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Compendium on Acts and Rules

239., The cost of establishments for binding books and registers kept in the record-room Establishments.

for sorting, arranging and destroying records, and for recopying revenue records other

than those belonging to the Survey Department, may be debited to the grant.

240. The survey maps and records, when they get worn out, are recopied for use in Survey maps
and records
the record-room and the charge on that account is debitable to the record grant. But the and Land

cost of copying such maps and records when required for other purposes is not Registration
registers.
debitable to that grant. The Land Registration registers (A, B, 0 and D) are, however,

kept in the record-rooms for the convenience of the Land Registration Department, and

all cost on their account, including their binding charges also, should be charged against

the Land Registration grant.

241. Articles procurable from the Stationery Office should not be charged to this grant.

Petty stores not obtained from it when required for use in the record-room, should, of

course be charged to the grant. The latter include such as the following:—

Country ink. Paste.

Stamping ink. Stamping inkstand.

Thread. Twine.

Country pens. Pounce.

Book-binding. Sand.

Lac for sealing. Sand-pots.

Talc for native colours. Country envelopes.
Vinegar. . Repairing scissors, etc.

Ghee. Pins and needles.

Oil for lights, etc.

242. All expenditure for keeping the office records in proper order will be made under the Sale-proceeds
of useless
orders of Government in the Revenue Department from the record grant. When
papers.
condemned records are sold under rule 204 the expenses of sorting and selling them
may be charged against the sale-proceeds, the balance being paid into the treasury and

credited to Government under the budget head 'XXXV— Miscellaneous.'
Mention must be made in the annual report of the amount so realized and credited and

of the cost, incurred.

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