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144 times impossible to change B. G. rupees into O. S. rupees. As to a B. G. ten-rupee note, they look at it with suspicion in the districts, and the sowcars there say : — "I have no use for it."

This Department is under the care of the Mint Master, and in it postage stamps. stamped envelopes and postcards, summons, receipt and hundi stamps and stamp paper are made. The Government made by this department during 1321 Fasli (1911-1912 a.d.) a profit of Rs. 8,17,221. There is an Inspector-General of Registration and Stamps, and the Government surplus from the Registration Department in 1321 Fasli (1911-1912 a.d.), was Rs. 43,595.

This Department has only recently come into existence, and the primary standards and the necessary fine balances and appliances for the accurate manufacture and checking of weights and measures have not yet arrived from London. The work undertaken in this department will be the manufacture of standard weights for checking the