should be made beforehand for the supply of only those
offices for which Commissioned Medical Officers have been specifically allowed , and
to which , without the previous sanction of the Governor General in Council , no one
but a Commissioned Medical Officer may be appointed .

The 2nd November 1877.
No. 4311. -The Governor General in Conncil directs the publication of the
following addendum to the Civil Leave Code of the Financial Department :
CIVIL LEAVE CODE .
Section 36 (r) (page 136).
Insert the following as an exception under this section :
Exception. The absentee allowance of a military officer on furlough out of
India and drawn in England who elected the Military Furlough Rules of 1868 be
fore the 1st July 1871 is paid at the rate of two shiliings the Government rupee.
MINT AND CURRENCY.

No. 3556. -The following Resolutions are published in the Gazette of India
for general information :—
Read again
Financial Notification No. 959, dated 31st May 1869, directing the receipt of copper coin
in payment of Government dues, without limit of amount, and the free supply of such
coin from the Government Treasuries and Sub-treasuries to all applicants for amounts
of the value of not less than Five Rupees, at the rates prescribed by Sections 2 and 9 of
Act XIII of 1862.
Financial Resolution, No. 8173, dated 20th November 1873, removing the limit of Five
Rupees, fixed in the Notification of 31st May 1869, for the issue of copper coin from the
Government Treasuries and Sub- treasuries.
Read also the undermentioned reports regarding the depreciation in the value of
copper coin in the Madras Presidency and in Mysore :
* *
莲
RESOLUTION . -The Governor General in Council learns with regret that, not
withstanding the measures recited in the preamble, legal-tender copper coin has
been circulating, this year, at a discount in Southern India. Whenever this occurs,
injury is inflicted especially upon the poor who can least afford to bear it, and the
Administration is discredited.
2. His Excellency in Council is, accordingly, now pleased to direct the free
exchange of silver for legal-tender copper coin in parcels of the nominal value of
not less than Two Rupees, at every Treasury, Sub-treasury, and Currency Office
throughout British India and in Mysore and Berar, and also , in anticipation of the
consent of the Directors, at the Preeidency Banks and their Branches . Legal
tender copper coin received by the Banks under this Resolution will he subject
to the operation of the Ninth Clause of the Agreements with the Banks ; and the
Comptroller General or Accountant General, as the case may be, will, under the
Fifth Clause of those Agreements, pass bills for the cost of remitting elsewhere any
surplus legal-tender copper coin which may accumulate in any Bank or Branch
Bank.
3. Wherever large bodies of men are assembled on public works under con
struction for purposes of Famiue Relief, or otherwise, the local authorities should
make special arrangements to supply silver on the spot in exchange for the legal
tender copper coin which may be collected by the purveyors or foremen at such
assemblages.
4. The object of these orders is to prevent legal-tender copper coin from cir
culating at a discount ; it is believed that, if they are carefully obeyed, such a
state of things can never occur.
5. If, nevertheless, legal-tender copper coin does, at any time, or anywhere,
circulate at a discount, the circumstance should be immediately reported to the
Local Government, and by the Local Government to the Government of India, with
full explanation of the supposed causes of the phenomenon, and of the measures
taken to remedy the evil.
6. Care must be taken not to receive, whether under these orders or other
wise, at any Treasury, Sub-treasury or Currency Office, any copper coin that is not
a legal-tender under the Indian Coinage Act 1870.
NOVE. 1877. 】 SUPREME GOVERNMENT orders. 81
PAY AND ALLOWANCES- TRAVELLING ALLOWANCES.

No. 8957, dated 29th October 1877.
Read
Letter from Comptroller General, No. 2337, dated 27th July 1877.
RESOLUTION. In contiuuation of Notification No. 1680, dated 11th March
1874, and in supersession of Notification No. 2511 , dated 6th August 1875 , and all
other orders on the subject, the Governor-General in Council is pleased to sanction
the following travelling allowances for ministerial and menial officers required to
travel on duty by railway :
For Officers whose service is superior under the Civil Pension Code.
If the officer's salary is not less than Rs. 50 ... Second-class fare.
Otherwise ... Intermediate class fare, or, if there be no intermediate class accommoda.
tion in the train, third-class fare.
For Officers whose service is inferior under the Cioil Pension Code.
All officers ... ... ... Third class fare.
2. If the journey involves the absence of the officer from his head-quarters or
standing camp for a night, so as to make it necessary for him to carry with him
servants aud baggage, double the fare to which he would otherwise be entitled, may,
at the discretion of his superior officer, be granted to him.
3. An officer entitled to second or intermediate class fare may, at his option,
charge for the journey, in lieu thereof, at the daily rate admissible to him for or
dinary journeys, but may not charge railway-fare for any day for which he receives
daily travelling allowance.
4. An officer entitled only to third-class fare may draw his ordinary daily
travelling allowance in addition thereto.
SEPARATE REVENUE --POST OFFICE.

The 2nd November 1877.
No. 4308. - 1 . On and after the 1st January 1878, registered letters and
parcels may be insured for the actual value, as certified on them by the sender, for
transmission by inland post.
The facility for insuring registered letters and parcels will be made avail
able at almost all post offices ; the only exceptions being a few vernacular offices.
The Government will guarantee to the sender the safe transit of insured registered
letters and parcels, and will give compensation to him, within the insured value, for
any actual loss occurring in transit from any cause whatsoever, except in the cases
described below.
The excepted cases are as follows :
(1 ).— Misdelivery arising out of incorrectness or incompleteness of the address
written by the sender.
(2).— Wrong declaration or fraud or the part of the sender or addressee.
(3). - When the receipt or acknowledgment has been signed by the addressee or
his agent it being understood that the addressee shall fully examine the
outward appearance of the letter or parcel before signing the receipt or
acknowledgment. By the term agent is meant not merely a person speci
ally authorized by the addressee but any servant or other person connect
ed with the addressee's household or business establishment who is accus
tomed to sign the receipts for registered letters or parcels arriving to his
address. Any person who wishes to restrict the delivery of insured articles
arriving to his address may do so by communicating with the post office.
(4).— When the sender does not give intimation of loss within three months
from the date of posting.
(5). In cases of damage as distinguished from loss ; it being understood that
the sender is responsible for the proper packing of articles liable to dam
age so as to provide sufficient protection for them.
(6). When there is no visible damage to the envelope or other covering or

seals it being understood that the sender must so pack the letter or
parcel that its contents cannot be touched without visible damage as
aforesaid being caused.
3. The compensation will be payable one month after the date on which in
timation of loss is given by the sender to the post office, except in cases in which
the post master general or chief inspector of post offices may consider that the
circumstances demand the withholding of payment pending enquiry.
4. An acknowledgment signed by the addressee will in ordinary course be
transmitted to the seuder : and in the event of the acknowledgement conveying
the intimation of loss, or of the non-receipt of an acknowledgment within three
months, he is expected to give intimation to the post office.
5. The sender shall on receiving compensation make over in writing to the
Government the whole of his rights in the lost property, and shall give all informa
tion necessary to facilitate the search for it.
6. No letter or parcel may be insured for an amount greater or less than the
actual value of its contents as certified thereon by the sender. Letters and parcels
may be insured without limit as to value. The weight of an insured parcel may
not exceed the usual limit of 2,000 tolas : and in respect of size also it will be sub
ject to the ordinary conditions mentioned in the postal guide.
7. The charges for insurance will be as follows :
When the value certified does not exceed Rs. 10 ... 1 anna,
99 99 99 99 25 ... 2 annas,
29 99 99 32 50 ... 4 "1
"9 99 99 99 75 ... 6 99
99 99 99 100 ... 8 "
and 8 annas for every additional rupees 100 or fraction thereof.
8. The prepayment of postage, and in the case of letters of the registration
fee, is compulsory and must be effected by postage stamps affixed to the article.
The prepayment of the insurance fee is also compulsory, and must be made in cash
to be tendered with the article. Thus a letter weighing (say) three-fourths of a tola
* Specimen of declaration to accompany the and insured for rupees 1,000 must be pre
letter or parcel. paid with stamps to the extent of 1 anna
for postage and 4 annas for registration
This letter (or parcel) addressed to
(the total prepayment by stamps thus
Major G. H. Grantly,
15th Hussars , being 5 annas), and in presenting it at
Muttra, the post office it must be accompanied
is declared by us, the senders, to contain the by rupees 5 in cash for insurance.
following articles, viz :—
Similarly a parcel weighing (say) 110
Rs.
A gold ring, value ... ... ... 110 tolas and insured for rupees 1,000 must
Three gold studs, value ... ... 72 be prepaid with stamps of the value of
and currency notes 1 rupee for postage and accompanied
E by rupees 5 in cash for insurance.
No. 46569 ... 20
9. A written declaration* stating
99 60339 ... 10 the nature and value of the contents
must accompany each registered letter
"" 66441 ... 8 or parcel tendered for insurance, and
if currency notes form the contents or
35 35 part of the contents thereof, the serial
-
Total value ... 217 and general numbers as well as the
value of each note must be written in
(Signature) HAMILTON & Co., the declaration. The signature and
8, Old Court House Street, address of the sender must be added.
Calcutta.
Dated 19th March 1878 This declaration will be recorded in the
post office.
10. The declared value must also be certified by the sender in figures and
words immediately above the address *
* Specimen of writing the certified value on
on the envelope or cover of the letter
the envelope .
or parcel no correction or erasure is
Certified value two hundred and seventeen permissible in the writing or figures
(217) rupees. of the amount certified.
11. Any person making a false
To Major G. H. Grantly, certificate will be liable to the penalty
15th Hussars
Muttra. under section 43 of the post office act
of 1866, as well as to penalties for
cheating under the penal code.
12. Registered letters and parcels intended for insurance must be presented
at the window of the post office. The hours for their reception will be the ordinary
registration hours, which with a few exceptions are from 7 to 8 A. M. and from noon
to 5 P. M. They will not be received at all on Sundays, and they must be tendered
at least one hour before the time fixed for the closing of the mail by which they are
intended to be despatched : otherwise they will be detained till the next despatch
is made.
13. Letters and parcels intended for insurance should be closed as follows : — >
In the case of a letter if the cover be an envelope of the ordinary kind as re
presented on the margin, it should bə
of strong paper having seals on the
flap point in the centre, and on each
of the four corners, with distinct im
pressions of some device other than
that of a current coin. If the cover of
the letter be other than an ordinary
envelope of the kind referred to above,
it should be of strong paper or other
substantial material, the seals being
placed along each fold or seam not more
than two inches apart. A parcel should be securely packed in cloth, wax-cloth or
tin, and if it is packed in cloth or wax-cloth it should bear similar seals at intervals
not exceeding three inches along each line of sewing.
14. Letters and parcels not fulfilling the required conditions will not be in
sured.
15. As a further precaution it is recommended that in closing an envelope.
containing only paper enclosures, the flaps should be closed with paste as well as
with seals, and that a needle and thread should be passed through the envelope
and its contents, the knot of the thread being placed under the central seal ; a
specimen of an envelope closed in this manner can be seen at the post office.
16. The addressee of an insured letter or parcel must sign both the receipt
and acknowledgment presented therewith, unless the outward appearance of the
cover give rise to suspicion of tampering. In such case he should return the letter
or parcel unopened, arranging with the post master to take delivery at the post
office, the letter or parcel being opened there in the presence of the post master
and its contents entered in an inventory which will be prepared in duplicate and
must be signed by the addressee. One copy of the signed inventory will be for
warded by the post office to the sender with the unsigned acknowledgment attach
ed to it.
17. " Value payable parcels," i. e., parcels the value of which is realized from
the addressee and paid to the sender under the Postal Notice of 1st November
1877 may also be insured ; insurance however renders the prepayment of postage
and the insurance fee compulsory. When a " value payable" parcel is insured the
sender will receive from the post office two receipts, viz., a value payable receipt
and an insurance receipt.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.- HOME DEPARTMENT.

Lotteries and Race-sweeps.
No. 329.
Extract from the Proceedings of the Government of India in the Home Department ( Police) ,—
under date Simla, the Ist November 1877.
READ
A circular of the Punjab Government, dated the 29th March 1877, withdrawing the pro
hibition against the publication of advertisements of lotteries not authorized by
Government.
Read also
A letter from the Bengal Government, dated the 13th September 1877, No. 1441T.
RESOLUTION. On the 13th September last the Bengal Government forwarded
a letter from the Commissioner of Police at Calcutta, reporting that advertisements
of lotteries and race-sweeps printed beyond the limits of Lower Bengal are sent in
large numbers to hotels and other places of public resort in Bengal in contravention
of section 294A of the Indian penal code, and that the proprietors of newspapers
and other periodicals in Bengal complain bitterly that their columns are closed to
notices and advertisements which are freely permitted elsewhere. His Honor the
Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal considers that the present treatment of lotteries by
the different local Governments is exceedingly unsatisfactory ; in Bengal the law is
strictly enforced, while in the Punjab and elsewhere, it is habitually broken with
impunity, and newspapers are allowed to advertise and circulate proposals directly
opposed to the provisions of the section of the code cited. His Honour is of
opinion that if these lotteries and race-sweeps are mischievous, they should be
put down by law, instead of being allowed to develop themselves year by year; but
that if they are considered to be a harmless amusement, the prohibitory clause in
the penal code should be repealed , and lotteries should not be discouraged . His
Honour himself considers them exceedingly mischievous.
2. The Government of India concur with His Honour's opinion as to the
mischievous character of the lotteries and race-sweeps advertised, and believe that
the mischief is year by year assuming greater dimensions. As the intention of the 1
law on the subject is clear and as its provisions were intended to operate in one
province as much as in another, the Government of India consider that the law
should be uniformly euforced. Local Governments and Administrations are there
fore requested to enforce the law after giving due notice thereof by publication of
this Resolution in their several official Gazettes.
FINANCE.
No. 557 F.- Whereas His Highness the Maharao Raja of Alwar (Alwar being
a Native State within the meaning of the Native Coinage Act 1876) has, pursuant
to the authority contained in Section 5 of the said Act, sent to the Mint of Calcutta
silver to be coined under the said Act into two lakhs of rupees, and has requested
the Governor General of India in Council to declare that a tender of payment of
money, if made in the said coins, shall be a legal tender in British India : And
whereas the said silver has been coined into rupees and their fineness is identical
with that prescribed by law for rupees of the Government of India, and they are
identical in weight with the rupees of the Government of India, and the devices
upon their obverse and reverse differ from the devices on, or coins now made or
issued by the said State, and have been approved by the Governor General in
Council, and upon each of such rupees its value in money of the Government of
India is inscribed in the English language : And whereas His Highness the said
Maharao Raja of Alwar has for himself aud his successors undertaken to abstain
during a term of thirty years from the date of this notification from coining silver
in his own Mint, and has also undertaken that no coins resembling silver coins for
the time being a legal tender in British India shall, after the expiration of the said
term be struck under the authority of himself or his successors or with his or their
permission at any place within or without his or their jurisdiction : And whereas
His Highness the said Maharao Raja of Alwar has formally declared that a tender
of payment of money if made in silver coins of the Government of India shall, in
the territories subject to His Highness, be a legal tender in cases in which payment
made in such coins would, under the law for the time being in force, be a legal
tender in British India : And whereas His Highness the said Maharao Raja of Alwar
has agreed for himself and his successors that the law and rules for the time being
in force respecting the cutting and breaking of coin of the Government of India
reduced in weight by reasonable wearing or otherwise, or counterfeit, or called in
by proclamation, shall apply to the coins made for the said State under the said
Act, and that the said State will defray the cost of cutting and breaking them :
And whereas His Highness the said Maharao Raja of Alwar has also agreed for
himself and his successors not to issue the said coins below their nominal value,
and not to allow any discount or other advantage to any person in order to bring
them into circulation : And whereas His Highness the said Maharao Raja of Alwar
has also agreed for himself and his successors that if at any time the Government
of India calls in its coinage of rupees, His Highness or his successors will, if so
requested by the Government of India, call in, at his or their own expense, all the
said rupees so coined for him :
The Governor General of India in Council, in consideration of the premises and
in exercise of the power conferred by the Native Coinage Act, 1876, section three,
is pleased to declare that a tender of payment of money, if made in the said rupees
coined nuder the said Act for the said State of Alwar, shall, subject to the provisions
of the Indian Coinage Act, 1876 , be a legal tender in British ludia.
PAY AND ALLOWANCES.
No. 4398.- The Governor General in Council is pleased to rule that a person
proceeding from one non-gazetted appointment in the public service to another is
not entitled to travelling allowance unless he is permitted to draw pay or acting
allowance for the period of transit.
No. 4399. -The Governor General in Council is pleased to sanction the sub
stitution of the words not less than twelve years for the words " above twelve years "
in the order of the Government of India in this Department, No. 1158 , dated the
9th March 1869, regarding the travelling expeuses of the wives and families of
Chaplains.

86 SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS.
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CIVIL PENSION CODE.

Supplement A (page 103).
With the sanction of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India in Council, the
following is subtituted for Section 8 :――――
Section 8. -After thirty-five years' service counting from the date of his arrival
in India, an officer shall not, except for special reasons, with the sanction of the
Secretary of State, retain his office or be appointed to any new office. Provided
that, if such an officer has held his office for less than five years, he may, for spe
cial reasons, with the sanction of the Government of India, be permitted to retain
his office until he has held it for five years. The term " office " in this section in
cludes an officiating appointment.
LEAVE, LEAVE ALLOWANCES.
CIVIL LEAVE CODE.
Chapter VIII (page 132).
Add the following to the note within parenthesis at the head of the rules in
-:
this chapter
" The rules in this chapter do not apply to officers in the Forest Department,
for whom also there are specia! departmental rules."
ORDER. -The following Despatch to Her Majesty's Secretary of State is pub

lished for general information :—
No. 36 (Famine), dated Governor General's Camp, Poona, the 22nd September 1877.
From- His Excellency the Viceroy and Governor- General.
To- Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India.
In paragraph 3 of Your Lordship's despatch No. 62, dated 9th August, is
expressed approval of the orders issued by us, enjoining publicity in the rare cases
where district officers find it necessary to purchase grain for the supply of any land
locked , foodless tract. And the same paragraph counsels vigilance in watching the
operation of our orders restricting the purchase of grain.
The words of this paragraph were telegraphed to me by Your Lordship on the
Telegram dated 14th August 1877. 10th Aug
Your cypher message of tenth . We do not fully understand the object of it. ust, and we
Our instructions about publication referred only to local purchases from submitted
trade. We decided at outset that private trade would import grain more
efficiently than Government, and we have lately re-asserted publicly our the bytelegraph
determination not to interfere. reply
Do you intend to say that you think it probable that Government ought to given in the
make large importations of grain ? ma .
We can foresee no circumstances under which such Government interfer Sincrgin the
e
ence with private trade would not be a ruinous mistake. Trade towards
famine country from Bengal , Central and Northern India is most active, and despatch of
we see no reason to doubt that the necessary supplies will be furnished . We that tele
are convinced that far more food from abroad or elsewhere will reach Madras gram, my
if we leave private enterprise to itself, and we should paralyse it by Govern Minute,
ment competition. Free and abundant private trade cannot co-exist with
Government importations . Even if we anticipated failure in source of supply, dated the
we should still believe that Government interference would only decrease 12th Au
the total amount of food available and aggravate the catastrophe . gust, has
If Her Majesty's Government should think differently, we request that we
given (para
may receive distinct intimation of the fact. We cannot take upon ourselves
any responsibility for a course which would in our opinion be fatal. Nor can graph 18) a
we usefully give calculations. Local estimates say that from 4,000 to 5.000 general
tons of grain must be imported daily : grain actually ready for export on statement
Great Indian Peninsula Railway reported to be 1,20,000 tons, and stocks in of the prin
Bengal, Central and Northern India believed to be large.
ciples which
should guide the Government of India, when any question arises of importing grain
on Government account. That paragraph gives expression to views, in which all
my colleagues concur ; it runs thus :
" 18. When harvests fail in an Indian province, considerable old stocks of food are left
in the hands of the landholding and mercantile classes : but these stocks are often held back
from sale. Markets have, therefore, to be supplied with grain imported from a distance. I
consider that, except under most peculiar and exceptional circumstances, the function of sup
plying the demand for imported grain can be best, and indeed, alone, discharged by private
trade ; and that private trade should be left to do its work in this respect with as little inter
ference from Government as practicable. The Government and its officers should, however,
give all possible information , and should give, where necessary, additional facilities, to private
trade. Early and correct information as to prices and means of carriage should be published.
The carrying power of railways and canals, leading into the famine tracts, should be reinforced;
tolls and other restraints on free intercommunication should be removed ; roads into the in
terior should be improved and kept in order ; rates of railway or other carriage might be re
duced ; and, in cases of extreme necessity, temporary railways, or tramways, might be laid
from main railway lines into populous tracts, whereto means of communication failed , or were
insufficient. These will, indeed, be the most useful of all works, if we have to meet another
year of famine. Grain required by Government for alms to the helpless poor, or for labourers
on relief works, or for any tract where supplies were deficient, should be obtained through the
trade, at or near the local markets, and should not be imported from a distance by Govern
ment itself. Experience has shown that Government operations in the grain market disorga
nise and paralyse private trade, to an extent out of all proportion to the operations themselves.
Moreover, where the carrying power of a country by rail, canals, or carts, is limited, and is
fully utilised, Government grain importations must necessarily displace a corresponding quan
tity of privately imported grain. My view, therefore, is that, under no circumstances, which
are likely to occur, ought the Government itself to engage in the business of importing grain.
Free and abundant private trade cannot co-exist with Government importation. Absolute
non-interference with the operations of private commercial enterprise must be the foundation
of our present famine policy. Trade towards the famine country from Bengal and Northern
and Central India is at present active ; and there is every reason to believe that the Indian
sources of supply are still considerable. But even if these should fail, the interference of the
Government would be a ruinous error. It could only have the effect of decreasing the total
amount of food available, and thus aggravating the catastrophe. I am confident that more
food, whether from abroad or elsewhere, will reach Madras, if we leave private enterprise to
itself, than if we paralyse it by Government competition . These remarks refer to the famine
we are now dealing with. I do not, of course, intend to assert that famines cannot occur, in
which Government interference for importation of food may not be absolutely necessary.
Indeed, the Orissa Famine was one of those cases."
2. In addition to what has been urged in the telegram and extract quoted
above, I would add a short further explauation of the principles which guide the
Government of India, and of the position we take, when we decline, under present
circumstances, to purchase and import grain for the supply of the famine districts.
3. If prices do not greatly rise after a failure of harvest, and if imports are
inactive, then the natural conclusion would be that there must be considerable old
stocks in the country. These are of course difficult, if not impossible, to trace.
When prices in a province approach famine rates, then we presume that, if surplus
food exists in other provinces, and if communication by water or railway be fairly
good, private traders will carry that food to the famine districts more cheaply,
more promptly, and more directly, than Government could possibly do. If there is
one branch of internal trade which Indian traders fully understand, it is the grain
trade ; they know what grain is wanted , whence it can be bought most cheaply, and
where the need is sorest. Among the many contracts between the system of
Government importations adopted in 1874 and the private trade system of 1877, it
may be mentioned that the Government importations in 1874 consisted, with some
small exceptions, of rice, mostly of Burmah rice ;-while private trade has in 1877
brought under contribution every province and every food staple in India ;-wheat,
barley, grain, two kinds of millet ( jowar and bajra ) , and pulses have come from
scores of railway statious in the Punjab, the North-Western Provinces and Behar.
from the river Chenab on the north to the Soane on the south ; rice, pulses and marwa
88 SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS. [ BEOORD
millet (the ragi of Madras) have come from Bengal and Orissa ; millets and pulses
have come from Guzerat, Berar, the Central Provinces, and even from Rajputana.
Burmah has sent a small quantity of rice ; but Burmah rice generally rules dearer
than the common varieties of Bengal rice : and so traders have drawn but little
from that source of supply, so long as Bengal stocks were large.
4. Not only could private traders do the work of supplying grain to Southern
India, better than Government could do it ; but it was obvious that the trade, as a
whole, could make much larger importations than Government could effect by
itself. If once the Government were to begin importing grain, the first rumour of
any impending intrusion of Government action into the field of private enterprise
would paralyse the confidence of the whole trade, would send up prices at the
source of supply, would keep prices in the famine country below the natural trade
level, and would thus, indirectly as well as directly, check imports. The Govern
ment having once entered on such an undertaking, there would be no half-way
stage at which we could arrest our ruinous course. The Government would soon find
itself responsible for providing grain enough for every village, uot merely in Madras
and Mysore, but also in tracts of Northern India to which famine might spread.
Any partial substitution of Government agency for private trade was impossible.
We had to choose between either leaving private trade alone, or taking upou our
selves the whole of its natural work. If we had adopted the latter alternative, it
would probably have cost the Government more to lay down one ton of grain, than
it would have cost the trade to lay down two. We had before us the financial
results of the Bengal famine of 1874, where
NOTE- These figures are taken from
the approximate statement of the Bengal the cost of buying and transporting Govern
famine charges, given in Part V of Sir ment grain came to £ 6,474,000 out of a
Richard Temple's final Report, submit gross expenditure of £ 9,177,000 or to
ted at the close of the Bengal famine of £ 4,259,000 out of a net cost of £ 6,402,000.
1874.
The famine of 1877 has been severer, and
has extended over a far larger area than the famine of 1874 ; —if we had taken the
grain supply into our own hands, the cost of famine relief in 1876-78, alarmingly
great as it is, must have been indefinitely increased. If Government had under
taken to import grain for the supply of Southern India, we should, even if we had
succeeded in our undertaking -which is doubtful - have made a stride, of which
the magnitude can only be conjectured, on the road to national bankruptcy.
5. The financial argument indeed, in the present condition of the Indian
treasury, carried its due weight in deciding us to adopt what, on other grounds,
seemed to us the wiser alternative. Still, apart from financial considerations, we
were convinced that the safety of the afflicted populations would be best secured
by the adoption of the course we took. It must, I fear, be admitted that Govern
ment cannot avert all death from famine, when the drought is so severe and affects
so large an area, as in the present season has been the case. And I am convinced
that, under present circumstances, there would have been more misery, more death,
and a less constant supply of food in the districts of Southern India, if Government
had undertaken to import grain on a large scalo, than have happened under the
policy which the Government of India, after full consideration, and with Your
Lordship's approval, have adopted.
6. These were some of the considerations which influenced our decision when
the question of importing grain arose in the autumn of 1876. When the same
question came before us in July 1877, such considerations gained renewed force
from the experience of the preceding eight months. The proposal to import grain
largely by Government agency had been put forward during the autumn of 1876,
both at Bombay aud Madras. The Governor, Sir Philip Wodehouse, fully and
specifically discussed the question with his colleagues ; and they decided not to
buy grain, but to trust entirely to private trade for the supply of the country.
This decision, cordially approved as it was by the Government of India, was at once
made public. Grain was forthwith consigned to the Deccan by private traders in
enormous quantities ; insomuch that the Great Indian Peninsula Railway was
blocked with grain early in November. By strenuous effort the block was gradually
cleared ; and the supply, by rail and seaboard, to the famine districts of Bombay
has, since November, sufficed for the needs of the country. Prices have indeed
been very dear ; but, though some parts of the Bombay famine . tract drew their
supplies from Railway stations or seaports 130 miles off, still there has always been
enough grain in the markets.
7. The Madras Government, about the same time as the Bombay Government
considered the question, decided to buy 30,000 tons of grain as a beginning. This
decision was not known to the Government of India, until the transaction was con
cluded and the bill had to be paid. The purchases were effected with just so much
secrecy as served to alarm the trade ; and in Calcutta, the chief source of the
Madras rice supply, dealers were, until the middle of February, possessed with a
fear that further large purchases by Government were imminent. Interference
with the grain market was stopped by the Government of India ; and whatever may
have been the views of the Madras Government at the time, I believe the Governor
of Madras is now and has for some time been of opinion that further Government
purchases of grain were inexpedient. The Madras Government made their pur
chases in October ; and, as no further action of the kind was taken, the stream of
private trade set in during December, and has continued ever since. Private trade
has sent by sea to Madras, or has consigned from marts in Northern India, more
grain than the railways and other means of transport could carry into the interior.
During the last two months (August and September), since the failure of the
summer rains and the occurrence of a second famine, private trade has carried into
the districts of Madras and Mysore a daily average of 4,000 to 5,000 tons of food.
This great result must be largely due to the assurances, published by the Govern
ments of India and Madras in June last, to the effect that Government would not
interfere in the grain trade. These were the assurances to which we referred in
our telegram quoted in the first paragraph of the present letter.
8. The grain bought by the Madras Government is being kept in reserve ;

and so its presence does not operate to keep prices low, and thereby to check im
portations. I am aware that the Members of the Madras Government, though they
do not now advocate Government purchases, are strongly of opinion that their pur
chase of 30,000 tons, and their placing the greater part of that supply in depôts up
the country, paved the way for private trade, and encouraged its steady flow. It is
true that private trade increased after the Government purchases had been made ;
but trade did not acquire its full stream till August 1877 ; and it did not flow
freely at all till December 1876 ; that is to say, some weeks after the Government
transactions had been concluded ; whereas the Bombay importations set in with full
tide early in November. I do not say that the purchase of 30,000 tons permanently
affected the flow of private trade, in the face of the enormous demands of the
Madras and Mysore country ; but I fear the transaction must (for the time) have
checked private importations ; it is certain that the Government grain occupied
railway wagons to the exclusion of merchants' consignments ; and I can see no
practical or theoretical ground for the contention that the Government purchases
galvanised private trade into active exertion.
9. Though the considerations stated in the foregoing paragraphs guided our
unanimous decision on the occasions when the question of purchasing grain came
before us during the present famine, yet we must not be understood to say that
occasion never did, and never can, arise when Government purchases of grain might
be necessary. The Orissa famine of 1866 may have been such a case. Orissa was
a small province ; it had then few transactions with other parts of India ; its marts
were not frequented by merchants from other provinces ; there were practically no
land communications between Orissa and other provinces, save for pilgrims ; and
communication by sea was, at that time, cut off during the most critical season of
the year. The famine of 1866 in Orissa may have been a case in which Government
might in some way have effected or promoted grain importations. In the famine
of 1874 the Behar famine tract, with its population of 19 millions, was divided by
the Ganges into nearly equal parts ; one part, south of the Ganges, possessed two
railways, metalled and bridged roads, and large trading populations ; the other
part, north of the Gauges, had no railways, not a single metalled and bridged road
and comparatively few traders. Thus the Government was able to occupy North
Behar with its agency and with its grain imported from the east ; while the wants
of South Behar were sufficiently met by private trade with supplies from the west.
The circumstances and characteristics of the two tracts were so different that Go
vernment trade in North Behar did not interfere with private trade in South Behar ;
and furthermore, all the Government grain came by railway or river from the east,
while the railway from the west was left exclusively for private traders. The
famine tracts of Southern India, on the other hand, are not landlocked like Orissa ;
nor are their sea-ports closed for months together, as were the Orissa road-steads.
There are several railway lines in the south of India, a number of sea-ports are
available on the east and west coast ; Madras possesses a better system of metalled
and bridged roads than any part of India ; much of the Bombay and Mysore
country is also well supplied with roads There was thus every facility for the free
action of private trade. Nor was there any section of the famine country, so sepa
rate and distinct from the rest, that Government agency could have imported grain
thither, while private trade supplied the remainder of the country without let or
hindrance.
10. I have laid before Your Lordship, thus at length, an expression of my
views on the subject of this letter, because I think its importance is very great. If
Your Lordship were able to concur generally in the views now expressed, the hands
of the Government of India would be greatly strengthened, when hereafter the pro
blem of supplying food to a famine-stricken province again arises.
11. In any case, the traders of Southern and Northern India will have learnt
an important lesson of self- help. Private trade will be more prompt than heretofore
to supply the wants of provinces whete scarcity of food may prevail. I anticipate
also that, after the brisk and lucrative trade of this year, traffic on the Madras
guaranteed railways will never fall again to the low ebb of former years. And I hope
that the opening of the Dhond and Munmar Railway will do much to promote free
interchange of commodities between the north and the south of India, which now for
the first time have traded on a large scale with each other.
HOME DEPARTMENT.
DESTRUCTION OF ANIMALS AND POISONOUS SNAKES IN BRITISH INDIA.
Extract from the Proceedings of the Government of India in the Iome Department,
No. 2064 (Public), - under date the 16th November 1877.
Read again
Home Department Resolution No. 13-788-97 , dated the 31st March 1877, reviewing the
report on the results of the measures adopted to exterminate wild animals and ve
nomous snakes in British India in 1875,
NOVR. 1877. ] SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS . 91
Read also the following letters from the Local Governments and Administrations
submitting returns for the year 1876 ·
* * * * * * *
RESOLUTION. - In the Resolution of March last Local Governments and Ad

ministrations were requested to review briefly the year's operations and to express
their opinion on the result ; but some Provinces have simply forwarded the returns
submitted by district officers.
2. The annexed statement summarizes the year's operations except in Mysore
and Coorg, from which Provinces no return has been received . The provincial
returns, however, still show a want of care in their compilation, and some have had
to be returned for revision. * *
* * *
* * * * * *
3. The noticeable features in the returns are the following : Last year it was
found that 21,000 persons and 48,000 head of cattle were destroyed during the
year by wild animals and venomous snakes ; that 22,357 wild animals and 270.185
venomous snakes had been killed ; and that Rs. 1,20,015 had been expended in
rewards. This year it appears that 19,273 persons and 54,830 head of cattle have
so perished ; that 212,371 snakes and 23,459 wild animals have been killed ; and
that Rs. 1,24,574 have been expended in rewards. In Madras, Bengal and in the
North-Western Provinces and Oudh, the numbers of persons killed by wild animals
and by snakes are considerably less in 1876 than in 1875 ; in the other Provinces
the figures do not exhibit any great variations, except in the Central Provinces,
where deaths rose from 617 in 1875 to 1,098 in 1876. The Commissioner states
that no new or special measures have been adopted in view to the extermination of
wild animals and snakes, but there is no explanation of the greater mortality shewn
in his returns. As regards the loss of cattle, the figures of the year seem unsatis
factory. While Madras and Bombay shew fewer cattle killed, Bengal, the North
Western Provinces and Oudh, the Punjab, the Central Provinces and British Burma
shew materially larger numbers. It is also probable that even the figures now
reported are only approximate to the truth, as the agency for reporting the mortality
caused to men and cattle is still imperfect, though more perfect than it used to be.
The unfavourable figures testify possibly to better reporting and not to really
greater mortality. As regards rewards paid for the destruction of wild animals (in
cluding snakes), more was paid in Madras, Bombay, Bengal, the North-Western
Provinces and Oudh, the Central Previnces and British Burma, and less in the
Punjab and in Assam.
4. The Government of India trust that in future years the returns may be
more accurate and may be reviewed by the Local Governments which subunit them ,
and that the measures reported may be more effective.
R
DECR. 1877. ] SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS. 95
LEAVE, LEAVE ALLOWANCES, & c.
CIVIL LEAve code. SUPPLEMENT F. Section 12 ( page 214).
-:
No. 2464.- Insert the following as Rule 4A under this Section :
4A. Privilege leave to Warrant Officers in the Public Works Department is
granted in accordance with Article 9 of Section II, Chapter A, of the Code of Re
gulations for the Public Works Department.
MINT AND CURRENCY.

No. 2466. - In exercise of the power conferred by Section 28 of " The Indian
Coinage Act, 1870," the Governor General in Council is pleased to call in, with
effect on and from the 1st day of June 1878, all silver coins coined and issued by
the authority of the Government of India before the 1st day of September 1835 .
2. Until the said 1st day of June 1878 , such of the coins called in by this
Notification as are now legal tender in payment or on account, under the condi
tions which now apply to them, and on demand, current coins of recent date will be
given in exchange for the same at any Government Treasury, or at the Presidency
Banks and their branches.
3. On and from the said 1st day of Juue 1878, all silver coins so called in
will cease to be legal tender, and, if tendered to any officer authorised to act under
Section 16 of the said Indian Coinage Act, 1870, will be dealt with in accordance
with the provisions of that Section .
SEPARATE REVENUE - POST OFFICE.

