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2023-08-10 11:40:12 UTC - HELPFUL
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The National Archives estimate a figure of 40,000 UK-based civil servants for the turn of the last century. They point out that the Imperial Civil Service included many based outside London, with further civil services operating in the colonies. https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/uk-government-did-we-rule-the-empire-with-4000-civil-servants/
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