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13. REVENUE SECRETARIAT

The Board of Revenue was set up in 1864 and supervised directly and controlled the revenue administrative in the government territories. Besides this, The Board of Revenue was in change of Agriculture, Commerce, Customs Excise and Public Works Department looked after repair of roads and small tanks. But in 1868 the Board of Revenue was dissolved and Sadr Mahkuma-i-Malguzari , was created the Board of Revenue was again constituted in 1883A.D. with three members namely a Secretary and two Assistant Secretaries. Finally in 1885 again Board of Revenue was abolished and its members were designated and posted as subedars, the same arrangement continued till the year 1894A.D. The third time the Board of Revenue was created which worked till 1901. It was finally abolished and the Revenue Department was brought under the Director General of Revenue was created and instantly amalgamated with the office of the Revenue Secretary to the Government. Secretary as link for communication and control on establishment between the Revenue departments and the Minister of Revenue has continued till recently. This department records consists on Urdu & Persian Language. the Revenue Secretariat records were transferred to Archives in 1953.

The detailed particulars of the Revenue Secretariat records are shown below:

Sl. No. Nature of the Documents Periodicity No. of Documents

1. Files 1866-1900A.D. 1,746

2. Fly-leaves 1866-1900A.D. 29,181

3. Nim Sarkari letters (Demi official letters) 1942-1949A.D. 659