No. 2450.-Under the provisions of Sections 20, 21 and 22 of the Post Office
Act of 1866 , the Governor General in Council is pleased to direct that the additional
postage chargeable under Section 24 of the said Act upon any letter or other article
re-directed at any Post Office or forwarded by post from any place to which it shall
have been conveyed by post, shall not be charged upon any such letter or other
article which may be so re-directed or forwarded on or after the 1st January 1878 .
No. 2452. -In exercise of the powers conferred by Sections 20 and 63 of the
Indian Post Office Act, 1866 , the Governor General in Council is pleased to extend
to " Manuscript for the Press," with effect from 1st January 1878, the privilege of
transmission by letter post at the rates prescribed for registered newspapers, under
the conditions applicable to proof sheets .
The rule respecting " proof sheets," modified so as to include " Manuscript
for the Press," will be as follows :
" Proof sheets and Manuscript for the Press, marked as such, may be sent by
letter post, either without covers or in covers open at the ends, at the rates
prescribed for Registered Newspapers, provided that the contents be correct
ly certified on the outside under the signature in full of the sender," viz. :—
Not exceeding in weight 10 tolas anna.
Not 99 20 99 ... ... ... ... ... 27
And so on, adding anna for every additional 10 tolas.
This Notification has reference only to the inland post, the conditions govern
ing the transmission of articles by foreign post being unaffected thereby.
HOME DEPARTMENT.
No. 421.-THE following rules for the care and use of Government Cemeteries
other than those in the Presidency Town of the Diocese of Calcutta, for the levy and
expenditure of fees on graves and monuments in Cemeteries and Churches through
out India, and for the levy of other ecclesiastical fees, are published for general in
formation and guidance :
I.
Rules for the care and use of Government Cemeteries throughout India except those in
the Presidency town of the Diocese of Calcutta.
CHARGE OF THE CEMETERY.
RULE I.— (1 ) .— The Resident Chaplain of a station has charge of the general
* Appendix A. cemetery, and frames an estimate of the expenditure
connected therewith in accordance with the directions contained in para 1 , Home
Department Resolution No. 6-370-382, dated 9th November 1876.
(2 .)- The term " Resident Chaplain " includes a Clergyman of the Additional
Clergy Society so far as concerns the stations to which he stands appointed, or other
Clergymau of Church of England placed in charge by the Bishop.
(3.) During the temporary absence of the Chaplain, and at stations where
there is no Resident Chaplain, the charge of the cemetery belongs to the Chief
Magistrate on the spot, or the senior Military Officer if the cemetery is attached to
a military cantonment.
(4. )-At out-stations where there is a Church Committee the charge of the
cemetery will belong to the senior member of Committee, and where there is no
such Committee, to any subordinate officer nominated by the Magistrate or Deputy
Commissioner of the district.
RULE II .-Each cemetery is allowed a mali- chowkidar or chowkidars in accord
* Appendix A. ance with the scale prescribed in para 2, Home Depart
ment Resolution * No. 6—370-382 , dated 9th November 1876. These chowkidars
are paid by Government through the Resident Chaplain, by whom they are appoint
ed and dismissed. In stations where there is no Resident Chaplain, the chowki
dars are paid, appointed and dismissed by the other officers named in Rule I.
RULE III.-Every reasonable effort should be made by the Resident Chaplain
or other officer in charge under Rule I, not only to keep the cemetery in decent
order, but to preserve its character as the resting-place of the remains of departed
friends by providing for the necessary repairs, and by planting the ground with
suitable trees.
† Appendix A. NOTE. To meet the expenditure under this Rule, see Rule I
and para 1 of Home Department Resolutionf No. 6-370-332,
dated 9th November 1876.
RULE IV. —The chowkidar will keep the key of the cemetery under the direc
tion of the officer in charge.
RULE V. - The officer who has charge of the cemetery under the operation of
Rule I will perform all the duties assigned to the Chaplain by Rules VII, VIII, IX,
X and XI, with the exception of the approval of the inscriptions in that part of the
cemetery reserved for the Church of England . These are to be forwarded to the
visiting Chaplain, or, if there be none, to the Archdeacon, and not cut till his sane
tion be obtained. Should however, au inscription be disapproved, it may be refer
red to the Government for decision.
DECR. 1877. ] SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS . 95
INTERMENTS BY WHOM TO BE CONDUCTED.
RULE VI.- ( 1 . ) — The Chaplain buries Christians of all denominations whose

* Appendix B. friends desire his services, as laid down in the orders of
the Government of India in the Home Department * No. 159 , dated the 6th June
1877, using always the service of the Church of England, and the consecrated por
tion of the cemetery .
(2.) A portion of every cemetery will be set apart by the orders of Govern
ment for the use of Roman Catholic congregations, and another portion will be
appropriated for the joint use of other Christians whose friends desire that they
should be interred otherwise than according to the ritual of either the Church of
England or of the Church of Rome, or who cannot legally be so interred.
(3.) - The unconsecrated portions thus set apart are not to be fenced or walled
off from the rest of the cemetery, but simply divided off by a pathway, and they
must be added to the existing cemetery or reserved from it. If the existing
cemetery be large enough for the wants of the whole Christian community, such
portions will be reserved , without reference to the fact that the whole enclosure has
or has not been consecrated according to the rites of the Church of England. If the
cemetery be only large enough for the wants of Christians desiring to be buried
with the service of the Church of England, such portions will be added. The whole
cemetery thus divided is to be surrounded by a wall, to have but one gate of
eutrance, and to be under the care of the officer specified in Rule I.
RULE VII.— ( 1 . ) - Ministers of all denominations have a right to conduct the
service of burial over the body of any deceased member of their respective congreg
atious, who may be buried in any fitting portion of the ground set apart for the
denomination to which the deceased belonged . At least six hours ' previous notice
of the burial should be given to the Chaplain in charge of the burial-ground, or, in
the absence of the Chaplain, to the officer who may be in actual charge. The per
iod herein prescribed may, for special reasons, be shortened with the permission of
the Chaplain or officer in charge of the cemetery. Such Chaplain or officer will, if
he thinks the circumstances of the case demand it, bring the facts to the notice of
the local Magisterial authorities in time to admit of an order stopping the burial
being passed if necessary.
(2). A certificate of burial drawn up according to the required form must be
sent to the Chaplain or to the Registrar of Births, Marriages and Deaths, to be
entered in the register kept up by him.
RULE VIII. No burial can take place in that part of a Government cemetery
which has been set apart for the use of members of the Church of England, unless
the service prescribed by that Church is read by the Chaplain if there be one, or, in
his absence, by the layman who officiates at the funeral. But a person may be in
terred in the other portions of a Government cemetery with or without the use of
any services of religion.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR BURYING.
RULE IX. ――――― The arrangements for making the necessary preparations for dig
ging graves, preparing coffins, and the like, should rest in military stations upon the
senior military officer, and in civil stations upon the chief local Magistrate. These
officers are authorized to direct any local Public Works officer to supply all that is
necessary. The local Public Works officer would usually be the Executive Engineer
of Military Works in military stations, and the Civil Executive Engineer in other
stations. The expenditure incurred by the Executive Engineer will be held in his
miscellaneous advance account until repaid by the officer authorizing the expendi
ture. But in cases of necessity or emergency, either officer may be called upon to
do what is required .
RULE X. - The officer in charge of the cemetery shall keep a plan of the entire
cemetery, to be provided by the Public Works Department, with references written
upon it, in a book, in which the names of parties interred are recorded ; this plan
and book being kept with the church registers.
ERECTION AND REPAIR OF MONUMENTS.

RULE XI.- Monuments may be erected by any interested person. The inscrip
tion before being cut , and the design, must be first approved of as laid down in Rule
V, and the dimensions of the monument must accord with the orders in para 3,
* Appendix A. Home Department Resolution * No. 6-370-82, dated 9th
November 1876.
RULE XII. (1. ) The Chaplain should communicate with the friends of the
deceased when a monument needs repairing, or, when such communication is not
possible, advertize three times in the Gazette of India and the Gazette of the Pro
vince ; and if it falls into a ruinous condition, and no party will undertake to restore
it, the ruined monument must be made level with the ground during the next
repairs, and any slab it contained must be placed over the grave in simple masonry,
or be inserted in the wall.
(2). All work connected with monuments must, as far as possible, be carried
on outside the cemetery, and any undertaker not removing the débris of his work
immediately upon its completion is liable to a fine of Rs . 5.
Note. This rule does not apply to monuments of historical or archæological interest. Lists
of such tombs should be obtained by Local Governments and Administrations, and as many of
them as may be properly preserved at the public expense should be looked after by the local
Public Works Department.
INSPECTION .
RULE XIII.- The cemetery should be inspected once in a half-year by the
Chaplain in company with the Executive Engineer, the plan and book kept under
Rule X being also examined, and a report made to the Archdeacon, and recorded in
the Ecclesiastical record-book of the station, and also in the Engineer's Office.
RULE XIV. ( 1. ) Commissioners of Divisions should inspect cemeteries,
whether closed or in use, within their respective jurisdictions, in the course of their
annual tours, and should bring to the notice of the local Government any instances
of cemeteries which are negligently kept, or which the officers in charge may have
allowed to fall into a state of bad repair or disorder. All cemeteries are equally
subject to the visitation and supervision of the Bishop aud Archdeacon.
(2.) Sanitary officers in cantonments are invited to inspect cemeteries within
their respective cantonments, and to report to local Governments any matter calling
for notice.
MISCELLANEOUS.
RULE XV. It is desirable that officers commanding regiments or detachments
should be instructed to cause a report to be made to the nearest civil officer of
graves dug for soldiers on march, that measures may be taken for their effectual
protection and preservation. These graves and all scattered Christian graves
throughout the district are under the care of the local civil authorities.
RULE XVI. The above rules do not apply to Presidency cemeteries , which
have rules of their own.
II.
Rules regarding the levy and expenditure offees on masonry graves and monuments
in Cemeteries and Churches throughout India.
WHAT FEES ARE PAYABLE, AND BY WHOM.
RULE I.-A fee of 8 aunas for every square foot of ground occupied shall be
charged for the construction of any masonry grave in a burial-ground.”
NOTES.- ( 1 .) This fee is independent of the actual charge for making a grave.
(2. ) The fee leviable on a masonry grave regularly built up to the level of the ground is
also leviable on a masonry grave which is not built up to the level of the ground , but which is
only over and round the coffin .
(3. ) The " ground occupied " is to be regulated according to the rule laid down in para
† Appendix A. graph 3 of Home Department Resolution† No. 6-370-382, dated
9th November last.
(4.) The same fees which are levied on pucka graves should also be levied on cutcha
graves which have pucka foundations.
RULE II. -A further fee of one rupee per square foot shall be levied on the
erection of a monument in a burial-ground ; provided , however, that for a simple
headstone or flat slab not more than 3 feet 6 inches height or length , and 2 feet in
width, a uniform fee of Rs. 5 only shall be charged . A fee of Rs. 75 shall be levied
on a faculty for the erection of a monument in a church.
NOTES.- (1 . ) A tablet on the wall of a cemetery is to be regarded as a monument.
66 Simple headstone." A cross no higher than a usual headstone and no longer than
(2.)
a usual flat stone, is included in this description.
(3.) When a monument is erected over a masonry grave, the total of the two fees will be
equivalent to one and a half rupee for each square foot of ground occupied.
(4. ) The fee of Rs. 75 levied on a faculty, drawn in the case of non- Government churches
by the present incumbents of the office of Registrar of the Diocese in Calcutta and Bombay,
shall cease on a vacancy occurring in the appointment. The money is to be spent in charity as
in the case of Government churches.
RULE III. -When a cenotaph is erected in a cemetery, a fee of Rs. 50 should
be levied in addition to the fee charged for the ground occupied, and the space
should be strictly limited to six feet square.
RULE IV.-Fees for masonry graves and monuments should be levied over the
whole cemetery, including those portions which are used by Roman Catholics and
Non-conformists.
NOTES.-( 1 . ) The same rules in regard to fees apply to all graves, whether of Roman
Catholics, of Non-conformists or members of the Established Church.
(2. ) Where a parcel of ground used for burial by a Christian community of any particular
denomination other than the Established Church of England forms no part of the general
cemetery but is separate from it, or where, although not so separate, it is clearly distinguish
able and was not originally acquired , and has not been kept up at the expense of the State,
then, if the community by which the ground is used so desire, the Government will give up all
claim to fees, on the distinct understanding that it is divested of all responsibility for the
maintenance of the cemetery in proper order. On the other hand, where such parcels of ground
form part of a cemetery of the Established Church or the general Christian community, provid
ed and maintained by the Government, no distinction can be made as to keeping up any one
part of the eemetery, nor should any exemption from fees be permitted.
EXEMPTION FROM FEES IN GOVERNMENT CEMETERIES.
RULE V. -British soldiers and non-commissioned officers are exempted, with
retrospective effect, from the payment of any fee for the construction of masoury
graves, or for the erection of monuments in burial-grounds to the memory of their
comrades, wives or children. No monument, however, either regimental or private,
shall exceed the dimensions prescribed in paragraph 3,
Appendix A.
Home department Resolution * No. 6-370-82, dated
9th November 1876.
NOTES.- ( 1 . ) This rule is applicable to the British soldiers and non-commissioned officers
whother in military or civil employ.
(2. ) Monuments erected under this rule subscribed for partly by non-commissioned
officers and men, and partly by officers, are likewise exempted from the prescribed fee.
(3.) Warrant officers are not exempted from payment of ecclesiastieal fees.
RULE VI. - The Chunar pensioners being more or less under control come
under the category of soldiers, and are therefore entitled to the same exemptions
as soldiers. But this ruling does not apply to other pensioners who are not simi
larly under military control.
RULE VII.-The Chaplain may at his discretion reduce, or altogether remit in
cases of extreme poverty, the fee leviable on the construction of masonry graves,
but not for the erection of monuments.
NOTE .- The Bishop on special occasions may sanction a reduction or remission of fees for
the erection of monuments.
FEES BY WHOM TO BE COLLECTED .
RULE VIII. — In those stations in which a mason has been appointed, who
alone is allowed to work within the cemetery, he is required, in exchange for the
monopoly, to collect the fees ou monuments and masonry graves, and pay them to
the Chaplain and any person ordering the construction of a masoury grave or
monument by a mason or undertaker other thau the person appointed by the
Chaplain must pay the fees in advance.
NOTE.-Fees on masonry graves and monuments constructed by the appointed mason or
undertaker need not be paid in advance, but in case of failure of payment, their recovery must
be entrusted by the Chaplain to the Magistrate or Deputy Commissioner as the case may be.
FEES TO WHOM TO BE PAID.
RULE IX. The fees prescribed in Rules 1 , 2 and 3 should be paid to the
Chaplain, or, in the absence of the Chaplain, to the officer in charge of the burial
ground, and remitted at once to the Civil treasury, except fees for monuments in
churches, which should be paid over by the Chaplain to the charitable objects to
which the Bishop assigus them when his faculty is issued.
CEMETERY RECEIPTS AND CHARGES.
RULE X.-All cemetery receipts and charges to be regulated as laid down in
para 4 of Home Department Resolution+ No. 6-370-382,
† Appendix A. dated the 9th November 1876.
MISCELLANEOUS.
RULE XI.- ( 1 .) A person may not purchase a portion of a Government
cemetery as a burial-place for himself and his family, so as to have a right to
fence it with a rail or fence, and thus make it the private property of himself and
family. But when such rights already exist, they are not without reason to be
interfered with, and special cases as they arise may require exceptional treatment.
And in such cases the Archdeacon may exercise his discretion with the sanction of
the Local Government.
(2. )-All private rights must, however, cease if for sanitary or other public
reasons the cemetery is closed against burials, or even that portion of it in which
the private ground is situated , but in special cases the Archdeacon may exercise
his discretion of giving permission to open a vault or masonry grave.
(3. ) - No kutcha grave can be opened in any cemetery for the purpose of con
verting it into a masonry grave without application to the Archdeacon, which must
be accompanied by a certificate from the Principal Medical Officer that this may be
done without risk to public health.
RULE XII. ( 1. ) When a piece of ground is granted by Government as a

cemetery to Railway Company for the interment of its own servants, which after
wards keeps it in repair and provides the necessary establishment, so that beyond
the original grant of ground Government is at no expense, the collection and appli
cation of fees accruing is left to the decision of the Railway Company which main
tains the cemetery in good order and repair.
(2. )—The Commissioner or District or Judicial Officer, and in military stations
the officer commanding should inspect such cemeteries and report to Government
if they find them negligently kept.
III.
Other Ecclesiastical Fees.
RULE 1. -No fees are charged for the performance of the rite of baptism or
burial, or for the registration of the performance of these offices.
RULE II.- In.addition to the fee for the Surrogate's licence, a fee of Rs. 10
shall be charged on all marriages by licence, except the marriages of officers and
others in the Military or Naval Service of Her Majesty.
RULE III. -The fee for a Surrogate's licence shall be Rs. 50, both at the
Presidency towns and in the interior. No fee shall be charged on marriages by
banns.
RULE IV. When registers are searched and a copy of any entry given, a fee
The first year shall be of one rupee shall be charged for the first year, and four
taken to mean any one annas for every additional year over which the search
year indicated by the ap may extend ; as well as a fee of one rupee for the certi
plicant. ficate. Soldiers, sailers and non-commissioned and petty
officers are exempted from payment.
NOTE. The amount of fees payable for marriages performed, and for searching registers
kept in accordance with the provisions of Act XV of 1872 (the Indian Christian Marriage
Act) is fixed by each Local Government.
APPENDIX A.
Extract from the Proceedings of the Government of India in the Home Department (Ecclesi
astical) ,- No. 6-370-382, dated the 9th November 1876.
READ Home Department Resolution Nos 314 to 318, dated 6th October 1875,
appointing a Committee to report upon the following matters connected with
ecclesiastical administration : :
(1). The framing of joint-estimates for expenditure on cemeteries or churches by the
Executive Engineer and the Clergyman in charge.
(2). A revision of establishments for cemeteries according to their area.
(3). The size of monuments and amount of ground that may be enclosed.
(4). Provision for planting cemeteries and preserving them in decent order.
(5). Mode of supply of certain articles of church furniture.
(6). The substitution of three for two classes of churches with respect to the expenditure
allowed for them by Government.
Read the Report of the Committee, dated 29th October 1875.
RESOLUTION. -The Report of the Committee has been considered by the
Governor General in Council, who desires to express to the Committee his satisfac
tion at the result of their labours.
The following rules have been approved relative to the subjects referred to the
Committee for report :
1. Churches and cemeteries have already been divided into two classes :
those in stations where there are military canton
Public Works Depart (1 )
ment No. 486 A- G, dated ments and the military works in which are under the
13th July 1874. charge of the Inspector General of Military Works, and
(2) those in other military cantonments and civil stations.
In both classes of stations joint-estimates* of expenditure should be framed

annually by the undermentioned officers ::
(a). In the case of all expenditure connected with establish By the Chief
ments, e. g., pay of servants, alterations in their pay or number, Magistrate of
the District
&c., also all expenditure by Government connected with the pro and by the
vision of articles of church furniture supplied by the Civil Depart Chaplain.
ment.
(b). In the case of all expenditure connected with repairs
and additions to church fabric, to church compound or cemetery
walls, to cemetery gates, walks, wells, chaukidars or other church
By the Executive
servants' houses, provision of necessary appliances for graves or Engineer and
for the repair of tombs or for the planting of trees and shrubs in by the Chap
cemeteries and keeping the same in decent order ; also all expendi lain.
ture by Government connected with the provision of articles of
church furniture supplied by the Public Works Department.
The estimates of expenditure to be prepared by the Executive Engineer and

the Chaplain should show distinctly the probable charge under each of the follow
ing heads :
I. -New works connected with additions to existing churches and improve
ments to church compounds.
II.-New supplies of furniture for churches and sanctioned articles of church
use.
III.- New works connected with additions to existing burial-grounds .
IV.-Repairs to churches and church furniture and maintenance of church com
pounds.
V. -Repairs to burial-grounds to be executed by Public Works Officers.
VI. -Repairs to burial-grounds, including planting aud cleaning, to be entrusted
to the Chaplain or Chief Civil or Military Officer of the Station or Can
tonment under para 4.
It would be convenient if distinct estimates were prepared for each of these

classes of expenditure.
The provision of funds to meet the charges above enumerated will be made
in the budget-estimate for the Public Works Department. The estimates for the
same will be subject to the scrutiny of and be passed by the Superintending or
Chief Engineer or Local Government or Administration, according to the rules in
force in the Public Works Department.
In stations in which the churches and burial-grounds are under the Local
Governments and Administrations in which the Provincial Service arrangements
are in force, the charges debitable to the Public Works Department "will be pro
vided for in the Provincial Public Works budget-estimate. In other Provinces
and in the Military Works Branch the charge will be provided for in the Imperial
Public Works budget-estimate under Civil Buildings.
2. The following scale of establishments should be maintained at all
cemeteries :
( i ) for a cemetery of which the area is five acres or less, one mali-chaukidar ;
(ii ) for a cemetery of which the area is more than five and less than 10 acres,
one mali-chaukidar and one assistant coolie ;
* The estimates should be for the financial year and should be prepared in advance, as is
prescribed for other budget-estimates.
(iii) for a cemetery of which the area is more than 10 and less than 15 acres ,
one mali-chaukidar and two assistant coolies ;
(iv) for a cemetery of which the area is more than 15 acres, one mali-chauki
dar and three assistant coolies.
It is left to the Local Governments and Administrations to determine the
proper wages to be given to each servant. The cost of this establishment will be
charged to Provincial Services in the case of those Local Governments and Admi
nistrations in which the Provincial Service arrangements are in force, and in the
case of other Local Governments and Administrations and the Military Works
Branch of the Public Works Department to Imperial Funds. In either case the
charge will be included in the Civil budget-estimate.
3. The size of kutcha and pucka graves should be limited to 8' x 4' , and the
amount of ground to be enclosed should be restricted to 11 ' x 7' , by external
measurement in both cases. No monument over a pucka grave must exceed 8' × 4′
at the base, except with the previous sauction of the Local Government concerned .
A simple cross or head-stone on au adequate masonry foundation, not exceeding 3'
x 2' , is the only monument that should be allowed over a kutcha grave ; no
kutcha grave should be enclosed by a railing.
4. No portion of the receipts from cemeteries should be retained by any Go

vernment officer to be directly expended by himself ; all such receipts should be
paid into the Civil Treasury to the credit of the Public Works Department. In
the case of receipts from cemeteries in charge of the Military Works Branch and
under those Governments and Administrations in which the Provincial Service
arrangements are not in force, the credit will be treated in the Public Works ac
counts as a receipt under Imperial Public Works Revenue . In the case of the
other Governments and Administrations the credit will be raised to Provincial Ser
vice Public Works Revenue. But the amount passed upon the joint-estimate fram
ed by the Executive Engineer and Chaplain to provide for planting a cemetery and
preserving it in decent order should be entrusted to the Chaplain where there is one.
Where there is no resident Chaplain, the amount should be placed at the disposal
of the Chief Magistrate on the spot, or of the senior Military Officer if the cemetery
is attached to a military cantonment. The necessary funds for the purpose will be
advanced by the Executive Engineer concerned to the Chaplain or Civil or Military
Officer. Bills for the expenditure should be rendered by the officer to whom the
advance has been made, either monthly or otherwise, to the Executive Engineer,
who will charge for the amount thereof in the usual way in his accounts. Until
the bills are received and charged off, the advance will be placed in the Miscel
laneous Advance Account of the Executive Engineer. All planting of shrubs and
trees by private persons in cemeteries should be under the control of the Chaplain
if resident, otherwise under that of the Magistrate or senior Military Officer, as the
case may be. When practicable a well should be sunk in or near every cemetery.
In connection with the preservation of cemeteries in decent order attention is
invited to the rule cited on the margin .
The Chaplain should communicate with the This rule, however, should not be ap
friends of the deceased when a monument needs plied to monuments of historical or
repairing ; and if it falls into a ruinous condi
tion, and no party will undertake to restore it, archæological interest. Lists of such
the ruined monument must be made level with tombs should be obtained by Local Go
the ground during the next repairs, and any veruments and Administrations, and as
slab
in it contained
simple masonrymust placed over
or bebeinserted the
in the grave
wall by many of them as may be properly pre
the Government officer.-(Rule VIII, Diocese served at the public expense should be
of Calcutta Burial-ground Rules.) looked after by the local Public Works
Department.
5. It should be understood that the Government caunot provide cemeteries

at the public expense for Native Christian communities.
NOTE. Where their number is small, the question is of little importance and is best ar
ranged by mutual concessions or by special provisions made locally by the parties immediately
concerned. And I am to suggest for His Lordship's ( Bishop's) consideration, whether if the
necessity of dealing at the present time with this matter of Native Christian interment be in
his judgment unavoidably established, it should not be carefully examined in consultation
with the several Local Governments. having regard to the diverse needs and circumstances of
the population in each separate province.
6. It is not considered necessary to make any alteration in the existing rules
regarding the mode of supply of church furniture.
7. Further orders will be passed on the 6th point referred to the Committee
for report.
8. The arrangements for making the necessary preparations for digging gra
ves, preparing coffins, and the like, should rest in military stations upon the senior
Military Officers, and civil stations upon the chief Local Magistrate. These officers
are authorized to direct any Local Public Works Officer to supply all that is neces
sary. The Local Public Works Officer" would usually be the Executive Engineer
of Military Works in military stations, and the Civil Executive Engineer in other
stations. The expenditure incurred by the Executive Engineer will be held in his
Miscellaneous Advance Account until repaid by the officer authorizing the expendi
ture. But in cases of necessity or emergency either officer may be called upon to
do what is required.
NOTE. The intention of this paragraph is to provide an ultimate authority in case of
difficulty, and existing arrangements need not be disturbed.
APPENDIX B.
Extract from the Proceedings of the Government of India in the Home Department (Ecclesias
tical), No. 159, dated Simla, the 6th June 1877.
READ again
Home Department Resolution Nos. 275-287, dated the 8th September 1875, laying down
certain rules for the guidance of Chaplains of the Church of England in regard to burial of
suicides, &c.
Office Memorandum from the Military Department, No. 810, dated the 16th November
1875, forwarding for an expression of opinion a draft General Order which His Excellency the
Commander-in- Chief proposes to issue on the subject in accordance with the above rules.
RESOLUTION.-On a reconsideration of the subject, the Government of India
think it necessary to modify the rules contained in the Resolution of 8th September
1875, so far as regards the burial of deceased Roman Catholics. The Government
of India have now decided :
1st, that at stations where there is a Roman Catholic Priest drawing an allow
ance from Government, he shall be held bound to read the burial service over the
body of every deceased Roman Catholic brought for burial, unless he be excused
from doing so by the rubrics and canons of the Roman Catholic Church ; and that
when the Roman Catholic Priest refuses to read the burial service over the body of
a deceased Roman Catholic soldier, the military authorities shall make proper
arrangements for the decent iuterment of the corpse ;
2ndly, that where there is no Roman Catholic Priest paid by the State, the Pro
testant Chaplain shall, if requested by the friends of the deceased, or by the officer
commanding, be bound to bury the deceased according to the rites and ritual of the
Church of England, except in either of the three cases in which Protestant Chap
lains in India are excused from burying a deceased Protestant, viz. , dying unbap
tized even by lay baptism ; excommunicated by the major excommunication ; or de
clared to be felo de se ; aud that when a Protestant Chaplain refuses to officiate at
DECR. 1877. J SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS. 103
the burial of a deceased Roman Catholic soldier on either of the three above-men
tioned grounds, the military authorities shall, as in the case of refusal by a Roman
Catholic Priest, make proper arrangements for the decent interment of the corpse ;
Srdly, that whenever, with or without furnishing any explanation of his reasons ,
a Roman Catholic Priest paid by the State or a Protestant Chaplain refuses to per
form the funeral rites of the Church over the body of a deceased Roman Catholic
soldier, the circumstances of the case should be fully reported by the military
authorities for the consideration and orders of the Government of India.
2. The Governor-General in Council is accordingly pleased to direct the modi
fication in the above sense of the provisions of paragraphs 15 to 19 inclusive of the
Resolution, 8th September 1875.
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT.
Fort William, the 10th December 1877.
No. 587 F. -In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 16 of the General
Stamp Act XVIII of 1869, the Governor General in Council is pleased to declare
that bills of exchange which may be drawn in Berar on and after the 1st January
1878, and on account of which the full rate of stamp duty may have been paid
in Berar, shall be exempted from the further payment of stamp duty on being
negotiated in British India ; and that bills drawn in British India on and after the
above-mentioned date shall, in like manner, be exempted from the payment of
stamp duty ou being negotiated in Berar.
FINANCIAL Department.
CIVIL PENSION CODE.
The 21st December 1877.
No. 2798. -The Governor-General in Council directs the publication of the

The following despatch from Her Majesty's Secretary for India, is published for
general information : —
FINANCIAL. INDIA OFFICE ;
No. 342. London, 25th October 1877.
To His Excellency the Right Honor'ble the Governor General of India in Council.
MY LORD,-I have considered in Council your Financial letter, dated the 13th
August 1877, No. 241 , recommending that Uncovenanted Officers may be
allowed to retire on a superannuation pension at the age of 55 years with
out producing medical evidence of inefficiency.
2. You point out that, under existing rules, an Uncovenanted Officer who
has attained the age of 55 years' is only eligible for privilege leave, and for
any special leave to which he may be entitled, and consider it inequitable
that an officer should be deprived of the privilege of furlough bocanse he
has attained to a certain age, and yet not allowed to retire without a
certificate of inefficiency, which he may not be able to procure.
Your proposition is approved, on the understanding that a superannuation
pension will only be granted to an officer who would be entitled to a peu
sion of like amount if he had retired on medical certificate.
104 SUPREME GOVERNMENT ORDERS . [ RACORD
In accordance with the orders contained in this despatch, His Excellency in

Council directs the following additions to the Civil Pension Code and amendments
thereof :-

INSERT BEFORE "6 compelled ," " entitled or " AND ADD RULE 5 ON PAGE 31.
An officer in a superior grade who has attained the age of fifty-five years
may, at his option, retire from the service on a superannuation pension .
STRIKE OUT THE last sentence of present Rule 1 , page 30.

With the sanction of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India in Council,
the Governor General in Council directs that the following be substituted for
Section 89 on page 49 :
Section 89. -A pension or gratuity is payable as follows :
I.-If it is stated in Rupees
(a)-at any Treasury of the Government of India in India ; or
(b)-if the recipient is resident elsewhere than in Asia, at his option at the
Home Treasury of the Government of India, at the rate of exchange fixed
yearly for the adjustment of financial transactions between the Imperial
and Indian Governments.
II.-If the amount is stated in Sterling
(a) -at the Home Treasury of the Government of India ; or
(b)-if the recipient is resident in Asia, at his option at any Treasury ofthe
Government of India in India, at the rate of exchange fixed yearly for the
adjustment of financial transactions between the Imperial and Indian Govern
ments.
Omit the wordsfrom " at the rate of exchange " to the end in Rule 1 under Sec
tion 89, and for the words " Rule 1 " in Rule 2 under the same section sub
stitute the following :—
" The Rule for the payment at the Home Treasury of a pension at the rate of
exchange fixed yearly for the adjustment of financial transactions between the
Imperial and Indian Governments."
CUSTOMS.
No. 172.-In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 6 of " The Indian
Tariff Act, 1875 ," the Governor General in Council is pleased to direct that, on and
from the first day of January 1878 , the duty on salt imported into Bengal, fixed
by Schedule A, No. 49 , of the said Act at Rs. 3-4, shall be reduced to Rs. 3-2 per
maund of 822bs. avoirdupois.
No. 174. -Under the authority conferred by the Indian Tariff Act, 1875 , His
Excellency the Governor-General in Council is pleased to direct that on and after the
first day of January 1878 the exemption from duty of customs on salted fish im
ported into the province of Sind shall be cancelled.
SALT.
No. 245.- In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 11 of " the Salt
Act, 1877," the Governor-General in Council directs that on and after this date
the duty to be paid on salt manufactured in the Division of Orissa by persons

licensed under Bengal Act VII of 1864, shall be as follows, for each maund of 827
Ibs. avoirdupois weight :
When such salt is manufaetured Rs. A.
(a.) At any place between the southern boundary of the Pooree district and the
Kusbhadra river ... ... 2 8
(b.) At any place between the Kusbhadra river and the sonthern boundary of
the Cuttack district ... ... ... ... 2 10
(c.) At any place between the southern boundary of the Cuttack district and
the Mahanadi river ... ... ... 2 12
(d.) At any place between the Mahanadi and Dhamra rivers ... 2 14
(e.) At any place between the Dhamra and Kansbans river 3 0
(f.) At any place between the Kansbans river and the northern boundary of the
Balasore district ... 3 2
No. 255. -In exercise of the powers conferred by " The Inland Customs Act,
1875," the Governor General in Council is pleased to direct that on and from the
1st day of January 1878, the following modifications shall be made in the rules
published in Notification No. 156, dated 30th June 1876 , that is to say :—
(a). For the first paragraph of Rule 4, the following shall be substituted :
" On all salt imported, [ except salt imported by Railway from the Pre
sidency of Bombay into the territories under the administration of the
Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces], a duty of Rs. 2-12 per
maund of 3,200 tolahs shall be levied ; and on all sugar exported at any
point south of the district of Rawalpindi, the maximum duties mentioned
in Section 5 of the Act shall be levied."
(b).-Rules 41 to 47 (both inclusive) and Schedules A and B shall be cancelled.
(c).-In Rules 50, 54 and 74, and in Schedules C and F, for the words " rupees
three," the words " two rupees, twelve aunas " shall be substituted.
(d).-In Schedule C, for the words " rupees six," the words " five rupees eight
annas " shall be substituted .
No. 262.-In exercise of the power conferred by the fourth clause of Section
1 of the Inland Customs Act, 1875 , His Excellency the Governor General in Coun
cil is pleased to order the extension to the province of Sind, on and from the 1st
January 1878, of the said Act, except the portions thereof specified in the second
clause of Section 1 which already extend to that province, and also except Chapter
II of the said Act.
No. 263.-Under the powers conferred by Section 10 of the Inland Customs

Act, 1875, His Excellency the Governor General in Council is pleased to prohibit
the manufacture of salt in the province of Sind, except by or on behalf of the Gov
erument, or by persons licensed by the Government, and to impose a duty of two
rupees eight anuas per maund of three thousand two hundred tolas on all salt sold
by such persons. This rule will take effect on and from the 1st January 1878.
SEPARATE REVENUE- POST OFFICE.

No. 2857. - Referring to the Notification of the 2nd November 1877 , No.
4308, relative to the insurance of the contents of registered letters and parcels on
or after the 1st January 1878, the Governor General in Council is pleased to make ,
with effect from the 1st January 1878 , the following alteration of Clause XXIII of
the Orders and Rules passed by him on the 21st April 1866 ( Home Department
Notification No. 189 ) , under the provisions of Sections 19, 21 , 22 and 63 of the
·
Post Office Act of 1866 , viz :
ORIGINAL CLAUSE XXIII. AMMENDED CLAUSE XXIII.
"In order to protect, as far as possible, In order to protect, as far as possible,
the public mails from the chance of rob the public mails from the chance of rob
bery, officers in charge of Post Offices bery, officers in charge of Post Offices
shall not knowingly receive coin, bullion, shall not knowingly receive coin, bullion,
precious stones, or jewels, for despatch, precious stones, or jewels for despatch
either by letter or banghy post ." either by letter or banghy post, except
in the case of registered letters or parcels
tendered for insurance.

SALT.
No. 254.-In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 11 of " the Salt Act,
1877," the Governor-General in Councii directs that on and after this date the duty
to be paid on salt manufactured in the Division of Orissa by persons licensed under
Bengal Act VII of 1864, shall be as follows, for each maund of 823 b. avoirdupois
weight :
When such salt is manufactured Rs. A.
(a.) At any place between the southern boundary of the Pooree district and the
Kusbhadra river ... ... 2 8
(b.) At any place between the Kusbhadra and the southern boundary of the Cut
tack district ... 210
(c.) At any place between the southern boundary of the Cuttack district and the
Mahanadi river ... ... ... ... 2 12
(d.) At any place between the Mahanadi and Dhámra rivers ... ... ... 2 14
(e.) At any place between the Dhámra and Kánsbans rivers. ... ... 3 0
(f) At any place between the Kánsbans river and the northern boundary of the
Balasore district ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 2
The 3rd December 1877.
No. 3393. - Notification . -The following is published for general information :
No. 4335.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, -FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT.
PAY AND ALLOWANCES. -ACTING ALLOWANCES.
RELD
Letter from the Government of Madras, No. 308R, dated 14th August 1877, and enclosures,
received in the Public Works Department, requesting confirmation of the sanction a
corded by that Government to the distribution , among certain Clerks in the Office of
the Consulting Engineer for Railways in Madras, of the salary of a Clerk in that Office
who has obtained one year's leave of absence without pay.
RESOLUTION. The proceedings of the Government of Madras are confirmed ;
but the attention of the Government of Madras is invited to the Resolution of the
Government of India, No. 5806, dated 11th October 1858. The Government of
Madras will doubtless agree with the Government of India in thinking that, as a
rule, it is better to maintain the strength of an office by employing a substitute in
the place of an absentee.
No. 3394 -Notification. — The following is published for general information :--
No. 4373.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, -FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT.
ACCOUNTS AND FINANCE.
Fort William, the 21st November 1877.
RESOLUTION. -The Governor-General in Council is pleased to determine that
no charges shall be entered in any coutingent bill for any other than State tele
grams. Charges for telegrams must be supported by receipts from the Telegraph
Department, showing that they have been classified as State telegrains.

No. 4725. -Notification. -The following is published for general information :
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, -MILITARY DEPARTMENT.

Extract from the Proceedings of the Government of India, in the Military Department,
Ne. 246. dated Fort William, 16th November 1877.
Read again
Financial Department Resolution No. 2188, dated 23rd March 1872, sanctioning the charge
of a uniform rate of 10 per cent. ( irrespective of transit charges) on the invoice value of all
medical stores supplied by the Medical Department to Local Governments, and to civil and
other departments of the State as well as so charitable dispensaries.
Read again
Note by the Accountant-General, Military Department, stating that the rates charged for
medical stores supplied to native states, municipalities and private individuals do not appear
to have been definitely fixed, and submitting papers showing that the practice in this matter
is not uniform in the three Presidencies.
RESOLUTION. -On a full consideration of all the circumstances of the case, the
Governor-General in Couneil is pleased to decide, in supersession of previous orders,
that the following per-centages be charged to cover all incidental charges in connec
tion with the supply of medical stores :
(a. ) 20 per cent, in advance of invoice rate for medical stores supplied to
local Governments, departments and charitable dispensaries ; and 30 per
cent. in advance of invoice rates for medical stores sold to municipalities,
native states and private individuals.
(b.) In the case of locally manufactured stores, the same per-centages as above
calculated on the cost materials and labor.
2. The transit charges from place of issue to the consignee's address should,
as a rule, be separately arranged for by the consignee himself.
3. This resolution is applicable to all three Presidencies .
:
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PUNJAB GOVERNMENT ORDERS ,
1877 .
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PUNJAB GOVERNMENT ORDERS .
Circular No. 1-13, dated 8th January 1877.

