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Selections from the Records of India 184(, . The series of Selections from the Records were used by 1937 . It comprises 64( the governments in India for the publication of papers contained statistical a intended for circulation among officials and also to be states with which Boml made available to the public . The series were at first en- series was almost entire visaged as being appropriate for documents too brief or and assessment reports otherwise unsuited for separate publication, but each government quickly adapted its series for its own purposes and in some cases regularly included substantial reports or collections of correspondence . The first series of Madr bers published in 1851 1855 to 1866 and the majority of the papers The first series of `Selections' was started by the North- pensaries 1853-77 ; L( Western Provinces in 1846 in order to preserve and bring Asylums 1873-77 ; M to the attention of officials public documents in the form Instruction 1855-76 ; of "brief notices of passing events or casual returns, 1854-57 ; Vaccination I which . . . are calculated to gratify laudable curiosity or to tions, chiefly relating stimulate to further enquiry" . This example was followed published between 189 successively between 1851 and 1854 by the governments series of revenue and D of Bengal, Bombay, India, Punjab, and Madras . Initially more consciously histoi there seems to have been some uncertainty as to whether especially the Dutch the series were intended for public distribution or simply eighteenth-century doc, for official use . The position was clarified by the Government of India's resolution of 8 December 1853 which in- One volume of Mysore ' structed all governments to place official publications, and contains historical i including `Selections', on sale with principal booksellers . The North-Western Pro Most of the series came to an end in the 1870s but the cally complicated . The Government of India continued to publish `Selections' until 1912 and the Bombay series continued until 1937 . parts between 1846 ar lished in six volumes fr The Government of India published 436 `Selections' between 1853 and 1912 . The majority were issued by the Foreign Department and the series came to be used princi- practice of issuing seve volume, the North-Wes ally briefer documents pally for the publication of the annual administration re- Four un-numbered Ouo ports of political agencies and British territories subordi- 1867 and 1870 are in nate to the Government of India . These include Ajmer- was no regular series . Merwara 1871/72-1908/09 ; Baluchistan Agency 1885/86- 1907/08 ; Baroda State 1875/76-1880/81, 1890/91- 1903/04 ; Central India Agency 1865/66-1904/05 (also dispensaries 1900-08) ; Manipur Political Agency 1868/69- 1878/79 ; North-West Frontier Province 1905/06-1907/08 ; Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency 1875/76-1903/04 ; Rajputana States 1865/66- 1905/06 (also sanitation, dispensaries, and jails 1872/73- 1908) ; Sikkim 1905/06-1910/11 . Other annual reports The first Punjab series 1854 and 1868 . It wa 1869 to 1887 . Punjal province that issued a cerned with political course printed for offic Commissioner's selecti( of the former were repr which were published regularly as part of the series were those of the Thagi and Dakaiti Department 1874-1903 and the Home Department's report on registered publications 1874-1898, which provides an interesting review of the literary output of India during this period . The existence of a Sin, of the government re Commissioner in Sind a 1933), which states t However, it is clear fro : .1937 sues . Many of the early issues other reports on the Indian I conducted relations ; later, the ,onfined to land revenue survey 'Selections' comprised 10 numhe second series running from iird from 1867 to 1880 . The ire regular annual reports : Dis- Hospitals 1873-76 ; Lunatic :al College 1856-77 ; Public 4ic Works 1851-61 ; Railways 4-77 . Later un-numbered selec- Travancore and Cochin, were id 1916, as well as more regular h records . Many of these have a I character than the main series, irds which are transcripts of ,nts . ections', was published in 1864, )rts and memoranda . -es `Selections' are bibliographiriginal series was issued in 45 1867 . A second series was pub- 1869 to 1874 . Because of the articles together in one part or i Provinces selections are generan those of other governments . `Selections' published between ded . It seems likely that there issued in six volumes between icceeded by a new series from ppears to have been the only fidential series, which was confrontier affairs . They were of use only, as were the Financial although the first 52 numbers td in the Punjab Record. ries is suggested by A handbook ds lying in the office of the in the districts offices (Karachi, it contains about 248 items . he brief subject catalogue in the
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