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Accordingly, the Punjab, Pegu, Oudh, the
Central Provinces, and the other local administrations
 referred to, did not come under the regulation
law as a whole, and were not attached to any
presidency, and were distinguished by the title of
Non-Regulation; and these provinces and districts,
 which are so called non-regulation, at
present comprise the larger portion of the British
possessions in India.

The present distinction between the regulation
and non-regulation is not very great. There is
some difference in the constitution and salaries of
the administrative services. The Act 33, Geo. III.,
1793, required that covenanted civil servants of a
presidency should be appointed to the higher offices
of the administration in such presidency ; but as the
non-regulation provinces were not attached to a
presidency, this rule did not apply, and persons outside
 the covenanted service became admissible to the
administrative service ; and thus we find in the nonregulation
 provinces the administration composed
of militarv, civilian, and uncovenanted officers.

There is a distinction in the nature of the
duties performed by the administrative staff ; while
in the regulation proviness the civil judicial work
is separated from the revenue and criminal business,
 the same staff performs civil, criminal,
revenue, and administrative functions in those
classed as non-regulation.