Forwards to all Commissioners, and Presidents of District and Municipal Com
mittees, for information, copy of Govt. of India Resolution ruling that when the
whole time of officer is paid for by the State, the Government is at full liberty to
employ him in his own sphere upon the public service, in such manner as may be
convenient, and such officer is not entitled to separate or additional remuneration
for duty which he may be required to perform connected with service the cost of
which is borne by local funds. *

From Officiating Secretary to Government, Punjab and its Dependencies, to all
Commissioners and Superintendents in the Punjab.
IN continuation of the Circular No. 40, dated 10th August last, and previous
orders, regarding the inspection by Commissioners of the several district treasuries,
I am desired to request your special attention to the enclosed copy of further orders,
from the Government of India, No. 2787 , dated 30th November, and to the annex
ed copy of a statement furnished by the Accountant-General of particulars of the
latest inspections intimated to him.
No. 2787 , dated 30th November 1876.
From Assistant Secretary to the Govt. of India, Financial Department.
I AM directed to invite your attention to the Resolution in this Department, No. 3461 ,
dated the 5th December 1873, directing Local Governments to arrange for the periodical
inspection of all revenue treasuries by Commissioners of Divisions or other Superintending
Officers, who were to communicate to the Accountant- General of the Province their observa
tions on all matters connected with the accounts and treasury branches of revenue treasuries.
2. From the reports submitted by the Comptroller- General, it appears that it is only from
Burma that reports of the inspection of treasuries have been generally received.
3. I am therefore to request that, with the permission of His Honor the Lieutenant-Go
vernor, you will be good enough to arrange, as early as possible, for the inspection of the
treasuries in the Punjab.
No. 17389, dated 22nd December 1876.
From-Accountant-General , Punjab,
IN reply to his endorsement No. 3560, dated the 15th instant, forwards herewith a list
showing particulars of the inspection of treasuries by the Commissioners.
List showing particulars of the inspection of treasuries by the Commissioners.
NAMES OF TREASURIES. PARTICULARS.
1 Delhi ... Inspected on the 26th of June. Commissioner proposes to re

port, when reporting on the whole Division , at the close of
1876-77,
⠀⠀⠀
2 Gurgaon ... Inspected in a cursory manner only.

3 Karnal Not inspected.
4 Hissar Inspected . Balance counted and found correct. Registers
and records in good order. Strong room, only tolerably safe.
5 Rohtak Visited, but not examined in detail.
6 Sirsa Inspected. Balances counted, and found correct.
* See " Supreme Govt. Orders, " December 1876 , p. 163.
2 PUNJAB GOVERNMENT ORDERS. [ RECORD
NAMES OF TREASURIES. PARTICULARS .
7 Umballa ... The Commissioner reported under date the 20th of July last
8 Ludhiana that he had not been able to inspect the treasuries of this
9 Simla Division.
10 Jullundur ... Not inspected owing to a misapprehension of the Commis
sioner, who thought that being on the line of rail it would
be inspected by this office.
11 Hoshiarpur Inspected. Arrangements, under which the Judge of the
Small Cause Court, who sits in a building or mile from
:.
treasury, and treasurer at a considerable distance from Eng

lish Office, not satisfactory, otherwise everything in excel
lent order on the occasion of the last inspection.
12 Kangra Inspected and reported to be in excellent order.
13 Amritsar
14 Gurdaspur No reply received from Commissioner, though three reminders
15 Sialkot were sent.
16 Lahore
17 Gujranwala The Commissioner reported, under date the 26th of June last,
18 Ferozepore that only two tahsil treasuries were inspected .
19 Rawalpindi
20 Jhelum All treasuries inspected , and found apparently in good work.
21 Gujrat ing order. Further report promised in No. 4204, dated
22 Shahpur 15th August, not received.
23 Mooltan
24 Jhang The Commissioner reported in his No. 595, dated 12th of July
25 Montgomery last, that he joined the Division ou the 7th of January 1876 ,
26 Muzaffargarh and made no circuit, hence no treasuries were inspected.
27 Dera Ismail Khan Inspected. Requirements of paragraph 2 of Government of
28 Dera Ghazi Khan India's No. 3853, dated 19th June 1874, generally acted up
29 Bannu to. No irregularity requiring special report was discovered.
30 Peshawar Inspected . Generally satisfactory.
31 Hazara Inspected . Everything in order.
32 Kohat Not inspected owing to the closure of the Pass.
Marine
Forests
Lieutenant-Governor

COPIES of the following forwarded to all Commissioners and Deputy Commis
sioners, for information and guidance ; also to Financial Commissioner, with refer
ence to his No. 1290, dated 16th ultimo.
No. 1197S, dated 31st October 1876 .
From-Secretary to the Government of India, Military Department,
To-The Quartermaster- General in India.
I AM directed , with reference to the correspondence noted in the margin, to state, for the
information of the Commander-in- Chief, that the Government of
From Controller, Military Ac India consider it desirable that more explicit rules should be laid
counts, Bengal, No. 2453, dated
9th June 1876. down for the guidance of local military authorities in regard to
No. 7161, dated 13th October the acquisition of land for military purposes. I am therefore to
1876.
Herewith forwarded -Return request that His Excellency may be moved to consider the sug
requested. gestions submitted by the Controller of Military Accounts, and
to have prepared, for the concurrence of the Government of India,
an order prohibiting, on the part of local military authorities, any action which would in any
way compromise the Government in regard to the acquisition of such land , until their sanction
had been obtained through His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief.
3. Local Governments will be requested to take no steps for the taking up of land for
military purposes without the previous authority of the Government of India,
FEBY. 1877. ] PUNJAB GOVERNMENT ORDERS . 3
Circular No. 4-542, dated 12th February 1877.
FORWARDS to all Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners in the Punjab, for

strict observance, copy of the orders of the Government of India, on the subject of
*
elephants borrowed by Civil Officers from the Commissariat Department."
* See " Supreme Government Orders ". p. 5.

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MARCH 1877. ] PUNJAB GOVERNMENT ORDERS.

FORWARDS to all Commissioners in the Punjab, for information and guidance,
in continuation of No. 51-2020, dated 12th October 1875 , copies of Government of
India Resolution regarding the grant to Government servants of extra allowances
for duties connected with local funds.

Copy of the correspondence below circulated for information to all Commissioners
and Superintendents of Divisions in the Punjab, and to Presidents of Municipal
Committees.

From-Commissioner and Superintendent, Hissar Division,
To--The Officiating Secretary to Government Punjab.
In reply to Secretary's No. 120 , dated 15th January 1877, begs to forward copy of Deputy
Commissioner Rohtak's No. 49, dated 6th instant, from which it will appear there has been a
doubt about the meaning of the term " bhusa " in the Rohtak municipality,
2. In this part of the country the following are the terms used for the articles which it is
presumed that Government meant to include in the term " bhusa " :
Bhusa- Straw of múng, moth, urad and gram.
Turi- Straw of wheat and oats.
Kurbi- Straw of jowar and bajrá.
Pálá- Leaf of a small shrub like the dwarf bér, much used for fodder in this
Division.
3. The general term for all is " chara," fodder. Perhaps the use of the word " fodder "
instead of " bhusa " would prevent misconception in future.
From- Deputy Commissioner, Rohtak,
To- The Commissioner and Superintendent, Hissar Division.
In reply to his No. 21 , dated 2nd instant, states that Deputy Commissioner's reference was
made on representation of the Rohtak Municipal Committee, which reported that kurbi and
pala had both been classed under " bhusa," and exemption claimed thereupon under the circu
lar quoted.
To- The Commissioner and Superintendent, Hissar Divisiou.
I am desired to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No. 18, dated 19th current, explain
ing how the word " bhusa," in the orders exempting from octroi food grains and bhusa produced
on lands within the municipal boundary, has been misunderstood, and to express the Lieute
nant- Governor's concurrence in your 2nd paragraph.
A copy of this correspondence will be circulated to all Commissioners and to Presidents of
Municipal Committees.

From Offa. Secretary to Government, Punjab and its Dependencies, to all Commissioners
and Superintendents, and all Presidents of Municipal and District Committees.
I am desired to state, for the information of municipal and district committees,
that His Honor the Lieutenant-Governor, after full consideration of the subject,
has decided that the schools supported at present partly or wholly from the
General Local Fund in municipalities, and which were formerly supported by the
educational cess, shall be hereafter supported by Municipal and District Funds in
proportion to the number of children, whether urban or rural, taught in them.

Forwards to Commissioners and Superintendents of Divisions and Deputy
Commissioners for information, copy of Home Department Government of India
orders on the subject of the proper channel of correspondence between Civil and
Military Officers. *

Forwards to all Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners and Heads of Depart
ments for information and guidance, copy of Government of India Financial
Department letter regarding the batta allowable to a ministerial officer. +
Circular No. 10—791, dated 24th March 1877.

Forwards copy of the following to all officers concerned, for information, in
continuation of Circular No. 58-2202, dated 1st November 1875.
In compliance with your letter No. 1424, dated 12th March, I am desired to submit s
complete list of officers indenting for stationery, prepared in the manner described in the
enclosures of your letter.
List of Officers indenting for Stationery.
(1). Heads of departments who will submit consolidated indents for themselves and
subordinates.
Financial Commissioner ; Conservator of Forests ; Inspector- General of Registration and
Inspector-General of Police ; Superintendent of Stamps ; Joint Secretary to Government,
Public Works Department, Irrigation Branch ; Secretary to Government, Public Works
Department ; Director of Public Instruction ; Meteorological Reporter ; Superintendent.
General of Vaccination ; Accountant- General ; Inspector- General of Prisons and Dispensaries.
(2). Officers subordinate to heads of departments, who will submit consolidated indents
for themselves and subordinates.
Settlement Commissioner ; Deputy Commissioner, Paper Currency.
(3. ) Officers who will submit their indents directly to Superintendent, Stationery, for
their own offices only.
Secretary to Government, Punjab, Civil Department ; Registrar, Chief Court ; Commis
sioners ; Secretary to Government, Punjab, Military Department ; Principal, Medical School ;
Sanitary Commissioner.
Circular No. 11-1183, dated 26th 1877.

From Officiating Under-Secretary to Government, Punjab and its Dependencies, to all
Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners in the Punjab.
A CASE having occurred in which the magistrate of a district put in force the
rules made under the Criminal Tribes Act against the members of a criminal tribe
in his district on the the issue of the formal notification declaring such tribe to be
criminal, and without instructions from this office, I am desired to explain, with a
view to preventing the recurrence of such a mistake, that the Gazette Notification
declaring the provisions of the Criminal Tribes Act applicable to any tribe, is the
preliminary step which the district officer should follow up , if necessary, by an ap
plication for order under Section 7 of the Act.
This procedure is evidently contemplated both by the language of the Act and
the juxtaposition of the sections under reference.
* See " Supreme Government Orders," p. 15.
† See " Supreme Government Orders," p. 15.

FORWARDS copies of the following correspondence to all Commissioners and
Deputy Commissioners in the Punjab, for information and guidance.
COPY also forwarded to Inspector-General of Police.
No. 339, dated 23rd February 1877.

From-Commissioner and Superintendent, Lahore Division,
No. 29, of 13th February 1877, FORWARDS Copy of Deputy Commissioner, Ferozepore's No.
from Deputy Commissioner, Guj 17, dated 23rd January, to the effect that Rule VII under Section
ranwala. 18 of Criminal Tribes Act of 1871 acts badly. Also copy of opini
No. 47, of 10th February 1877,
from Deputy Commissioner, ons of Deputy Commissioners Gujranwala and Lahore, on the
Lahore. same subject, as per letters marginally noted.
2. What is necessary is two rolls calls, at dusk and at dawn, to prevent members of cri
minal tribes from going far from home, but restriction to the village area by day is unadvisable.

From-Officiating Under- Secretary to Government, Punjab.
To-The Commissioner and Superintendent, Lahore Division.
I AM desired to acknowledge the receipt of your docket No. 339, dated 23rd ultimo, with
enclosed correspondence, relative to the working of No. 7 of the rules made under Section 18
of the Criminal Tribes Act of 1871 , and in reply to state that the Lieutenant- Governor does
not consider any amendment of those rules necessary. There appears to be no reason why
facilities for lawful pursuits should not be adequately afforded to the criminal tribes in the
Ferozepore and Gujranwala districts by a proper management of the system of passes provided
by Rule VIII. Passes can be granted by lambardars, as provided in Punjab Government Re
solution No. 3109 , dated 23rd August 1875, and His Honor, with reference to the difficulty
which now appears to be felt, thinks that passes should, where necessary, be granted in such
terms as to admit of the habitual exercise of the privileges they authorize. A member of a
criminal tribe should therefore apply through the officer in charge of the police station to the
District Superintendent of Police for a pass worded so as to allow him to absent himself daily
from his village in order to pursue an honest calling, under such conditions as to return at
night and the like, as might be deemed expedient in each case, and the attention of Deputy
Commissioners is also invited to the circumstance that when such a pass has been held with
out cancellation for a year, the holder would be entitled to have his name erased from the
register under the provisions of Rule XVIII .

From Officiating Secretary to Government, Punjab and its Dependencies, to all Com
missioners, Deputy Commissioners and Heads of Departments in the Punjab.
THIS correspondence with the Postal Department is forwarded for the informa
tion and guidance of all officers, who are requested to comply strictly with the pro
visions of the postal rules as interpreted by the Postmaster-General, Punjab, until
some modification of them be sanctioned by the Government of India.

From-Officiating Secretary to Government, Punjab.
To-The Postmaster, Rawalpindi,
Two letters, one signed on the envelope by Commissioner of Peshawar, " F. R. Pollock,
Comr. and Supdt.," and the other " G. Gordon Young, Addl. Comr," have been charged by you
six annas and two annas extra postage as irregularly franked . I have declined to pay postage
on these letters, as I consider that your reading of paragraph 2, page 43 of the Indian Postal
Guide is entirely erroneous and contrary to the practice of any other post office in the Punjab,
and I have referred the matter to the Postmaster-General ,

From-Officiating Secretary to Government Punjab,
To- The Postmaster-General, Punjab.
I HAVE the honor to forward two envelopes on which extra postage is charged by the
Postmaster of Rawalpindi, and would beg to be informed whether he is acting in accordance
with your wishes. I would only note that the practice, if you pronounce it to be the correct
one, is different from that of every post office from which I receive letters in this province.
You will observe that the Peshawar and Jullundur Post Offices have not objected to the frank
ing, and in the same way the letters which have been objected to by the Rawalpindi Post Office,
from the Under- Secretary to Government, the Deputy Commissioner of Kohat and others,
within the last few days, have not been objected to by the Post Offices at Lahore, Kohat,
Jhelum and elsewhere ; nor has the Rawalpindi Post Office, although I have been here more
than a month, objected till within the last few days. If it is now right it has until recently
shown gross carelessness and caused a great loss to the postal revenue, for numberless letters,
franked far more irregularly than these, have been passed to me through the Rawalpindi Post
Office without extra charge.
With reference to the two covers enclosed I would beg to observe that the meaning of the
rule in the Postal Guide is abundantly clear, that the name and designation of the superscribing
officer should be so clear and full as to prevent any possibility of fraud, and in the present case
the Commissioner of Peshawar signs himself in full " F. R. Pollock, Comr, and Supdt." The
words are indeed abbreviated, but I would insist that according to both the strict letter and
the spirit of the postal rule this is a designation of office in full, and cannot be misinterpreted
by any postmaster. In the same way with " Addl. Comr.," the office is described in full and no
mistake is possible. The rule in both instances is strictly complied with, and to charge extra
postage for irregular franking appears to me to be purely vexatious and opposed to that com
mon sense which should govern the proceedings of an Imperial Department.
A cover received this morning is further enclosed, showing what both I and the Delhi Post
Office consider to be the full and sufficient franking . The practice of the Rawalpindi Post
master is in my experience singular in the Punjab and opposed to that of every other office.

From-Postmaster-General, Punjab,
In reply to your letter No. 589, dated 10th instant, I have the honor to state that in para
graph 2. Section VI., page 43, of the Indian Postal Guide, it is ciearly laid down that covers
" on Her Majesty's Service " should have the "full signature and official designation " of the
Government Officer who sends the article, or the Head Clerk or Superintendent of his office, or
of other responsible officer to whom the duty of despatching is confided." Again, in paragraph
14 of the same section, page 45, it is stated that " any irregularity or incompleteness of the
address, superscription , or signature on an article, renders it liable to be treated as an ordinary
unpaid article, any service stamps which it may bear not being recognized." Thus you wil[
observe that the Postmaster of Rawalpindi has in no way exceeded his duty, but has strictly
adhered to the orders issued for his guidance. I admit that in some post offices there has been
some laxity in checking the proper franking of official covers. I have now issued orders to all
postal officials that I trust will ensure a strict adherence to the published rules in this matter.
2. I have submitted the question to the Director-General of Post Offices, with a view to
the Government of India's ruling being obtained whether the full name and designation of the
franking official is to be insisted on, or that a recognized code of abbrevations be published for
the future guidance of all Government officials. In the meantime I regret I am unable to
sanction a refund of postage charged on the covers submitted by you for my inspection.

To-The Postmaster-General, Punjab.
I AM desired by His Honor the Lieutenant-Governor to reply to your letter on the subject
of insufficiently franking official letters, and to express satisfaction that you have referred the
matter to the Director- General of Post Offices, with the view of a ruling of the Government of
India being obtained. I have also forwarded the correspondence to the Government of India,
and on receipt of a reply will communicate with you.
2. It seems to the Lieutenant-Governor that in the discussion of the case several points
should be allowed their due weight. The rule under which the covers which have formed the
subject of the present correspondence are charged extra postage is undoubtedly a wholesome
one, and a necessary one. All that is contended is that it is worked by some post office officials
in a vexatious manner. It is also, and almost necessarily, worked inconsistently. In 1872, when
a reference was made on the subject, your predecessor. writing to say that a cover could not be
passed franked by a head clerk with the initials " H. C." omitted to observe that his own
letter was thus insufficiently franked by his own head clerk ; while your circular forwarded a
few days ago on the subject of insufficient franking, and reiterating the orders of the Post
Office Guide, was accompanied from the post office by two letters which had been under the
order incorrectly passed . All that is necessary is protection against fraud, and this can be
well secured without minute and vexatious criticisms of official signatures, the correctness of
which is open to no reasonable doubt.
3. The contention in my former letter was that, for the purposes of the Guide, the sig
nature " Comr. and Supdt. , " with the name of the officer in full, complies both in letter and
spirit with the rule, which only states that the signature should be in full, and does not so
state that the66 official designation shall be. If the intention was as ruled by you, the wording
should stand full signature and full official designation.
4. I beg to forward, as an example of the extreme to which an excellent rule may be
pushed, a cover received this morning on which extra postage is charged, which is franked by
the full signature of the despatching officer. " H. W. Cooke, Asst. Secretary, Foreign Depart
ment." On this cover is endorsed-" Franking officer's full designation not given," and four
annas' postage charged. A case of this sort speaks for itself.
5. Yesterday, in a similar way, a letter received from the Mir Munshi of the Punjab
Secretariat was charged extra postage, because having signed himself " Mir Munshi " in full
he had also aded " E. A. Comr.," signifying Extra Assistant Commissioner, although this
official's right to frank was not owing to his being an Extra Assistant Commissioner, but to
his being Mir Munshi of the Secretariat. The " E. A. Comr." was a surplusage altogether,
and was no more required on the frank than the military rank of an officer holding your
present position as Postmaster-General.
6. It seems to the Lieutenant-Governor that in most stations in the Punjab the signature
of the head clerks and district officers and high departmental officials are intimately known
to the postmasters and their establishments, and that if the receiving post office has no
objection to make and no suspicion of fraud, the delivering post office should not object.
7. Protection against fraud, as understood by your department, seems unnecessarily
exacting, seeing that it is not likely that the full signature being required a person wishing
improperly to make use of a service stamp would risk the penalty of transportation for the
sum of one anna. Should a person have made up his mind to eommit a forgery for so trifling
a consideration , he would probably be exceedingly careful to comply with the requirements of
the Postal Guide as regards stating in full detail the designation of the office to which he
pretends to belong.
From Officiating Secretary to Government Punjab and its Dependencies, to all

Commissioners and Superintendents of Divisions in the Punjab.
A Circular No. 17 of this office, dated 28th March 1876, conveyed the orders
of the Honorable the Lieutenant- Governor on the subject of advertisements appear
ing in the newspapers in English and the Vernacular relating to lotteries which had
not been authorized by the Government. It was pointed out that the publication
of such proposals was an offence punishable under Section 294A of the Indian Penal
Code, and I requested you to take steps to make Government acquainted with any
cases of such publication in order that sanction to the prosecution of the offenders
might be obtained under Section 465 of the Criminal Procedure Code. This pro
hibition has now been in force a year ; and the Lieutenant-Governor, having found
that no practical advantage has been gained by its insistance, has directed me to
intimate to you its withdrawal, and you are requested to inform those journals to
which you originally communicated the Government prohibition .
Circular No. 15-909, dated 7th April 1877.

COPY ofthe undermentioned correspondence with the Accountant-General, re
garding charges for paper for lithographed forms, is forwarded for information and
guidance to all Heads of Departments concerned, in continuation of Circular No. 4,

dated 7th January 1876
Accountant-General's Circular letter No. 8626, dated 19th June 1876.
This Office No. 2667 , dated 12th September 1876.
Accountant-General's No. 1050M., dated 26th January 1876.
This Office No. 3556, dated 15th December 1876.
Accountant- General's No. 1174, dated 29th January 1877.
This Office No. 279 , dated 5th February 1877.
This Office No. 634 , dated 16th March 1877.
Accountant-General's No. 3970, dated 22nd March 1877. 1
General Letter No. 8626, dated 19th June 1876.

From-Accountant- General, Punjab,
To
Please inform me whether, before the present arrangements under which lithographic
charges are adjusted by transfer came into force, the total cost of lithographed forms appeared
in your Provincial bills , or whether the charges for paper were taken against your grant for
country stationery. If there has been any change of practice siuce 1870-71 in this matter,
please detail it. The original bills in this office do not in many instances give the necessary
information.
From - Officiating Secretary to Government, Punjab,
To- The Accountant-General Punjab.
With reference to Accountant- General's general letter No. 8626, dated 19th June, requests
the favor of information as to the result of the enquiry regarding adjustment of charges for
peper used in lithographed forms, and as to what was formerly, and what is now, the practice
in this matter.
No. 1050M., dated 26th September 1876.
From-Accountant- General, Punjab,
In reply to his No. 2667, dated the 12th current, begs to state that all the replies have not
yet been received from the officers to whom this office general letter No. 8626, dated 19th June
last, was addressed, but so soon as they are, the result of the enquiry will be reported for the
information of His Honor the Lieutenaut - Governor.

To-The Accountant-General, Punjab.
With reference to his No. 1050M ., dated 26th September last, enquires whether the replies
have been received to his general letter No. 8626. dated 19th June, regarding adjustment of
charges for paper used in lithographed forms, and as to what was formerly, and what is now,
the practice in this matter, and what has been the result of the enquiry.
No. 1174, dated 29th January 1877.
From-Accountant - General, Punjab,
With reference to your No. 3556, dated the 15th ultimo, and previous correspondence,
regarding lithographic printing charges, I beg to state that from the replies received to the
enquiry made by this office, it would appear that no uniform system was adopted, but that
generally, though not universally, the charges on account of paper used for lithographic forms
have been taken with the lithographic charges themselves against the grant for printing.
2. As, however, it is absolutely necessary to have some uniform system, all charges for
paper will be taken against the grants of the departments supplied, from the commencement
of the present financial year.
This plan is in accordance with the principle adopted in regard to the Central Jail Press,
as authorized by your Circular No. 4-56, dated the 7th of January 1876, and with that described
in paragraph 15 of your No. 515, dated the 2nd of March last, to the address of the Government
of India, in the Financial Department. But I beg that with His Honor's permission it may be
expressly brought to the notice of that departmont, as it of course throws some extra expendi
ture on the Imperial resources.
MARCH 1877. ] PUNJAB GOVERNMENT ORDERS. 11

From--Officiating Secretary to Government, Punjab,
To- The Accountant-General, Punjab.
In reply to No. 1174, dated 29th ultimo, regarding the adjustment of cost of paper used
for lithographed forms, states that the arrangement indicated in the 2nd paragraph, which 18
in accordance with rule, is approved of. The subject was brought to notice of the Government
cf India in paragraph 16 of this Government letter No. 515, dated 2nd March 1876.

To-The Accountant- General, Punjab.
Enquires whether instructions have been issued, in accordance with paragraph 2 of his
No. 1174, dated 22th January last, regarding uniform system of adjusting charges for paper
for lithographic forms, and if so, requests that a copy of the Circular may be forwarded for
the information of Government.
No. 3970, dated 22nd March 1877.

From-Officiating Assistant Accountant-General . Punjab,
In reply to your No. 634, dated the 16th instant, regarding adjustment of charges for
paper for lithographic forms, I have the honor to state that as orders on the subject were com
municated to all Heads of Departments in your Circular No. 4 of 1876, the issue of any sub
sidiary instructions by this office were considered unnecessary by this office, which sees that
effect is given to the orders contained in the above-quoted Circular.

From Officiating Secretary to Government Punjab and its Dependencies, to all Commis
sioners, Deputy Commissioners, and Heads of Departments in the Punjab.
The Secretary of State for India has brought to notice the inconvenience
caused to the authorities at the India Office from the practice which appears to
have lately grown up of sending to England, as a matter of course, all insanə
patients believed to be of European birth. In many cases the patients sent , though
stated to be of European birth, have proved to be natives of India, who were more
likely to suffer from than to benefit by their transfer from the land of their birth
to a country where the climate is so different to what they have been accustomed
to ; while those actually of European birth have been sent without regard to the
prospect of such a change being likely to promote their recovery.
2. The Secretary of State has accordingly directed that orders should issue
that under no circumstances should insane patients who are natives of India be
sent at the public expense to England , and that Europeans should be sent only in
cases where their transfer to Europe is likely to promote their recovery.
3. It is requested that this rule be in future observed, and that no steps be
taken for sending insane patients to England until the orders of Government have
been obtained. Moreover, when it may be necessary, owing to the absence of suit
able accommodation in this province, to transfer European insane patients to
Bhawanipur or any other Asylum out of the Punjab, care should be taken to avoid
any indication of a wish on the part of this Government that the partient so trans
ferred should be sent to England .
I
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MAY 1877. ] PUNJAB GOVERNMENT ORDERS. 13
Circular No. 17-1893, dated 27th April 1877.

FORWARDS to all Commissioners and Heads of Departments, for information and
guidance, copy of Government of India Resolution, regarding allowances to Govern
ment Officers for extra duties in connection with examinations & c. *
Circular No. 18-2140, dated 15th May 1877.

COPY of the following forwarded to all Civil Surgeons in the Punjab, for infor
mation and guidance.
From The Officiating Secretary to the Government of India, Home Department,
I AM directed to acknowledge your letters noted on the margin on the subject of the ap
pointment of an Assistant to the Chemical Examiner in the
No. 3425, dated 18th October 1876. Punjab, and in reply, am to observe that the system prevailing
No. 4263, dated 16th December 1876. in that Province as to references made to the Chemical Ex
aminer seems to be different from that prevailing elsewhere. As a rule in other Provinces
ordinary cases in which chemical examination is required are satisfactorily dealt with by the
local Civil Surgeons, whereas it would seem probable that in the Punjab a great number of such
cases in which elaborate analysis can hardly be really needed are referred to the Chemical
Examiner. I am to ask for the views of the Lieutenant- Governor on this point.
2. The argument adduced by the local authorities as to the assistance rendered by the
Assistant Chemical Examiner to the Lahore Medical School in addition to his work in the
Chemical Laboratory cannot be accepted. I am to remind you that in April 1864 the expendi
ture was finally fixed , and there is no sufficient ground shown for reconsidering that order. I
am, moreover, to point out that if the privilege of private practice be withheld from the Officers
of the College, the present staff would apparently be fully adequate to all the real require
ments of the institution. I am to suggest that as regards all future incumbents this privilege
should be withdrawn .
3. The Punjab Government are under a misapprehension in supposing that only the grant
of a special allowance to the Assistant Chemical Examiner requires the sanction of the Govern
ment of India. The creation of the appointment itself requires such sanction. The Public
Work Department Resolution of the 17th January 1874 cannot be held to have sanctioned this
new appointment, as no application for sanction had then been made to that department or to
any other department of the Government of India.
No. 1123, dated 21st March 1877.

From-The Officiating Secretary to Government, Punjab
To- The Registrar, Chief Court, Punjab.
I AM desired to forward, for the perusal of the Judges of the Chief Court, file of corres
pondence in original in regard to the analysis of poisoning cases in the Punjab, and to state
that if the Judges consider that it is necessary to call the attention of Judicial Officers in the
Punjab to their Circular No. IX. of 1874, the Lieutenant-Governor would be obliged if they
would do so, as in His Honor's opinion the instructions therein prescribed seem to be amply
sufficient if attended to.
2. I am to request the return of the original papers.
No. 983, dated 25th April 1877.
From--The Officiating Registrar, Chief Court, Punjab,
I AM desired to return the original correspondence forwarded with your No. 1123, of 21st
ultimo, and to forward, for the information of His Honor the Lieutenant-Governor, copy of a
Circular Memorandum which has been addressed to all Judicial Officers in accordance with
the suggestion contained in your letter.
2. At the same time the Judges would observe that in cases where human subjects are not
concerned articles are often sent direct by the Police to the Chemical Examiner, and I am to
suggest that the Inspector- General of Police should be addressed regarding such cases.
* See " Supreme Government Orders,” p . 17.

Circular Memo. No. 11-982 , dated 25th April 1877.

From The Officiating Registrar, Chief Conrt, Punjab,
To-All Judicial Officers in the Punjab.
IT having been brought to the notice of the Judges of the Chief Court that articles are
sometimes unnecessarily sent to the Chemical Examiner for analysis in cases in which the ex
amination could have been as satisfactorily conducted by the local Civil Surgeon, the particular
attention of all Judicial Officers in the Punjab is invited to the rules on the subject which are
published as Appendix VII. to the Volume of Judicial Circulars.
2. The instructions contained in these rules are clear and precise, and the Judges desire
me to enjoin their strict observance for the future.
From The Inspector- General of Police, Punjab,
I HAVE the honor to return the enclosures of your No. 1957 , of the 2nd May, regarding the
exercise of discretion in the despatch of substances to the Chemical Examiner for analysis, and
to report that I have drawn attention to paragraph 30 of Book Circular XV on this subject.
2. As subjects for analysis are almost invariably forwarded to the Chemical Examiner on
the advice of Civil Surgeons, I venture to suggest that these officers be put in possession of the
wishes of Government.
Circular No. 19-2155, dated 16th May 1877.

To all Commissioners and Superintendents in the Punjab.
I AM directed to state, with reference to applications for privilege leave by
Judicial Assistants serving within your Division, that the Lieutenant-Governor is of
opinion that unless there be any special or urgent reason to the contrary, Judicial
Assistants should arrange to take such privilege leave as may be due to them, so as
to include the month in which the Civil Courts are closed in the Punjab. Their
appointments are purely Judicial, and there is no reason that by excluding this
month from the privilege leave due to him, a Judicial Assistant should obtain an
extra month's holiday during the summer when it is exceedingly difficult to meet
the ordinary administrative wants of the Province in the matterof Judicial Officers.
HOME DEPARTMENT.
The 4th May 1877.
No. 1997.-Notification .-It is hereby notified, for general information , that the
general provisions of Act XXXI . of 1860, commonly known as " The Arms' Act," as
modified by Act VI of 1866, have effect in all districts under the Punjab Government.
2. In the following districts the provisions of Section 32 ( prohibiting the
possession of arms and ammunition without a license) are in force, except in regard
to certain classes and persons specially exempted, as hereinafter detailed :—
Delhi. Ferozepore.
Gurgaon. Rawalpindi.
Karnál. Jhelum.
Hissar. Gujrát.
Rohtak. Shahpur.
Sirsa. Mooltan.
Umballa. Jhang.
Ludhiana. Montgomery.
Jullundur. Muzaffargarh.
Hoshiarpur. The Cis- Indus portions of the Dera
Amritsar. Ismail Khan and Bannu districts,
Gurdaspur. comprised in the Bhakkar and
Sialkot. Miánwáli sub-divisions.
Lahore. The villages of Gujar Garhi and Urmar
Gujranwálá. Payán, in the Peshawar district.
3. In the following districts the provisions of Section 32 are not in force :

