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Rh As regards the administration, I will continue to quote from the administration report of Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad Bahadur : —

The Political Department, including all correspondence between the Hon'ble the Resident and His Highness's Government, is in the charge of the Minister, and in this department all dealings between the Government of India and His Highness the Nizam's Government are carried on. The Minister is assisted in the work of administration by four assistant ministers, who administer, subject to his control, the various departments entrusted to their charge. The powers of the assistant ministers are strictly limited by rule, and their orders, for the most part, require to be confirmed by the Minister before they can take effect. The assistant ministers have charge of the judicial, the military, the financial and the miscellaneous departments.

The revenue department is directly under the Minister and is controlled by a Director-General.

The departmental secretaries, who have been called "the pivot of the administration in Hyderabad State" hold positions of great importance, and are in charge of the financial,