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'File 10/1 G BAPCO labour' [‎30r] (63/586)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (293 folios). It was created in 2 Nov 1938-4 May 1944. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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InsulDordlnstion, intemperance, use of narcotics,
venereal dlsense, self-injury wilfully Inflicted, non
compliance with Company's regulations or instructions,
dishonesty, misconduct, inefficiency# In the event of such
termination, the provisions of XII (c) shall apply.
Xi
Termination Employee may terminate this agreement at any
by Employee time during the first year upon one ' l) month's
written notice to Company and at any time thereafter upon three
(3) months' written notice to Company, In the event of such
termination the provisions of XII (c) shall apnly,
XII
Termination Notwithstanding anything in this Paragraph XII
Allowances to the contrary Employee must depart from the
Zone of Operations at the time specified "by the Company, to be
entitled to Transportation, Travel Allowance, Travel Time or
Vacation:
(a) (1) Upon completion "by Employee of term of
service described in I, Company shall furnish the Employee
transportation to Employee* s home ''or at the option of
Company, a sum of money equivalent to the cost of such
Transportation) together with a Travel Allowance, and allow
Employee a Vacntion in accordance with the Company's Vacation
Plnn for Foreign Service as in effect at that time.
(2) Upon termination of this agreement by
Company by notice to Employee as privldeci in /III, Company
shall proceed as in fa) (l) above and shall pay or tender
to Employee a sum of money equivalent to salary for the period
(if any) by which Travel Time or Vacation may extend beyond
the expiration of the said notice.
(b)/

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The volume mainly contains correspondence between 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. in Bahrain, 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 Bushire, the Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and representatives and staff of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on the conditions and benefits requested by BAPCO employees, and on a special 'War Allowance' agreed by BAPCO to meet the increased cost of living.

The volume includes correspondence on members of the Afghan royal family refuged in India and seeking for employment in Bahrain (folios 43-46); list of food prices 'prewar price' and 'present price' (folio 68); memorandum on 'The strike situation as on 28 December 1943' (folio 209).

There are some letters in Arabic in the volume. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 270-283).

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1 volume (293 folios)
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The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 271-283). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.

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The main foliation sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner. It begins with the first item of correspondence, on number 2, and runs through to 291, ending on the inside of the back cover. There is another foliation sequence, incomplete.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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