(except the Cis-Indus
Peshawar (except the village | Dera Ismail Khan. portions comprised in
of Gujar Garhi and Urmar Bannu. the Bhakkar and Mian
Payán.) wali sub-divisions).
Hazara. Dera Ghazi Khan.
Simla.
Kohat. Kangra.
4. The following classes and persons are specially exempted from the provi
sions of Section 32 (prohibiting the possession of arms and ammunition without a
license) and Section 26 (providing a penalty for going armed and carrying arms.
without a license) in addition to those exempted under the provisions of Section
27 of the Act :
(1). All European , American and Anglo-Indian subjects.
(2) . Certain Chiefs, Jagírdars, Magistrates and Vakils named in the
Punjab Gazettes of the 1st September 1860, 28th November
1860, 13th July and 21st September 1864.
(3). All Honorary Magistrates in the Punjab.
(4). All Police Zaildars in the Punjab.
5. Overseers and Assistant Overseers of the mail line of the Postal Department
in the Punjab, are exempted from taking out licenses to carry arms under Section
26 so long as they continue in the service of Government.
The 22nd May 1877,
No. 2239. - Notification.- The following Rules, made by the Inspector-General
of Registration, Punjab, under Section 69 of Act III of 1877, have been approved by
the Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor, and are published for general information :-
1. Regarding safe custody of Records and their destruction . The office of every
Registrar and Sub- Registrar is supplied with a strong, tin-lined box with a Chubb's
lock ; in this box the Register Books and all papers and instruments connected
therewith shall be kept. No money or valuables of any kind shall be deposited in
it. The box shall be placed in the room where the Registering Officer transacts his
public business, and shall be opened and closed by that officer himself, or in his
presence. When locked, the key shall be retained in his own possession. He shall
be responsible for the preservation and safe sustody of all registration records, in
cluding those of previous years, which have accumulated in his office or been trans
ferred to it.
2. Every Registrar is supplied with a fire-proof safe. In this safe shall be
kept sealed covers of wills and authorities to adopt which may have been deposited
under the provisions of Act XX of 1866, and authorities to adopt executed before
the 1st January 1872 which may be deposited under Section 2 of Act VIII of 1871 ;
also sealed covers of wills which may be presented for deposit under Section 43 and
wills which may be opened under Section 45 of Act VIII of 1871 or Act III of 1877.
It shall not be used for any other purpose whatever. The key of the safe shall
remain in the personal custody of the Registrar, who alone shall open or close the
safe. The safe shall be kept where it cannot be affected by damp ; and it shall be
opened once a week at least, with the view of ascertaining that its contents (if any)
are safe, and that the lock is in order.
3. Every Sub-Registrar shall, at the close of each official year, report to his
Registrar the different kinds of records and the periods to which they belong, which
he considers may be destroyed ; and the Registrar, after examining all the reports
of his district and recording his opinion thereon, shall add a report of the same de
scription for his own office, and forward the whole for the orders of the Inspector
General, whom they should reach by the 1st May. No records shall be destroyed
except by the direction of the Inspector-General.
4. Inspections allowed under Section 57 of Act III of 1877 shall be made in
the presence of the Registering Officer, and without writing materials.
5. If the production of a Register Book or of any document in the custody
of a Registering Officer be required by any Court, it shall be forwarded under charge
of a member of the Registration Establishment, and application shall be made to the
Court for payment of his expenses.
6. The Languages which shall be deemed to be commonly used. —With reference
to Section 19 of the Act, it is declared that the languages held to be commonly in
use in the Punjab are English and Urdu, but documents presented for registration
may be written in any language commonly in use in a district ; in case, however, of
the language being other than Urdu, they must be accompanied by a true transla
tion into Urdu, and also by a true copy. Documents written in English, when
presented to a European Officer, need not be accompanied by an Urdu translation.
7. Territorial Divisions. -The territorial divisions to be recognized under
Section 21 are the " Tahsil," and where a Tahsil is divided into Pargannás, the
66 Parganna," and the "District " as existing for revenue purposes. The names of
these divisions shall be entered in all documents relating to houses (other than those
situate in towns) and lands, in addition to the name of the village and the adjoining
boundaries of the property.
8. Fines.- Fines under Section 24 shall be levied according to the following
scale when, owing to urgent necessity or unvoidable accident, documents are pre
sented for registration after the lapse of the four months allowed by Section 23. No
registration fees shall be levied in addition to the fines.
Where the delay has not been more An amount equal to twice the proper
than one month ... } registration fee.
Where the delay has been more than Three times the amount of the proper
one month, but not exceeding two
months registration fee.
...
More than two months, but not ex Six times the amount of the proper
ceeding three months ... registration fee.
More than three months, but not Ten times the amount of the proper
exceeding four months ... registration fee.
Additional fiues levied under the proviso in Section 34 shall be according to
the same scale.
9. Applications to the Inspector-General for remission in whole or in part of
any fine levied under Rule 8 shall be submitted through the Registrar, who shall
endorse his own opinion thereon and forward them for orders. No such application
shall be received or forwarded where the document has not already been registered
and the fine or fines paid.
10. Administration of Oaths.- The discretion vested in Registering Officers by
Sec. 63 shall be used with reserve, and oaths administered only in exceptional cases.
11. An oath administered to any person under Section 63 includes an affirina
tion under Section 6 of Act X. of 1873 .
12. Statments made on oath under Section 63 shall not be recorded on the
document, but on separate sheets of paper. They will form a record , and shall be
filed in the Registry Office.
13. A note to the effect that recorded evidence has been taken shall be endorsed
on the document and entered in the margin of the Register Book in which the docu
ment is registered.
14. Form of Memoranda.-The form in which memoranda under Sections 64,
65 and 66 shall be prepared is that given in the Appendix No. 1. Blank litho
graphed forms will be supplied to each office on application to the Inspector- General.
15. When a Registrar receives copy of an English document which requires

that memoranda be forwarded to Sub-Registrars who do not understand English, the
memoranda shall be prepared in Urdu.
16. Authentication of Register Books. - Every entry made in the Register Books
shall be an exact counterpart of the original, and shall be carefully compared with
it all interlineations, blanks, erasures or alterations which appear in the original
shall be shown in the copy entered in the Register. The Registering Officer shall satisfy
himself that this has been done, verifying by his signature or initials any corrections
rendered necessary by mere errors of transcription, but no such correction shall be
made by an erasure or with a knife. The Registering Officer shall also see that the
entry has been made in the book to which it properly belongs, that the number
affixed to it is that which it ought to bear in order to maintain the consecutive
series required by Section 53, and that the book, the volume, and the page entered
in the certificate of registration are correctly stated, -after which he shall authen
ticate the entry by legibly affixing his signature in full, together with his official
designation, at the end of the copy of the document registered. Copies of endorse
ment shall also be initialled or signed by the Registering Officer. The entries shall
be authenticated daily as they are made in the Register Books.
17. Particulars to be contained in Indexes Nos. I., II., III. and IV. - Index
No. I. is that in which Section 55 requires that the names and additions of all
persons executing and of all persons claiming under every document entered or
memorandum filed in Book No. 1 shall be entered. It shall contain the following
headings :
(1.) Name of person.
(2.) Father's name.
(3. ) Residence.
(4.) Profession, trade, caste.
(5.) Interest in the transaction, e. g., buyer, mortgagee. &c.
(6. ) Number of book.
(7.) Volume of book.
(8.) Page of book.
(9.) Letters under which other persons interested in the transaction have
been entered.
18. Index No. II. is that in which, by Section 55, particulars mentioned in
Section 21 relating to every document entered or memorandum filed in book No. 1
are to be entered It shall contain the following headings :
(1. ) Name of city, town or village.
(2. ) Name of tahsíl.
(3.) Name of district.
(4.) Nature of transaction, -e. g. , sale of land, lease of house, mortgage
of land or house, &c. , &c.
(5.) Number of book in which document is registered.
(6.) Volume of book.
(7.) Page of book.
19. Index No. III is that in which Section 55 requires the names and additions
of all persons executing every will and authority entered in Book No. 3 and of the
executors and persons respectively appointed thereunder, and after the death of the
testator or donor (but not before) the names and additions of all persons claiming under
the same shall be entered. It shall contain the headings prescribed for Index No. I.
20. Index No. IV is that in which Sec. 55 requires the names and additions of
all persons executing and of all persons claiming under every document entered in
Book No. 4 to be entered. It shall contain the headings prescribed for Index No. I.
21. A Sub-Registrar, on registering a document of the nature referred to in
Section 64 or 65, shall enter in his Index No. II. only that portion of the property
which is situate in his own sub-district. A Registrar receiving a copy of a document

under Section 65 or 66 will enter only the property situate in his own district.
22. A Sub-Registrar, receiving a memorandum of a document from a Sub- Re
gistrar or the Registrar of his own district, will enter the particulars relating to it
in his Index No. I. and No. II . ; but when the memorandum has been received from
the Registrar, the entries should be made in red ink, with a view to facilitate the
omission of such entries in the copy of the indexes to be furnished to the Registrar.
23. The first letter of the name of the person shall be the guide to the letter
under which the entry is made, and not of the title or caste ; and for Europeans,
of the surname.
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24. Where endorsements or index entries are made in English, the spelling of
vernacular names of places and persons will be regulated by the following table :
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25. Index entries shall be made on the same day as the document to which
they relate is copied or filed in its Register Book. They shall be made alphabeti
cally, in Urdu, on loose sheets of paper corresponding in size with the sheets ofthe
Register Book, and marked ❤❤☺, &c. Each page shall contain at least
15 entries ; and when under any letter a sufficient number of entries to fill a sheet,
exclusive of those in red ink, have been made in Index No. I. or No. II. or No. III.,
the Sub-Registrar shall cause a clearly-written copy of them to be made without
delay on good paper of the same size as that of the Register Books, and forwarded
to his Registrar. The copy so forwarded shall consist of complete sheets containing
at least 60 entries.
26. On the expiration of the calendar year, the remaining entries under each
letter shall be copied and forwarded to the Registrar.
27. In forwarding index sheets, Sub-Registrars shall note at the foot of the
last page of each sheet the date up to which it contains entries, and shall also
attach their signature and the date of despatch,
MAY 1877. ] PUNJAB GOVERNMENT ORDERS . 19
28. The Registrar, on receipt of such sheets shall file them under their appro
priate letters in his index file, and, on receiving those containing the remaining
entries for the year, shall file them also as above directed, and cause the whole,
including those for his own office, to be properly bound into one or more volumes,
as may be expedient with reference to volumes being of a convenient size.
29. Holidays.- The holidays to be observed in Registration Offices shall be
those which may be laid down by the Chief Court for the Civil Courts of the Pro
vince. All the provisions of Section 26 shall apply to such holidays, but it shall be
optional with Registering Officers to keep their offices open during all or any of them,
as they may think fit.
GENERAL RULES.
30. Register Books .-Book No. 1 is the register of non-testamentary documents
relating to immovable property. It and the indexes relating thereto are open to
inspection, and copies of entries in them shall be given to all persons applying for
them on payment of the prescribed fees. In this book shall be entered all docu
ments registered under Section 17 and 18 which relate to immovable property and
are not wills. It shall contain the following headings :—
( 1. ) Value of stamp and copy of all endorsements made in the Registry Office.
(2.) Serial number of entry, nature and value of transaction, and amount of
registration and copying fees, and of fines levied.
(3. ) Copy of document.
(4. ) Note ofcertified copies of decrees and orders of Civil Courts. Copies of maps
shall be pasted on to the first page of the entries to which they appertain.
31. When any document is registered in this book affecting some other docu
ment previously registered in it, a note referring to the later document should be
entered in the left-hand margin (heading No. 4) of the entry of the earlier document.
32. A supplementary volume of this register in the form of a file-book shall
be kept up iu each office, for the purpose of filing (pasting in) copies and memoranda
of instruments received from other offices under Sections 64, 65, 66, and 67, and
copies of certificates granted under the Land Improvement Act, 1871 , received from
collectors under Section 89. The volume shall be called " Supplementary Book
No. 1 ," and shall be so designated in the indexes in all entries relating to documents
filed in it.
33. Book No. 2 is the book in which reasons for refusing to register are to be
recorded. It is also open to inspection , and copies of entries in it shall be given to
all persons applying for them. When a Sub-Registrar refuses to register a document
on the ground that the property to which it relates is not situate within his sub
district, he need not make an order of refusal, nor record his reasons for refusal.
This book shall contain the following headings :
(1. ) Serial number and date.
(2. ) Nature and value of transaction , and value of stamp.
(3. ) Reasons for refusal.
34. Book No. 3 is the register in which wills and authorities to adopt are to
be entered after they have been registered under Section 41 ; also such wills as have
been opened under Section 45. This book is not open to inspection, nor are its In
dexes ; but copies of entries in it or them shall, on payment ofthe prescribed fees, be
given to the persons executing the documents to which such entries relate, or to
their agents, and after the death of the executants (but not before) to any person
applying for such copies. The search must be made by the Registering Officer only.
When a will entered in this book affects immovable property situate in more districts
or sub-districts than that where the entry has been made, no copy or memorandum
of such will need be sent to the Registering Officers of those districts or sub-districts.
It shall contain the following headings :
(1. ) Value of stamp, and copy of all endorsements made in the Registry Office.
(2.) Serial number of entry, nature of document, and amount of fees levied.
(3. ) Copy of document.
35. To prevent mistakes, it is here explained that every document making
posthumous disposition of property is a will, and should be entered in this book ;
and that a document which merely declares the fact of having adopted a son or given
a son for adoption is not an " authority to adopt a son," and should not be entered
in this book, but in Book No. 4.
36. Book No. 4 is the miscellaneous register in which are to be entered all
documents registered under Clauses (d) and (ƒ) of Section 18, which do not relate
to immovable property. It is not open to inspection, nor are its indexes ; but copies
of entries in it or them shall be given to any person executing or claiming under the
documents to which such entries refer, on payment of the prescribed fees. The
search must be made by the Registering Officer only. It shall contain the follow
ing headings :
( 1.) Value of stamp, and copy of all endorsements made in the Registry Office.
(2.) Serial number of entry, nature and value of transaction, and amount of
fees and fines levied .
(3.) Copy of document.
37. Book No. 5 is the register of deposits of wills, and is to be kept only in
the offices of Registrars, who alone can receive wills in sealed covers for deposit. It
shall contain the following headings :
(1. ) Serial number.
(2.) Superscription on the sealed cover.
(3. ) Inscription on the seal of the cover.
(4. ) Time of presentation and receipt of the sealed cover.
Year, month, day, hour.
(5.) Name of depositor of the sealed cover.
(6. ) Names of persons testifying to the identity of depositor.
(7.) Time of delivery of the sealed cover to applicant for withdrawal.
(8. ) Names of persons testifying to the identity of applicant at the time of
delivery.
(9.) Time of opening of the sealed cover.
38. In addition to the above books, there shall be kept in every Registering
Office a Book No. 6, for the purpose of recording brief abstracts of powers-of-attorney
authenticated under Section 33. It shall contain the following headings :
( 1.) Number (in consecutive series, commencing and terminating with the
year).
(2.) Date (year, month, day).
(3.) Name and father's name of principal executing the power.
(4.) Name of attorney.
(5. ) Name of persons identifying the principal.
(6. ) Abstract of the contents of the power, and amount of fees levied.
Only powers-of-attorney to present documents for registration shall be recorded
in this book, and this is the only description of powers-of-attorney which Registering
Officers can authenticate under Section 33. General powers-of-attorney can be
authenticated under this section only when they expressly contain authority to pre
sent documents for registration.
39. If in any Registry Office the number of documents to be registered be so
large that there is difficulty in entering them day by day in the appropriate regis
ter, the Registering Officer shall be empowered by the Inspector-General to keep up
concurrently two volumes of either Register Book No. 1 or No. 4 -the documents
bearing even numbers being entered in one volume, and those bearing odd numbers
in the other.
L 40. All documents shall be presented and registered at the Registration
! Office at the head-quarters of each district or sub-district, as the case may be, ex
cept in cases specially provided for by the Act.
41. Where Registering Officers have other duties to perform, a certain por
tion of each day shall be allotted exclusively to registration work. The time so set
apart shall be made generally known, and written notice of it exhibited in a con
spicuous and accessible part of the building in which the Registry Office is located.
The notice shall state the hours at which documents will be received and returned
daily.
42. At the hours appointed in the notice, the Registering Officer shall per
sonally receive all documents for which registration is sought, have them examined
in his own presence, and, if they are to be admitted, inform each party of the amount
he has to pay ; and as soon as it is paid, the receipt prescribed in Section 52 shall
be given to him. If in payment of the fees any party pay more than the exact
amount due, the balance shall be returned to him at once.
43. When the necessary endorsements have been recorded, the documents
shall be made over to the Registry Moharrir, for the purpose of being entered in
their appropriate registers ; and as soon as this has been done, the Moharrir shall
return the documents to the Registering Officer, who shall retain them in his own
possession until the time appointed for returning documents comes round, and then
cause each to be delivered in his own presence to the proper party, the receipt
given for it being at the same time taken back. If the party claiming to receive
any document be other than the party to whom the receipt was granted, he must
have been nominated in writing on the receipt by the original holder of it, as direct
ed in Section 61.
44. The receiving of documents or of money, the recording of endorsements,
and the returning of the documents, shall not be left to any Moharrir to do at any
time or in the absence of the Registering Officer.
45. Registering Officers shall maintain a vigilant control over their Moharrirs,
and not place them in closer contact with the public than is unavoidable.
46. When the Registering Officer is not personally acquainted with execu
tants, he shall require them to produce persons to testify to their identity, who are
personally known to him, or to some other person whom he personally knows. He
may also, if he think fit, cause descriptive rolls to be recorded of the persons repre
senting themselves as executants ; but this procedure must be in addition to, and
not take the place of, the positive procedure required by Section 34, that the
Registering Officer shall satisfy himself of their identity, for it must be borne in
mind that such descriptive rolls afford in themselves no proof of identity.
47. If the person presenting the document is an agent, he must produce a
power-of-attorney executed in the presence of and authenticated by a Registering
Officer, as required by Section 33 of the Act. If he is a representative or assign,
he must produce evidence of his status.
48. Endorsements. -Endorsements shall be written as far as possible in the
language best understood by the party presenting the document for registration :
that is to say, if he be a European, in English ; if a Native, in Urdu. The forms
for endorsements appended, No. 2, shall be observed by all Registering Officers.
49. Endorsements shall always by written in the presence of the Registering
Officer and of the executants of documents, or of the parties authorized to admit
execution of them,
APPENDIX
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APPENDIX No. II.

I.-Form of Endorsement under Section 52.
This endorsement will be entered on every document presented for registration :
PRESENTED at the Office of the Registrar (or Sub- Registrar of (name ofplace) on (day of
week), the (day of month) day of (name of montk) 18 " between the hours of A. M. (or P. M.)
Signature of every person
presenting the document. Signature of the Registering Officer.
11.- Form of Endorsement under Section 58.
(1.) When the person purporting to have executed the document is personally known to
the Registering Officer, and admits the execution of the document and the receipt (if any) of
the consideration stated in it :
EXECUTION admitted and receipt of consideration acknowledged (if so) by (name) , (profes◄
sion), son of (name), (caste) , resident of (name of place), Tahsil or Parganah
District " who is personally known to the Registering Officer.
Executant's
Signature ,
Profession, Signature of Registering Officer.
Residence,
(2). When the person purporting to have executed the document is not personally known
to the Registering Officer, but admits the execution of the documents and the receipt (if any)
of the consideration stated in it :
EXECUTION admitted and receipt of consideration acknowledged ( if so) by (name and
profession), son of " (caste), resident of (name ofplace), Tahsil or Parganah,
district The said (name of executant) identified by (name and
profession), son of " caste " resident of tahsil
District 9 and by (name and profession), son of 9 caste
resident of , Tahsil 9 District " these witnesses
being personally known to the Registering Officer or to (name and profession ), son of
caste 1 resident of " Tahsil
District " the latter being personally known to the Registering Officer.
Signature
Profession of executant and every Signature of Registering Officer.
Resident } other person examined.
[NOTE. When the executant admits execution of the document, but refuses to sign the endorsement, the Regis
tering Officer will register the document, but endorse a note of such refusal.--Section 58.1
(3.) When the execution is admitted by an Agent :
EXECUTION by (name of executant) , admitted by (name of Agent), son of
caste 9 resident of 9 Tahsil District
who holds a duly-authenticated power-of-attorney from (name of executant) . The said
(name ofagent) identified by (name and profession), son of " caste
resident of 9 Tahsil " District and by (name and profession), son of
9 caste " resident of Tahsil District : these wit
nesses being personally known to the Registering Officer or to (name and profession), son of
: caste " resident of Tahsil " District : the
latter being personally known to the Registering Officer.
Signature
Profession of the agent and every
Residence other person examined. Signature of Registering Officer.
(4). When the execution is admitted by a representative or assign :—
EXECUTION by (name of executant), admitted by (name of representative or assign ) son of
caste 9 resident of Tahsil " District " of whose right to appear
as (representative or assign) the Registering Officer is satisfied. The said (name of representa
tive or assign) identified by (name and profession) , son of " caste " resident
of Tahsil 9 District and by (name and profession) , son of caste
" resident of Tahsil 9 District : these witnesses being personally known
to the Registering Officer, or to (name and profession) , son of caste resident of
9 Tahsil 9 District • who is personally known to the Registering Officer.
Signature
Profession of representative or assign and
Residence of every person examined. Signature of Registering Officer.
[NOTE --When the executant is dead, the fact should be noted in the endorsement. ]
(5.) When the document presented for registration is an instrument executed by any of
the officers mentioned in Section 88 :
HAVING satisfied myself that this instrument was executed by A. B., Official Trustee (or
as the case may be), in his official capacity, his attendance and signature are dispensed with,
and this instrument in admitted to registration.
Signature of Registering Officer.
III.-Form ofCertificate under Section 60.

(6.) When the document presented for registration is a certified copy of a decree or order
of a Civil Court, nothing beyond the endorsement under Section 52 and the certificate of regis
tration under Section 60 will be necessary :
REGISTERED as No. in page or pages of Volume of Register Book
No. Date
Seal of
Registering
Officer.
IV.-Form ofauthentication of Powers-of Attorney authenticated under Section 33.

(1.) When the principal attends at the Registration Office, or the Registering Officer
goes to his house or to a jail :
This Power-of- Attorney has been executed in my presence by (name of executant), who is
a resident of my (district or sub-district), and is personally known to me, or is identified by
> and " who are known to me.
Seal of
Registering
Officer .
2. When a commission is issued to obtain evidence as to the voluntary nature of the

execution :
I have satisfied myself, through (name ofperson to whom a commission was issued) to whom
a commission was issued for the purpose, that this Power-of- Attorney was voluntarily executed
by (name of executant) , who is a resident of my (district or sub-district) .
Seal of
Registering
Officer.
[NOTE. -When the Registering Officer attends at a private residence or a jail for the purpose of registering or
authenticating a document, or issues a commission to obtain the necessary information to enable him to
do so, the fact should be stated in the endorsement. ]
JUNE 1877. ] PUNJAB GOVERNMENT ORDERS. 25
Circular No. 20-21B.S. , dated 8th June 1877.

To all Commissioners and Superintendents of Divisions in the Punjab.
THE replies received to my Circular No. 3868 of the 20th November 1876,
show that it would not be practicable to carry out the suggestions made in para
graphs 15 and 16 of the Sanitary Commissioner's Report which accompanied that
Circular. The instructions then issued, so far as they relate to these suggestions,
are accordingly withdrawn ; but I am to impress upon all local authorities the im
portance of maintaining at all times the highest possible state of sanitation, and of
attending to the other precautionary measures laid down in paragraph 14 of the
extract, with the view of ensuring, so far as possible, the highest standard of health ;
for, as remarked elsewhere by the Sanitary Commissioner, " the more perfect and
sound the standard of individual health, the more complete the immunity from this
terrible disease ( cholera) ; and , on the contrary, the more rapid and violent is its
progress under conditions of the opposite character."
In this remark the Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor fully concurs, and it
indicates clearly what should be the aim of all who are in any way responsible for
measures affecting the public health .
Circular No. 21—1164, dated 19th June 1877.

Forwards to Commissioners and all Heads of Departments copy of correspon
dence relative to the disinclination of the Secretary of State in Council to increase the
non-effective charges by the grant of any pensions in excess of what the Regulations
of the service provide, save in case of very exceptional and distinguished service. *
The 22nd June 1877.

No. 709 A.- Notification. - The Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor is pleased
to sanction the levy of a tax of Rs. 5 on every game-bird or hare brought for sale
or sold within the limits of the Dharmsala Municipality, between the 15th March
and 15th August of each year.
The term " game-bird" to comprise chakors, jungle fowls, pheasents and par
tridges.
No. 74 A. S.- Notification. -The Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor is pleased
to sanction the levy of the following taxes on game brought for sale or sold within
the limits of the Municipality of Delhi, during the " close" season, i.e., between the
-:
1st April and 31st August of each year viz.:
On partridge ... ... ... ... Rs. 080
Hare ... ... . ... ... "" 1 0 0
Pea-fowl ... ... ... ... 99 2 0 0
No. 75 A. S.- Notification. - The Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor is pleased
to sanction the levy of a tax of Rs. 5 on every game-bird brought for sale or sold
within the limits of the Simla Municipality, between the 15th March and 15th
August of each year.
The term " game-bird" to comprise chakors, jungle fowls, pheasants and part
ridges.
No. 76 A. S.- Notification. - The Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor is pleased
to sanction the levy of a tax of Rs. 5 on every game-bird , hare or deer found in the
possession of any person within the limits of the Dalhousie Municipality, between
the 1st April and 31st August of each year.
* See Supreme ( overnment Orders p. 31 .

The term " game-bird" to comprise chakors, jungle fowls, pheasants, pea-fowls,
and partridges.
The committee are empowered to award up to half the amount of tax levied in
each instance to the informer.
Circular No. 22-2577, dated 26th June 1877.

Forwards to all Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners, for information and
guidance, copy of Government of India Resolution regarding the consignment of arms
aud ammunition by Railways to places in Native States. *
* See Supreme Government Orders, p. 29.
1
JULY 1877. ] PUNJAB GOVERNMENT ORDERS. 27
No. 1781, dated 3rd July 1877, from Officiating Secretary to Government, Punjab,
to the Inspector-General of Dispensaries, Punjab.
THE conclusions of your letter of the 15th June, No. 203, are generally con
curred in by the Lieutenant-Governor, who thinks that with reference to the great
cost of inspecting outlying dispensaries under the rules now in force , it will be
sufficient that for the future dispensaries under the charge of Assistant Surgeons
should be inspected once in six months, and those under the charge of Hospital
Assistants or Native Doctors once a quarter. Should the Civil Surgeon consider
that a dispensary should be inspected more frequently, he is at liberty to make an
application to that effect in the manner proposed by you, or the Deputy Commis
sioner may himself direct the Civil Surgeon to make an inspection of any dispensary
or dispensaries which he considers are in need of it .
Circular No. 23–1782, dated 3rd July 1877.
COPY forwarded to all Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners, and to Ac
countant-General, Punjab.
Circular No. 24-2676, dated 4th July 1877.

Forwards to all Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners, and Inspector-General
of Police, for information and guidance, copy of Resolution of the Government of
India, Home Department, No. 203, dated 20th June 1877, regarding the arrest of
Railway servants without measures being previously taken to provide for the pro
per performance of their duties.*
HOME DEPARTMENT.
The 5th July 1877.
No. 2700.- Notification . - In continuation of Notification in the Home Depart
ment No. 2337, dated 14th June 1873, and with reference to the Home Pro
ceedings of the Hon'ble the Lieutenant-Governor, No. 2357, dated 8th July 1872,
notice is hereby given of the following modification in the Rules for the Examina
tion of Assistant and Extra Assistant Commissioners, the change made coming into
effect at the examination to be held in October next :
I. Rule 8. - The subject of Jails as described in the Schedule will be omitted
from the paper in the morning of the fourth day of the examination, and will be in
cluded in the second paper in Criminal Law in the afternoon ofthe first day. The
maximum of marks for the subject of Treasury will be raised from 60 to 90, the
maxima for Criminal Law and Local Funds being unaltered .
II. Rule 9.— In addition to the exemptions noted, none but European offi
cers, and Native officers certified to possess a competent knowledge of English, will
be examined in Treasury and Local Funds.
III. Rule 10. -All officers examined in Treasury will be required to obtain
not less than 60 marks in that subject. An officer failing in Treasury and passing
in the Criminal, Civil and Revenue papers, will be held to have passed for the pur
poses of grant of powers and promotion, subject to re-examination in Treasury work.
IV. Schedule. Civil Law. - Candidates will be examined in Act X of 1877,
the Code of Civil Procedure, instead of in Act VIII of 1859 and Act XXIII of 1861 .
With reference to Act XIX of 1865 and Act IX of 1873, candidates will be
examined in the Statute Law applicable to Punjab Courts at the time of examina
tion.
See Supreme Government Orders, p . 10.
Circular No. 25-2863, dated 18th July 1877.

Forwards to all Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners, Registrar Chief Court
and Secretary to Financial Commissioner, for information and guidance, in con
tinuation of Circular No. 65, dated 9th December 1876, copy of a letter from the
Government of India, Home Department, No. 1049, dated 6th July 1877, exempt
ing the Police Department in the Punjab from the payment of stamp duty for
copies of judgments and depositions required by that department in appeals on
behalf of Government, & c.*
Proceedings ofthe Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor, Punjab, in the Home Depart

ment,-No. 2867, dated 18th July 1877.
READ
A letter from the Inspector-General of Police, No. 76, dated 13th March 1877, proposing
that the Lahore Central Jail Press should despatch annual supplies of printed forms
on indents duly countersigned by Heads of Departments direct to indenting officers,
instead of making them over to the Central or Head Office for despatch.
Read also the opinions of officers consulted on the subject.
It is observed that the majority of officers are in favor of the proposal. The
Inspector-General of Prisons states that there is a difficulty, in the Central Jail
Press having no spare store rooms. But it does not appear that any or much more
room will be necessary : the storing of large supplies liable to damage, of forms
liable to change, is open to objection.
RESOLUTION . -The Lieutenant-Governor considers that the plan which the
Inspector-General of Prisons is prepared to carry out without increased expense will
be productive of advantage and be economical, and His Honor sanctious its adop
tion , subject to report after a year's experience of its working.

The 26th July 1877.
No. 847.- Powers. -Under the authority conferred upon him by Section 31 ,
Act VIII of 1875, the Hon'ble the Lieutenant-Governor is pleased to invest all
Deputy Commissioners in the Punjab with the powers of a Collector of Customs in
their respective districts ; and for the purposes of the said Act, each district in the
Punjab as constituted for revenue purposes shall be deemed a " Customs Circle."
The Hon'ble the Lieutenant-Governor is further pleased to invest all Assistant
and Extra Assistant Commissioners with the powers of Inspectors ; all Tahsildars
with the powers of Sub-Inspectors ; and all subordinate Tahsil officials with the
powers of Customs Officers, under the said Act, to be exercised by them within the
districts or tahsils in which they may be employed for the time being.
HOME DEPARTMENT.
The 21st July 1877.
No. 2892.- Notification. -The subjoined Table of Fees, prepared under Section .
78 of Act III of 1877 (The Indian Registration Act), has been approved by the
Governor-General in Council, and is herewith published for general information.
The Hon'ble the Lieutenant-Governor is pleased to declare that the fees set forth
therein shall be payable for the registration of documents and other matters therein
described from the 1st August 1877.
See Supreme Government Orders, p. 43.
TABLE OF FEES TO BE LEVIED UNDER ACT III OF 1877 (THE

INDIAN REGISTRATION ACT) .
ARTICLE I.
CLASS A. - Instruments the registration of which is obligatory under Section 17.
(1 ). Instruments of gift of immovable property :
Rs. A. P.
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When the value is less than Rs. 100 ... 1 0 0
Is Rs. 100, but less than Rs. 500 2 0 0
99 "9 500 79 "" 1,000 ... 4 0 0
39 "" 1,000 39 "9 5,000 6 0 0
99 99 5,000 "" 99 10,000 ... 8 0 0
"9 " 10,000 "" 99 50,000 10 0 0
29 99 50,000 and upwards ... 16 0 0
When the value is not expressed, such fee as the Registering Officer considers
reasonable with reference to the foregoing rates and the estimated worth of the
property.
(NOTE. Such order shall be liable to review by the Registrar or by the Inspec
tor-General, according as the Registering Officer is a Sub-Registrar or a Registrar. )
(2). Other non-testamentary instruments which purport or operate to create,
declare, assign, limit or extinguish, whether in present or in future, any right, title
or interest, whether vested or contingent, of the value of Rs. 100 and upwards, to
or in immovable property : 0.
When the value is

Rs. A. P.
Rs. 100, but less than Rs. 500 ... 2 0 0
29 300 "" "" 1,000 ... 4 0 0
,, 1,000 99 29 5,000 ... 6 0 0
99 5,000 99 "" 10,000 ... 8 0 0
99 10,000 "" 33 50,000 10 0 0
>" 50,000 and upwards ... ... 16 0 0
Not expressed ... ... 16 0 0
(3). Non-testamentary instruments which acknowledge the receipt or pay
ment of any consideration on account of the creation, declaration, assignment,
limitation or extinction of any right, title or interest, whether vested or contingent,
of the value of Rs. 100 or upwards to or in immovable property :
When the value is Rs. A. P.
"" 500 "" "9 1,000 ... 4 0 0
"" 1,000 "9 29 5,000 ... 6 0 0
99 5,000 93 99 10,000 ... 8 0 0
99 10,000 "9 50,000 ... 10 0. 0
"" 50,000 and upwards ... 16 0 0
(4). Leases of immovable property from year to year, or for any term exceed
ing one year, or reserving a yearly rent :
Rs. A. P.
When the rent per annum entered in the lease is less
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60122
48000
than Rs. 50 ... 0

Is Rs. 50, but less than 29 100 ... 0
39 92 100 19 22 500 ... 0
99 500 and upwards ... 0 0
When the rent is not stated 49. Q
(NOTE. - If a pattah, or lease, be given to a ryot, and the kabuliyat, or counter

part, of such pattah or lease be brought for registration at the same time as the
pattah or lease, the fees chargeable in respect of the two documents shall not be
greater than the fees which would have been charged on the pattah alone ; and when
a pattah or lease stipulates for a division of produce, it shall not be charged as one
in which the rent is not stated, but the lessor shall be required to insert the estima
ted money value of his share. )
Rs. A. P.
(5.) Written authority to adopt a son not conferred by
a will ... 4 0 0
CLASS B. -Instruments the registration of which is optional under Section 18.
(1 ). Instruments (other than instruments of gift and wills) which purport or
operate to create, declare, assign , limit or extinguish, whether in present or in
future, any right, title or interest, whether vested or contingent, of a value less than
Rs. 100, to or in immovable property :
Rs. A. P.
When the value is less than Rs. 50 0 8 0
Is Rs. 50, but less than 99 100 ... 1 0 0
(2). Instruments which acknowledge the receipt or payment of any considera
tion on account of the creation, declaration, assignment, limitation or extinction of
any right, title or interest, whether vested or contingent, of a value less than Rs.
100 to or in immovable property :
Rs. A. P.
When the value is less than Rs. 50 ... 080
Is Rs. 50, but less than "" 100 ... 1 0 0
(3). Leases of immovable property for any term not exceeding one year :
Rs . A. P.
When the rent per annum entered in the leases is less
10000
than Rs. 50 ... 2 0

Is Rs. 50, but less than "" 100 ... 4 0
29 39 100 "" "" 500 ... 8 0
99 99 500 and upwards ... 0 0
When the rent is not stated ... 0 0
-
(NOTE. As under Clause 4, Class A. )
(4). Instruments (other than wills) which purport or operate to create,
declare, assign, limit or extinguish any right, title or interest to or in any movable
property :
Rs. A. P.
When the value of the property, or of the interest created
in the property, is expressed in the instrument, and is
less than Rs. 50 ... 0 4 0
When it is
99 100 "" "" 500 ... 1 0 0
.. 500 "" "" 5,000 ... 200
29 5,000 "" "" 50,000 ... 4 0 0
29 50,000 92 "" 1,00,000 ... 6 0 0
27 1,00,000 and upwards 10 0 0
When the value is not expressed ... 10 O 0
(5). Wills :
2:00
Rs. A. P.
When presented open for registration under Section 41 ... 4 0
When opened under Section 45 ... 2 0
(6). Deeds, bonds, contracts, or other obligations :
Rs. A. P.
When the value is expressed, and is less than Rs. 50 ... 04 0
When it is
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Rs. 50, but less than Rs. 100 8 0
29 100 "9 "" 500 0 0
29 500 "9 "" 10,000 ... 200
‫در‬ 10,000 "3 "" 1,00,000 ... 4 0 0
"9 1,00,000 and upwards ... 600
When the value is not expressed ... 0 0
(7). Certified copies of decrees and orders of Courts and awards of arbitrators ;
Rs. A. P.
When relating to immovable property, and the amount of
the decree, order, or award is less than Rs. 50 ... 080
"" 100 and upwards ... 200
When they relate to movable property, the fees laid down in Clause 4, Class B,
shall be levied, and when they relate to deeds, bonds, contracts, or other obligations,
the fees laid down in Clause 6, Class B. , shall be levied.
Rs. A. P.
(8). Powers-of-attorney, or any other instrument regis
trable under Clause (f), Section 18, which cannot be
brought under the ad valorem scale prescribed in Clause 6,
Class B., of this Table ... 200
ARTICLE II. - For filing a translation under Section 19, 1 0 0
ARTCLE III.-On discretionary registration by a Regis
trar under Section 30 (a), an additional fee of ... 4 0 0
(NOTE. This additional fee is not payable on the registration of wills and
authorities to adopt, and is not to be levied in cases where the Sub-Registrar is un
able to register owing to his being pecuniarily interested in the transaction, or to
his being unacquainted with the language in which the deed is written. )
Rs. A. P.
By the Registrar of the Lahore district, under Section
30 (b), an additional fee of ... 10 0 0
ARTICLE IV. For the attendance by a Registering Officer at a private resid
ence or jail, under Sections 31 , 33 and 38, or for the issue of a commission under
Sections 33 and 38 :
Rs. A. P.
(1). When a satisfactory certificate is produced as to
sickness or infirmity, or when the person to be examined
is in jail, a fee of ... 500
(2). When the person to be examined is exempted
by law from personal appearance, a fee of ... 10 0 0
(3). In all other cases, a fee of ... 10 0 0
(NOTE. In addition to this fee, travelling allowance, at the following rates, is
to be levied for all distances exceeding one mile from the Registration Office :
In the case of Covenanted and Military Commissioned Officers, three annas a

mile by rail, and eight anuas a mile by road. ¥
In the case of all other Registering Officers, or Commissioners if appointed,
one-and-a-half annas a inile by rail, and four annas a mile by road.)
ARTICLE V.- For authentication of a power of attorney under Section 33 :
Rs. A. P.
If such power be general ... 200
If special ... 1 0 0
ARTICLE VI. - When, under Section 36, application is made to issue and serve
a summons, process fees and remuneration of the person summoned, at the rates
prescribed for the Civil Courts of the Province, are to be levied from the person at
whose instance or in whose behalf the application is made, and forwarded with the
application. When, however, the person summoned is the person who has executed
the document, remuneration is not to be allowed him .
ARTICLE VII .- For deposit and withdrawal of sealed wills :
Rs. A. P.
When deposited in sealed covers under Section 42 ... 400
When withdrawn under Section 44 ... 200
ARTICLE VIII. For searching of registers under Section 57 :
For the first hour, or part of such hour ... 1 0 0
For each subsequent hour, or part of an hour ... 080
ARTICLE IX.--The following shall be the rates of charge for making entries, or
granting copies of entries or documents, on or after registration :
Rs. A. P.
Registers Nos. 1 and 3. - For an entry or copy of an
entry in Urdu ... 080
Provided that the charge for making an entry or copy shall in no case exceed
the fee prescribed for registration of the document.
Rs. A. P.
Registers Nos. 4 and 5. - For an entry or copy of an
entry in Urdu ... 040
"
For an entry or copy of an entry in English in any of
the Registers Nos. 1 , 3, 4 and 5, for every 100 words or
part of 100 words ……. 026
Provided that in no case shall the charge for an entry or copy be less thau
that prescribed for an entry or copy made in Urdu.
All copies and memoranda which may be necessary under Sections 64, 65, 66
and 67 are to be paid for at the rates prescribed for Register No. 1 at the time of
registration.
When application for a copy under Section 57 necessitates a search, the fee
prescribed by Article VIII shall be levied in addition to the charge for copying.
(NOTE. -Government officers who may require to search the registers or take
copies of entries in the registers for bond fide public purposes, will be exempted from
payment of the fees under Articles VIII and IX on a certificate being granted by
the Deputy Commissioner or Registrar that the information is required solely in the
interests of Government. )
AUGUST 1877. ] PUNJAB GOVERNMENT ORDERS. 33

From The Director-General of the Post Office of India,
In reply to your communication No. 217, dated 27th April 1877, I have the honor to state
that the recognition of customary abbreviations of franks has been enjoined in the Punjab
pending a consideration of the best way of modifying the existing rules.
Endorsement by the Government of India, Financial Department.
Copy of this letter forwarded to the Government of the Punjab, with reference to their
letter No. 815, dated 27th March 1877, and to the Military Department, with reference to its
No. 1198., dated 20th April 1877 ; the original papers received from that Department being
returned.

Circular No. 26-2147, dated 6th August 1877.
Forwarded to all Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners, and Heads of Depart
ments, in continuation of Circular No. 13-814, dated 27th March 1877.

