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'File 10/1 G BAPCO labour' [159r] (321/586)
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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The above indicates that the majority of these
employees receive salary and housing allowance in the range
between Rs 235 and Rs 335 per month, in addition to other
substantial considerations shown on Sxhibit I.
4. Artisan Smployees *
This group consists of approximately 102 employees.
Their average monthly earnings based on a guaranteed 26
working days per month was on 1st January, 1942, R5159 per
month, plus housing furnished in camp (or Rs 20 per month
in lieu of housing for married employees with families in
Bahrain with Company permission). This average represents
an increase of 8% in earnings over 1st January, 1941 and
18%, or Rs24 per month over 1st January, 1939.
The percentage within the following wage ranges
will be of interest
Number of
&nployees :
4
9
18
50
16
-5.
102
Total
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
per day
Salary Range:
FnwM Tw :
Ps 3-8 R e 4-0
4-0 5-0
5-0 6-0
6-0 7-0
7-0 9-0
9-0 10-0 incl.
% of Group
4%
9%
17%
49%
16%
5%
Too%
From the above it will be noted that 70% of these
employees receive Rs 6/-/- per day and over, plus housing .
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- Content
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).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (293 folios)
- Arrangement
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.
- Physical characteristics
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 View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/408
- Title
- 'File 10/1 G BAPCO labour'
- Pages
- 108r:108v, 115r:119v, 125r:125v, 156r:161v, 164r:168v, 185r:185v, 195r:195v, 213r:213v, 229r:233v, 256r:256v, 263r:263v
- Author
- Anderson, Ward P
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