Consider the following statements about the Aitchison Committee on Public Services, 1886: 1. It recommended abolishing the terms covenanted' and 'un- covenanted'. 2. It recommended classification of the civil services into 'Imperial Civil Services', 'Provincial Civil Services' and 'Subordinate Civil Services'. 3. It recommended that 1/6111 of the posts of Civil Services should be filled from elite Indian families nominated by provincial governments, subject to the approval of the Secretary of States for India. 4. It recommended raising the age limit to 23 years for Civil Services. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

• A. 1 only              
• B. 1 and 2 only
• C. 1, 2 and 3 only  
• D. 1, 2 and 4 only