From the Officiating Secretary to Government, Punjab and its Dependencies, to all
I am directed to forward herewith copy of a letter No. 112, dated 26th ultimo,
from the Inspector- General of Police, Punjab, and to request that you will issue
the necessary instructions for all confiscated swords being made over to the Police
Department for the purpose indicated.
From The Inspector-General of Police, Punjab,
I have the honor to suggest that a rule be made by Government directing all confiscated
swords to be made over to the Police for use, or for destruction and sale as old iron.
2. Up to date we have received a large number of talwárs from Magistrates ' malkhanas
to replace unserviceable arms in the hands of the police ; but now the annual number taken
under the Arms Act is small, and unless every weapon is made over to us, we shall be put to
heavy expense .
3. This year I am obliged to manufacture a number of talwárs for issue to the police,
and I believe that were the orders I suggest in existence, Government would be saved a con.
siderable sum. The police grant is not calculated to bear the cost of talwárs.

With reference to the orders marginally quoted , I am desired to request that
Punjab Government Nos. 1246-1251 , in future all Deputy Commissioners of Dis
dated 25th March 1874. tricts where the Rules under the Criminal
Ditto Nos. 1516-21 , dated 15th April Tribes Act have been ordered to be put in
1875. force will furnish, as soon after the 1st April
Punjab Government Resolution No. in each year
3109, dated 23rd August 1875. as may be practicable , a sepa
rate annual report in regard to each tribe
which has been brought under the rules in their respective districts.
2. These reports should be furnished through your office, and should reach
the Government Secretariat not later than 1st July, so as to admit of the results
for the Province generally being incorporated in the Annual Administration Report.
34 PUNJAB GOVERNMENT ORDERS . [ RECORD
3. This circular applies, so far as the present date will admit, to the current
year. All Deputy Commissioners in your Division from whom annual reports ou
the working of the Rules under the Criminal Tribes Act are required under these
orders, and who have not yet submitted such reports under the orders heretofore
in force, should be requested to report for the year ending 1st April last without
delay ; and these reports, with any observations you may desire to record, should
be forwarded at an early date to this office.

No. 356S. - Notification. The following Regulations, framed by order of the
Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor under Section 190 of the Indian Companies'
Act X of 1866 , are published for general information :
1. It shall be the duty of the Registrar to keep up a book called the Due
Book in the form hereunto aunexed, in which he shall cause to be entered the dates
on which the returns prescribed by the Act for each of the registered companies are
required to be submitted.
2. The Registrar is required to see that the said returns are duly and cor
rectly submitted, and he shall be deemed to be the proper officer for instituting and
conducting all prosecutions under the Act.
3. The following fees shall be chargeable under Section 190, Clause 5, of
Act X of 1866 :--
(a.)-For inspecting documents ... One rupee.
(b. )-For requiring a copy of certificate of in
corporation of any company ... Three rupees.
(c.)-For requiring copies or extracts of any Two annas for each 100
other document } words.
4. The Registrar shall furnish at the close of each official year a report on
the working of his office, in which he shall record the names of the companies re
gistered during the year, the prosecutions, if any, which have been undertaken, the
amount of fees levied, the steps taken to secure the punctual submission of
returns, and such other information as he may deem necessary.
5. The Registrar shall inspect the registered offices of the companies for the
purpose of ascertaining that the registers prescribed by the Act are kept up, and
that the other provisions of the Act are complied with by the said companies.
Due Book of Documents prescribed for submission to Registrar, Joint Stock Companies,
Punjab, for the year 18
1 2 3 5 6 7
Date fixed
Nature of for submis Date of Date Date of
REMARKS
NAME OF COMPANY. document . sion under last regis of regis
articles of tration. receipt, tration.
association.
AUGUST 1877. ] PUNJAB GOVERNMENT ORDERS. 35

Forwards to the Secretary to the Financial Commissiouer, and to all Commis
sioners, for communication to Municipal Committees, copy of a Resolution of the
Government of India, in the Financial Department, No. 2206 , dated 28th July
1877, regarding the repayment of advances made from public funds. *

From the Officiating Secretary to Government, Punjab and its Dependencies, to the
Commissioner and Superintendent, Amritsar Division.
With reference to your No. 1420 , dated 8th June, I am desired to forward, for
information, copy of a Report of the Inspector-General of Dispensaries on the Tarn
Táran Leper Asylum. In the general conclusions arrived at by Dr. Dallas the
Lieutenant-Governor concurs, aud he approves the charge made by the Amritsar
Municipality to other districts for the support of lepers sent by them to the Taru
Táran Asylum being raised from Rs. 3 to Rs. 4 per head.
2. The Assistant Surgeon now at the Asylum will be withdrawn, and his
place taken by a Native Doctor or Hospital Assistant. The Lieutenant-Governor
further considers that the chargeof Rs. 1,253 for expenditure on buildings annually
is excessive, and should be certainly reduced to 500 per annum.
Circular No. 30-3309-10.
Copies forwarded to all Commissioners and Superintendents, and the Account
ant-General, Punjab.
No. 251 , dated 27th July 1877.
From-The Inspector- General of Dispensaries, Punjab.
I HAVE the honor to reply to your No. 2614, dated 2nd current, the enclosures of which
are herewith returned.
2. The points on which my opinion has been called for are two
I. Is the proposed charge of Rs. 5 a head to be paid by districts sending lepers to Tarn
Táran an excessive one ? and
II. Is there now any necessity for an Assistant Surgeon being attached to the Asylum ?
3. I have obtained from the Secretary of the Amritsar Municipal Committee certain in
formation regarding this Leper Asylum, from which it may be seen what the cost of maintain
ing these lepers really is. I forward herewith a copy of the Secretary's letter.
The cost for food and clothing alone is Rs. 3-4 per head per month, whilst the total cost
for every thing is Rs. 5-8 per head per month ; and you will find from the figures obtained
from the Municipal Committee, that of the 118 lepers in the Asylum, 84 come from other dis
tricts than Amritsar. With the present extent, then, of the Asylum, I do not think the Muni
cipal Committee of Amritsar unfair in asking other districts to contribute Rs. 5 a month for
the support of each leper they may send to the Tarn Taran Asylum . But I think that a reduc
tion in the expenditure for the Asylum might be made. I would not reduce any expenditure
on food and clothing. I believe the most important point in the treatment of these unfortu
nate creatures is the supplying them with good and sufficient food and clothing. As far as our
knowledge at present goes, I believe we cannot do any thing to cure leprosy, -at any rate when
the disease is really developed . We know of nothing which is a specific for it. Garjan oil
has, I believe, only proved a palliative, and it is possible that other drugs, if tried under the
same circumstances, might have done as well. The best series of experiments with garjan oil
I can call to mind was carried out among the convicts in the Andamans who suffered from the
disease, and most favorable reports were made on the result ; but I was struck in reading of
these cases by the fact that the patients were, in addition to the garjan oil treatment, receiv
ing a most liberal diet, the greatest cleanliness was enforced, and all hygienic arrangements
strictly enforced, the sores being most carefully attended to ; and it seemed to me quite pos
sible that had any other oil, or simple dressing even, taken the place of garjan oil under such
circumstances, perhaps as much improvement would have resulted. The reduction of expen
diture, therefore, should be in some item other than food and clothing. Medicines, you will
see, only cost Rs. 60 a year ; buildings we must maintain, though I should hardly think at a
cost annually of Rs. 1,250 ; other items cost Rs. 2,091 last year- not, I should say, an extrava
gant sum. So we have only left us establishments (which cost last year Rs. 1,665) to deal
with, and this brings me to the second point on which my opinion is required .
4. I do not consider an Assistant Surgeon necessary for the Asylum ; indeed, I do not
think any medical officer of higher grade than a compounder or dresser necessary to be retained
on the establishment, that is if his duties are to be purely medical . If a really good man who
would take the general management of the Asylum could be procured he might be a Native
Doctor or Hospital Assistant, but he should be selected more with a view to his capacity for
managing the institution generally ; and medical attendance beyond the power of the dresser
or compounder should be supplied by the Tarn Taran Dispensary, which is not far from the
Asylum . The pay of the man placed in charge should not, I think, exceed Rs. 30 a month.
If then the post of Assistant Surgeon be abolished , and an official on Rs. 30 a month be appoint
ed to manage the institution, there would be at once a reduction of Rs. 840 a year in the
charge for establishment, and this would reduce the cost per head from Rs. 5-8 a month to
about Rs. 4-14. In speaking of the expenditure on buildings, I suggested that a charge of Rs.
1,253 ought not to be a regularly recurrent annual charge for an institution of this kind. After
buildings have been once erected the expenditure on them should, as a general rule, mean only
regular repairs ; and I should say Rs. 500 to Rs . 600 a year a very liberal allowance for this
purpose in the buildings we are dealing with. If then this sum (Rs . 600) be taken as the pro
per figure, we shall have a further saving of Rs. 650 a year, and this, again, will reduce the
cost of maintenance of each leper from Rs. 4-14 per month to 4-7 per month. I think, then,
the Amritsar Municipality has a clear right to call upon the other districts to pay for the
maintenance of their lepers at the rate of Rs. 4 per head per month.
5. I have been obliged to delay somewhat replying to your letter, as I had no informa.
tion at hand to enable me to consider the subject as fully as I wished to, and had therefore to
obtain it before I could reply.
From The Secretary, Municipal Committee, Amritsar.
To-The Inspector- General of Dispensaries, Lahore.
In reply to your No. 232, dated -instant, I have the honor to give you the information you
ask for.
2. The following are the statistics referred to by me in my letter to the Deputy Com
missioner:
1875-76 Paid by District Committee, Rs. 1,500- 0-0 Rs. A. P.
Municipal Committee ... "} 6,340-12-10 7,840 12 10
1876-77 District Committee ... "" 1,853- 0-0 7,816 1 10

Municipal Committee ... " 5,963- 1-10
Income from contribution from other districts (1875-76 2,438 14 3
1876-77 2,607 5 6
3. There are at the present time 118 lepers in the Asylum, of which 84 belong to other
districts.
4. The total cost of the Asylum for the past year under the following heads was
Rs. A. P.
(a.)-Establishment ... ... 1,665 2 11
(b.)-Food and clothing ... ... ……. 4,628 7 4
(c.)-Medicines ... ... ... 60 5 3
(d.)-Buildings ... ... 1,253 0 0
(e.)-Other items ... ... 209 2
Total ... 7,816 1 10
8. Other districts contribute at the rate of Rs. 3 per head per mensem. This sum was
fixed by Government in 1872.
6. The following establishment was attached to the Asylum on 31st December last :
Rs.
1 Assistant Surgeon on ... ... ... 100 per mensem,
1 Compounder ... ... ... 8 29
1 Chuprassie ... ... 5 "9
1 Chaukidar ... ... ... 5 99
2 Bhisties ... ... ... 4-8 each "
3 Sweepers ... ... ... 4 "3
SEPTR. 1877. ] PUNJAB GOVERNMENT ORDERS. 37
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT.
No. 1657.-Notification.-With the sauction of the Government of India, His
Honor the Lieutenant-Governor is pleased to extend the Rules for the examination
of Tahsildars and Naib Tahsildars in the Pushtu language, published in the Finan
cial Commissioner's Notification of 6th January 1872, and priuted in the Punjab
Government Gazette of 1st February 1872, to native members of the upper and lower
subordinate establishment of the Irrigation Brauch of the Public Works Depart
ment.
Candidates under this Notification will apply for permission to be examined to
the Superintending Engineer of the Circle, aud not to the Commissioner of the
Division.
Circular No. 80-544, dated 18th September 1877.

RIOTS, more or less serious, have, within the past week, taken place at Delhi,
Umballa, and in the Rohtak district, in consequence of the high and increasing
price of grain ; and as such disturbances have a tendency to become epidemic, the
Lieutenant-Governor desires very briefly to point out the principles which the Go
vernment consider should be observed in dealing with the grain trade in the Punjab.
So far as the supply of food grains to those parts of India now afflicted by
famine is concerned, the policy of the Government of India has been clearly pro
nounced, and it is nothing less than an avoidance of all interference with theopera
tions of private commercial enterprise ; the interference of the Government having
no other possible effect than to decrease the total amount of food available and
aggravate the distress. Private enterprise is to be absolutely left to itself, for the
reason that it would be paralysed by Government competition .
This Imperial policy applies to the Punjab as to all other parts of India, and
interference with the grain trade of this Province, with the object of reducing prices
or keeping them at a low level, would seriously interfere with the necessary supply
of food grains to the famine-stricken districts to the south.
But, with regard to the local trade, the Lieutenant-Governor has observed that
some officers consider that the banniahs and those holding stocks of food grains are
behaving disgracefully and running up prices in a speculative manner and entirely
in their own interests without any regard to the wants of the population, which
must obtain, at any price demanded, their necessary amount of food. But the high
prices which now rule in the Punjab are not an unmixed evil. Speculators have,
no doubt, come to the Punjab in large numbers from Southern and Central India,
to buy up the stocks which are believed to exist in this Province. This has, uo
doubt, occasioned a large amount, of speculation, and in some places a very sudden
rise in prices, which is further stimulated by the demand which at this season
always exists for seed grain. This rise in prices is an inevitable result of the com
petition which must exist on the side of the buyers, raising the value of the com
modity sold in a ratio which is the more uncertain, and is probably the greater,
from the fact that the commodity purchased is a necessity of life.
What is economically known as the effectual demand being exceedingly great,
owing to the severity of the famine in Southern and Central India, the sudden and
great rise in price is in one way au advantage, as it prevents the whole stocks of
the Punjab from at once being withdrawn from the country. There is no doubt that,
during the next few months, and until the next harvest is ripe, prices for food
grains will rule exceedingly high in the Punjab, and this will cause distress to per
sons on fixed wages, while it will be a source of wealth to those of the agricultural
and trading community who hold stocks of food grains in their possession.
The Lieutenant-Governor would accordingly desire all district officers in the
Punjab and their subordinates to understand that no interference should be per
mitted in the matter of fixing the prices of grain in the bazárs ; these must alone
be regulated by those natural and general laws of value which are based on compe
tition, on demand and supply, which are invariable, and which cannot be interfered
with without extreme danger.
At the same time, the Lieutenant-Governor considers that any vexatious and
capricious action on the part of grain dealers may, in some measure, be prevented
by district officers without bad effect. When complaints are made, as have reached
His Honor during the last few days, that banniahs refuse to sell grain retail at all,
that they refuse money offered and threaten to close their shops, there is no doubt
room for judicious interference on the part of the Deputy Commissioner. It will
be ordinarily, if not invariably, found that grain dealers do not refuse to sell, for
to sell grain is their profession ; they only refuse to sell at the prices offered . Any
complaint of refusal to sell on the part of grain dealers should be at once investiga
ted by the Magistrate and on the spot : the chaudrís of the grain bazárs should be
instructed, without Government interference as to rates, to fix the prices of grain
as often as may be necessary, and to notify these rates in the most public manner.
So long as this is done the grain dealers should be altogether safe from violence.
Magistrates and Police Officers must maintain the most careful watch that out
breaks and riots be not repeated in other towns.
Should prices, by excessive demand and the keen competition of buyers from
without, rise to such a level in the Punjab that certain classes of the community
are unable to purchase sufficient food, the Government will then be prepared to
assist them in such a manner as may be determined on ; but the evil of high prices
will only be intensified by any official interference with the market price of grain.
Dated August 1877.

From The Accountant-General, Punjab, for the Committee,
The Committee appointed by his Honor the Lieutenant-Governor in
MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE. Resolution of the Financial Department, No.
1548, dated 17th June last, have the honor
T. W. Rawlins, Esquire, Accountant
General, Punjab. to submit the following report on the audit of
Captain R. P. Nisbet, Deputy Commis Municipal accounts.
sioners, Simla. 2. In order to explain the nature of the
R. H. Haviland, Esquire, Assistant
Secretary to Government, Punjab. changes which the Committee wish to recom
mend, it will be necessary to give a short
sketch of the manner in which Municipal estimates are submitted, of the way in
which the accounts are kept and audited, and of the form in which they are finally
recorded in the Accountant-General's office.
3. Before the 1st of January in each year, each Municipality is required to
transmit to the Accountant-General, through the Commissioner of the Division, a
budget estimate of its receipts and charges for the following financial year. From
these estimates ( a specimen form of which is appended to this report), a consoli
dated Municipal budget for the whole Province is prepared in the Accountant
General's office, an abstract of which is submitted to the Local Government.
Should a Municipality find it necessary to modify its budget in the course of the
year, whether by transfer from one minor head to another, by the re-appropriation
of an unexpected opening balance or otherwise, notice is given to the Accountant
General in a prescribed form of memorandum (see Form II), and the necessary
alterations are then made in the original budget filed in his office.
4. The accounts kept and returns made by Municipalities are few and simple.
There is, first, the cash-book (Forin A. ) , which is intended to be a complete record
of all receipts and charges as they occur, every payment (except those on account
of the fixed charge for police) being made by cheque in the Form E. The ledger
(Form B. 1 and 2) is posted daily from the cash-book and the monthly totals ofthe
Ledger are posted into a monthly abstract of account (Form C. ) which shows all
receipts and charges for the month under their appropriate budget head. This
abstract in the case of first-class Municipalities is forwarded to the Accountant
General with a certificate from the Treasury Officer that its figures agree with those
shown in his cash account and list of payment, and after being checked with the
Treasury accounts is returned to the President. In other Municipalities, the same
purpose is served by a monthly abstract of receipts, charges and balances of each
Municipality in the district (Form C. 1. ) which is prepared by the Treasury Officer
and submitted by him to the Accountant-General . In each Municipality, it should
be observed, there is kept a register of Municipal receipts and payments with separate
columus for each Municipality, from which the monthly Treasury balance sheet is
prepared ; where a pass-book is kept (Form G. ) , it is balanced in the same way, and
the balance struck in the Municipal cash-book is compared with the balances thus
shown by some responsible officer of the Municipality, and is certified to agree with
them.
5. The accounts being thus kept and the balances verified, it remains to show
how they are audited. Of the expenditure charged in Municipal accounts, that on
account of Police under the District Superintendent is a fixed charge ; and as the
amount is drawn monthly by that officer on a bill which includes the police charges
for the whole district, no separate audit is required , while charges for public works
are audited in the Public Works Department and do not come within the scope of
this Committee's report. For the other charges, a bill is prepared in the Municipal
office (Form D. ) , with a certificate from the President to the effect that the charges
have been incurred as set forth, and that there are sufficient vouchers for them in
the Municipal office. This bill passes through the Commissioner's office, whose
countersignature is intended to guarantee, ( 1 ) that the expenditure has been incurred
on objects authorized by the Act, and (2) that it is not in excess of the powers of the
Committee, when those powers have been limited under the provisions of Section 17
of the Act, and it is then forwarded for final audit to the Accountant-General, who
also receives in his office the bill for public works after it has been audited and
passed by the Examiner of Public Works Accounts. The check applied in the
Accountant-General's office consists chiefly in seeing, ( 1 ) that the figures shown in
the municipal returns agree with those given in the Treasury accounts ; ( 2) that the
several charges in the form are covered by the police allotment, by the bill for public
works charges duly countersigned by the Examiner, or by the bill for civil charges
duly certified by the President, and countersigned by the Commissioner ; (3) that
the detailed charges in the latter bill and the total charges for public works are
within their respective budget provision, whether as shown in the original estimate,
or as subsequently notified by memoranda of transfer ; and lastly, that establishments
are not drawn for in excess of the sanctioned scale. When the monthly abstracts
and bills have thus been tested, the totals are posted in a sub-ledger which is kept
up in the Accountant-General's office for each Municipality in the Province. After

the close of the year, each Municipality submits to the Accountant-General an annual
abstract statement, which after comparison with the monthly abstracts is forwarded
to the Local Government with a consolidated statement of classified Municipal re
ceipts and charges for the whole Province.
6. From the above sketch, it will be seen that the final audit of Municipal
accounts rests with the Accountant-General, who in this Province continues also to
compile an elaborate record of Municipal accounts ; the only change hitherto intro
duced under the recent orders of the Comptroller-General's Circular No. 233, dated
25th February 1876, consisting in the separation of this record from the Government
account, and in the omission of the adjustments hitherto made in order to reconcile
the classification of Municipal receipts and charges in the Treasury with that in the
Municipal office -adjustments which have now become necessary, as the detailed I
record of Municipal accounts has been removed from the Imperial books. The duty
thus thrown upon the Accountant- General's office is very onerous, and is one which
the late Accountant-General declared that he was unable to perform as he would
desire, with the establishment at his disposal. The budget check alone is a most
tedious operation. Continual changes are being made in the budget provision, which
in order to check the charges must be duly notified to the Accountant-General and
shown in the several budgets held by the auditors ; but it is almost impossible to
get Municipalities to notify these changes correctly or punctually, and the continual
correspondence and delay that arises from this cause alone may be inferred from the
fact that only about one- third of the 200 Municipalities in the Province have as yet
sent in complete memoranda of transfer for the year ending the 31st of March last.
7. The Committee are of opinion that the primary audit might with advantage
be made to include the questions of sanction and of adequacy of budget provision.
The primary audit now rests entirely with the President of the Municipality and the
Commissioner. But the Committee think that it would be desirable, wherever it
were possible, to introduce a system of independent audit, and they believe that in
all first-class Municipalities and in many of the second class, there are persons to be
found unconnected with the Committee and perfectly qualified for the task, who
would undertake to audit its accounts, and possibly those of the other Municipalities
in the district for a remuneration which would not unduly press on Municipal re
sources. In this belief, the Committee would suggest that each Municipality of the
first class should be required to appoint each year, subject to the approval of the
Local Government, on such remuneration as might be agreed upon, an auditor, who
should not be a member of the Municipal Committee nor a subordinate of its Pre
sident. They would also recommend that Municipalities of the second class should
be allowed to appoint an auditor on the same conditions, and that any auditor
thus appointed with the consent of the Municipalities concerned, and on such re
muneration as might be agreed to by them, should be empowered to audit the
accounts of other municipal bodies in the district.
8. The responsibility of the auditor would extend to seeing
1. That the charges have been incurred as shown in the account.
2. That they are supported by proper vouchers which he has duly can
celled.
3. That they are within the provision of their respective budget heads.
4. That any securities belonging to the Municipality are in proper
custody.
The responsibility of the President would be confined to seeing
5. That the expenditure charged had been properly sanctioned.
6. That the accounts had been audited by the Auditor,
7. That all re-appropriations and transfers have been shown and were
made by competent authority.
The Commissioner would remain responsible
8. That the charges were incurred for purposes authorized by the Act, and
9. That they were within the power of the Committee to sanction.
While the Accountant-General would be responsible
10. That the primary audit had been properly applied.
11. That the municipal figures, though not necessarily their classifica
tion, agreed with those of the Treasury Officer.
And that the municipal account was not overdrawn .
9. In the case of Municipalities where it was found impossible to secure an
independent auditor, the Committee propose that the responsibility of the Presi
dent should extend to the matters stated in clauses 1-4 as well as to those in
5-7.
10. In order to carry out these proposals only the following modifications
would have to be made in the accounts and returns :
Each Municipality would continue to submit its budget in the present form
to the Accountant-General for inclusion in the consolidated Municipal budget of
the Province for submission to the Local Government, but would cease to notify
to him any alterations that it might from time to time be found necessary to make.
The cash book and ledgers (A. and B. ) would also continue to be kept up as at
present, and all payments except those on account of the fixed charge for Police
would continue to be made on cheques, the only alteration in the form of which
would be the addition of a clause quoting the authority for the disbursement.
The mouthly abstract of receipts and charges would no longer be submitted to the
Accountant-General, but would be retained in the Municipal office and the certifi
cate appended to it by the Treasury Officer should be as follows :
" Certified that the totals of receipts and of charges and the balances shown
in this Statement correspond with the figures shown in the cash account, the list
of payments and the municipal balance sheet submitted to the Accountant-General."
The bill for civil charges (Form D.) should have columns added to show
changes in the budget provision under each head by transfer or otherwise, and
should be forwarded to the Accountant-General by the 15th of the month follow
ing that to which it relates, with the following certificates :
" Certified that the charges included in this bill have all been duly sanctioned,
and that all transfers and re-appropriations in the budget have been duly shown
and were made by competent authority."
" President."
" Certified that the charges included in this bill have all been incurred as set
forth, and are fully supported by vouchers (duly stamped when required), which I
have personally examined and cancelled, and that they are within the provision of
their respective budget heads either by original sanction or by subsequent re-appro
priation or transfer."
" Auditor. "
" Certified that all the charges included in this bill were incurred for purposes
authorized by the Municipal Act, and were within the power of the Committee to
sanction."
"Commissioner."
In the case of Municipalities by whom an independent auditor had not been

appointed, the President's certificate would be as follows :
" Certified that the charges included in the above bill have all been duly
sanctioned and have been incurred as set forth, that they are fully supported by
Vouchers (duly stamped when required ) which I have personally examined and
cancelled, and that all transfers and re-appropriations in the budget have been duly
shown and were made by competent authority."
11. The monthly balance sheet would continue to be submitted to the Accoun
tant-General by the Treasury Officer with the following certificate :
"Certified that the receipts, charges and balances shown in the above balance
sheet correspond with the figures shown in the monthly abstract of municipal ac
count."
The bill for public works charges would also continue to be sent to the Ac
countant-General after audit by the Examiner, and it would then be his duty to
see
1st. That the monthly bills for civil and for public works charges were
properly certified and countersigued .
2nd. That the details of the above-mentioned bills, plus the police charges,
corresponded with the total monthly charges shown in the Treasury
Officer's balance sheet.
Srd. That the Municipal account was not overdrawn.

12. The Committee feel that it is beyond their province to make any sug
gestions as to the final record to be kept in the Accountant-General's Office ; but
they believe that the greater punctuality in the submission of returns which may
be expected from the transfer of budget check to the primary audit will materially
lighten the labor of compiling the records which are now kept up .
13. Before closing their report, the Committee beg to draw the attention of
Government to the great, and, it is believed , the unnecessary inconvenience that
is caused by the present system of auditing the accounts of Municipal expenditure
on public works, and venture to hope that some means may be found of simplify.
ing that system and bringing it into accord with that which they have suggested
for the audit of civil charges.
Detail of Fixed Establishment (other than Public Works and Police under the District
Superintendent) shown in the Budget.
annual
charge
.budgetted
[ If all the particulars cannot be got in here, separate sheets in this form must be annexed. ]
Total
No. and date of

as
Commissioner's Head of the

. ber
Date of Proceeding Monthly

of the Committee letter confirming Budget to Designa rate of
tion.
the sanction in which charge
Num
sanctioning enter each.

tainment. able.
2nd and 3rd class.
Dy. Commr, and President, Municipal Committee.

Budget Estimate of Receipts and Charges for 1877-78 of the Municipality in the
District of constituted a Municipality of the Class by order of the Punjab
Government No. dated the of " Punjab Gazette."
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Amount of each
RECEIPTS.
entry.
Estimated Balance on the 1st of April 1877 ... Rs. A. P.

TAXES, RATES, AND CESSES.
ON LANDS
ON HOUSES ...
ASSESSED TAXES ...
MISCELLANEOUS TAXES ...
Octroi ...
License Tax
Tax on vehicles
Tax on animals
Miscellaneous ...
MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS.
TOLLS ...
INTEREST ...
RENTS
SALES OF LANDS, HOUSES, & c.
MISCELLANEOUS FEES AND FINES
CONTRIBUTIONS
SUNDRY RECEIPTS
Payments for Municipal Services to Individuals ...
Other items ...
CONTRIBUTIONS ,―(give details)
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Total Receipts
ABSTRACT.
Estimated Balance on the 1st of April 1877
Receipts as above
Loans expected to be received during the year
GRAND TOTAL
Charges, see below
Loans expected to be repaid during the year
Estimated Balance on the 31st of March 1878
GRAND TOTAL
Countersigned.
Amount
The 187 • Commissioner.

Major
Total
of
each
Minor
of
of
or
Head
CHARGE S.
.
entry
Major and Minor Head. Description.

.
REFUNDS
COLLECTION OF TAXES AND CESSES Establishment for collection of octroi,
Contingencies for ditto ditto
Establishment for ditto of other Taxes
Contingencies for ditto ditto
POLICE ... Drawn by District Superintendent for
organized Constabulary
Chaukidars & other Police charges not
under District Superintendent ...
Amount
Major
Total
cach
Minor
of
or
of
Head
CHARGES.
.
entry
Major and Minor Head.
.
Description.
EDUCATION- HIGH SCHOOLS ... Establishment

Contingencies
MIDDLE SCHOOLS ... Establishment ...
Contingencies ...
LOW SCHOOLS ... Establishment ...
Contingencies ...
GIRLS' SCHOOLS ... Establishment ...
Contingencies
SCHOLARSHIPS ...
PRIZES, &c. ...
GRANTS FOR THE ENCOUR
AGEMENT OF LITERATURE.
GRANTS- IN-AID ... Contributions to General Local Funds
Schools
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
::
Other grants-in-aid
MISCELLANEOUS
MEDICAL- MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENT ... Establishment
Cost of European Medicines
Bazar Medicines and Contingencies ...
VACCINATION .. Establishment
Contingencies
MEDICAL SCHOOL & COLLege.
HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES Leper Asylums- Establishment ...
Ditto Contingencies ...
Dispensaries-Establishment
Ditto Cost of European Me
dicines
Ditto Diet, Bazar Medicines
and Contigencies ...
LUNATIC ASYLUMS ... Charge of Lunatics ...
SANITARY COMMISSIONER Health Officer & Sanitary Establishment
GRANTS FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES Grants to Dispensaries ...
Cholera charges
Other grants
PRINTING ... Forms from Accountant-General
Other Printing Charges
::
MINOR ESTARLISHMENTS
GENERAL MANAGEMENT ... Establishment
Contingencies
COLLECTION OF TOLLS, RENTS, & C. ... Establishment
Contingencies
DISTRICT POST ... Establishment
Contingencies
MISCELLANEOUS ESTABLISHMENTS ... Conservancy & Cleaning Establishment
Ditto ditto Contingencies
Registration of Births and Deaths
Establishment
Ditto ditto Contingencies
Lighting Establishment ...
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Watering Roads Establishment ...
Poor House Establishment
Meat Inspectors
Chaukidars for Burial Grounds
Criers and Drum-beaters
Other Establishments
Other Contingencies
PUNJAB GOVERNMENT ORDERS. 46
SEPTE. 1877. ]
Amount
Major
Total
each
Minor
or
of
of
Head
CHARGE S.
,
entry
Major and Minor Head. Description.
.
OFFICE RENTS, RATES, AND TAXES ...
MISCELLANEOUS - DONATIONS FOR CHA
RITABLE PURPOSES.
DONATIONS TO GARDENS AND MUSEUMS
INTEREST ON LOANS
MISCELLANEOUS & UNFORESEEN CHARGES
CONTRIBUTIONS ...
PUBLIC WORKS ... By Municipal Officers
Payments to the P. Works Department
TOTAL
The of Deputy Commissioner and President.
Municipality, and
REMARKS
Detail of Government Servants receiving remuneration from the
included in the detail of Fixed Establishment.
Duty forwhich Amount of
.
Number and date of Govern Substantive
ment order sanctioning Name. Government he receives re monthly re
Office. muneration . muneration.
the arrangement.
Deputy Commissioner and President, Municipal Committee.
MUNICIPAL BUDGET FORM I.

class.
Budget Estimate ofthe Municipality
DISTRICT
Received . Despatched .
Municipal Committee ... ...

:
Commissioners ...
:
Accountant- General ...

:
The latest date for despatch by the Municipal Committee is the 4th of December.
It must reach the Accountant- General by the 1st January without fail ,
Account ofthe Municipal Fund ofthe District of forthe Year 1875-76.
Receipts. Charges.
Cash Balance on the 1st of April REFUNDS

1875. COLLECTION OF TAXES AND CESSES,
POLICE ---
TAXES, RATES, AND CESSES— EDUCATION ...
MEDICAL ...
On Lands .. PRINTING ...
On Houses ... MINOR ESTABLISHMENTS :---
Assessed Taxes ... General management ...
Octroi ... Collection of Tolls, Rents, &C.
Licenses ... Conservancy and Lighting ...
Miscellaneous. ... Miscellaneous Establishment,
Office Rent, Rates, and Taxes
MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS—
MISCELLANEOUS
Tolls ... Donations to Gardens & Museums
Interest ... Donations for charitable purposes
Rents ... Interest on Loans ...
Sale of Lands, Houses, &c. Miscellaneous and unforeseen
Miscellaneous Fees and Fines, charges ...
Voluntary Contributions ...
Sundry Receipts ... CONTRIBUTIONS ..
PUBLIC WORKS ...
CONTRIBUTIONS REPAYMENT OF LOANS ...
PUBLIC WORKS Closing cash Balance on 31st
:::
LOANS March 1876 ...

GRAND TOTAL 8. GRAND TOTAL ...
President, Municipal Committee.

ANNUAL STATEMENT I.
Transactions as per Treasury Accounts.
Credited in Trea Charged in Treasury
Month. Accounts.
sury Accounts.
April 1875 ...

May "9 ...
June 19 ..
July 99 ...
August "" ...
September 99 ...
October 19 ...
November 99 ...
December 99 ...
January 1876 ...
February 19 ...
March " ...
Balance ...
Total ...
The figures given above correspond with the totals entered within.
Treasury Officer.
DAILY CASH BOOK A.
No. of No. of
Cheque. Charges. Amount. Daily Total. Chalan. Receipts. Amount. Daily Total.
Total
.
Date
.]of
...
months ...
to
Taxes on houses or lands,

Add
close
total
from
Chaukidari, &c.
month
previous
Octroi duty on articles of

Progessive
consumption.
Taxes on Professions and
Trades, Kamianah, &c.
Taxes on carriage, horses,
mules, camels, elephants,
&c.
of
Other Taxes.
the
Total.
.AND
Receipts
Statement
,RATES
TAXES
CESSES
Ground Rents, Teh Bazari.

Sale of Buildings.
Cattle Fair Fees.
Municipal Fines.
Fees for registration of
betrothals, &c.
B.
1.FORM
Total.
MUNICIPAL
Income from Nazul pro

of
the
for
RECEIPTS
perty.
month
Income from grazing

lands, grass, &c.
MISCELLANEOUS
Municipality
Town sweepings.
Produce of gardens.
Miscellaneous.
.
187
•
Total.
SUNDRY
RECEIPTS
Loan received from Gov

ment.
.
GRAND TOTAL.
DEBT
47 PUNJAB GOVERNMENT ORDERS. SEPTE, 1877. ]
Total
Dat
to
. e
close
.
cheques
...
of
...
month of
pre
Add
Collection of Taxes and Cesses.

vious
from
Prog
Deduct lapsed
.months
charge
Balance
Police.
totalressive
School Establishments and

Charges.
.
Hospitals and Dispensaries.

TION
EDUCA
Leper Asylum.
| Total.
Municipal Office Establish
of
the
ment and other Charges.

Museums, Menageries , &c.
Stateme
Chargesnt
Conservancy Establishment.
Lamp- lighters and Lighting
Expenses.
Other Departments.
Total.
M
Poor-Houses.
..ESTABL
MEDICA
Miscellaneous.
L
2.B
Total .
INOR ISHMEN
MUNIC
EOUS
TS
Contributions for general purposes.

FORM IPAL
MISCEL
Original Works.
of
the
for
LAN
month
Repairs.
.
Original Works,
INGS
Municipality
Repairs.
.
CIVIL COM
Original Works.
BUILD MUNIC
ATIONS
Repairs.
.
187
.
•
| Reserve for Minor Works, &c.

| Establishment.
VRMENTS
WORKS
PUBLIC
IMPRO
PUBLIC
| Total.
Repayment of Loan.
1 | GRAND_TOTAL. MISCELLANEOUS
DEBT
[ RECORD PUNJAB GOVERNMENT ORDERS. 48
MONTHLY ABSTRACT OF ACCOUNTS FORM C.

Statement of Receipts and Charges of the Municipality
for the month of 187 ·
RECEIPTS. CHARGES.
Balance on the 1st of REFUNDS

COLLECTION OF TAXES AND CESSES ...
TAXES, RATES, AND CESSES POLICE ...
EDUCATION ...
On Lands MEDICAL ...
On Houses PRINTING ...
Octroi
Licenses MINOR ESTABLISHMENTS :
Miscellaneous General management
Collection of Tolls, Rents,
MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS— &c. ...
Conservancy and Lighting,
Tolls Miscellaneous Establish
Interest ... ments
Rents ...
Sale of Lands, Houses, &c., MISCELLANEOUS
Fees and Fines ... Interest on Loans
Sundry Receipts ... Other charges ...
PUBLIC WORKS ... CONTRIBUTIONS ...
CONTRIBUTIONS ... PUBLIC WORKS
DISALLOWED ITEMS RECOVERED ... By Municipal Officers
LOANS ... Payment to P. W. D.
REPAYMENT OF LOANS
Balance at close of the month ...
TOTAL ... TOTAL
Secretary, Municipal Committee.
NOTE. This account should be furnished to the Treasury Officer for submission to the
Accountant-General not later than the 3rd of the month following that to which it refers.
CERTIFIED that the total of Receipts and Charges, and the Balances shown in this State
ment corresponds with the figures shown in the Cash Account and Lists of Payments and
Municipal Balance Sheet, submitted to Accountant- General.
Treasury Officer.
FORM C. 1 .
Abstracts of Receipts, Charges, and Balances of Municipalities in the District of
during the month of 187
CHARGES OF THE MONTH.
Organized
Organized
Organized
Constabu
Canstabu
1st List of 2nd List of

Constabu
Total.
Receipt
Charges
Charges
Charges
Payments.
Works
month
Payments.
Works
Works
Public
Public
Public
Char
Char
Other
Char
Other
Other
CLASS
Opening
Civil
Civil
Civil
Balance
the
Balance
Closing
of
Charges
Charges
Charges
.
.
.
.
.
Names of Municipalities.
lary
lary
lary
.
,
.
.
.
Total
ges
ges
ges
.
.
.
.
NOTE. - The Opening Balance must correspond with the Closing Balance of the previous
mo nth's abstract, except when alteration has been authorized by the Accountant - General.
Treasury Officer.
BO PUNJAB GOVERNMENT ORDERS. [ RECORD
FORM D.
Billfor Civil Charges (other than Police under the District Superintendent) of the Muni
cipalities in the of for the month of 187 •
Total expen
diture up to TOTAL OF
Budget PARTICULARS Amount. MINOR
provision date, including
the sum charg HEAD.
ed on this bill.
REFUNDS- as per following details.

