Unsuccessful attempts of scientific beekeeping were made in the West Bengal region in 1880 and in Punjab and Kullu regions during 1883 84 to keep " Apis cerana " . " Hand Book of Beekeeping " by Douglas, a British officer of Post and Telegraph Department, was the first book published in India in 1884.
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As a Government Department, the New Zealand Post Office or " N . Z . P . O . ", previously the Post and Telegraph Department or " P & T ", had as the political head the Postmaster General who was a member of Cabinet, and, when it was a separate department the Minister of Telegraphs.
