Ministry of Central Affairs

The officials of the Ministry of Central Affairs were as follows:

Class	Title	Rank
Head	Minister	Senior Fourth Rank, Upper Grade
Assistant	Senior Assistant Minister Junior Assistant Minister	Senior Fifth Rank, Upper Grade Junior Fifth Rank, Upper Grade
Secretary	Senior Secretary Junior Secretary	Senior Sixth Rank, Upper Grade Junior Sixth Rank, Upper Grade
Clerk	Senior Recorder Junior Recorder	Senior Seventh Rank, Upper Grade Senior Eighth Rank, Upper Grade
Other	Chamberlain Senior Inspector Senior Private Secretary Middle Inspector Junior Inspector Senior Officer of Communication Inspector Clerk Senior Keeper of the Keys Junior Private Secretary Junior Officer of Communication Junior Keeper of the Keys	Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade Senior Sixth Rank, Upper Grade Junior Sixth Rank, Upper Grade Senior Seventh Rank, Lower Grade Senior Seventh Rank, Lower Grade Junior Seventh Rank, Upper Grade Junior Seventh Rank, Lower Grade Senior Eighth Rank, Upper Grade Senior Eighth Rank, Upper Grade Junior Eighth Rank, Upper Grade

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The ministry itself, however, consisted of a number of different departments and sub-divisions, each of which had its own cohort of officials.

Ministry of Central Affairs
Office of the Consort’s Household Bureau of Royal Attendants Bureau of Books and Drawings Bureau of Palace Storehouses Bureau of the Wardrobe and Court Ladies	Bureau of Divination Painting Office Palace Medical Office Palace Etiquette Office Bureau of Skilled Artisans

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