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'File 15/18 FOREIGN AND POLITICAL DEPARTMENT CIRCULARS RECEIVED FROM THE GOVT OF INDIA.' [177r] (345/370)
The record is made up of 1 file (185 folios). It was created in 19 Nov 1928-2 Nov 1944. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Regr. No, 3589-A/^•5•
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No. 11008/A.Gr. 13(a)
Grovernment of India
WAJl m AR TMSNT (ARMT BRANCH )
Ne^v Delhi, the 11th J 1 ins 1944.
To
The Adjatemt-Greneral in India.
Civil Government servants (other than Railway aervants) paid
from Defence Services Estimates during the present war-
conditions for the grant of leave and incidence of cost
of leave and pension charges thereof.
Sir, .
I am directed to say that in supres^j 33 } 011 o: ^ previous
orders on the subject, the G-overnor-General in Council has
decided that, with efioct from 3rd September 1939, the following
principles govern the ^r^nt of and the incidence of the
cost of leave and pension charges in respect of all civil
government servants, (which term includes military officers
m permanent civil employ ) other than railway servants, who
have been or may be called to or employed in service jaid for fron
Defence Services Estimates during the present v .ar, either in a
military or in a civil capacity:-
Leave (i) - All permanent civil government servants called
to military duty as combatanta nill he granted leave under
Part A of Army instruction (India) No. 378 of 1943. Leave of
civil government servants employed with Defence Services in a
civilian capacity will be governed by the civil rules applicable
to tfeg-Hg their parent services in the Civil Department. Leave
salary contribution, in respect of all Superior servants
except Gazetted Officers of the Posts and Telegraph Department
at the rates laid down in Appendix II-A of the Posts and
Telegraphs Compilation of trie Fundamental and Supplementary
ftules as amended from time to time or at the rates prescrifeod
by respective Provincial Governments for their servants, as the
esse may be, will be paid from the Defence Services Estimates. t J
This cohtrioution will be calculated on the total period of
service paid from the Defence Services Estimates less any period
of leave granted while so employed, and will be based on tne
actual pay drawn during that period. The Civil Department or
Provincial Govornment concerned will bear the actual leave
charges except as stated below.
(i) Leave charges of personnel called to military
duty for special disability leave referred to in Army
Instrueion (India) No. 378 of 1943 will be borne by the
Defence Services Estimates.
(ii) Leave charges or all leave granted to and en-
loyed by Posts md Telegraphs personnel both gazetted and
non-gazetted will be i borrtfby the Defence Services Estimates.
2. No leave salary ccntrubution will be paid from the
Defence Services Estimates in respect of inferior Government
servants except those of the Posts and Telegraphs Department.
Leave charges for leave granted to and enjoved' by inferior ser
vants of all Civil Departments or Provincial Governments, during
their service paid for from the Defence Services Estimates, will
be bor.ne by those estimates. In addition, leave salary
contr6butibn at the rate of 5 per cent, of actual jjay drawn
during that period, will also be paid by the ^/ar Department
in respect of inferior servants or the rosts and Telegraphs
Department . This contribution will bo based on the total
service rendered with the army, less any leave granted while
so employed. ^ ,
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The file contains Government of India circular letters, memoranda and notices issued mainly by the Foreign and Political Department. These were sent to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire who forwarded them to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain and others. The circulars contain instructions, information and guidance on a wide range of topics. Most circulars are about the staffing and financing of departments and offices of the Government of India. Topics addressed include the following:
- The grant of an exemption to British consular and political officers stationed in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , from payment of rent for their accommodation, 1929;
- Revised regulations regarding the wearing of foreign orders, decorations and medals by both Government of India officers and British subjects, 1930;
- An instruction to review local expenditure and actively reduce costs as part of a drive for retrenchment of expenditure by all departments and offices of the Government of India, 1930;
- Notice of a new declaration to be made to Persian Customs by foreign travellers and pilgrims entering Persia, about the amount of foreign money in their possession, under a new Persian Foreign Exchange Law, 1931.
There are also several circulars in the file that communicate official British foreign policy in other parts of the world during periods of disturbance, so that British officials elsewhere would be able to counteract any inaccurate reports in circulation. Included are circulars about British occupied Palestine in 1928-1929, as follows:
- Printed circular memoranda from the Colonial Office, London, 1928, entitled ‘The Western or Wailing Wall in Jerusalem’, ‘Disturbances in Palestine’ and ‘Arming of Jews’;
- Circular telegram from the British High Commissioner, Jerusalem, 1929, about the reaction of the Arab population in Jerusalem to his instructions temporarily regulating religious observance at the wailing or western wall , pending a British Government enquiry into the existing rights of Muslims and Jews.
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- 1 file (185 folios)
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File papers are arranged chronologically. They are followed by file notes (folios 184-188), which include a chronological list of documents in the file dated 1938 onwards (folios 109-182), together with their unique document reference numbers to help identify them. The list also records the folio number and a simple reference number from 37 to 65 that has been written on many documents, usually the circulation slips, in red or blue crayon and encircled, to help locate them in the file.
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Foliation is written in pencil in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the second folio, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 189. Some of the parts of the file have been paginated, which means that there are a number of folio numbers missing from the sequence. Foliation omissions: f 7, f 11, f 13, f 15, ff 76-77, ff 166-169. Foliation errors: f 3 is followed by f 3A, f 123 is followed by ff 123A-C. Folio 94 is folded.
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- Title
- 'File 15/18 FOREIGN AND POLITICAL DEPARTMENT CIRCULARS RECEIVED FROM THE GOVT OF INDIA.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:3v, 3ar:3av, 4r:6v, 8r:10v, 12r:12v, 14r:14v, 16r:75v, 78r:118v, 120v:123v, 123ar:123cv, 124r:132v, 133v:165v, 170r:188v, back-i, back
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