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Compendium on Acts and Rules

*52. When two or more collections are tied together in one
bundle, are they arranged in numerical order, and is
there on the outer face of the bundle a mill-board on which
is noted what collections are in the bundle and the year and
department they belong to? (Rule 83.)
*53. Are the bundles of collections arranged in numerical
order and vertically on the shelves? (Rule 83)
*54, When a letter only is given out from a file on a
requisition is a removal slip kept in proper place? (Rule 65.)
55. Is the procedure laid down in rules 110 to 113 with'
regard to the preservation of the Calcutta and Vernacular
Gazettes followed?
(C)—Current Vernacular Records.
N.B.—In regard to questions thus marked (*) the reply
should be given by testing a few instances.
56. Is a clerical officer placed at the head of the department
and held responsible for all the papers of all the cases in his
department? (Rule 123.)
57. Does the Superintendent see that papers duly received
are duly made over to the departmental officers? (Rule
124.)
58. Are rules 123 to 125 of the manual duly attended to?
*59. Are all papers connected with each case classified
strictly in accordance with the rules 165 to 173A of the
Manual?
59A. Are Debt Settlement Boards sending up records
regularly and properly arranged? (Rule 173A.)
*60. Is a combined title-page and fly-leaf attached to each
record and filled up according to the rules of the Manual?
(Rule 126.)
60A. Are "miscellaneous cases," as far as possible,
arranged chronologically in months, quarterly or annual
bundles (as may be most convenient locally)? (Rule 6.)
60B. If there be an excessive multiplication of "cases"
and combined title-page and flyleaves, what steps can
be taken to reduce work by arrangement of cases in
monthly bundles, etc., as above indicated? (Rule 171.)
*61. Is an order sheet attached to each record of land
revenue cases?. (Rule 129.)
*62. Are the vernacular records not required for immediate
reference transferred to the record-keeper within the
month following that in which final orders have been
passed?(Rule 125.)
62A. If the limit of exact date is exceeded, wag sanction to
the deviation obtained from the Collector? (Rule 125.)
62B. And is a list showing the dates on which
records are due kept as prescribed in rule 146?
(D)—Old Vernacular Records.

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