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INDEX.

Heads of Departments, &c.—cont.
Financial powers—cont.
Honoraria from State funds, powei’ to sanction
(Jacob) 44488 (Meston) 44869.
Re-appropriation, power of, conditions under
which powers should be given (Meston) 44875.
See also names of departments.
High Courts, Charters of
Amendment needed—Inconvenience resulting from
powers of High Courts under their present charters
(Risley) 45855-6.
Holland, Dr. T. H.—Director of the Geological Survey
• —■ in India.
Evidence 43420-513.
Home Department, Government of India
Constitution, App. Ie., pp. 199-200.
Member of Council, power to issue orders without
concurrence of Secretary (Risley) 45537.
Secretariat—Inspectors and Directors-General not
included as part of Secretariat (Risley) 45338-9.
Secretary, powers and duties of
Class of cases submitted to the Viceroy, duties
and responsibilities in regard to, App. Ie.,
p. 200.
Difference of opinion with Member of Council,
duty in case of—Question of divided respon-
sibility (Risley) 45381-6, 45532-6.
Provinces of which Secretary had no experience,
means of dealing with (Risley) 45795-6.
Establishment—Increase temporarily sanctioned in
1903.
Correspondence between Government of India
and Secretary of State, App. XIV., pp. 252-4.
Details of additions demanded, &c., App. XIV.,
pp. 252-3.
Permanent sanction, application for, with results
of examination of statistics relating to corre-
spondence, &c., App. XIV., pp. 254-7.
Abstracts of receipts and issues in the Home
Department, 1898-1906 ; App. XIV., pp.
257-8.
Continuance of addition authorized until fur-
ther orders, App. XIV., p. 258.
Prospects of reduction, possible effects of labours
of present Commission (Risley) 45831-3.
Functions, App. Ie., pp. 199-200.
Actuarial questions, opinion in favour of transfer
to Finance Department (Risley) 45359-61.
Difficulty in drawing line between purely
financial and purely administrative relations,
question of (Risley) 45513-20.
Executive functions, in respect of Port Blair
(Risley) 45346 ; App. Ie., p. 200.
Other departments, references from—Matters in-
cluded (Risley) 45349, 45352, 45359 ; App. Ie.,
p. 200.
Heads of Departments closely associated with Home
Department, App. Ie., p. 200.
Procedure in regard to files referred to Department-
Notes on files, signature, &c. (Risley) 45367,
45370-3.
Draft of letter in reply—Cases when draft was
sent up with note (Risley) 45368-9.
Proportion of cases submitted to Viceroy, amount
and nature of work disposed of at initial stages
(Risley) 45374-7.
Reduction of work that would be effected by
decentralization proposed (Risley) 45378-80.
Provincial Governments’ proposals for decentraliza-
tion—Detailed proposals with remarks by Home
Department, App. X., pp. 237-41.
Reports, returns, &c., demand for—Authority re-
sponsible, suggestions for reduction, &c. (Risley)
45387,45559-71,45574-81.
List, App. ID., pp. 212-7.
Monthly proceedings of Government of India
transmitted to Secretary of State (Risley)
45362-6, 45524-5.
Monthly proceedings sent up from Provincial
Governments (Risley) 45521-3.
Questions in Parliament, number of calls for
information, &c., necessitated by (Risley) 45387.
Secretary of State, calls for information by-
Calls answered without reference (Risley)
45581.
Honoraria and rewards from State funds
Existing powers of sanction, increase proposed from
various authorities concerned (Jacob) 44486 (Mes-
ton) 44869.

Hospitals and dispensaries
Controlling authorities^—Civil Surgeon v. local
bodies (Bomford) 43324-8.
House-rent allowance
Bombay, complaint from of delay in grant of
allowance to Assistant:Collectors — Explanation
(Meston) 45335.

I.
Income-tax
Estimates of recoveries—question of utility (Jacob)
44641 (Meston) 44941.
Government of India contro', extent and nature of,
number of references required (Meston) 45328.
Indian Law Reports
Reason for which reports were required, question
of abolition (Robertson) 43882-4.
Indian Medical Service
See Medical Service.
Industries
Reports of inquiries with a view to development of
industries—Opinion in favour of freedom for
Provincial Governments (Robertson) 43954-6.
Inefficient and undesirable officers, removal question
Retirement on proportionate pension
Opinion against, as tending to increase non-
effective charges of the State (Barrow)
43649-50.
Opinion in favour of (Risley) 45406.
Recruitment, question of effect on (Barrow)
43653.
Stage of promotion to which recommendation
applied (Risley) 45406.
Inspectors and Directors-General
Centralizing tendency of appointments, question of
(Leslie) 42707-17 (Carlyle) 44061-3, 44310-2.
Correspondence with Provincial Governments and
officers
Direct correspondence with Provincial Heads of
Departments (Carlyle) 44053, 44307.
Opinion in favour of copies of correspondence,
&c. being furnished to Provincial Govern-
ments (Risley) 45433-6.
Provincial Governments, decision should be
left with (Carlyle) 44388-9.
Formal v. informal correspondence
Opinion in favour of formal correspondence
(Risley) 45394 p. 157, 45422, 45437-8.
Opinion in favour of informal correspondence
(Meston) 45096-100.
Date of appointments of (Risley) 45340-1.
Difference of opinion between Inspector-General
and Provincial Government, question of com-
municating Inspector’s opinion to Provincial
Government
Extent to which procedure was already followed,
&c. (Meston) 45199-201, 45236-7.
Opinion against (Carlyle) 44315-7.
Opinion in favour of extending practice (Meston)
45202.
Exceeding functions, undue interference with Pro-
vincial Governments and officers, &c., danger of
(Carlyle) 440-f3, 44309 (Risley) 45789.
Rules suggested as safeguards (Risley) 45394 p.
157.
Information, reports, returns, &c., power to call for
Opinion against except through Department of
Government of India (Carlyle) 44308 (Risley)
45546, 45791.
Powers of Provincial Government to refuse
information (Risley) 45790. ‘
Unnecessary questions—No complaints received
(Risley) 45886.
Position and functions—Utility of office
Distinct from Secretariat of Home Department
(Risley) 45338-9.
Information supplied to the Government of India
regarding local conditions (Carlyle) 44313-4.
Annual reports, monthly proceedings, &c.
furnished by Local Governments, question of
duplication of channel of administration
(Carlyle) 44232-3,44330-2(Risley)45848-51.
Doctrinaire tendencies on part of Member of
Council or Secretary to Government of India,
modification of (Risley) 45549-50.