His various bureaus handled appointment, promotion, and demotion of officials, population registers and agriculture, the upkeep of transportation facilities, post offices, and couriers, civil law cases, granary storage, and military affairs.
His defence: Haselhurst said he had checked with the fees office whether he could continue to claim for the upkeep of his garden, when he was told, on becoming deputy speaker in 1997, that he had to claim his second home allowance on his constituency home.
The report claimed that Small billed the institution more than $450,000 over the past 6 years for various personal expenses, including the upkeep of his home and swimming pool, as well as $13,000 for an office conference table and $31,000 for office upholstery.
Along one 20km stretch, recalls Mr Mukerji, the road had disappeared, forcing him to drive through fields.Mr Mukerji oversees this progress from his office in Patna's spotless old collectorate building, which has outsourced its upkeep to a company called All Services Under 1 Roof.
An auditors' report itemized the upkeep costs on Buckingham Palace Windsor Castlee; St. James's Palace, where Prince Charles has his office and London apartments; Clarence House, home of the Queen Mother; and Kensington Palace, former home of Diana.
But in the modern office, where hot-desking, desk-sharing, and freelancing mean that your desk is now public property, how does one deal with its upkeep?
Upkeep, however, was costly.
The upkeep was fantastic".
Then the trail needed upkeep.
