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From the police station I went to the Secretarial to have a visa for Singapore added. The offices were quiet here but the service bad. My charges were 2 Rup. & having no change I handed in a 10R. note & a boy was sent out for change but I waited 15 minutes & then left without the change leaving it for my return next day. There must be many offices in the building were change is available in 2 minutes or so. The passport clerk said only a few permits to leave Calcutta are issued daily now & these chiefly to foreigners. No able bodied man under 50 may leave