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1. IOR/Q/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/Q/2
Title:
Royal Commission on the Public Services in India (the Islington Commission)
Scope & Content:
This series contains the written and oral evidence taken by the Royal Commission on the Public Services in India. The written evidence consists of replies to the Royal Commission's questionnaires as well as statements, memoranda and notes from officials, non-officials and associations. The oral e...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Urdu
Date Range:
1912-1915
Extent:
94 Boxes (Files and volumes)

2. IOR/Q/2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/Q/2/4
Title:
Further evidence
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1915
Extent:
47 files and 9 volumes

3. IOR/Q/2/7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/Q/2/7
Title:
Papers relating to the Royal Commission's Report
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1907-1915
Extent:
20 files

4. IOR/Q/2/8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/Q/2/8
Title:
Papers relating to the administration of the Royal Commission's activities
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910-1915
Extent:
111 files and 4 volumes

5. IOR/Q/2/6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/Q/2/6
Title:
Witnesses corrected proofs of the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Royal Commission at London
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1913
Extent:
9 files

6. IOR/Q/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/Q/2/2
Title:
Questions relating to the Indian and Provincial Civil Services
Scope & Content:
This sub-series contains the returned questionnaires from officials, non-officials and associations who furnished written answers to the interrogatories at the request of the Royal Commission, but who were not orally examined.[See Q/2/3/1-281 for voluntary submissions] There were two types of que...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Urdu
Date Range:
1912-1913
Extent:
370 files

7. IOR/Q/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/Q/2/1
Title:
Officials and Non-Officials who furnished written evidence to the Royal Commission but who were not orally examined
Scope & Content:
This sub-series contains statements and memoranda submitted to the Royal Commission in response to its circular letter. The Commission asked for comments, opinions and views to be expressed under nine specific headings: I.Method of Recruitment, II.System of Training and Probation, III.Conditions ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1914
Extent:
254 files

8. IOR/Q/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/Q/2/3
Title:
Voluntary submissions in answer to the Royal Commission's questions relating to the Indian and Provincial Civil Services
Scope & Content:
In addition to the questionnaires, the Royal Commission attempted to gather evidence from the general public, by publishing both sets of questions in the Government Gazettes of the United Provinces, Madras, the Central Provinces and Berar, the Punjab, Burma, Bengal, Bombay, Bihar and Orissa, and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1913
Extent:
287 files and 5 volumes

9. IOR/Q/2/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/Q/2/5
Title:
Witnesses corrected proofs of the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Royal Commission at Calcutta, Bombay, Madras and Delhi
Scope & Content:
A printed copy of a witnesses evidence was sent to each witness for corrections or alterations to be made and additional statements to be added. These corrected proofs were then returned to the Royal Commission for eventual publication. This sub-series of records also contains copies of some witn...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1913-1914
Extent:
140 files

10. IOR/Q/2/8/28

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/Q/2/8/28
Title:
Telephone Bills
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1914
Extent:
1 file