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APPENDIX :
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paying due regard to the wishes of the provincial
Governments in the matter’:—
(1) Each Imperial expert must bear in mind that
he has no authority over the provincial experts,
and that his functions in relation to them are
purely advisory.
(2) When an Imperial expert proposes to visit
any province he should inform the provincial
Director of Agriculture of his intention and
of the objects and proposed programme of
his tour. He should also report to him his
actual arrival in the province. As soon as a
tour .in any province is completed, the Im-
perial expert should report its general results
to the provincial Director, it being recognised
that such reports may, on occasion, be for
the information of the provincial Depart-
ment only. A copy of each such report
should be forwarded for information to the
Inspector General of Agriculture.
(3) Proposals which affect the working of the
provincial Department, such as the starting
of new investigations, the introduction or
alteration of farm experiments, and the
like, should be the subject of official cor-
respondence addressed to the provincial
Director.
(4) AH matters of detail connected with lines of
• work already sanctioned should be dealt with
direct between the experts concerned.
(5) If specimens for examination are received
direct from a provincial expert, the report
of the Imperial expert on the result of the
examination should be sent direct to the
officer concerned.
2. These principles have been accepted by all Local
Governments with the following modifications :—
(a) The Government of Madras desire that direct
correspondence between their Provincial
Officers and the Imperial experts should be
restricted to purely scientific matters, and
that all other communications relating to the
working of the Agricultural Department
should be addressed to the Director.
(/>) The Government of Bengal, while they agree
that in all special questions the experts should
hold direct communication with one another,
desire that correspondence dealing with ad-
ministrative matters should go through the
Director.
3. Should any Imperial expert find himself engaged
in a correspondence which appears to be contrary to
the spirit of the above instructions he should desire
that it be conducted through the provincial Director.
APPENDIX Ic.
Memorandum on the constitution and duties of the Public Works Department (filed by Mr. L. M. Jacob,
vide Q. 44442).
The Public Works Department of the Government
of India deals with all business throughout British
India and in all places in Native States administered
by the Governor General in Council connected
with :—-
(i) Civil Buildings,
(ii) Communications,
(iii) Irrigation and Canals,
(iv) Miscellaneous Public Works, including docks
and harbours ; and
(v) Electricity.
Other Classes of Public Works such as Railways are
dealt with by a Railway Board, which is directly
under the Department of Commerce and Industry,
and Telegraphs by the Director General of Telegraphs
who is also under the Department of Commerce and
Industry.
2. Thus the Public Works Department of the
Government of India, as at present constituted, in
addition to Electricity, administers only Public Works
coming under the heads “ Buildings and Roads ” and
“Irrigation'’ ; and is under the charge of a Member
of the Government of India who also administers the
Department of Revenue and Agriculture.
3. As regards Buildings and Roads, the delegation of
powers to provincial Governments is very complete
Each Local Government has its own engineering staff,
the Head of which acts as its Public Works Secretary,
and is responsible for the upkeep and construction of
its public buildings and the roads under its control.
The functions of the Government of India as regards
Buildings and Road Works are practically limited to
the sanction of large and important projects beyond
the powers of the sanction of the Local Governments
and Administrations, and to the disposal of all such
matters as are required by rule to be submitted for the
sanction of the Government of India. The powers of
Local Governments and Administrations in respect-of
sanction to buildings and roads projects classed as
Imperia] is given in tabular form below. In the
matter of works classed as Provincial, Local Govern-
ments have power to sanction projects up to a maxi-
mum of 12) lakhs of rupees inclusive of charges for
establishments and tools and plant.
Table of Powers—ordinary works chargeable to Imperial.
Local Government or Administration.
Imperial works, maximum,
including establishment
and tools and plant.
Imperial repairs, maximum.
Governments of Madras and Bombay .
Governments of Bengal, United Provinces, Punjab,
Burma, and Eastern Bengal and Assam.
Chief Commissioners of Central Provinces and
Coorg ; the Resident of Hyderabad ; the Governor
General’s Agents in Rajputana and Central India.
Rs.
2,50,000
62,500
25,000
1
I Any amount within the amount
( of the budget provision.
1
J
4. In the matter of establishments connected with
either the Buildings and Roads or the Irrigation
Branch, the Government of India deal with all
schemes of re-organization, with the appointment of
permanent and temporary engineers to the various
provinces, with the promotions of Superintending and
Chief Engineers, and with all such matters which are,
under the rules in the Public Works Code or the
Civil Service Regulations, beyond the powers of
sanction of the Local Governments.
5. As regards Irrigation the control of the Govern-
ment of India is much closer, except in respect of
schemes classed under Provincial 43—Minor ll'orfs
and Navigation, in regard to which Local Governments
and Administrations have the same powers as for
provincial Buildings and Road schemes. From the
statement below of powers of sanction of Local
Governments and administrations in respect of irriga-
tion works, it will be seen that, except in the matter
of works chargeable to the Open Capital Account, the
Local Governments have no power whatever as
regards works classed under 49—Protective Public
Worts. These works are carried out from loans
which are raised on the security of the general
192
paying due regard to the wishes of the provincial
Governments in the matter’:—
(1) Each Imperial expert must bear in mind that
he has no authority over the provincial experts,
and that his functions in relation to them are
purely advisory.
(2) When an Imperial expert proposes to visit
any province he should inform the provincial
Director of Agriculture of his intention and
of the objects and proposed programme of
his tour. He should also report to him his
actual arrival in the province. As soon as a
tour .in any province is completed, the Im-
perial expert should report its general results
to the provincial Director, it being recognised
that such reports may, on occasion, be for
the information of the provincial Depart-
ment only. A copy of each such report
should be forwarded for information to the
Inspector General of Agriculture.
(3) Proposals which affect the working of the
provincial Department, such as the starting
of new investigations, the introduction or
alteration of farm experiments, and the
like, should be the subject of official cor-
respondence addressed to the provincial
Director.
(4) AH matters of detail connected with lines of
• work already sanctioned should be dealt with
direct between the experts concerned.
(5) If specimens for examination are received
direct from a provincial expert, the report
of the Imperial expert on the result of the
examination should be sent direct to the
officer concerned.
2. These principles have been accepted by all Local
Governments with the following modifications :—
(a) The Government of Madras desire that direct
correspondence between their Provincial
Officers and the Imperial experts should be
restricted to purely scientific matters, and
that all other communications relating to the
working of the Agricultural Department
should be addressed to the Director.
(/>) The Government of Bengal, while they agree
that in all special questions the experts should
hold direct communication with one another,
desire that correspondence dealing with ad-
ministrative matters should go through the
Director.
3. Should any Imperial expert find himself engaged
in a correspondence which appears to be contrary to
the spirit of the above instructions he should desire
that it be conducted through the provincial Director.
APPENDIX Ic.
Memorandum on the constitution and duties of the Public Works Department (filed by Mr. L. M. Jacob,
vide Q. 44442).
The Public Works Department of the Government
of India deals with all business throughout British
India and in all places in Native States administered
by the Governor General in Council connected
with :—-
(i) Civil Buildings,
(ii) Communications,
(iii) Irrigation and Canals,
(iv) Miscellaneous Public Works, including docks
and harbours ; and
(v) Electricity.
Other Classes of Public Works such as Railways are
dealt with by a Railway Board, which is directly
under the Department of Commerce and Industry,
and Telegraphs by the Director General of Telegraphs
who is also under the Department of Commerce and
Industry.
2. Thus the Public Works Department of the
Government of India, as at present constituted, in
addition to Electricity, administers only Public Works
coming under the heads “ Buildings and Roads ” and
“Irrigation'’ ; and is under the charge of a Member
of the Government of India who also administers the
Department of Revenue and Agriculture.
3. As regards Buildings and Roads, the delegation of
powers to provincial Governments is very complete
Each Local Government has its own engineering staff,
the Head of which acts as its Public Works Secretary,
and is responsible for the upkeep and construction of
its public buildings and the roads under its control.
The functions of the Government of India as regards
Buildings and Road Works are practically limited to
the sanction of large and important projects beyond
the powers of the sanction of the Local Governments
and Administrations, and to the disposal of all such
matters as are required by rule to be submitted for the
sanction of the Government of India. The powers of
Local Governments and Administrations in respect-of
sanction to buildings and roads projects classed as
Imperia] is given in tabular form below. In the
matter of works classed as Provincial, Local Govern-
ments have power to sanction projects up to a maxi-
mum of 12) lakhs of rupees inclusive of charges for
establishments and tools and plant.
Table of Powers—ordinary works chargeable to Imperial.
Local Government or Administration.
Imperial works, maximum,
including establishment
and tools and plant.
Imperial repairs, maximum.
Governments of Madras and Bombay .
Governments of Bengal, United Provinces, Punjab,
Burma, and Eastern Bengal and Assam.
Chief Commissioners of Central Provinces and
Coorg ; the Resident of Hyderabad ; the Governor
General’s Agents in Rajputana and Central India.
Rs.
2,50,000
62,500
25,000
1
I Any amount within the amount
( of the budget provision.
1
J
4. In the matter of establishments connected with
either the Buildings and Roads or the Irrigation
Branch, the Government of India deal with all
schemes of re-organization, with the appointment of
permanent and temporary engineers to the various
provinces, with the promotions of Superintending and
Chief Engineers, and with all such matters which are,
under the rules in the Public Works Code or the
Civil Service Regulations, beyond the powers of
sanction of the Local Governments.
5. As regards Irrigation the control of the Govern-
ment of India is much closer, except in respect of
schemes classed under Provincial 43—Minor ll'orfs
and Navigation, in regard to which Local Governments
and Administrations have the same powers as for
provincial Buildings and Road schemes. From the
statement below of powers of sanction of Local
Governments and administrations in respect of irriga-
tion works, it will be seen that, except in the matter
of works chargeable to the Open Capital Account, the
Local Governments have no power whatever as
regards works classed under 49—Protective Public
Worts. These works are carried out from loans
which are raised on the security of the general