'File 10/1 G BAPCO labour' [280r] (563/586)
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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(Notes of discussion held the a ,
'«ncy on 8-12-43.)
VIII.
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Special, qqenitles for Bap co labour. (File 10/1-G)
The Chief Local Representative stated that his Company
had proposed to introduce a new measure ta and to amend two
measures already in force affecting the welfare of the Com
pany's employees. These measures ares-
(a) The introduction of a Gratuity, Death, and Disability
Benefit Plan applicable to all employees of the
Company whose salaries are paid in
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
.
(b) The reconsideration of the vacation plan.
(c) The reconsideration of the present rates of War Allowance.
U) Gratuity t Death T and Disability Benefit Plan.
A draft oi the proposed plan was handed to me by the
Chief Local Representative and is on record in the Office.
(
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.
to be informed).
(b) Vac ation Plnn .
The Chief Local Representative stated that he would
let me have a copy of their scheme as soon as one can be
typed.
(c) War Allowance.
The Company proposed to give all their employees who
are in receipt oi more than Rs.1/8/- a day a 20# War Allowance.
In addition they proposed to make a Rs.15/- increase in House
Rent Allowance and to raise the discount on rations sold from
the Company stores from Rs.2/- a month to Rs.S/- a month. But
this last increase would not be applicable to unskilled labour.
At present the Company pay unskilled labour a War Allowanx
of r 5.8/- a month, artisan labour Rs.20/- a month, and clerical
labour Rs.26/- a month, irrespective of the individual's emolu
ments. Unskilled labour drawing Rs.i/8/- or less a day will
receive no increase but will continue to draw their Rs.8/- a
month War Allowance, nor would unskilled labour be entitled to
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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).
- 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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- Title
- 'File 10/1 G BAPCO labour'
- Pages
- front, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 3r:10v, 14r:15v, 17r:19v, 20v, 22r:23v, 35r:46v, 48r:50v, 52r:53v, 57r:58v, 59v:60v, 61v:67v, 69r:69v, 82r:91v, 92v:94v, 100r:101v, 103r:107v, 109r:114v, 120r:124v, 125v:131v, 136r:138v, 144r:155v, 162r:163v, 169r:172v, 174r:174v, 179r:184v, 185v, 189r:189v, 195v:199v, 200v:211v, 213v:226v, 227v:228v, 234r:243v, 252r:252v, 253v:255v, 256v:262v, 263v, 265r:265v, 266v, 267v:290v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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