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'File 10/1 G BAPCO labour' [281r] (565/586)
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 extra Re .l/- benefit on rations supplied by the Company,
i.e., they will still continue to receive R3.2/- a month rebate.
The Chief Local Representative pointed out and produced
statements to show that the increase suggested without the houst
rent increase would place their artisans and clerical labour on
much the same level as the employees of this
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
and the
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.
I said that I thought that the scheme as a whole was
very xaiixfaRiaKy reasonable but I felt that it would be unwise
to give too big a grant all at once and I suggested that the
house rent increase eould be held in abeyance for the time
being so that it could be produced at a later date in the event
of a further increase in the employees 1 emoluments being
rendered necessary by further increases in the cost of living.
I said that the question of rent control was under serious
consideration and that I hoped that in a very short time we
will be able to produce a satisfactory law which should not
only control future increases but in many cases result in a
reduction in the present high ^ents. I also pointed out thai
the people who were really sufferers i'rom the rise in prices
were the people on the lowest rates of pay and their sufferings
were likely to increase very considerably in the near future
^ jeffidtKG ocusite ca&iftdrad s would
advocated that the unskilled labour drawing Rs.1/8/- downwards
should have an increase in their War Allowance and the Chief
Local Representative said that he would be prepared to recommend
to his directors that their War Allowance was increased from
Rs.8/- to Rs.10/- a month.
I told Mr. Anderson that I would discuss the matter with
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.
, and he stated that he would now get in
touch with his directors with a view to bringing his schemes
into operation as quickly as possible.
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8-12-43.
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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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- IOR/R/15/2/408
- 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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence