Minutes of evidence taken before the Royal Commission upon Decentralization in Bengal of witnesses serving directly under the Government of India, volume 10 ([London?]: [House of Commons?], 1908)

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Statement o) Returns dealt with in the Commerce and Industry Department, with an expression of opinion
as to their necessity—concluded.

Name of the Return.
Is the Return called for
from
Local Governments ?
Is the Return furnished
to the
Secretary of State ?
Is the Return
necessary ?
Geology and Mining.—eont.
Annual.
Report on Colonial Emigration from the
Port of Calcutta.
Orders prescribing the
report are not trace-
able.
Yes .
Yes.
Report on Colonial Emigration in Madras...
Do.
Not sent by the Govern-
ment of India. It is
not known whether
the Government of
Madras sends a copy
to the Secretary of
State.
Yes.
.Annual Report on Inland Emigration-
Madras .
Yes .
Yes .
Yes.
Bengal .
Yes .
Yes .
Yes.
Eastern Bengal and Assam .
Yes .
Yes .
Yes.
United Provinces..
Yes .
Yes .
Yes.
Central Provinces .
Yes .
Yes .
Yes.
Monographs on Art Industries from all
Yes .
No .
Yes.
provinces.
Yes.
Report on the working of the Indian Mines
Act from all provinces
Yes .
A consolidated report
prepared by the Chief
Inspector of Mines is
sent to the Secretary
of State.
Report on the Lucknow Museum .
No .
No .
Can be dispensed with.
Periodical.
'.Copy of mining leases as issued by Local
Yes .
No .
Not necessary.
Governments.
General, Stationery, and Stores.
Quarterly.
List of memorials withheld by Local
Governments.
Yes .
As regards memorials
addressed to His
Majesty the King
or the Secretary of
State for India, a list
of such memorials
withheld is sub-
mitted to the Under
Secretary of State
quarterly.
Yes.
List of unanswered despatches from the
Secretary of State.
No .
Yes .
A proposal is under
circulation in the
Government of India
Secretariats that the
list should be for-
warded half - yearly
in future.
Site-monthly.
Nil.
...
Annual.
Stationery Statistics.
Yes ; called for from
the Governments of
Madras and Bombay.
No .
Yes.
Accounts of Indian Law Reports.
Yes; called for from
Madras, Bombay,
United Provinces,
and Bengal.
No .
Yes.
-Stores Returns.
Yes .
Yes .
Yes ; for the Secretary
of State’s purpose.