The Punjab record Volume 41

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ...of Sind, Baluchistan, the North-West Frontier Province, the Punjab, and Rajputana, and for tho Residency Treasuries in Kashmir, and the Khorasan Agency Treasury shall be supplied from the central dep6t at Karachi on the indent of the officers in charge of the local depdts. 7. The Controller of Printing, Stationery and Stamps, Calcutta, and the Superintendents of Stamps, Madras, Bombay, Rangoon and Karachi, on receiving an indent from a local depot, shall have the indent examined to ascertain that the indent is such as to ensure the looal depdt having a proper supdy, and may comply with the indent in full or in part, as he thinks fit. If ho thinks that the indent should be increased, he should request tho officer who submitted the indent to Submit a supplementary indent. The Presidency Post Offices of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay may indent for supplies on the central depots. LociL Depots. 8. Every treasury Throughout India, including those attached to political and salt agencies, shall be a local depot for the custody and sale of stamps of all descriptions. Local Governments may establish local dep6ts at places where there is no treasury, 9. Each local depot shall, unless the Local Government otherwise directs, maintain a supply of stamps not less that the probable consumption of five months. Local Governments may direct that the supply to be maintained, either generally or in respect of any particular kind of stamp or in certain local depdts, shall be equal to the probable consumption of such other period as they deem expedient. 10. As soon as the number of stamps in the local dep6t falls below the number issued from the depdt in the preceding six moths, the officer in charge of the dopot shall prepare und indent for a supply equal to the probable consumpti...