The India List Civil and Military. January 1887.

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The India List Civil and Military. January 1887. Issued by permission of the Secretary of State for India in Council. Wm. H. Allen & Co. [London] 1st edition 8vo.

[24pp advertisements], xcii, [2pp ads], 635pp, [8pp adverts]. Re-bound in red cloth gilt, front board blind stamped Foreign & Commonwealth Office, gilt location number to spine, bright and clean, ex-library with some manuscript pencil numbers to title page, no other stamping, contents very clean and binding tight and perfectly sound.  This work contains names of all substantive Officers of the Indian Civil Service.  The masses of other information includes lists of holders of Indian Orders, casualty list, Royal Indian Marine and surviving officers of the late Indian Navy, details of salaries and appointment conditions, civil and military regulations,  etc. The volume includes an Indian Army List [pp181-636] includes British Army regiments serving in India. As well as officers of the regular Indian Army, Punjab Frontier Force, etc. lists include Irregular Forces. The lists are fully indexed. This edition covers part of the period in office of the Viceroy the Earl of Dufferin when Gen Sir Frederick Roberts VC was commander in chief.          jun24/2

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