(NOTE.- Dates of credit must be given.)
COLLECTION OF TAXES AND CESSES.
Establishment for collection of octroi...
Contingencies for ditto
Establishment for the collection of
other taxes ...
Contingencies for ditto ...
POLICE.
Chaukidárs and other Police charges
not under the control of District
Superintendent ...
EDUCATION .
Middle Schools
Fixed establishments ...
Contingencies ...
Low Schools
Fixed establishments ...
Contingencies ...
Girls' Schools
Fixed establishments
Contingencies ...
Scholarships ...
Prizes
Grants-in-aid ...
Contributions to schools supported by,
General Local Fund ...
Other grants-in-aid ...
Miscellaneous ...
MEDICAL.
Medical establishment
Fixed establishment ...
Cost of European medicines ...
Bazár medicines and contingencies ...
Vaccination
Contingencies ...
Medical School and College ...
Hospitals and Dispensaries
Leper Asylum establishment ...
Ditto contingencies ...
Dispensary establishment ...
Ditto cost of European medicines ...
БЕРТВ . 1877. ] PUNJAB GOVERNMENT ORDERS. 51
Total expen
diture up to TOTAL OF
Budget PARTICULARS . MINOR
date, including Account. HEAD.
provision . the sum char g
Jed on this bill .
Dispensary diet, bazar medicines, and

contingencies.
Donations ...
Lunatic Asylums.
Charges for lunatics ...
Grants for medical purposes.
Grants to dispensaries ...
Cholera charges ...
Other grants ...
PRINTING.
Forms from Accountant- General.
Other printing charges ...
MINOR ESTABLISHMENT.
General management
Contingencies ...
Collection of tolls, rent, &c.—
Contingencies
Miscellaneous establishment
Fixed conservancy and lighting
Other fixed establishment ...
Conservancy and lighting contingen
cies. ...
Other contingencies ...
MISCELLANEOUS.
Donations for charitable purposes ...

Donations to gardens and museums
Interest on loans ...
Miscellaneous and unforeseen charges

CONTRIBUTIONS.
(Givefull details).
GRAND TOTAL ..
Certified that the charges included in the above bill have all been incurred as set forth
and that sufficient vouchers for them are in the Municipal Office.
Dated
The of 187 .} President Municipal Committee.
Amount of this bill Rs.
Deduct expenditure disallowed .. 99
ndple
Countersigned for ... Rs.
Dated
The of 187 Commissioner
NOTE -This bill may be signed by the Vice-President. All establishments should be clearly detailed with
their rates ofpay and numbers of each grade, but without names. In the event of a full month's pay not being
drawn for any establishment, the dates on which it is drawn must be given.
FORUM E.
No. No. MUNICIPALITY.
Dated 187
Date To
The Deputy Commissioner of
In favor of PAY or order the sum of
and debit the same to the account of the Municipality.
Particulars
As by Resolution No. , dated
Rs .
Rs. President, Municipal Committee,
This cheque is only current during the month of issue.
‫نمبر‬ ‫ميونيسيپليتي‬ ‫نمبر‬

۱۸ ‫مینه‬ ‫ب‬
‫تاریخ‬ ‫تاريخ‬
‫بوجه‬ ‫روپیه‬
‫کو‬ ‫صاحب ڈپٹی کمشنر‬
‫بابت‬ ‫دیوین یا حکم دینے کا دین اور زر مذکور کو بحساب‬
‫بوجه خرچ درج فرماوین‬
‫پریسڈنت ميونيسيپل كميتي‬

‫يہه چك فقط اوس مہینے تك صحیح سمجها جاویگا‬
‫روپیه‬
‫جسمين جاري هوا‬
FORM F.
No. CHALAN NO. MUNICIPALITY.
Date The of 187 ·
Infavor of The Deputy Commissioner of is requestedto

Particulars receive from the sum noted below for credit
to the account of the Municipality.
Amount Rs.
Municipal Committee .
‫ميوليسيپليتي‬ ‫چالان نمبر‬

‫نمبر‬
۱۵ ‫مینه‬
‫بتاريخ‬
‫تاریخ‬
‫بوجه‬ ‫کی خدمت میں یہ گذارش‬ ‫صاحبڈپٹی کمشنر‬
‫ھے کہ‬
‫سے زر مندرجه ذیل بابت‬
‫بابت‬
‫جمع بحساب‬
‫میو نیسيپليتي وصول فر ماوین‬
‫روپیه‬ ‫میونیسیپل کمیٹی‬

DR. PASS BOOK G.
Date. Particulars. Amount.
MUNICIPALITY. CR.
Date. Particulars. Amount.
FORM H.
SUB-LEDGER.
The Fund of in the District of
in account with the Accountant- General of the Punjab.
Month. Particulars. Dr. Cr. Balance.
Total Rupees
No. 2664, dated 22nd September 1877.

To- The Accountant- General, Punjab.
I have laid before the Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor the report of the
Committee appointed under Financial Resolution No. 1548, of the 17th June, to
report on the subject of the audit of municipal accounts .
2. The Lieutenant-Governor considers that the report which you have now
submitted is exceedingly clear and practical, and I am to convey to you and to Mr.
R. H. Haviland, Assistant Secretary, and to Captain R. P. Nisbet, Deputy . Com
missioner of Simla, the thanks of His Houor for the complete way in which you
have disposed of the question.
3. The proposals and suggestions of the report are accepted by the Lieute
nant-Governor, and may be acted upon, subject to a few modifications which are
here noted .
4. From the municipalities of the first class for the obligatory independent
audit of the accounts, of which provision is made in the 7th paragraph of the
report, the Lieutenant-Governor would exclude the Municipalities of Dharamsala

and Dalhousie. The income of these is small, and there will probably be difficulty
in obtaining local independent audit.
5. With reference to the recommendation of the Committee that municipali
ties of the second class should be allowed to appoint auditors on the same condi
tions, and that any auditor thus appointed with the consent of the municipalities
concerned should be empowered to audit the accounts of other municipal bodies in
the district, the Lieutenant-Governor has no objection to offer, and Commissioners
of Divisions can refer the question as regards the minor municipalities of their
divisions, should it be desirable so to do.
6. As to the responsibility of the auditor in paragraph 8 of of the report, the
Lieutenant-Governor is of opinion that the first duty named, viz., seeing that the
charges have been incurred as shown in the accounts, is not one which the auditors
could perform. This can only be done by the President of the Municipal Commit
tee, and must be certified to by the officer who submits the bill.
7. This remark applies to that provision of the certificate included in the
10th paragraph to be furnished by the auditor to the effect that the charges in
Icluded in the bill have all been incurred as set forth. This the auditor is unable
to certify truly. other than by the production of vouchers, and the certificate of
charges incurred must be given by the officer who submits the bill.
With these slight modifications the report is accepted, and orders will issue in
the Financial Department accordingly.
8. The remarks in the 13th paragraph of the report are fully concurred in by
the Lieutenant-Governor, and a copy of the report, together with this letter, will be
forwarded to the Secretary to Government, in the Public Works Department, with
a request that he will have the kindness to take into early consideration the desir
ability of revising the system of auditing the accounts of municipal expenditure in
Public Works in the same direction of simple fraction which has been approved
with reference to those portions of the accounts which are dealt with in the Civil
Department.

From The Officiating Secretary to Government . Punjab,
To- The Secretary to Government, Punjab, Public Works Department.
The accompanying copy of a report of a Committee appointed by the Lieute
nant-Governor to consider the subject of the audit of Municipal Fund accounts, and
of a letter to the Accountant-General, No. 2664, of this date, are forwarded to the
Public Works Department for information, and attention is drawn more particularly
to the 13th paragraph of the report and to the 8th paragraph of the reply, with a
view to endeavour being made to simplify the audit of municipal expenditure for
public works.

To-The Accountant -General, Punjab.
In continuation of No. 2664, of this date, states that the new arrangements
for the audit of Municipal Funds expenditure will come into operation with the
accounts of 1878-79 ; and it is requested that meanwhile any subsidiary instructions
which Accountant-General may consider necessary to give effect to the arrangement
may be forwarded for the approval of Government.
SEPTE. 1877. ] PUNJAB GOVERNMENT ORDERS. 55
2. A copy of the report and of this correspondence will be forwarded to all

Commissioners and Municipal Committees for information and guidance.
Circular No. 31-2667, dated 22nd September 1877.

Ordered that copies of the undermentioned papers relating to the audit of
Municipal Fund accounts be forwarded to all Commissioners and to Presidents of
Municipal Committees, for information and guidance :
Report of Committee, dated 28th August 1877.
Letters to Accountant-General, Nos. 2664 and 2666, dated 22nd September.
Letter to Public Works Department, No. 2665, of same date.
Circular No. 32-3788, dated 26th September 1877.

Forwards to all Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners, Cantonment Magistrates,
Superintendants of Lunatic Asylums, Lahore and Delhi, for information and guid
auce, copy of a communication from the Government of India, Home Department,
laying down rules for regulating the admission of lunatics into Asylums. *
-
19
OCTB. 1877. ] PUNJAB GOVERNMENT ORDERS.
Circular No. 33–3991, dated 17th October 1877.

From Secretary to Government, Punjab and its Dependencies, to all Commissioners
and Deputy Commissioners in the Punjab.
I am directed by the Hon'ble the Lieutenant-Governor, with reference to
several cases which have recently occurred, to call attention to the procedure
which the Government desires to be observed in temporary appointments to
the executive charge of jails when the local officer in charge goes on short leave,
or there is an interval between the departure of one medical officer and the arrival
of his successor,
2. The executive charge of the jail should in such cases be taken over by
the Magistrate of the district or by one of his Assistants. It should never be
given to a medical officer without the sanction of Government, which sanction will
duly be accorded when the certificate of his qualification for the post has been
furnished by the Inspector-General of Prisons in the usual manner.
Circular No. 34-4007, dated 18th October 1877.

From Secretary to Government, Punjab and its Dependencies, to all Commissioners
and Deputy Commissioners in the Punjab.
Under the present system of appointing Officiating Extra Assistant Commis
sioners great inconvenience results when an Extra Assistant Commissioner on the
permanent establishment returns to duty before the expiration of his privilege
leave. To obviate this, His Honor the Lieutenant-Governor is pleased to direct
that Extra Assistant Commissioners must in future give early intimation to this
office when they do not intend availing themselves of the whole of the leave
granted them, failing which it may be necessary to withhold caucelment of the
untaken portion of leave.
Circular No. 35, dated 18th October 1877.

FORWARDS to all Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners, copies of the
following for information and guidance :
No. 1729T., dated 23rd September 1877.

From-Officiating Junior Secretary to the Government of Bengal,
I AM directed to forward herewith an extract, paragraph 6, from the resolution recorded
on the 5th instant by the Lieutenant- Governor on the annual report on emigration to British
and Foreign Colonies for the year ending 31st March 1877, and to request that you will, with
the permission of the Hon'ble the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab, be so good as to issue
the necessary orders to all district officers within His Honor's jurisdiction to furnish the Pro
tector of Emigrants, Calcutta, regularly in future with copies of all registrations effected by
them under section 27 of Act VII ( I. C.) of 1871 .
Extract from a Resolution by the Government of Bengal, Political Department, the 5th Sep
tember 1877, on the report of the Protector of Emigrants on Emigration to British
and Foreign Colonies during the year ending 31st March 1877.
PARA. 6. In the resolution on the report for 1875-76 Sir Richard Temple noticed the
neglect of the registering officers in the interior to report to the Superintendent all registrations
effected by them. It appears that during the past year there has been no improvement in this
respect. The total number of emigrants received in depôts actually exceeded by 1,342 the
number shown by the Magistrates' reports to have been originally registered. It is clear that
without a knowledge of the number originally recruited, and of the number who abscond on
the way to Calcutta, it is impossible for Government to guage the extent to which improper
recruiting is practised.. It appears that the Emigration Agents are disinclined or unable to
give the desired information. It was pointed out in the last resolution that the law requires
Magistrates on registering emigrants to submit to the Protector copies of the entries made by
them . The attention of all district officers in Bengal will now again be directed to this im
portant matter, and other Governments will be addressed with a view to the issue of similar
orders. Meanwhile, the Superintendent will be good enough to compare the statements received
with the number of persons admitted to depôt, and to report from what districts those emi
grants came regarding whom no reports were received.

No. 3857.- Notification. — In exercise of the power conferred by Section 37 of
the Code of Civil Procedure, the Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor is pleased to
declare the following persons to be recognized agents of parties :
(a.)-Persons holding general powers-of-attorney from parties not resident
within the local limits of the jurisdiction of the court within which
limits the appearance, application, or act is made or done, authorizing
them to make and do such appearances, applications and acts on behalf
of such parties.
(b.)-Mukhtars duly certificated under any law for the time being in force
and holding special powers-of-attorney authorizing them to do, on be
half of their principals, such acts as may legally be done by Mukhtars.
(c.)-Persons carrying on trade or business for and in the names of parties
not resident within the local limits of the jurisdiction of the court
within which limits the appearance, application, or act is made or done,
in matters connected with such trade or business only, where no other
agent is expressly authorized to make and do such appearances, appli
cations and acts.
(d.)-Persons specially authorized by parties to appear and act on their
behalf in any particular suit : Provided such persons are agents au
thorized for the occasion only, and are not practitioners acting in eva
sion of the law regulating the admission and enrolment of Pleaders and
Mukhtars : Provided also that it shall be in the discretion of the
court to refuse to permit any such person so to appear of act.
No. 3858.- Notification. -In exercise of the power conferred by Section 269
of the Code of Civil Procedure, the Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor is pleased
to make the following rules for the custody, while under attachment, of live stock
and other moveable property : -
1. Live stock and other property which are bulky or not readily portable
shall, after seizure by the Nazir or his officer, be made over, when practicable, to
the custody of a village lambardar, or such other respectable person as will under
take to keep such property subject to the orders of the court.
2. Light and readily portable property of all kinds, and especially valuable
property of small bulk, such as jewels, &c., shall, after seizures, be taken to the
head-quarters of the court executing the decree and be there made over to the
custody of such officer as the court may direct.
No. 3859.- Notification.-In exercise of the power conferred by Section 327

to continue in force, within the Punjab and its Dependencies, the following rules :
No land, or interest in land, shall be sold without the previous sanction of the
Commissioner of the division, and in the case of hereditary or joint acquired pro
perty in land, without the previous sanction of the Chief Court.
OCTB. 1877. ] PUNJAB GOVERNMENT ORDERS. 59
Sales of land, or of any interest in land paying revenue to Government, in

satisfaction of a decree of a court of civil judicature, shall be made by the Deputy
Commissioner upon the requisition of such courts.
No. 3860.- Notification. -In exercise of the power conferred by Section 336
to direct that whenever a judgment-debtor is arrested in execution of a decree for
money and brought before the court under the said section, the court shall inform
him that he may apply under Chapter XX of the said Code to be declared an in
solvent, and that he will be discharged if he has not committed any act of bad
faith regarding the subject of his application, and if he places all his property in
possession of a receiver appointed by the court.

No. 4002.-Notification.-The Hon'ble the Lieutenant-Governor is pleased to
extend the provisions of Section 29 of Act XXII of 1864, to the civil station of
Dalhousie (Municipal limits) and to the limits of the undermentioned adjoining
villages in British territory:
Rohla, situated at a distance of 1 mile from Balun Cantonment.
Khutyaru, ditto ditto ditto.
Banjla, ditto 2 miles ditto.
Surkhigullah, ditto 11 mile ditto.
Mankote, ditto 2 miles ditto.
Garhi-da-Nal, ditto 31 miles ditto.
Kusrori-da-Kote, ditto 1 mile ditto.
Tikkur, ditto mile ditto.
ETIT
NOVE. 1877. ] PUNJAB GOVERNMENT ORDERS. 61
Circular No. 86—717S, dated 25th October 1877.
From Officiating Secretary to Government, Punjab and its Dependencies,

to Inspector-General of Police, Punjab.
In reply to your letter No. 281 , dated 2nd current, I am desired to inform you
that the rules you propose for the guidance of District Committees for the identific
ation of police pensioners, as constituted in the letter to the Government of India,
No. 3128, dated 6th August 1877 , are sanctioned by His Honor the Lieutenant
Governor, and a copy of the correspondence will be forwarded to all Commissioners
for the guidance of the first Committees, which will assemble at the next half-yearly
payment of the pensioners.
2. A gazette notification will also issue appointing the Committees and con
taining a copy of the rules.
No. 718 S.
COPY of the following papers forwarded for the information and guidance of all
Commissioners and of District Committees for the identification of police
pensioners :
Proceedings No. 4A., dated 6th August 1877, Financial Department.
Financial Commissioner's No. 915, dated 17th September, and enclosure.
Inspector-General of Police's No. 281 , dated 2nd October.
To Inspector-General of Police No. 717S, of this date.
Gazette Notification No. 719 S.

THE undermentioned officers are appointed by His Honor the Lieutenant
Governor a Committee in each district for the identification of police pensioners,
under the provision of Section 116 of the Civil Pension Code :
The Deputy Commissioner, or, in his unavoidable absence, the senior European
Civil Officer of the district ;
The District Superintendent of Police ;
The Civil Surgeon.
The first Committee will assemble at the next half-yearly payment of the pen
sioners ; and the following rules are issued for guidance :
I.-A month before the session of the Committee each District Superinten
dent of Police shall compare his register of police pensioners with the
treasury parts of permanent payable orders, and see that they are
complete and up to date.
II.-Lists of all police pensioners will be sent by him to officers in charge of
the stations in whose jurisdiction they reside, with an order that the
beat constable shall inquire in their villages and ascertain that the
village repute is in favor of the pensioners' identity.
III. The reports under Rule II shall be laid before the Committee.
IV. A brief report by each Committee of the results generally of the in
vestigation, with a special notice of any cases in which the pension
appears to be fraudulently drawn, shall be submitted through the
Inspector-General of Police to the Financial Commissioner, and be
forwarded by the latter, with any remarks or suggestions necessary,
for the information and orders of Goverument.
62 PUNJAB GOVERNMENT ORDERS . [ RECORD
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA-FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT.

Circular No. 1049, the 5th June 1877.
THE attention of the several Local Governments and Administrations is invited to Section
116 of the Civil Pension Code, in which it is provided that special committees shall be assembl
ed every five years to identify pensioners from the Police Department. More than six years
have elapsed since this Rule was issued ( Resolution of the Government of India, No. 613, dated
19th May 1871) . and it is requested that the Government of India may be informed whether
the Rule has been carried out, and if so, in what manner.
Nos. 1680-81 , dated 21st June 1877.
COPIES forwarded to the Secretary to Financial Commissioner, and to the Inspector- Gen
eral of Police, Punjab, for report, in continuation of Nos. 481-82, dated 6th June 1871.
No. 187, dated 3rd July 1877.
From- Inspector- General of Police, Punjab.
I HAVE the honor to acknowledge receipt of your No. 1681 , of the 21st June, giving cover
to a Circular No. 1019, of the 5th idem, from the Financial Department of the Government of
India, regarding the identification of police pensioners, and to offer the following remarks :
2. I cannot trace the receipt in my office of Financial Resolution No. 613 of the 19th May
1871 , though I possess a copy of No. 614 of the same date. I shall, however, endeavour to re
ply to your question in the absence of this document.
3. The subject appears to resolve itself into three parts-1st, the mode of invaliding
police officers; 2nd, the identification of police pensioners ; and 3rd, the assembly of commit
tees of identification .
4. In regard to the method of invaliding police officers, I have only to forward a copy of
my Circular No. 26 of 1876, and to explain that up to the year 1873 all police officers were
invalided (with one or two exceptions) by the Annual Military Invaliding Committees . It will
be seen that in the cases of those officers who are invalided otherwise than by the Military
Invaliding Committees the concurrence of the District Superintendent of Police, the Deputy
Inspector- General of Police of the Circle, and of the Civil Surgeon is required. In other
words, no police officer is invalided in the Punjab until the opinion of these three officers has
been taken, and in many cases not until the additional opinion of the Military Invaliding Com.
mittee has been secured.
5. From the experience we have gained, I can positively state that, so far from the men
seeking to be invalided, they do all they can to remain in the service when utterly unable to
perform their duties.
6. We have a special system of identifying all police pensioners, which you will find ful
ly described in the enclosed copy of Circular No. 49 of 1872. As police pensioners are not a
numerous class, and are more evenly distributed over the districts than army pensioners, it is
possible for District Superintendents of Police to have a personal knowledge of them.
7. No special committees for the identification of police pensioners have been held. If
Government considers that it is necessary to form such committees at present, I suggest that
they might be composed of the Deputy Commissioner, the District Superintendent, and the
Civil Surgeon . Obviously the most convenient time of session would be at the time of the
payment of the half-yearly pension. There are advantages in choosing either the summer or
the winter payment. Probably the advantages of the latter season predominate.
No. 741 , dated 23rd July 1877.
From--Secretary to Financial Commissioner, Punjab.
IN reply to his No. 1680 of 21st June, forwarding, for report, an inquiry made by the
Government of India regarding the working of Section 116 of the Civil Pension Code, referr
ing to the identification of police pensioners, states that it has been ascertained that the
Inspector-General of Police has already, in his letter No. 187 of 3rd July, furnished the
Government with the information required.
No. 312S ., dated 6th August 1877.
IN reply to your Circular No. 1049. dated 5th June, inquiring as to the measures taken for
the quinquennial identification of police pensioners, I am desired to state that no measures
have yet been taken in this province to give effect to the orders. I am, however, desired to for
ward a copy of a letter No. 187, dated 3rd July, and of its enclosures, from the Inspector
NOVR. 1877. ] PUNJAB GOVERNMENT ORDERS. 63
General of Police, the procedure described in which appears to the Lieutenant - Governor per
fect in other respects. The quinquennial committees proposed in the Inspector-General's 5th
paragraph seem to His Honor fully calculated to meet the requirements of the Government of
India, and they will now be ordered. Their proceedings will commence at the next half-yearly
payments of pensioners in the approaching winter, and will be reported to Government through
the Accountant-General. The senior European Civil Officer of the district will take the place
of the Deputy Commissioner, if the latter be unavoidably absent.
No. 3138 , dated 6th August 1877.
From-Officiating Secretary to Government, Punjab.
To―The Secretary to Financial Commissioner, Punjab.
IN reply to your No. 741 , dated 23rd ultimo, regarding the quinquennial examination of
police pensioners, with reference to Section 116 of the Civil Pension Code, I am desired to
forward a copy of the letter from the Inspector-General of Police, No. 187, dated 3rd idem, and
of a communication of this date to the Government of India. and to inquire whether, after con
sultation with the Accountant- General, you have any suggestions to offer, or whether there are
any brief rules you think necessary for the guidance of the Committee. Copy of this corres
pondence will be sent to the Accountant-General.
No. 3148.
Copy forwarded to Accountant- General, Punjab, for information .
From- Secretary to Financial Commissioner, Punjab.
In reply to your No. 313S. , of 6th August, relating to the identification of police pension
ers, I am directed to forward a copy of Accountant-General's No. 12501, of 7th September,
and to state that the Financial Commissioner agrees with the Accountant- General and the
Inspector-General of Police that if quinquennial committees are to be assembled they may suit
ably be composed of the District Superintendent of Police, the Civil Surgeon and the Deputy
Commissioner, or, in his absence, the senior Civil Officer of the district.
The Financial Commissioner has no suggestions to offer or rules to propose. If any such
are necessary they might suitably be prepared by the Police Department, but for all practical
requirements the procedure already in force in that Department seems to be sufficient."
From- Officiating Accountant- General, Punjab,
IN reply to your letter No. 4827, dated the 27th ultimo, regarding the identification of
police pensioners and the assembling of special committees for that purpose every five years,
I have the honor to observe that inasmuch as the certificate of identification prescribed in
Police Circular No. 49 of 1872 , is forwarded to my office in support of the pension payment,
the ordinary requirements of audit are amply satisfied, and I agree with the Financial Com
missioner in thinking that any further proofs of identification hardly seem necessary.
As, however the Government of India deem the assembling of these committee a matter
of consequence, and it would appear that owing to the frequent changes in the office of a Dis
trict Superintendent of Police much of the personal knowledge of pensioners gained by that
officer is lost, it is desirable to obtain additional proof of identity. In this case I can think of
no officers more suited for such a committee than those recommended by the Inspector
General.
Forwarded in original to the Inspector-General of Police, together with a printed copy
of Financial proceedings of this Government, No. 4 A., dated 6th August last, for any remarks
or suggestions he may desire to offer, and for return with reply.
No. 281 , dated 2nd October 1877.
From -Inspector- General of Police, Punjab,
I have the honor to return the enclosures of your No. 2683, of the 24th September, regard
ing the identification of police pensioners, and to suggest the following brief rules :
(a). A month before the Session of the Committee each District Superintendent of
police shall compare his register of police pensioners with the treasury parts of
(b).
That lists of all police pensioners be sent out to officers in charge of the stations
in whose jurisdiction they reside, with an order that the beat constable shall in
quire in their villages and ascertain that the village repute is in favor of the
pensioners' identity.
(c). The reports under the last paragraph to be laid before the Committee.
2. If a formal report is required by Government, I submit a form which I propose for the
purpose. If not, it would be sufficient for the Committees to record their opinion in the re
gister and to report on any case where the pension was fraudulently drawn.
3. I should be glad if you would send me a printed copy of the correspondence.
Report of a Committee assembled on the to verify police pensioners paid
from the treasury of the above district.
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Circular No. 37-4281, dated 10th November 1877.

Commissioners and Superintendents in the Punjab.
I AM to forward, for your information and guidance, copy of a Resolution of the
Government of India, in the Home Department, No. 329, dated the 1st November,
to the effect that the provisions of Section 294A. , of the Indian Penal Code, pro
hibiting the publication of lotteries not authorized by Government, should be uni
formly enforced throughout India.
2. This Resolution cancels the Circular of this Government, ofthe 29th March
last, withdrawing the prohibition against such advertisements, and you are requested
to bring any breach of the provisions of the Section of the Code above quoted to the
notice of Government, when action will at once be taken to enforce the law.
3. I am further, to avoid unnecessary correspondence in the future, to forward,
for your information, the copy of a letter which has been addressed to the Secretary
of the Anglo-Oriental College, declining permission to advertise in this Province a
lottery for the building funds of that institution. In the opinion of the Hon'ble
the Lieutenant Governor, the object of a lottery is an immaterial consideration with
reference to the presumed intention of Government in enforcing the prohibition.
No. 329.
Extract from the Proceedings of the Government of India in the Home Department (Police, )—
under date Simla, the 1st November 1877.
READ
A Circular of the Punjab Government, dated the 29th March 1877, withdrawing the
prohibition against the publication of advertisements of lotteries not authorized by Government.
Read also
A letter from the Bengal Government, dated the 13th September 1877, No. 1441T.
RESOLUTION . On the 13th September last the Bengal Government forwarded a
letter from the Commissioner of Police at Calcutta, reporting that advertisements of
lotteries and race-sweeps printed beyond the limits of Lower Bengal are sent in large
NOVR. 1877. ] PUNJAB GOVERNMENT ORDERS. 65
numbers to hotels and other places of public resort in Bengal, in contravention of

Section 294A of the Indian Penal Code, and that the proprietors of newspapers and
other periodicals in Bengal complain bitterly that their columns are closed to notices
and advertisements which are freely permitted elsewhere. His Honor the Lieute
nant-Governor of Bengal considers that the present treatment of lotteries by the
different Local Governments is exceedingly unsatisfactory. In Bengal the law is
strictly enforced, while in the Punjab and elsewhere it is habitually broken with im
punity, and newspapers are allowed to advertise and circulate proposals directly
opposed to the provisions of the section of the Code cited. His Honor is of opinion
that if these lotteries and race-sweeps are mischievous, they should be put down by
law, instead of being allowed to develop themselves year by year ; but that if they
are considered to be a harmless amusement, the prohibitory clause in the Penal Code
should be repealed, and lotteries should not be discouraged. His Honor himself
considers them exceedingly mischievous.
2. The Government of India concur with His Honor's opinion as to the mis
chievous character of the lotteries and race-sweeps advertised, and believe that the
mischief is year by year assuming greater dimensions. As the intention of the law
on the subject is clear, and as its provisions were intended to operate in oue Pro
vince as much as in another, the Government of India consider that the law should
be uniformly enforced. Local Governments and Administrations are therefore re
quested to enforce the law after giving due notice thereof by publication of this
Resolution in their several official gazettes.
No. 4282, dated 10th November 1877.
To-The Secretary to the Muhammadan Anglo- Oriental College, Aligarh.
I AM desired to acknowledge your letter of the 28th October, requesting that
the sanction of the Lieutenant-Governor may be given to the advertisement of a
lottery for the benefit of the building fund of the Muhammadan College at Aligarh
on the terms stated in your letter to the Government of the North- Western Pro
vinces and Oudh, from whom you state that you have obtained permission to ad
vertise the lottery in those Provinces. In reply, I am to state that the Lieute
nant-Governor regrets that he is compelled to refuse the permission solicited ; for
the late Resolution of the Government of India, of the 1st instant, has expressed an
opinion that lotteries are mischievous, and in the face of this expression of opinion
the Lieutenant-Governor does not feel at liberty to sanction the advertisement of
any lottery, however laudable the object the funds of which it is designed to benefit.
The intention of the Legislature being, presumably, to discourage the gambling
spirit, it appears to His Honor immaterial whether the lottery be held for a race
meeting, a college, or a church.
No. 719S.- Appointments.-The undermentioned officers are appointed by His
Honor the Lieutenant-Governor a Committee in each district for the identification
of police pensioners under the provision of Section 116 of the Civil Pension Code :
The Deputy Commissioner, or in his unavoidable absence, the senior European Civil
Officer of the District, the District Superintendentof Police, the Civil Surgeon .
The first Committee will assemble at the next half-yearly payment of the pen
sioners ; and the following rules are issued for guidance :
I. A month before the session of the Committee each District Superintendent
of Police shall compare his register of police pensioners with the Treasury parts of
II. List of all police pensioners will be sent by him to the officer in charge of
the stations in whose jurisdiction they reside, with an order that the beat constables
shall enquire in their villages and ascertain that the village reports are in favor of
the pensioners ' identity.
III. The reports under Rule II shall be laid before the Committee.
IV. A brief report by each Committee of the results generally of the investi
gation, with a special notice of any cases in which the peusion appears to be fraudu
lently drawn, shall be submitted through the Inspector - General of Police to the
Financial Commissioner, and be forwarded by the latter, with any remarks or sug
gestions necessary, for the information and orders of Government .
HOME DEPARTMENT .
No. 4122.- Notification. - By virtue of the authority conferred upon him by
Section 360 of Act X of 1877 (the Code of Civil Procedure) , the Houa'ble the Lieut
enant-Governor is pleased to invest the Judges of the Courts of Small Causes at
Lahore, Amritsar, and Delhi, for the time being, with the powers relating to
insolvency conferred upon District Judges by Sections 344 to 359 (both inclusive)
of the said Act. The jurisdictiou hereby conferred upon the Judges of the Small
Cause Courts at Lahore, Amritsar, and Delhi will extend to all cases arising within
the territorial limits of the districts of Lahore, Amritsar, and Delhi, respectively.
No. 4123. -Notification. - By virtue of the authority conferred upon him by
Section 360 of Act X of 1877 (the Code of Civil Procedure ), the Hon'ble the Lieut
enant-Governor is pleased to invest the Judicial Assistants, for the time being, of
the following districts, with the powers relating to insolvency conferred upon District
Judges by Sections 344 to 359 (both inclusive ) of the said Act. The jurisdiction
hereby conferred upon the said Judicial Assistants will extend to all cases arising
:
within the territorial limits of their respective districts :
Karnál. Gujranwála.
Rohtak. Ferozepore.
Umballa. Mooltan.
Ludhiana. Rawalpindi.
Simla. Jhelum.
Jullundur. Gujrát .
Hoshiarpur. Shahpur.
Kángra. Dera Ismail Khán .
Gurdaspur. Dera Gházi Khán .
Sialkot. Peshawar.

No. 4411. -Notification. The powers of a Judge of a Small Cause Court con
ferred upon the Judicial Assistants of Ludhiana, Jullundur, Hoshiarpur and
Peshawar by paragraph 4 of Punjab Government Gazette Notification No. 3532, dated
24th September 1875, are hereby withdrawn.
No. 4412. -Notification. -With reference to the Punjab Government Gazette
Notification No. 4411 , of this day's date, the Judicial Assistants of Ludhiana and
Hoshiarpur will continue to exercise the insolvency jurisdiction vested in the Courts
of Small Causes at those stations, by Punjab Government Gazette Notification No.
2648, dated 7th July 1873, until such time as the insolvency cases therein alluded
to shall have been adjusted.
DECR. 1877. ] PUNJAB GOVERNMENT ORDERS . 67
Circular No. 4470, dated 26th November 1877.
From Officiating Secretary to Government, Punjab, to all Commissioners

and Superintendents and Heads of Departments in the Punjab.
A RESOLUTION of the Hon'ble the Lieutenant-Governor, No. 4208, of the 23rd

November 1874, prescribed an educational test for candidates for Government em
ployment. The question, which had long been under consideration, was disposed of
by a direction that from the 1st January 1876 no person should, save under special
sanction of Government, be appointed or promoted to an office in any department
under the control of the Local Government, the salary of which office exceeded Rs.
25 a month, unless he were able to produce a certificate of having passed the exa
mination of the Educational Department known as the Middle School Examination ,
or any of the higher examinations held by that Department, or the Entrance Exa
mination of any University or of the Punjab University College.
2. This order having been in force for nearly two years, the Lieutenant-Gov
ernor was anxious to ascertain how far it had been followed, and how far ignored by
Divisional and District Officers and Heads of Departments who had been required
to comply with it.
3. Statistics were accordingly called for, and their result shows that since 1st
January 1876 there have been no less than 207 promotions and appointments made
in the Civil Departments under the Punjab Government to posts the salary of which
exceeds Rs. 25 per mensem. Of the persons appointed to these posts only 33 had
passed an educational test, the number who had passed no examination being
174.
4. It is evident, therefore, that the directions of the Government contained

in the Resolution above quoted have been very generally disregarded.
5. Some of the officers who have reported on the subject have "noted what
appears to them an injustice in the fact of persons who have been long in Govern
ment service and who have proved their efficiency, being compelled to pass a some
what severe educational test ; but the Lieutenant Governor had never any inten
tion of working the rule with any harshness against such persons already in
Government employ, who, from their age, proved efficiency, or other sufficient rea
son, might properly be exempted from the operation of the rule ; but, failing good
cause for exemption, the Lieutenant-Governor considers that men appointed to
posts having a salary of Rs. 25 and upwards, or promoted thereto, should furnish
the prescribed certificate, and I am directed to request you to be so good as to
furnish, at your early convenience, a list of all persons who have been promoted to
or newly appointed to posts of such a character since the 1st January 1876, record
ing against each name whether there be any reasons for exemption , and if so, what
these reasons are. Unless sufficient reasons for exemption are submitted to and
sanctioned by Government, the further promotion of the individuals in question is
prohibited.
6. It may be necessary hereafter to modify to some extent the rules which

have been prescribed ; but the Lieutenant-Governor cannot admit that this can
fairly be considered until the experiment has received from Heads of Departments
the full trial to which it is fairly entitled, and which it has not yet received.
68 PUNJAB GOVERNMENT GRDERS. [ RECORD
Circular No. 38-4491 , dated 27th November 1877.
From Officiating Secretary to Government, Punjab and its Dependencies, to all

FORWARDS, for information and guidance, copy of Rules laying down the men
sures to be adopted in India on the outbreak of cholera or appearance of small-pox.
Extract from the Proceedings of the Government of India, in the Home Department
(Sanitary),- No. 205, dated 1st November 1877.
READ the undermentioned correspondence on the question of land quarantine as a protection
against cholera in India:
To the Commissioner and Superintendent of the Umballa Division. No. 337, dated 4th October 1876, appointing
him President of a Committee to consider the above question, and specifying the points upon which a report
is required.
From the Commissioner and Superintendent of the Umballa Division, No. 239 , dated 10th October 1876, sub
mitting the report called for.
Read also
Military Department endorsement No. 2218. , dated 11th July 1877, forwarding copy of a letter to the Quarter
Master-General of the Army, sanctioning revised rules to be observed on the outbreak of cholera or small
pox in cantonments.
G. O. C. in C. No. 177, dated 30th July 1877, publishing the revised rules.
RESOLUTION. - Now that the above rules have been definitely settled, the attention of
Local Governments and Administrations is invited to the general principles which ought to be
observed in dealing with outbreaks of cholera or small-pox among the civil population.
2. The report of the Land Quarantine Committee shows that whatever benefit may the
oretically be anticipated from such quarantine . the system has proved impracticable ; and rule
78 of the revised rules prohibits the establishment or enforcement by Commanding Officers
against the public at large or any section thereof of any land quarantine or any restrictions in
the nature of quarantine as against cholera in particular which are not equally applicable at all
times to the control of vagrant classes of people having no legitimate ground for claiming
admission within cantonment limits . The same principles should be followed by all civil
officers. It may, however, be remarked that though the forced removal of residents of a place
attacked with cholera to a cholera hospital is deprecated , seeing that infection is already among
the population, discretion may be used in isolating pilgrims or other travellers found sick of
cholera or small-pox in serais, on encamping grounds or elsewhere in the neighbourhood of
towns or stations.
3. Improvement in the sanitary condition of towns and villages is the best safeguard
against cholera, especially improvement of the water-supply, the drainage, the conservancy
and the habitations. It should be impressed upon the people that these matters require con
stant and careful attention, and that such attention should be redonbled if cholera threaten.
And just as all such improvements are to be encouraged and aided as far as possible, so , on the
other hand, all insanitary conditions are to avoided. In this point of view large gatherings of
people when cholera threatens are attended with great danger. Under such circumstances
fairs are liable to form foci when epidemies radiate over a wide extent of country and become
the cause of death to thousands who have not attended the fair. It must be remembered that
fairs generally entail overcrowding, and are often associated with privation and fatigne to
travellers coming from a distance, all which circumstances are favourable to disease. When
cholera threatens or is actually present in the part of the province where any fair is about to
be held, the inhabitants of all districts from which the people generally congregate should be
warned of the great risk they incur ; if the disease is severe or threatens to be so, then the fair
should be actually prohibited. The conservancy of fairs should at all times receive great
attention. and more particularly when cholera symptoms prevail.
DEOR. 1877. ] PUNJAB GOVERNMENT ORDERS. 69
LIST OF SANCTIONED HOLIDAYS FOR PUBLIC OFFICES DURING THE

YEAR 1878.
CHRISTIAN HOLIDAYS. No. of days.
New Year's Day, 1st January

Ash Wednesday, 6th March
Good Friday 19th April
Empress's Birthday, 24th May
Christmas Vacation, from 25th to 31st
December 7
11
MUHAMMADAN HOLIDAYS.
Muharram, 13th to 15th January 3 (a) (a) The last day may also be allow
*.3 1 ed to Hindus at the discretion of
TET
Bara Wafát, 16th March

Heads of Offices.
Nauroz, 21st March ... 1 (b) (b) For the Peshawar Division only.
Id-ul-Fitar, 29th September ... 1
Id-ul-Zuha, 5th December 1
7
HINDU HOLIDAYS.
Basant Panchmi, 7th February 1

Sheoratri, 2nd March 1
Holi, 18th March 1 (c) (e) May also be specially allowed
Baisakhi, 11th April ... 1 to Muhammadans.
Salonon, 12th August 1
Janam Ashtmi, 21st August 1
Dasaihra, 2nd to 5th October 4 (d) (d) The last day may be allowed
Diwali, 26th October to Muhammadans.
11
GENERAL HOLIDAYS.
For English and Vernacular Offices, when
there are no arrears of work, the last Satur
day in every month.
LOCAL HOLIDAYS.
May be granted for great festivals or
fairs peculiar to particular places at the
discretion of Heads of Offices when there
are no arrears of work.
NOTE. This list does not apply to Civil Courts, regarding which instructions have been
issued by the Chief Court.
I
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SELECTIONS
FROM THE RECORDS OF THE
FINANCIAL COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE,
1877.
Selection from the Records of the Financial Commissioner's Office, No. 21.
No. XLIX. -RAIN-FALL DURING 1875.
Memo No. 6065, dated 15th October 1875.

