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Service. Number of Indians in service in 1924. 1925. 1926. 1927. 1928. 1929. Indian Civil Service … 253 267 286 311 333 367 Indian Police Service … 79 93 95 105 117 128 Indian Forest Service … 73 84 89 94 93 93 Indian Service of Engineers … 308 301 301 304 306 314 Indian Medical Service* … 150 151 161 163 165 167 * Remarks.—There were 127 Indians on 1st January, 1928, holding temporary commissions in the Indian Medical Service who are not included in these figures. In the case of the Provincial Services, which have always been recruited locally, no special measures regarding Indianisation were required. On the recommendation of the Lee Commission, the Indian Educational Service, the Indian Agricultural Service, the Indian Veterinary Service and the Indian Forest Service in Burma and Bombay have been placed on a provincial footing.