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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Public Works—cont.
Pensions—Special additional pensions, powers to
sanction, delegation to Provincial Governments,
proposed (Jacob) 44486.
Private employment, power to grant permission to
officers on leave to take up private employment-
Delegation of power to Provincial Governments,
proposed {Jacob) 44486.
Productive and protective work, distinction between
{Jacob) 44471.
Promotion of officers, powers of Provincial Govern-
ments
Executive and Assistant Engineers {Jacob) 44484.
Lower subordinates, promotion to upper subor-
dinate rank {Jacob) 44799.
Provincial service, promotion from to rank of
Executive Engineers {Jacob) 44540.
Protective works
Funds for—Limited funds {Jacob) 44794.
Government of India control, nature and extent
of—-Opinion against relaxation {Jacob) 44472-5.
Provincial Governments’ powers under head “ 43 ”
{Jacob) 44791-3..
Recruitment of Provincial services {Jacob) 44532-7.
Reports, returns, &c., required from Provincial
Governments—Utility, suggest! ms for reduc-
tion, &c. {Jacob) 44476, 41625-55, 44660-6.
Estimates for Provincial works. {Jacob) 44729
{Heston) 45333.
Income tax recoveries and exchange compensation
allowance, estimates of {Jacob) 44641 {Heston)
44941.
Statement, App. lie., pp. 209-10.
Residences of Government Officers, offices, &c., see
title Residences.
Sanction—Restrictions of powers of Provincial
Governments and suggestions for relaxation of
restrictions
Administrative sanction, extent and nature of
Government of India control {Jacob) 44667-74.
Contracts {Jacob) 44480.
Imperial as well as Provincial works, restric-
tion applied to {Jacob) 44618.
Summary of powers of the various authorities,
Table, App. VI., p. 225.
Estimates
Imperial works, Table, App. Ic., p. 192.
Provincial works, App. Ic., p. 192.
Summary of powers of the various Authorities
in all provinces, App. VI., pp. 223-4.
Fall in value and purchasing power of rupee,
increase in cost of labour, &c.—Automatic
restriction on powers {Jacob) 44455-9.
Imperial works administratively approved, pro-
posals for increased powers for Provincial
Governments {Jacob) 44478a.
Closer supervision required in Imperial matters
{Jacob) 44679, 44715-6.
Madras and Bombay, proposals in regard to
{Jacob) 44675-7.
North-West Frontier Province and Baluchistan,
inclusion of {Jacob) 44612-5
Port Blair, proposals in regard to {Jacob)
44616-7.
Imperial works referred to Government of India,
opinion in favour of and ad van'ages of ex-
amination by Secretary {Jacob) 44802.
North-West Frontier Province—Powers of Chief
Commissioner as compared with Secretary of
Public Works Department {Jacob) 44805.
Opinion in favour of raising limit (Jacob) 44478.
Provincial works exceeding power of sanction-
Government of India procedure in regard to
transmission to Secretary of State {Jacob)
44460.
Restrictions in regard to works which Provincial
Governments could sanction financially
Government Houses and Circuit Houses, ex-
penditure on {Jacob) 44479.
North-West Frontier Province {Jacob) 44479,
44619-20.
Training of officers—Educational standard at Poona
and Sibpur compared with Roorki {Jacob)
44538-9.
Writing off
Opinion in favour of retention of Government
of India control {Jacob) 44735-7.
Powers of Provincial Government {Jacob)
44761-2.

Punjab
Land Settlements
Confirmation, restriction on powers of Provincial
Government {Carlyle) 44049.
Reports not required {Carlyle) M2,39d-f.
Government of India control—Special restrictions
imposed {Carlyle) 44433.
Period of settlement laid down by Secretary of
State in 1895 {Carlyle) 44049.
Extension of period, question of—Opinion in
favour of extension generally speaking
{Carlyle) 44200-2.
Record of Rights procedure, question of thrusting
upon other provinces without due regard to its
suitability {Carlyle) 44422-4.
Reports, returns, &c.
Canal colonization, opinion in favour of annual
report {Carlyle) 44085.
Land Alienation Act, working of, opinion in
favour of annual report {Carlyle) 44087.
Reductions effected by reforms of 1901—Table
{Carlyle) 44039.
Wards, Court of, Deputy Commissioner as—Un-
satisfactory system {Carlyle) 44058.

Q-
Questions in Parliament
Calls for information necessitated by — Home
Department {Risley) 45387.

R.
Railway Board
Powers and functions, question whether Board bad
sufficient freedom of action {Robertson) 43941.
Recruitment System
Inconveniences of existing system, rule brought in
to obviate still more serious inconveniences
(Barrow) 43690-2.
Reports, returns, &c.
Demand, question of increase in, authorities re-
sponsible, &c.
Attitude of departments when called on for
reports (Jacob) 44711-2.
Commerce and Industry Department (Robertson)
43745-6, 43873-86, 43935-7, 43954-6.
Statement, App. Ila., pp. 201-2.
Commissions, effect of Royal Commissions in
increasing correspondence, question how far
increase was permanent {Carlyle) 44060.
Curzon’s, Lord, tenure of office, administrative
activity marking—Effect in incr-asing demands
for information (Carlyle) 44039, 44042-4.
Direction in which further reductions could be
made, &c. (Carlyle) 44283-9.
Education grants of 1905-6, use made of,
App. XVI., p. 259.
Finance Department (Carlyle) 44070-81 (Heston)
44813, 44932-42.
Other departments of Government of India,
demands on, question of increase (Heston)
44814-5.
Statement, App. lid., p. 211.
Home Department (Risley) 45362-6, 45387,
45521-5, 45559-81.
Statement, App. lie., pp. 212-7.
Improvements in system of reporting introduced
by Government of India (Carlyle) 44039.
Table showing effect of reforms of 1901 on
the Punjab reports (Carlyle) 44039.
Information, demands for, as distinct from reports
and returns, causes of increase in demand
(Carlyle) 44039, 44292-3.
Initia' i >n of requests, authority responsible
(Carlyle) 44291.
Inspectors and Directors-General, calls for in-
formation by (Robertson) 43982-5 (Carlyle)
44308 {Risley) 45546, 45701.
Powers of Provincial Governments to refuse
iofiirmation {Risley) 45790.
Monthly proceedings sent up to Government of
India (Carlyle) 44318-22, 44330-3.

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