IOR/R/15/2/1438

The file contains several Government of India circular letters and memoranda 1926-1928, 1930 and 1937-1939, for information and guidance on the ordering and supply of government paper, printed forms and other items of stationery. These letters of instruction were issued mainly by the Office of the Controller of Printing, Stationery and Stamps and its branches, in particular, the Central Printing Office, New Delhi and the Central Stationery and Stamp Office, Calcutta.

The instructions refer to amendments made to the following regulations: the Stationery Office Rules, 1924; the Rules for the Supply and Use of Stationery Stores, 1924; the Rules for Printing and Binding, 1925 and the Rules for the Supply of Articles for the Public Service. Published extracts from some of the amended rules are included in the file.

The file also includes the following correspondence:

• Letter dated 30 June 1930 from the Office of the Controller of Printing and Stationery, Calcutta to the Political Agent, Bahrain, notifying him of the stationery budget allocated to the Political Agency, Bahrain for the financial year 1930-1931;
• Letter dated 1 October 1927 from the Central Printing Office, New Delhi to the Secretary to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, discussing the supply of new judicial forms in Arabic for use in the Court of the Resident, Aden and potentially elsewhere in the Persian Gulf.