From- C. R. Hawkins Esquire, Officiating Secretary to Financial Commissioner Punjab ;
To- The Commissioners and Superintendents, Delhi, Hissar, Jullundur, Amritsar and
Lahore Divisions.
As the rain-fall during the year has been in many districts of unprecedented
amount, and the subject will require mention in the annual report of the current
year, the Financial Commissioner requests that all districts where the rain-fall was
unusually heavy a short narrative may be furnished showing the duration and amount
of rain-fall and the damage done by it.

From- Colonel W. G. Davies, Commissioner and Superintendent, Delhi Division,
To-G. W. Rivaz Esquire, Officiating Secretary to Financial Commissioner, Punjab.
Subject.
fall during the year 1875.
Rain-
Forwards copy of a revised report by the Deputy Commissioner Dehli on the
above subject, and requests that it may be substituted for the copy bearing the same
No. and date forwarded under cover of this office No. 53 dated 28th March 1876,
which might be destroyed.

From- T. W. Smyth Esquire, Deputy Commissioner, Delhi,
To-Colonel W. G. Davies, Commissioner and Superintendent, Delhi Division.
Referring to docket No. 36 of the 19th instant, calling for a separate report in
Rain-fall. regard to the duration and amount of rain-fall in this dis
trict during the last monsoon, and the damage done by it,
as required by Financial Commissioner's memo No. 6065 , dated 15th October last,
I have the honor to state that up to the week ending 5th September 1875, the
total rain-fall of the district was only 17 inches, and fears were entertained that the
kharif would have been a failure for want of sufficient rain. On the 8th
September, however, there were indications of the rain, which had hitherto held
back, coming down plentifully, for on that date there was gauged at the sadr 29,
Delhi 2.9, Sonepat 4.2, and at Ballabgarh 3.9 inches. There was a cessation to
wards evening, but about 6 o'clock the rain began to fall in torrents and continued
throughout the night and all next day (the 9th) with short intermissions. The
quantity measured at 6 o'clock on the evening of the 9th was at sadr 19.5, Delhi
19.5, Sonepat 13.5 and Ballabgarh 11.8 inches, when a break occurred. No more
heavy rain fell during the rest of the season.
2. The total rain-fall during the entire month of September was at sadr 29.6,
Delhi 27.4, Sonepat 24.5, and Ballabgarh 23.9 inches. The total fall of the entire
monsoon of 1875 being- sadr 406, Dehli 37.2, Sonepat 33.8, Ballabgarh 314, or
giving an average for the district of 35.7 inches, while the usual rain-fall is only
about 25 inches . In 1873-74 the fall was 42.1 inches, but it was so equally distri
buted over the entire season that while there were floods all over the country, the
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year was not marked with such disastrous results to property and only here and
there were crops damaged to any extent.
3. In the statement of weekly rain-fall ending 12th September it was reported
that the rain-fall during " this week has been unprecedently heavy, causing
" much damage to house property in the city and district, while crops have been
" submerged to an extent causing apprehensions for their safety."
4. Immediately after the cessation of the heavy rains the several tahsildars
were called upon to furnish as full a report as practicable of the extent of damage
sustained within their respective circles. This was a work of time, and the country
was too flooded then to admit of their taking any action in the matter.
5. The rain-fall was so heavy and sudden that the river Jumna rose to an
River Jumna. unusual height, especially in the Dehli pergunnah, the
Agra canal weir below to some extent obstructing the
escape of the water.
The river side villages have some of them been quite destroyed, and notably
Hiranki. Jhangaula. The flood ran up a nullah a little to the
Sindipur. north of the Bowana escape as far as the grand trunk
Ghari Kurri. road, which was damaged. The lands of villages mar
Kakwálpur. ginally noted suffered severely. Barari and the neigh
Kadipur.
Burpur. bouring villages were deeply flooded . The high state
Bijapur. of the Jumna also caused damage indirectly to some dis
Alipur. tance inland, by heading back the drainage of the coun
try at its natural outfalls .
6. The Western Jumna canal burst its embankments at Khera-khurd about
Western Jumna canal. 10 miles from Dehli, and at Serai Rohilla Khan, near
where it crosses the Najafgarh escape channel. From
the first breach, the water poured off to the south-west, reaching the Rohtak road
which it cut in places, and found its way in some part into the Najafgarh jhíl. No
appreciable damage to crops was done by this accident as the water ran off quickly.
From the second breach the overflow immediately fell into the escape channel and
was carried off safely to the Jumna.
7. All along the canal lands to a considerable extent in places, notably in
Alumgirpur. the villages marginally named , were damaged by the
Badli. rain-fall water standing too long on them, being checked
Dariapur. by the canal embankment. (This evil will be remedied by
Jhangoli. the construction of new line of the canal, which follows
Jhotola.
Harioli. the high ground and does not interrupt the drainage.)
The canal escape from Bowana to the Jumna by Alipur did service by carrying,
Bowana escape. off the excess of rain-fall and overflowed Jumna water
from the low grounds on its course. The escape channel
from the Mandawri jbíl , about 28 miles up the canal , proved insufficient for its pur
pose, and the villages of Mandawara and Mandawri have been heavily flooded .
9. The jhíl at Palam burst its band. That at Marauli overflowed, sweeping
Palam band. away large boulders which formed its band across the
Jharna. The Rajputana (State) Railway embankments
were carried away in many places.
10. The Najafgarh jhil rose to 7 feet above its ordinary maximumlevel, and three
and
Najafgarh jhil. feet above the highest level within the last 20 years,
extended to a mile or more in all directions beyond its
ordinary limits. The jhil rose to 15 feet at Nanakheree gauge, the highest in 1873
RAIN-FALL DURING 1875. 501
being 10 feet . The water has not yet sunk to its ordinary level. The other smaller
jhils in the same track overflowed proportionately, and all the lower lands were con
verted into swamps, which still have water in them for the most part. A register of
gauge readings at the Najafgarh jhil and its escape channel recorded by the Execu
tive Engineer Western Jumna canal during the month of September is annexed .
11. Nearly half the land in the Najafgarh thana was so flooded as to be
unavailable for this year's rabi crop. The destruction of kharif crops along the
borders of the jhil was of course great. A separate report on the condition of this
portion of the district will be submitted with proposals for remission and suspension
of land revenue. Communication between the town of Najafgarh and the surround
ing country was cut off on all sides for 48 hours, and for nearly a week afterwards
it could only be reached by boats.
Destruction of life and 12. The destruction of house property and goods
property. • and chattels was unprecedented .
13. The kharif crops standing on low lands were entirely submerged and
Kharif crops . destroyed, and those growing on high lands were more
or less injured.
14. The rabi crops all over the district look thin and poor. Not only was the
Rabi crops. land generally too wet for the favorable reception of the
seed when they were sown, but the late subsidence of
the water in the low lands appears to have prevented sufficient preparation of the
soil. Much was sown so late that the grain is not yet formed, and if the
hot weather should come on with any severity during the next fortnight it will be
in danger of being blighted and burnt up before coming to perfection. A less area
than usual has been put under rabi crops, and the hopes of the zamindars are
especially directed to the coming crop of sugar-cane.
15. In the Dehli pargannah it is that most damage has been suffered .
Dehli tahsil. rising of the Jumna, the stoppage of drainage by the
Western Jumna Canal, and the flooding of the Najafgarh
jhil all operating within this sub-division. The Tahsildar describes the rabi here
as an average, but it can hardly be estimated at more than two-thirds of an
average except on the canal irrigated lands. In 309 villages in the Dehli tahsil
where enquiries had been made, 10,192 houses were reported to have fallen down,
81 head of cattle and 6 human lives were lost. In the remaining villages equal
destruction of property had taken place, but the number or extent could not be
ascertained as entire villages were swept away.
15. In Sonepat 6,111 houses were destroyed, and 70 head of cattle and 5
lives were lost. In Ballabgarh 7,621 houses were de
Ballabgarh and Sonepat
tahsils. strcyed and 70 head of cattle. In the Sonepat khadir
the rabi looks, on the whole, well ; on the canal lands it is
uneven and perhaps below the average.
In Ballabgarh the khadir is very good. The banjar too is good ; even on these
high and rather sandy soils those parts that escaped with least wet are the best.
17. The city of Dehli also suffered severe damage, upwards of 8,000 houses
City of Dehli. were completely destroyed. Throughout the city tem
porary sirki huts were provided by the Municipal Com
mittee of Dehli for all whose houses had fallen. Hundreds found shelter in the
Jumma Masjid and other large mosques in the city, while many were provided
with accommodation in the houses of several native gentlemen. Fourteen lives
were lost, and 28 persons were injured more or less from the falling of houses. The
extent and value of property destroyed in the city has not been ascertained.
18. the district, schools, sarais, paráos, bardasht-khanas,

Throughout
cattle-pounds, roads, bridges &c., suffered severely during
Damage to public build
ings and roads. this flood, and it will require upwards of 12,000 rupees
to put them in order.
19. The Settlement Officer has prepared detailed statements of the entire
area submerged and of the crops destroyed. The statements are now being pur
talled, and specific application will shortly be made showing the extent of relief
sought in consequence of the damage caused by the heavy floods.
Register of gauge readings, Najafgarh jhil, for September 1875.
Dates. Belan Bridge. Jhil Chadai Bridge. Nanakheri.

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15 13.6 13.5 15.0
16 13.4 13.0 15.0
17 13.0 12.8 15.0
18 12.8 12.6 15.0
19 12.6 12.4 15.0
20 12.4 12.2 15.0
21 12.2 12.0 15.0
12.0 11.8 15.0
23 11.8 11.6 15.0
24 11.8 11.6 15.0
25 12.4 12.3 15.0
26 12.4 12.3 15.0
27 12.4 12.3 15.0
12.3 12.2 15.0
29 12.3 12.2 15'0
30 12.3 12.2 15.0

From- Commissioner and Superintendent, Dehli Division,
To-The Officiating Secretary to Financial Commissioner, Punjab.
Referring to his memo No. 6065 dated 15th October 1875, has the honor to
forward copies of the reports furnished by the Deputy Commissioners of Debli
Gurgaon and Karnal in connection with the heavy rain-fall of 1875.
The narrative furnished by the Deputy Commissioner of Dehli is specially
full and interesting. If required a copy of the letter referred to in para 9 of Deputy
Commissioner Gurgaon's report can be furnished. It refers however chiefly to
damage done by the rain of the 9th September to public buildings.

From-Lieutenant Colonel F. J. Millar, Deputy Commissioner, Karnal,
To-Colonel W. G. Davies, Commissioner and Superintendent, Dehli Division.
With reference to circular No. 60, dated 19th October 1875, has the honor to
--
port that in tahsil Panipat there fell 14.9 inches of rain during the following days :
8th to 12th September ... ... 11.1
20th September ... ... ……. 0.3
25th and 26th September ... ... 3.5
The above rain is reported to have damaged the standing crops to the esti
mated value of Rs. 6,000, also about 500 kacha and pakka houses have been
destroyed in the town of Panipat, and about 2,000 in the several villages of Panipat
and about 2000 in the several villages of Panipat tahsil. With regard to Karnal and
Kaithal the Tahsildars report that no damage of any consequence has happened.
I altogether doubt the reliability of the report of damages to standing crops ; it
is of course based upon information given by zamindars.

From-J. H. Oliver Esquire, C. S. I. , Deputy Commissioner, Gurgaon,
To-Colonel W. G. Davies, Commissioner and Superintendent, Dehli Division.
The Tahsildars having furnished reports from their circles, I have the honor
to reply to your circular No. 60 dated 19th October last and its enclosures.
2. At first it was understood that the information required was to be fur
nished with the annual revenue report, hence the delay ; but your subsequent
reminder removed this impression, and the Tahsildars were called on to supply the
information immediately.
3. The Tahsildar Gurgaon writes :-" The inhabitants of this circle lost by
inundation and the down-pour of rain which began on the 7th and stopped on the
9th September 1875, to the value of Rs. 2,34,000 . The loss was in house property,
cattle and grain, and goods of miscellaneous nature. Those that suffered the most
were petty shop-keepers, whose shops were of sun-dried bricks, and of mud. The
agriculturists' loss was also great in house property and grain. The fall of rain
during these three days, i. e., 7th , 8th and 9th, was 21 inches and 1 tenth."
4. The Tahsildar Rewari says that owing to the soil of his circle being
sandy the rain did not do much damage to the standing crops. Kacha houses
suffered considerably, and some lives were lost in consequence. Loss of property
was considerable. The rain fell on 8th and 9th September 1875 without inter
mission, and measured in the gauge 13 inches.
5. The Tahsildar of Nuh says that the rain began on the 6th September
and lasted till the 12th September, and the fall was measured during that time 21
inches. The damage was to the amount of Rs. 24,000 by fall of houses and de
struction of grain and other property. That the jhils of Chandani and Kotla
overflowing inundated large tracts, destroying standing kharif crops of several
villages.
6. The Tahsildar of Palwal writes that the fall of rain during the 6 days,
viz. , from 7th to 12th September, was 25 inches 1 tenth, which did considerable
damage to crops and property, kacha houses suffering the most and consequently
their contents. The kharif harvest of 51 villages sustained much loss. In his
estimation about one-half of the kharif produce was destroyed by this heavy rain
and inundation caused by it. The total loss was estimated at Rs. 45,200 . Three
men lost their lives.
7. Tahsildar of Firozpur gives the rain-fall of the 8th and 9th, the two days
heavy rain fel!, at 9 inches 2 tenths. No lives are said to have been lost, and but
small amount of property destroyed, 3,300 rupees.
8. From these summaries it will be seen that the heaviest fall of rain during
the season of 1875 occurred on the 8th and 9th September, and the damage done
to both movable and immovable property was very great. In addition to this the
roads throughout the district were almost destroyed, and more or less injury done
to all public buildings.
9. For further particulars I refer you to this office Nos. 348 and 11 of 11th
September 1875 and 18th January 1876 respectively.
10. The former of these having been written when the inundation was
actually present, conveys a far truer impression than anything I could write at
this distance of time.

From- J. W. Macnabb, Esguire, Commissioner and Snperintendent, Hissar Division,
To-G. W. Rivaz, Esquire, Officiating Secretary to Financial Commissioner, Punjab.
In reply to Secretary's Nemo No. 6065,
* No. 302 dated 20th October 1875, from dated 15th October last, transmits, in original,
Deputy Commissioner Hissar. the district reports* on the rain-fall during
No. 377, dated 24th November 1875, 1875-76 and the damage done by it. The entire
from Deputy Commissioner Rohtak.
No. 31 dated 14th March1876, from De absence of rain during the cold weather has re
puty Commissioner Sirsa. duced the spring crop to something very
ordinary indeed.
No. 302, dated 20th October 1875.

From- Captain C. H. T. Marshall, Officiating Deputy Commissioner of Hissar,
To- Colonel S. F. Graham, Commissioner and Superintendent, Hissar.
Submits remarks anent In reply to your circular No. 118, of the 19th instant,
the recent heavy rain-fall. I beg to submit the following remarks about the recent
heavy rain-fall in my district.
2.The actual amount that fell as detailed below would be thought but little
of in most districts. I am told however that there is no
The actual amount of rain.
one in Hissar who can remember such a rain-fall as we
fall.
had this autumn. In Hissar tahsil we registered 23 inches,
in Hansi 21.9, in Bhiwani 33-2, in Fatehabad 12.0, in Barwala 17 ·0.
3. The heaviest down-pour, and that which did the most damage, took place
The heaviest down-pour. during the second week of September, and was apparently
the tail end of the great storm which did so much mischief
in Delhi and Rohtak. As much as 14 inches fell at Bhiwani, but we only had 6
inches at the sadr.
4. The storm that damaged the city of Hissar itself mostly came up from
Bikanir direction on the 20th September, accompanied by
The storm that damaged
a heavy gale ; about 15 houses fell in the town (mostly
the city of Hissar.
kacha) and portions of the wall gave way.
5. In Bhiwani and Hansi a good many huts fell in, and in the former place
In Bhiwani and Hansi a the tahsil and police buildings suffered a good deal of in
good many huts fell. jury. Financially speaking there was but little loss to
the people, as it does not take the lower classes ( whose
houses suffered most ) long to rebuild their primitive mud huts.
6. The joy of the people at seeing this copious rain fall more than repaid
them for the little damage that it did. For several years
The joy of the people at past they have gathered in but scanty harvests, have had
the copious rain. no fodder for the cattle, and have been placed in the utmost
straits to keep body and soul together.
7. The aspect of affairs is now entirely changed the country round instead
of being one dismal sheet of sand and dust is green as a
The aspect of affairs en
garden, every inch of available ground is covered with
tirely changed.
flourishing crops of bajra and jowar, which are growing lux
uriantly high. All the rabi land is being ploughed and sown, the rain having been
sufficient to ensure even a good spring harvest.
8. There has been such a demand for bullocks for ploughing, that the villagers
Demand for bullocks. could not afford to part with their cattle ; and in conse
quence the fair which takes place this year was poorly
attended - there being so few animals in the market.
Autumn and spring har 9. It is calculated that the yield of this and the spring
vests anticipated to be plen harvest will be sufficient to last the cultivators . for three
tiful. years, if it is not swallowed up by the usurers.
10. The Fatehabad tahsil was the least favoured, but even there enough fell
to gladden the hearts of the zamindars and ensure to them
Fatehabad tahsil was the such a full harvest as they had not seen for many a long
least favoured.
year.
11. Altogether I may say that as far as Hissar is concerned the late heavy
The late heavy rain has rain has been a perfect God-send to the people. They say
been a perfect God-send for they never had such prosperous times in their life ; so en
Hissar. gaged are they with crops and their fields that there has
been scarcely any crime in the district for the last month and but few civil suits.
The reason of the former is I expect that such a number of men are scattered over
the fields night and day, keeping off animals and birds, that it would not be safe
for a thief to drive cattle about the country : he would at once be spotted and arrested.
No loss of lives from fall 12. I am happy to be able to say that there has been
ing houses. no loss of life from falling houses.
Amount of damage to 13. The damage to Government buildings may be
Government buildings. estimated at Rupees 2,000.

From - G. Knox, Esquire, Deputy Commissioner, Rohtak,
To-Colonel S. F. Graham, Commissioner and Superintendent, Hissar Division.
I have the honor in reply to your letter No. 118 dated 19th October 1875, and
enclosure, to state that the rain commenced in the early morning of the 8th Septem
ber and continued for three days heavily and incessantly. On the 8th and 9th the
rain-fall was 14-4, on the 10th 3.8, on the 11th 7.0.
2. At Rohtak the rain collected in all the low lands to the south and east of
the town. Between the kacheri and the town the road was for some time impassable
even to a man on horseback.
3. This inundation caused the ruin of the dak bungalow, the house used by
the police officer as a residence, and the house occupied by the settlement officer.
These are completely ruined.
The tahsil building has suffered and will have to be partly rebuilt. The roofs
of the buildings inside the jail were very much injured and are now being thoroughly
rebuilt. The roof of the kacheri also sustained injury. This is being repaired by
the Department Public Works.
4. In visiting the jail during the inundations I crossed a swift stream of water
on the high road in front of the jail ; this stream was about 20 feet broad and an
average depth of one foot. This emptied itself into all the low lands about the station
and outside the town. Similarly a large stream of water came towards the town
along the Gohana road.
5. The roads are in many places lower than the surrounding country, and act as
an escape channel. They were originally in all probability as high as the land on each
side, and may perhaps have been higher, but year by year they get lower and lower,
not by being worn away, but by the material being blown away by the prevailing
winds, whenever traffic of any sort passes over ; the result is that water collects from
the surrounding fields on the lowest part which is the road and flows along it.
6. Although the heavy rain injured many a house in village and town, it has
helped the agriculturists, as the kharif crop has derived much benefit from it and
there is a fair prospect of a good cold weather crop.
7. In some villages however the loss was more serious. Sanghi, a village of
5,117 inhabitants, is in a drainage line, and it was threatened with complete inunda
tion ; the villagers did their best to prevent this by putting up bands, this caused
an inundation higher up in the villages of Kheri and Chachrana. The disputes
between the villagers were incessant for some days as long as the inundation lasted,
and might have resulted in a serious riot and bloodshed . The disputes were settled
by a partial opening of the bands. The Tahsildar was deputed to the spot with a
Deputy Inspector and three or four constables, with instructions to stay there as
long as the cause of dispute existed, and to do his best to devise a remedy and pre
vent a disturbance. I think however the subject of the drainage question should
be taken up, and the line opened out to prevent a future dispute, and that a subor
dinate of the canal department should be deputed to carry out a line of levels and
report on the feasibility of clearing the drainage line.
8. The villages of Lardakpur, Gangarwah, Lukhsur, Kharipur, Chalka, havealso
suffered severely from the inundation. A separate report has been furnished on this
subject in my letter No. 308, dated 10th November 1875. In some if not of all of
these villages there will probably be a necessity for remission of revenue for one or
two crops.

From G. E. Wakefield Esquire, Deputy Commissioner, Sirsa,
To-J. W. Macnabb Esquire, Commissioner and Superintendent, Hissar Division.
His circular No. 118 of 19th October last and Financial Commissoner's No.
6065, dated 13th idem .
Reports on the above subject as follows.
The average rain-fall during the year under report has been 25 inches, the
annual average for the past 17 years having been 13 inches, so that the rain-fall
this year was nearly double the past 17 years average. In 1862, however, thers
was an average rain-fall in the district of 22 inches.
2. The details according to tahsils are as follows, and they are noted to bring
out that the Fazilka pargannah has not had such rain for 17 years, while in Sirsa
and Dabwali tahsils there was a heavier rain-fall in 1862 than now. The details
are :
Tahsils. Average for 17 years. Rain-fall in 1875-76. Rain-fall in 1862.
Sirsa ... ... 14 inches 20 inches 22 inches

Fazilka ... 11 99 28 99 17 11
:
Dabwali ... 13 99 17 21 26 11
Average ... 13 19 22 99 22 99
The rain fell mostly in August and September, and although late for the autumu
crop yet sufficient for both the autumn and spring crops.

From- A. Brandreth Esquire, Commissioner and Superintendent, Jullundur Division,
To-G. W. Rivaz Esquire, Secretary to Financial Commissioner, Punjab.
Deputy Commissioner Jullandur's With reference to his memo 6065 dated
No. 85 of 2nd March 1876. 15th October last has the honor to submit
Do. Hoshiarpur's No. 155, dated
28th idem. reports as per margin of the Deputy Commis
Do. Kangra's 539 of 12th November sioner of this division in regard to the rain
1875. fall in their districts during 1875.
No. 85, dated 2nd March 1876.

From -Major C. Beadon, Officiating Deputy Commissioner of Jullundur,
To-ArthurBrandreth Esquire, Commissioner and Superintendent, Jullundur Division.
I have the honor to comply with your No. 8/101 of the 13th January by sub
mitting the following reports upon the rain-fall of 1875, and the damage done by it.
2. The total fall up to 30th September in each tahsil was as follows :
Inches.
Jullundur ... ... ... ... 52.2
Phillour …. ... ... ... 31.5
Nawashahr ... ... ... ... 43.2
Nakodar ... ... ... ... 45.7
3. The heaviest averages were attained in the four weeks noted below :
Inches Tenths.
Week ending 8th August ... .40 21.5 ÷ 4 = 5·3
Week ending 15th August ... ... 33.4 ÷ 4 = 8.3
Week ending 12th September ... ... 52.8 ÷ 4 = 13.2
Week ending 26th September ... .. 26·0 ÷ 4 = 6 ·5
4. Much damage was done to crops in the Jullundur tahsil especially, as

well as in the neighbourhood of the Beyn in that of Nakodar, by the repeated floods
of the year.
5. In some cases in Jullundur, in some of the irrigated lands near the railway
and near Nahul on the Kapurthulla road, the water did not dry up till the oppor 1
tunity for sowing the rabi had passed away. In other cases, as at Dhogri, the best
lands are the sailaba lands, and these have necessarily suffered heavily. Near Jul
lundur, on the other side of the railway especially, many wells were injured by the
first flood , and further damaged by the second and third, so that the necessary
repairs were heavy.
6. The Tahsildars of Jullundur and Nakodar, under orders of Mr. Barkley,

inspected and reported cases in which the kharif revenue could not be taken in full
without hardship. Mr. Moore, who officiated as Deputy Commissioner during Decem
ber and January, made a tour in the Jullundur tahsil himself, and has left on record
his decision upon each case reported by the Tahsildar. I have gone over the
Nakodar tahsil reports and seen much of the country. Though much hardship
must have occurred, and the Tahsildar has recommended suspension of demand in
23 cases, yet I only saw fit in 2 cases to support the Tahsildar's recommendation.
7. The zamindars themselves are clamorous for remission, but this seemed
altogether inexpedient.
8. I look upon suspension as bad in practice, for it only puts off hardship,
hence my reason for rejecting so many of the Nakodar Tahsildar's proposals. I
have gone over some of Mr. Moore's work and am of opinion that he has been too
tender-hearted, but I do not feel myself competent to alter it unless specially
authorized. I observe also, in some instances, that Mr. Moore has sanctioned suspen
sion of entire autumn demand from a village where only a portion of the area has
been destroyed. This is surely wrong ?
9. In Nawashahr and Phillour and the higher parts of Nakodar everything

was well until the last storm, which seriously damaged crops, especially cotton and
chari. Relief however did not appear requisite, since the injury was caused by wind
and not by floods.
10. The following shows the area of cultivation destroyed, and the recom
mendation that has been made for remission or suspension of Government demaud,
details of which will form the subject of a separate report.
Acres. R. P.
Jullundur. - Crops destroyed ... ... ... 2,489 1 10
Recommended remission ... Rs. 930 0 0
Do. suspension ... ... "" 4,097 8 0
A. R. P.
Nakodar.-Area destroyed ... 236 2 5
Recommended suspension ... Rs. 208 12 2
11. The rain fell most incessantly during the weeks ending 12th and 26th
September. The damage on these occasions to house property in Jullundur from
the rain and wind, and from the floods which the former caused in the country
round about Alawalpur, was enormous .
From - W. Coldstream, Esquire, Officiating Deputy Commissioner, Hoshiarpur,

To-A. Brandreth, Esquire, Commissioner and Superintendent, Jullundur Division .
In accordance with the direction of the Financial Commissioner communica
ted in your circular No. 169-2262, of 19th October 1875, I have the honor to
submit two tabular statements showing
(1) the duration and amount of the excessive rains of last season ; and
(2) an estimate of the damage done by it in the various parganahs of the
district.
2. As regards the duration and amount of rain-fall, statement I shows that
the rain-fall throughout the district was 48 per cent in excess of the average for the
previous 4 years ; and excluding Garhshankar tahsil, where the fall was highest,
the excess was as much as 57 per cent over the average of these years. In Sep
tember most rain fell, but it continued over into the month of October, during which
more than one inch fell on an average throughout the district.
3. The statement showing the estimated damages resulting from the rain
Buildings 1,37,000 and floods gives it under the heads and shews the esti
Crops 1.30,000 mated loss in rupees as per margin. The total result of
Grain in pits . 1,06,000 Rs. 4,26,529 worth of property lost must be under the
Trees 25.529
Fodder 8,000 mark, for as the statement will shew, an estimate of the
Cattle 20,000 damage in money has not in some cases been made. The
whole amount must not however be looked upon as extra
Total Rs. 4,26,529 ordinary damage. Each rainy season of course a number
of buildings fall, a certain amount of grain in pits is destroyed and of cattle die.
But making allowance for ordinary loss, there is no doubt that the injury done by
the rains of 1875 was of the most serious nature and of formidable extent.
4. The tahsil of Dasuah suffered most, a great proportion of its low-lying

area being subject to the action of the floods of the Bias river. The river is said
to have come down last year in 19 different floods. Crops of Indian corn was
twice and thrice sown and washed away. Mot, urd and rice were also seriously
damaged, and the out-turn of the kharif crop in Dasuah tahsil was very small.
Crops of indian corn and other grains, not including rice, were entirely destroyed
on an area of 11,629 acres, bearing a Government demand of Rs. 11,155 . *
5. The loss of trees to the value of Rs. 25,000 represents the value of trees
blown down in the hurricane of September 1875. Their value is not properly speak
ing lost, as the trees are sold and their value realized, but as the hurricane occurred
at the rainy season and did great damage, I have included the figures in this
statement. The amount of Rs. 20,000 shewn as the value of trees blown down in
* Note. I lately visited this part of the district (the " bet " tract of the Bias ). The
people have been considerably distressed. A very large number of cattle have died in conse
quence apparently of excessive drought and bad feeding . Complaints of the utter destruction
of the joar and mot crop were universal ; they have been put to trouble and expense in re
pairing their dilapidated houses ; the present (rabi) harvest is not very good, having in many
places been sown in land still saturated with moisture ; and the villages are many of them
hopelessly indebted . I made enquiries in many villages and found that many of them are said
to owe to their sahukárs as much as 10 years jama. Some villages are over-populated, and the
holdings are too small to provide food for the owners. In Gandwal the people are said to
have raised money for payment of the Government demand by betrothing their children. When
I inspected the tract most of the winter revenue instalment had been paid up, and it has all
been recovered since. But the people cannot bear much more : and another bad harvest would
be a very serious matter. There was a scarcity of food among the poorer agriculturists
although the rabi was on the ground,
No.
.
1
1875
October
15th 510
head.
dtoated
6065
,No.
Memo
Commissioner'
Financial
Secretary
by
required
- all
rain
fof
Statement s
Hoshiarpur
.the
of
district
in
QUANTITY
.
RAIN
OF
PERIOD
AND Average
Total rain
of
during Com
Deputy
by
Remarks
Tahsil
,
Name
of the
amount years .missioner
June rain
of
October
Septem-
.July
August 1871
to
.
1875 1875
.
1875.
ber 1874
.
Hoshiarpur 2.8 8.7 13.2 14.8 1.0 40.5 35.7

was
fall
the
1872
In
28.2
...
.:.
Dasuah 2.8 14.6 17.8 19.2 0.7 55.1 35-2
was
fall
the
1874
In
28.4
:.
RAIN-PALL DURING 1875,
Garhshankar 1.1 8.0 12.5 10.8 2.0 34.4 28.4

47.7
was
fall
the
1872
In
... ... ...
Unah 1.1 7.9 15.3 15.6 1.9 41.8 fall

the
1872
In
30-6
35.6
was
... ...
:
.:.
Government. The total of Rs. 25,529 for the district must be much under the
Hoshiarpur parganah includes the trees of zamindars as well as those belonging to
mark, as the Tahsildars of Dasuah and Unah have not made an estimate under this
.2
No.
pits
,f
tgthe
in
cattle
and
toodder
crees
buildings
rains
incessant
rops
rain
Statement
by
caused
damages
showing
the
during
district
Hoshiarpur
.
1875-76
year
1 3 4 6 7 8
2
9 6
Grai
pits
or n
Buildings
. Crops
. Trees
. .
Fodder .
Cattle
Kha
. tas
NAM
of
OF E REMARKS
.
TAH
. SIL
from
cattle
ed.
damage.
caused by the
houses damag.
damage.
died.
quantity
caused by the
caused by the
caused by the
ber of trees fal
len down.
of the cattle
died.
damage.
tity of grain
damage.
caused by the
damaged .
damage.
fodder damaged.j
floods.
under cultivation
affected
heavy rains and
Estimated quan
No.
Estimated area
Estimated num
Estimated value
Estimated price
Estimated value
Estimated value
Estimated
Estimated No. of
Estimated value
Estimated value
No. .
Rs Acres
. Rs
. Mds
. .
Rs No. .
Rs .
Mds .
Rs No. of No. Rs
.
H1oshiarpur 2,000
25,000 3,000
5,000 2,000 adverts
20,000
Tahsildár
... ... injury
the ...
... to ...
does
,but
fodder
its
estimate
not
value
.
RAIN-FALL DURING 1875,
Dasuah
2 1,10,000
20,194 1,25,000
11,629
1,00,000
2,00,000 8,000 20,000
2,000 One
village
... w
entire
K as
() alla
.:.
swept
ly
.away
U
3 nah 2,000 5,000 2,000 1,000
G,4arhshankar
... 10,400 Tahsildar
says 16,700 ...5,529 ... ... ... amount
The
of
that ...
vil ...
⠀⠀
the
58
of
crops Rupees
was
5,529
lages
.
damaged
were auction
realizedby
trees
fallen
the
for
Garh
tahsil
in
Total 1,37,000
32,594 1,30,000
11,629
12,05,000
| 8,700
1,06,000 25,52
| 9 18,000 .
2,000
shankar
20,000
511

From- Alex. Anderson Esquire, Deputy Commissioner, Kangra,
To-Lieutenant Colonel W. G. Davies, Commissioner and Superintendent, Jullundur
Division.
In reply to his No. 169, dated 16th ultimo, has the honor to report that the
rain-fall statements of this district show, that the fall this year up to date has been
rather under the average, except in Palampur. During July, August and September
however, the fall was very heavy, and has nearly brought the total fall up to the
annual average. The fall in the early months of the year was very light. The
excessive fall of rain from July to September has not caused any serious damage
to the crops .
No. 81-850, dated 8th May 1876.
From- Colonel Ralph Young, R. E., Commissioner and Superintendent, Lahore

Division,
To-G. W. Rivaz, Esquire, Officiating Secretary to Financial Commissioner, Punjab.
No. 172, dated 27th April Has the honor to forward, in original, the reports
1876, from Deputy Commis noted in the margin, called for in his memo No. 6,065,
sioner, Lahore.
No. 368, dated 17th De dated 15th October last, regarding the rain-fall during
cember 1875, from Deputy the year 1875 .
Commissioner, Ferozepore.
No. 114, dated 25th March
1876, from Deputy Commis
sioner, Gujranwala, and en
closures,
No. 172, lated 27th April 1876.
From-Captain R. P. Nisbet, Deputy Commissioner, Lahore,

