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'File 10/1 G BAPCO labour' [‎111r] (225/586)

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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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No. C/418 Poiiticai Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ,
Bahrain, the 4th April, lj42.
To
The Naval Officer-in-Charge,
H. m. Naval Base,
Bahrain.
Memorandum
Reference your memorandum No. BA /44 dated the
old April 1948, with which you enclosed a copy of Senior
Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 's No. 4^0R dated the S4th
February 1942.
2. Since the beginning of the war the price of
staple xoodstuf. s in Bahrain, such as rice, cofl'ee sugar,
ilour, dates etc., has risen on an average by 95^.
«5. The chief employer of labour in Bahrain is BAPC0>
and they are giving urgent consideration to the question
of granting an allowance to their Indian and Bahrain!
employees. No increase in pay has yet been granted to
local employees oi the Indian and Bahrain Governments,
but such increase will probably be given very shortly,
when BAPCO's decision is known.
4. I think it will be desirable for the pay of civi
lian personnel employed at the Base to be increased in
the near future, but before aeciaing the amount of the
increase it would probably be wise to await BAPCO's
decision.
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.

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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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