To- Colonel R. Young, R. E., Commissioner and Superintendent, Lahore Division.
I have the honor to furnish the following narrative of the heavy rain-fall that
occurred in the Lahore district in August and September of last year, called for at
once in your circular No. 41-753, dated 22nd instant.
2. It is stated on credible authority that the Lahore district was never visi
ted with such a rain-fall as occurred last year for above thirty years past. The
average annual fall shown in the report of the revised settlement for this district
is from 15 to 20 inches in the northern portions of the district, and 12 inches in
the south-west, which would give an average of about 16 for the whole , whereas
the rain-fall in August and September within only 12 days was a little over 28
inches, and the total fall during the season was not only very excessive, but most
unequally distributed .
3. The damage to dwelling houses and to cultivation was very considerable,

but with regard to the latter the loss was only temporary as the lands were re-sown,
and except in alluvial tracts there has been little or no loss of revenue.
4. The following table shows duration and amount of the heaviest rain, and
reported damage done by it.
RAIN
OF
.-FALL TY
QUANTI
Number
which
villages
of .
REMARKS
sustained
s. erious
a
loss
.
September
and
August
During
completely or in part.
lands.
report.
years.
Number of houses destroyed
Assessment of the flooded
During the year under

Area flooded by rain.
Average for past 5
Name of Tahsil.
.
Acres Rs
as
24.2
32.0
detail
per 5,828 6,263 6,500 Talwara
.this
Of
57. lives
50
Appro ximately
Lahore 19.0 ...
August 7th
0-7 M
, uham
Rampura
Chak falli
from
lost
were ng
8th
1.6 Par
Bhaini
,a
Buti
mad nd c.
,&
house s
9th
2.5 in
entirely
almost
were
10th
6.2 .
undated
3.0
12th
16th
0.5
17
10th
September
0.1
11th
21st
0.6
2.1
23rd
RAIN- FALL DURING 1875.
3.3
25th
1.9
26th
Chunian 15.5 detail
per
as
26.7
31.5 8,702 4,689 4,230 Pindi
Kot
this
Of
8. drow
were
. en ned
m
3
... suffered
Kilan
and
Das
:
2.5
8th
August
.
9th
6.6 .
loss
serious
10th
9:4
0.5
7th
September
0.3
20th
1.0
21st
25th
1.9
2.5
27th
20
29th
513
-FALL
RAIN
OF
.QUANTITY
514
Number
villages
of
which
sustained
loss
s.aerious REMARK
. S
During
August
and
September
.
years.
report.
completely or in part.
lands.
Name of Tahsil,
Average for past 5
During the year under
Area flooded by rain.
Assessment of the flooded
Number of houses destroyed
Kasur 15.4 45.1
40-4
per
as
detail 207 64 2,209
... ... Sabbrai
K
B
,5.irto
asba lost
lives
.113
fal
from
,0
August
8th
2.1 K
wal
, asur
Khas
and houses
d ling
.3and rowned
9th
5.1 .
Hariki
24.0
10th
12th
1.1
September
1.0
10th
11th
0-3
25th
4.7
26th
1.4
27th
0.7
...
Sharakpur 14.2 26.2
20-9
per
as
detail 5,708 7,722
3,224 Narowal
... ahi
ari
M,5. loss
No
of
life
,human
August 8th
1.4 Smailpur
and
Thallah but
were
cattle
94
in
lost
4.2
9th Mohari
. ilaqa
Das
Pindi
Kot
of
10th
4.2 Sattar
Killa
,and
Shah
RAIN-FALL DURING 1875.
11th
·6
2
12th
2-4
September
1.1
10th
11th
0-3
21st
1.0
25th
3.7
Total 64.1 134-8

... 112.2
20,445 18,738 16,163 lives
66
.lost
Average
for
15
the
,District 16.0 33.7
5. It will be observed that out of 1,75,227 houses, shewn in the census

report of 1868, 16,163 or about 10 per cent were ruined either completely or
partially.
6. The rain-fall is more than double the average of the last five years, or
again that shown in the revised settlement report.
7. The rain fell heaviest at Kasur, where on the 10th August 24 inches or 2
feet were measured in one day. This would appear almost
Rain-fall at Kasur.
beyond belief, if the fall separately measured at Raiwind
and Changamanga on the same day was not also given at 17 inches. The effects
of this flood to the town and neighbourhood of Kasur itself was must disastrous,
where alone the damage was estimated at a lakh of rupees, about 2,017 pakka build
ings were destroyed.
8. The Rohi nallah to the east of the town received such an accession of
water from the north, either on the Amritsar or Gurdaspur side, that it assumed
proportions hitherto quite unknown, and this usually insignificant stream became
a turbulent torrent from half to three quarters of a mile in width, sweeping trees,
houses, the grand trunk road, which was breached over half a mile in width, be
fore it.
9. From the 10th to 20th August, and again from the 26th September to 1st
October 1875, all communication between the town and the tahsil was kept up
only by boats ; the velocity of the water in the Rohi was so great that neither men
or animals could stem it ; hundreds of old graves in the neighbourhood of Kasur
were washed away. The dry bed of this nallah presents an appearance as if left by
a large river, and except that such a flood as described had never happened before,
and it is probable with never recur, it would be necessary to take some measures
by the construction of a band or otherwise for the protection of the town of
Kasur.
10. The kharif crops, such as jowar, makai and pulses, sown in manjha lands
in the month of July, were almost entirely destroyed by the enormous fall of rain
on the 10th August 1875, which for many days was followed by an easterly wind
(purwa) said to bring blight (tela), which attacked the fields that had escaped
injury from rain.
11. Lands newly brought under cultivation in the Kasur sub-division derived
immense benefit from the heavy rain, and the kharif crops sown after the 10th
of August even in what was considered poor lands were very superior both in
Kasur and Lahore.
12. The damage to crops in all alluvial tracts was considerable, and according
to produce rates is estimated at rupees 60,400. Fodder for cattle also in the same
situations was scarce.
13. In tahsil Sharakpur the Deg nallah had not been so full for many years
Tahsil Sharakpur. and over-flowed considerably, causing much temporary
loss where crops had been sown. The abundance of
grass in bár tracts in this tahsil was most grateful to graziers.
14. In tahsil Chunian there was no particular damage done by heavy rain; on
the contrary it was of incalculable benefit in the south
Tahsil Chunian.
east corner of the district, and afforded barani cultivation
and an abundance of grass. The subsidence of the water in river villages was
rather unusually deferred as the flood was higher than in ordinary years, but the
villagers were only eager to return and take up their lands, and the rather exten
sive ruin to their houses was speedily remedied.
15. In tahsil Lahore the principal damage done was to house property in
Tahsil Lahore. the city itself. Any one acquainted with the character of
half the houses in the narrow steets and lanes will easily understand the situation con
sequent on 48 hours continuous rain, with wind blowing on houses 3 and 4 stories high,
built one on the other regardless of the strength of foundations or the most ordinary
rules of house building ; again, houses falling into the roadway choked the drains, and
though gangs of men were kept constantly at work clearing them yet before they
could remove the debris of one house the accumulation of water had sapped
the foundation of another, which only fell to continue the evil the workmen were
toiling to overcome. Again, there is a large area of the city so low that its
drainage cannot run away into the main sewer, which is at a higher level, and here
whole streets of houses were deserted by the inhabitants, who when the flood of
waters 3 and 4 feet deep had subsided by absorption only returned to find their
houses desolated. Certainly the dwellings here are mostly kacha and of no great
value, still the distress for the time being was keenly felt. Arrangements were
promptly organized to shelter the houseless poor in sarais, dharmsalas, masjids,
or the houses of their more wealthy neighbours. The hujras of the Jumma masjid
afforded shelter to a large number of people. Nawab Nawazish Ali Khan, Mian
Muhammad Sultan and Lalla Bhagwan Das took in large bodies of people, and their
generous conduct contrasted most favorably with one or two rich men who missed
this opportunity of assisting their poorer and less fortunate neighbours.
16. The traffic on all roads leading from Lahore was for several days much
interrupted. The sea of waters which the Ravi presented extending almost from the
walls of the fort to Shahdera, was a sight few ofthe citizens had ever seen, and the
oldest inhabitant had to recast memories of the time of Maharaja Sher Singh. The
bridge of boats over the Ravi had for some time to be replaced by a ferry, which
was promptly organized.
17. Several villages on the river sustained severe and permanent losses, home
steads were entirely obliterated in the rolling flood, cattle before they could be driven
off were overtaken and drowned, and on the subsidence of waters their carcasses had
to be buried by special gangs of workmen employed for the purpose ; large quantities
of dead cattle were found lying to the north of the State Railway line and graud
trunk road, which acting as a bund prevented their being carried further.
18. Several of the bunds erected for the protection of the Ravi bridge works
of the Northern State Railway burst and occasioned a disastrous flood in villages
which would ordinarily have escaped . Those that suffered most are Mahmud Buti
Bhagwanpura and Killa Khizana.
19. It is deserving of notice that the effect of the heavy rain on many wells
in tahsil Kasur, where the water was previously quite
Wells.
brackish, was to sweeten and improve them ; these wells
silted up with the flood water, and now they have been cleaned out and restored the
water is excellent ; whether it will remain so has yet to be shewn.
20. In tahsil Sharakpur the effect of the wells being filled with flood and dry
water has been that when cleared out after subsidence the water appears to have
risen permanently 4 or 5 feet above the former level. I say, appears, because I have
no doubt many will consider as I do that the rise in the level of the water is partly
temporary and partly the result of cleaning the well out.
21.The health of the people was generally good throughout the district.
Health. In the city of Lahore sporadic cases of cholera which
had occurred off and on for some time disappeared rapidly.
There was a good deal of fever here and in other large places, but generally there
was much less fever than might have been expected after such rain, which also
had a very beneficial effect on cattle disease, which in the previous months had
been rather prevalent.
22. The losses by diluvion have been rather considerable this year, as must
Alluvion and diluvion. be expected, and are as follows ::
Diluvion ... ... ... Rs. 9,734
Alluvion ... ... ... "" 1,766
Net decrease ... "" 8,028

23. In consequence of the heavy rains during the year the following remis
Remission and suspension sions and suspensions had to be applied for. A great
of the Government reve number of applications have had to be enquired into, but
nue. the very moderate result will I trust be deemed satis
factory.
Remissions.
1. Mahmud Buti ... ... Rs. 160
2. Killa Khizana ... ... ... "9 9
3. Bhagwanpura ... ... "9 12
TOTAL ... "" 181

:
Suspensions.
1. Mahmud Buti ... ... ... Rs. 509
2. Chak Rampura ... ... ... 99 25
3. Bhaim Par ... ... ... ... "" 115
4. Talwara ... ... ... ... "" 123
TOTAL ·· 99 772
24. Though at the time of a heavy flood like this, the prospect looks
General result. gloomy and the temporary distress is undoubtedly great,
yet the patience of the people and the encouragement
and sympathy for them of the district officers, and the prompt organization of
measures of temporary relief with a not too credulous belief in the alleged or
seeming ruin of individuals, results in an astonishingly early recovery from mis
fortune, and as far as the agricultural community are concerned the ultimate bene
fit to them of a more than copious rainy season is with trifling exception far
greater than the temporary loss they sustain, and in the abundant harvest now
under sickle they are able to forget the discomfort and some injury they suffered
to obtain it.

From- Major F. D. Harington, Deputy Commissioner of Gujranwala,
To-Colonel R. Young, R. E., Commissioner and Superintendent, Lahore Division.
In submitting the report called for in Financial Commissioner's No. 6065,
dated 15th October 1875, received with your circular No. 162-2346 of 23rd idem,
I have the honor to submit a statement marked A. which will shew the rain-fall
on each date of July and August 1875.
2. The total fall registered at the kutcherry and each tahsil during these
months are however given below, and for comparison also that for July and August
1874.
Tahsil Gujran. Tahsil Wazira

Month, Kacheri. bad. Tahsil Hafizabad,
wala.
July 1875 ... 21.2 18.3 9.3 8-1
" 1874 ... 4.3 4.1 2.9 4-3
August 1875 ... 15.2 14.5 14.0 11.5
"1 1874 ... 4.3 3.3 2.9 2-6
At Gujranwala the heaviest falls were on 15th, 16th and 31st July, and 9th
and 10th August 1875.
At Wazirabad July ditto ditto on 16th and 30th July and on 9th and
10th August.
At Hafizabad July ditto ditto on 13th and 30th July and on 9th, 10th
and 11th August, or on or about the same dates throughout the district.
3. On the 16th July there was so much water in the gap above Rai Mul
Singh's garden that the train in the morning from Wazirabad under great diff
culties reached the Gujranwala station, and that from Lahore which used to pass
2 hours later had to stop at Gujranwala and the line was not re-opened until the
18th to Wazirabad.
4. In August 1875, the railway line was so much damaged and under water
from Muridki to Shadera on 10th that the railway was entirely stopped from this
date to 16th August. No dak was received from 10th to 12th, and from 13th to
16th the dak was conveyed on trollies. On the 17th August the trains were
able to run again between Wazirabad and Muridki, the water had to a great extent
subsided by this time and the entire line was re-opened on 21st August last.
5. In regard to damages to buildings, crops, cattle, and human lives, &c., I
beg to annex another statement marked B. which will show you every description
of loss and damage in each pargunnah, but tahsil Gujranwala suffered the most in
every respect, next comes Wazirabad, except in cattle which is more in Hafizabad.
6. With all these losses and damages no application has been received for
remission, and the Government demand has been realized without any unusual
trouble or severe coercive measures. I have not been able to go in camp, but much
must have been repaired and replaced before I joined this district at the end of
October last. I however do not find any applications for takavi advances on this
account, neither do the registration returns show any remarkable increase of sales
or mortgages, in fact registrations under Book Circular IV affecting movable pro
perty show a decrease of 180 against that of 1874-75.
7. In conclusion I beg to state that the estimate of damages to Government
buildings was calculated at Rs. 2,977-12-0, and that to district roads and bridges
at Rs. 7,602-12-0 ; but the greater part of the buildings, roads and bridges have been
repaired and put to right, what little are remaining will be repaired this year as
the Public Works Department was not able to supply funds to complete the
repairs last year. Detailed statements of these damages were sent to you with my
predecessor's No. 277 of 13th October 1875 and are therefore not again submitted.
1
1
A.
No.
.1875
August
and
July
for
Distric
Gujran
the
in
-all twala
fRain
1875
.JULY
RAIN
GUAGE
STATIONS
.
29
TOTAL
31
30
.1728
27
26
25
24
23
22
21
20
19
18
|111
94560
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
13
12
•
ΤΟ
Kacheri
Sadr 1.1 0-9
0-6 1:7 7.0
3.3 1.2 ... 5.4 21.2
Gujranwala ... 1.0 '. ...
1.0
0.7 1.3 ... 5.0
2.3 2.2 4.8 18.3
...
Wazirabad ... ... ... 0.8
2.7
0.4
0.3 0.4 9.3
... ... .. 1.0 1.1 ... ... 2.6 ...
Hafizabad ... 0.8 0.2 4.2 ... 8.1
... ... ... ... ... ... 2-7 ... ...
::::
⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
TOTAL 3.1 2.7
2-4 14.9
6-2
0-3
6.5 ·8
·-|||-·3 10-2
6-8 56.9
...
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
.
1875
AUGUST
RAIN-FALL DURING 1875.
RAIN
GUAGE
STATIONS
.
6
5
4
3
12 7 10
To1AL
31
30
29
28
27
26
25
24
23
22
21
20
19
18
17
16
15
14
13
12
11
.9
8
1
A
A
•
Sadr
Kacheri 1.3
1.9
7.1
2.1
1.0
1.5 0.3 15.2
Gujranwala... ... ... ... 1.4
0.9
7.2
1.8
1.1 ....
... ... ... ... 0.3 ... 14.5
Wazirabad ... ... 0-41
1-0
0-2
1.2
7
5
·0
3
1.8 ...0.1
0.6 14.0
...
Hafizabad ... ... ... 0.4
4.6
... ... ... 0.2 ... ... 2.7
3.1 11.5
... 0.5 ...
⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀
TOTAL 0.4
|
5]4
·19
23
9.6
2.5
3.9 1.2
0.6 55.2
...
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
:::
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
519
B.
Statement showing the damage done to buildings, crops and cattle &c. in the Gujranwala
District bythe unusual rains and floods on the 13th, 15th, 30th and 31st July and
villages
damag
from 9th to 11th August 1875.
Bullocks
Buffaloes
Buildings
No.
Burden
Plough
Cattle.
of
Beasts
Milch
Cows
Buffaloes
Persons
and
REMARKS
Crops
Acres
and
No.
of
dead
in
.
.
.in
.
TAHSIL. PERGANNAH .
Wells
Total
.
.
ed
.
No.
225
322
1 Gujranwala ... 114 3,781 4,755 145 247 20 412 92
2 Kamoki ... 85 1,856 3,399 152 118 24 294 54 ...
Gujranwala
3 Naushera ... 86 784 995 1 4 ... 5
..
6
Nokhar 94 2,426 3,344 93 37 ... 130 44
Total ... 379 8,847 12,493 391 406 44 841 199
Hafizabad ... 89 914 ... ... ... ... ... ...
:
Vaniki ... 114 2,103 ... ... ... ...
7
:
7 Hafizabad ... Pindi Bhattian ... 100 989 1,310 500 61 ... 561 ...
8 Sukheki ... 51 112 ... ... ... ... ...

ODD
9 Shekhupura ... 45 205 750 ... ... ... ... D
:
Total ... 399 4,323 2,060 500 61 ... 561 7 2
10 Wazirabad ... 49 110 45 1

7
173 3,287 2,318 54

Wazirabad,
11 Ramnaggar ... 119 2,189 275 8 23 2 33 8 ...
Total ... 292 5,476 2,593 62 72 9 143 53 1
Grand Total ... 1,070 18,646 17,146 953 639 53 1,545 259 12

From- Captain L. J. H. Grey, Deputy Commissioner, Ferozepore,
To-Colonel R. Young, Commissioner and Superintendent Lahore, Division.
In reply to his circular No. 162-2346, dated 22nd October last, reports that
in this district three heavy falls of rain took place, the first from 7th to 12th Au
gust, when the rain-fall varied from 6-65 in Muktsar to 12.5 in Ferozepore, the second
from 8th to 12th September, when rain fell varying from 3-6 in Ferozepore to 119
in Mogah, the third from 23rd to 26th September, when about 5 inches of rain fell.
The total rain-fall in these 2 months August and September, was
Ferozepore ... ... 22.1 Zirah ... ... 25.2
Mogah ... ... 26.3 Muktsur ... ... 20.75
or an average of 23.6.
In Zirah little or no damage was caused. In the rest of the district much
damage was done to wells and buildings, and in some places to roads. Crops
were not injured except in a few instances near the river side.
TABLE SHOWING THE DAILY RAIN- FALL
IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS OF THE PUNJAB BETWEEN THE
1ST JULY AND 30TH SEPTEMBER 1875 .

522 RAIN-FALL DURING 1875 .
DIVISION
Table showing the daily rain-fall in certain districts of the
JU
.
13th
TAHSIL.
10th
DISTRICT.
11th
2nd
5th
9. th
8th
3rd
12th
7th
6th
4th
1st
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Dehli ... Dehli ... 0.8 0.4
Sonepat 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.3
0.1 0.2
I
Ballabgarh
DEHL
0.4 0.4 1-3

Gurgaon ..... Gurgaon ... 3.0
Firozpur ... 0.5 0.7
.
Nuh ... 0.4 3.0

Palwal ... 1.6
Rewari ... 0.3 3.5
Karnal ... Karnal ... 0-2 0.1 0.5 0.7 06 .
Paniput ... 0.6
Kaithal ... 0.3 0-2 08
Hissar ... Hissar ... 0.1 0.6 0-3

Hansi ... 0.3 0-7
Bhiwani ... 0.3 0.4 0.6
AB
Barwala ... 0.2 ...... 0.6

HISS
Fatehabad, 0.5
Rohtak ... Rohtak ... ……………. 1-0
.
Jhajjar ... 1.2

Sampla ... ...... ...... 1.0
Gohana ... 0-6
Sirsa ... Sirsa ... 0.2 0-2
Dabwali ...
07
│⠀⠀
Fazilka ...
JALLANDAB
Jullundur Jullundur, 0.1 1-6

Nawashahr, 0.2 0.5
Phillour ... 1-1 0-8
Nakodar ... 0.1 0-3 27
0-1 0.3 0-2 09 04
Hoshiarpur Hoshiarpur, 5-1
.
Dasuha ... 0.1 0.7 0-4

Una ... 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.3
Garshankar 0.2 0.4
Kangra ... Kangra ... 0.6 0.7 0-2 0-3 09 1-9 02
Nurpur ... 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.1 1.8 3-6 0-2 06
0.1 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.2 1.4
Hamirpur,
Dera 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.2 0-9 2-4
Kullu ... 0.9 0.1 04 08
Amritsar... Amritsar ... ...... 0.4 0'5

AMRITSAR
Taran Tarn, 0.2 0-3 0-9

Ajnala ... ... 1-4 04
0.4 01
Gurdaspur Gurdaspur, 0.4 20
Batala ...
0.7 0.1 ᏅᏌ
.
Pathankot,
Shakargarh, 0.5
2.2 0-2 0-2 10
Sialkot ... Sialkot ... 0.1
0.1 0.5
‫نه‬
Pasrur ... 0.2 0.3

0-3 08
!
8
Raya
!
0.8 03
Zafarwal ... 03
Daska ... 0.2 1.1 0-5
............ 0-1 0-31

Lahore ... Lahore ... 0-8
Chunian ... 0.5
LAHORE
Kasur ... 0.6

0.2 0.5 0-1 03
Sharakpur,
1-1 0-6 0-9
Gujranwala Gujranwala 1.0 1.1 08
.
Wazirabad, 27
Hafizabad, 0-8
0.1 0-2 1-4
Ferozepore Ferozepore 3.9
Zira ... 0-7
Moga 0-2
Muktsar
Punjab between the 1st July and 30th September 1875.
fallal
July
Tot
for
LY.
. 5
187
22nd
sesal
26th
27th
23rd
25th
30th
31st
29th
20th
18th
.14th
28th
17th
15th
19th
el
21st
. th
. h
16t
24
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
eg
⠀⠀⠀zz
03 0.8 0.1 0.4 0· 6 !. 3.4
0.4 1.6 3.3
el
Re
0.6' 0.9
1.3 3.1 1.2 8.7
0.1 01 0.3 4.7
0.6 4.0
1.0 0.2 0.5 0.7 4:0
0.1 0.6 0.1 0.8 5:4
DET
0.7 05 02 03 1.5 2.5 7.9
0.3 0-2 0-3 1.6 3.0
0-2 3.2 1-0 2-0 7.2
D
1.9 0.8 0.4 0.4 4.5

0.6 0.71 2.3
0.5 0.9 0.1 3.2 6:0
G5 1.1 0.1 0.8 0.3 3.4
1-2 0-2 2.1
0.2 6.3 0.7 0.3 2.5
0.5 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.1 1.2 3.8
0.1 1.0 2.1
0.3 0.2 0.1 1.0 1.5
0.8 0.2 0.9 0.7 1.8 4.9
1-2 0-2 2.6 0.6 4.6
0-9 1-8 3.4
0-6 1-3 1.0 1.5 1.0 7.1
1.4 0-2 . 3.8 0.3 6.4
4.0 5.9
0-2 0-3 1.4] 0.1 1.9 0.1 7.1
D
2.6 1.4 0.2 0.5 1.9 ...... 0.4 8.0

0.2 3.8 07 0.1 0.8 2.7 14.6
0.7 1.7 0.5 0.6 0.2 0.2 1.7 1.7 8.2
1-0 0-8 0.6 0.2 4-6 0-1 7.9
0.8 3.4 0.2 2.1 2.1 3.8 2.8 1.2 3.7 1.2 1.3 1.7 2.5 2.4 34.0
4.6 3.4 0.8 9.2 0.5 1.4 1.9 2.2 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.3 1.4 0.5 26.6
0.9 1.6 0.6 4.3 1.1 0.2 0.5 0.2 3.9 16.9
1.3 3.0 1.4 1.2 0.91 . 2.3 3.6 2.7 0.1 22.1
si
1.0 0.2 1.8 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.1 7.1
05 1.6 2.7 0.2 0.2 2.1 8.2

0-9 1.5 2.8 0.9 1.4 8.9
1-2 0-1 5.0 0.1 8.2
5.3 0.2 0.2 1.7 2.2 5.2 15.3
0.5 2.6 1.1 0.3 0.4 4.8 12.2
0.2 3.8 0.3 0.6 0.1 02 0.9 0.1 0.6 2.2 10:3
0.5 5.8 0.4 0.8 0.6 3.2 11.8
04 10 5'0 0.5 13 1.5 4.3 17.7
0.9 0.9 06 0.6 0.1 4.4 8.6
0.5 0.6 0.5 6.1 8.8
03 04 1.9 0.3 3.6 7.6
OG 3.7 0.3 0.6 4.3 8.6
2.1 0.7 3.2
1285882
1.9 0.5 3.7

0.21 0.1 3.6
:
0.5 3.7
2.3 5.0 ....❤ 2.2 4.8 18.2
0.3 0.4 2.7 0.4 2.6 9.3
0.2 02 ...... 4'2 8.1
0.3 1.3 0.4 0.3 13 5.3
2.9 5.0 0.9 2.1 14.8
2.5 5.2 2-3 2.5 1.0 14-2
1.1 1.2 0.2 0-1 1-1 1.1 6.1
DIVISION
Table showing the daily rain-fall in certain districts ofthe
AUG
.
DISTRICT. TAHSILS.
13th
10th
12th
11th
2nd
9th
4th
5th
6th
3rd
1st
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Dehli ... Dehli 1.7 0.7 0.5 03
Sonepat 0.7 0-2 1.2 03
DEHLI
Ballabgarh 0.1 2.5 0.1 0-3 0-2 03

Gurgaon .... Gurgaon ... 0.2 0.1 0.2 1.7 0.4 0.7 08
Firozpur ... 3.3 0.6 1.0 2:0
.
Nuh ... 1.0 1.6 1-7 0-5 0-8

Palwal ... 3.7 1.9 1.4 ......
Rewari ... 1.4 0.1 0.2 0.1
Karnal ... Karnal ... 0.1 0.2 3.8 1.8 0.2 0.4 0.6
Panipat ... 1.6 0.5 1.5 0-1 0-2
Kaithal 0.8 0.8 1.1 0.1 ..... 0-3 0-2
Hissar ... Hissar 2.2 2.2 1.5
Hansi ……. 1.3 1.0
Bhiwani ... 2.2 0.6 1.4 0.2 0.1 0.1
HISSAR
Barwala 1.2 0.1 0.3

Fatehabad, 1.6 1.0
Rohtak ... Rohtak ... 0.3 1.2
TE
0.3 1.6 0.3
.
Jhajjar ... 0.7 0.7 0-1 0-1 07

Sampla ... 1.5 0.2 1.4 1.6
Gohana ... 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.7 0-2
Sirsa ... Sirsa ... 0.5 0.9 0.1 0.1 1.4 .
Dabwali ... 1.3
Fazilka ... 1.8 ………….. ......
JULLUNDUR
Jullundur Jullundur, 0.9 0.2 . 3.0 0.8 0.4 4.0 7-1

Nawashahr, 0-2 1-0 2.1 3.0 2.4 3.2
Phillour ... 0.8 3.4 0.6 0.1 1.4 23
Nakodar ... 0.6 1.7 2.4 0.8 0.6 1.7 2.8
Hoshiarpur Hoshiarpur, 0.4 0.8 0.3 0.2 1.3 1.0 1.7 0.3 1.3 1.6 3-2 1-2
.
Dasuha 1.7 0.1 0.8 0.9 1.2 2.2 0.8 0.5 1.0 0.6 1.4 40 28
Una 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.9 1.5 3.0 1.0 0.5 0.2 0.1 0·1 20 11
Garshankar 0.5 0.3 0.1 .....
..... 0.8 2.9 2.9 0.8 1.3 4.1
Kangra ... Kangra ... 0.8 3.6 2.5 2.3 2.0 3.0 3.0 1.6 1.4 0.6 2.9 1.9
Nurpur ... 4.9 2.5 0.3 1.8 1.7 1.5 0.8 0.8 1.3 1.6 1.3 4.1 04
Hamirpur, 4.6 3.9 3.4 3.0 3.7 1.8 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.8 1.5
Dera ... 2.0 3.5 1.0 5.0 3.7 4.3 1.0 1.1 0.5 0.1 2.4 2.2
Kullu ... 1.2 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 1.3
Amritsar... Amritsar ... 1.4 0.3 2.8 5.4 1.2 41 11

AMRITSAR
0.1
Taran Tarn, 1.0 0.3 1.8 9.3 0-6 7-8 17
Ajnala ... 1.5 4.9 4.4 0-4 12 13
Gurdaspur Gurdaspur, 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.2 1.3 0.3 0.6 2.6 5.3 0-2 90 02
Batala ... 0.8 0.3 0.5 ………... 4.4 6.0 4.0 4.3 26
.
Pathankot, 4.0 0.9 1.4 3.9 0.3 2.5 3.6 0-1 3-8 09
Shakargarh, 1.6 0-7 1.6 2.5 5.2 1.2 3.3 06
Sialkot ... Sialkot ... 0.3 0.6 3.5 8.9 5.1 2.6 1.2
Pasrur 0.3 0.4 0.5 5.2 9.2 3.3 1.0 1.5
Raya 0.5 4.6 6.2 34 3.5 5.1
Zaffarwal... 0.4 0.2 0.9 4.7 4.6 1.7 3.2 4.3
za
Daska ... 0.3 0.2 3.0 6.8 3.4 0.1

Lahore ... Lahore ... 0.7 1.6 2.5 6.2 3·0 ......
Chunian 2.5 6.6 9.4 0-8 …………….
RE
Kasur ... 2.1 5.1 24-0 1.1

LAHO
Shakarpur, 1.4 4.2 4.2 2.6 24 .

Gujranwalla Gujranwalla 1.4 1.1 2.1 7.1 1.9 13 .
.
Wazirabad, 0.2 1.0 0.4 3.1 5.7 1.2 1.8 ****

Hafizabad, ...... 0.2 2.7 3.1 4.6 0.4
Ferozepore Ferozepore 0.5 0.9 1.0 3.3 3.3 0.9 2.2 0.2
Zira ... 0.3 0.6 0.5 4.8 5.0 0.1
Moga ... 0.2 0.2 2.2 1.6 3.6 04
Muktsar 1.6 1.1 0.8 3.1
Punjab between the 1st July and 30th September 1875. -continued.
Total
fall
Aug.
for
UST.
1875
22nd
27th
26th
29th
25th
23rd
24th
17th
28th
20th
30th
31st
18th
16th
15th
19th
21st
14th
,
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
88
1.7 0.1 0.1 5.1
1.0 0.3 0.3 4.7
:
0.7 4.2
E
1.1 5.2
6.9
3.1 0.1 0.3 8.1
3.2 0.2 114
2.2 4:0
1.5 8.6
6.9 3.8
0.2 3.5
5.9
0.2 2.5
4.6
...... 1.6
2.6
3.7
0.1 2.4
0.1 4.8
0.5 2.4
3:0
1.3
1.8
1.4 . 17.8
1.0 12.9
0.7 9.3
4.3 14.9
0.3 0-1 13.7
1.2 0.1 0.2 18.5
3.5 16.1
1.9 15.4
0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 29.9
1.3 1.0 1.6 26.9
0.2 2.5 0.2 0.1 26.8
1.7 28.5
0.6 0.4 0.2 0.5 8.6
0.3 16.7
16 24.1
OO
0.4 14.1
0.6 2.0 23.6
0.2 23.1
0.7 0.5 22.6
0.3 17.0
DE
1.0 0.4 23.6

1.0 22.6
23.3
20.2
14.1
0.5 14.5
19.3
32.3
14.8
0.3 15.2
0.7 14.1
0.5 11.5
0.2 12.5
0.4 11.7
8.2
6.6
ION
Table showing the daily rain-fall in certain districts of the

DIVIS
SEPT
.
TAHSILS.
12th
DISTRICTS.
. h
10th
11th
13t
2nd
3rd
6th
7th
4th
9th
8th
5th
1st
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Dehli ... Debli ... 0.1 0-62.9 19.5 0.2 0.2 08 .
Sonepat ... 0.54.2 13.5 0.6 1.1 07
DEHLI
Ballabgarh, 04 2.5 2.53.9 11-8 0.4 1.C

Gurgaon ...
. Gurgaon ... 1.59.2 10-6 2.3 0.8 .**.**
Firozpur ... 45 47 1-2 0-3
.
Nuh 20 01 10 8.8 7-7 17 06 11.

Palwal ... 1.9 6.3 15.7 05 04 03......
Rewari 3.9 3.8 1.0 1.4
Karnal Karnal 0.1 1.3 5.9 0.5 1.5
Panipat 0.4 2.4 6.5 0-2 15 05
Kaithal ... 1.1 0.5 1.9 2· 3 1 ·1 09 ...
Hissar ... Hissar 18 2:3 07 12 .
Hansi 0.6 3.0 4.3 1.4 1-1 0-2...
Bhiwani 0-1 0-1 3-4 3.6 3.7 3.1 .........
HISSAR
Barwala 1.0 0.1 2.3 2.9 0.5 0-3 .

Fatehabad, 0-9 1-1 01 09
Rohtak ... Rohtak 70 7.4 3.8 0.7
.
Jhajjar ... 7.5 7.4 2.4 04 .

Sampla ... 0-3 7-3 10-2 4-6 0-2
Gohana 4.4 10.2 1.3 3.4
Sirsa ... Sirsa ... 0.4 0.3 03 1.0 3.0 0-3 01.....
Dabwali 1.0 3.6 0.1 01.
Fazilka ... 0.6 0.2 0.9 01......
JULLUNDUR
Jullundur Jullundur, 0.4 6.0 9.1

Nawashahr, 0.3 1.6 5.3 78 04
Phillour 0.5 6.0 20 01
Nakodar 0.7 2-3 7-3 30 ............
Hoshiarpur Hoshiarpur, 0.2 1-0 6-3 15 . .........
7.2 2.5 0-2 ......
.
Dasuha
Una 0.6 3.4 4.9 .
Garshankar 1.2 0.1 4.2 5.5 0.2.......
Kangra ... Kangra 1.1 04 26 17
Nurpur 0.8 0.3 0.4 9.0 1.1
Hamirpur, 10 12 1· 1 1.1 1.2 27
Dera 0.2 2.8 3.4 0.2 .
Kullu 0.8 2.2 3.6
Amritsar... Amritsar ... 1.9 1-8

AMRITSAR
Tarn Taran, 1:3 2.7

Ajnala ... 3.2 0.5
Gurdaspur Gurdaspur, 1.7 2.7
Batala ... 1.4 1-9 2-8
.
Pathankot, 2.7 3.6 44

Shakargarh, 5.0 2.16
Sialhot ... Sialkot 1-0
Pasrur 0.4 0.5
Raya 2-0 0-1
Zafarwal ... 1-8 0-9
Daska 0.3 041
Lahore ... Lahore 1-7 01

Chunian 0.5
LAHORE
Kasur 10 03
Sharakpur, 1.1 0.3
0.1 0.7 0.1
Gujranwala Gujranwala
.
Wazirabad, 1.2
Hafizabad,
Ferozepore | Ferozepore 1-6 1-1 0-9
Zira 40 41 02
0.2 4.8 5.2 1-9
Moga
Muktsar 1-9 *** 6·3 .
⠀⠀⠀
Punjab between the 1st July and 30th September 1875. - Concluded .
Septem
Total
Total
from
fall
for
July
30th
fall
1st
to
SEP! EMBER,
Septr
.1875
1200
26th
24th
20th
16th
29th
27th
30th
25th
18th
. th
19th
.21st
14th
23rd
Te 15th
17th
1875
22nd
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.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
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.
1.0 1.1 0.2 0.8 27.4 35.9
0-3 2.5 0.3 0.3 24.5 32.5
0.9 0.2 0.3 23.9 29-0
04 0.2 1.1 0.2 0.7 1.0 0.1 0.2 28.2 42.1
0:3 19 02 03 08 06 03 0.8 1.5 17.4 29.0
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0.5 54 12.2 37.1
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2.5 1.2 10.3 32.6
1-3 0-2 1.0 3.6 10.5 49.4
0.8 0.4 03 26
1.4 53 15.9 51.2
0.1 2.0 1.0
0.2 0.4 4.1 1.0' 1.0 20.5 53.4
0.9 0.8
04 07 49 04 04 15.5 44.3
2.2 0.2 05 05 18 6.2 47.5
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Di 0.5 07 06 2.2 16 8.4 40.5
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1.8 19.5
3.0 1.0 1.9 2.5' 2.0 10.9 33.9
4.7 1.4 0.7 8.1 44.0
1.0 3.7 6.1 24.6
0.2 0.3 0.5 06 0.5 0.1 3.1 36.5
0.4 09 01 0.4 0.4 3.4 26.8
0.3 0.8 0.6 0.1 1.8 21.4
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