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‘File 28/1 K I Defence of oil field and refinery’ [241v] (482/684)
The record is made up of 1 file (340 folios). It was created in 5 Dec 1939-3 May 1942. It was written in English. 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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40
THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY, JANUARY 1, 1942
Limitations on
umount of
awards.
Payment under
this Scheme
not to be
drawn In addi>
tlon to other
payment from
public funds.
Two payments
under this
Scheme not to
be drawn by
same person.
Awards when
not to be
made.
Effect of
contributory
negligence.
Effect of
desertion of
post by
member of
civil defence
organisation.
Effect of
refusal to
undergo
medical treat
ment or
operation.
32. (I) The amount awarded to a person as temporary allowance
when incapacitated or as disability pension when disabled shall be subject
to the following modifications, namely: —
(a) where such person is a woman, the amount shall be reduced by
20 per cent.
(b) while such person is under the age of 18, the amount which
would otherwise be payable shall be reduced by 25 per cent.
(c) while such person is under treatment in a hospital, the amount
which would otherwise be payable shall be reduced by 20 per
cent.
(2) the amount awarded as family pension or children’s pensions or
both in respect of a person dying as the result of a qualifying injury shall
not exceed the amount which might have been awarded to that person
had he qualified for a disability pension assessed on a disablement of 100
per cent.
33. Where the person entitled to a temporary allowance, disability
pension, family pension or child’s allowance in respect of a qualifying
injury is in receipt of a pension or allowance from public funds paid to
him by reason of his having sustained that qualifying injury or as the
case may be by reason of the death of another person as the result of that
qualifying injury, he shall be allowed to draw only the amount, if any,
by which the pension or allowance to which he is entitled under this
scheme exceeds the pension or allowance referred to, received by him
from public funds.
34. No person in receipt of an allowance or pension under this Scheme
shall be allowed to draw another allowance or pension of a different kind
under this Scheme until the allowance or pension previously drawn is
surrendered.
35. (1) No award under this Scheme shall be made in respect of—
(a) an injury sustained whether in or outside British India by a
person resident outside British India, or
(b) an injury sustained by a person ordinarily resident in British
India while absent from British India for personal, domestic
or pleasure purposes:
Provided that nothing in this sub-clause shall preclude the making
of an aw r ard in respect of—
(i) a war injury sustained by a civil defence volunteer, or
(») a war injury sustained by a person ordinarily resident in
British India while travelling by sea or by air between any
one place in British India and any other place in British
India, or
(til) a war injury sustained in British India by a person ordinarily
resident outside British India.
(2) The Claims Officer may withhold or cancel the award of any pay
ment under this Scheme, if he is satisfied that the person to whom the
award might be or has been made is or has become ordinarily resident 'fr
ontside British India.
36. Where the qualifying injury, or where the incapacity for work,
disablement or death resulting from a qualifying injury is shown to the
satisfaction of the Claims Officer to be mainly attributable to the negli
gence or misconduct of the person sustaining the injury, the Claims Officer
may withhold or cancel any award which might be or has been made under
this Scheme in respect of their injury or may reduce the amount of the
award.
37. When the person sustaining a qualifying injury is a member of a
civil defence organisation and it is shown to the satisfaction of the Claims
Officer that such person when required by Government order to be pre
sent in a certain locality, or at a certain post failed to be present or being
present failed to remain in that locality or at that post as the case may
be, the Claims Officer may withhold or cancel any aw'ard which rnDht
be or has been made under this Scheme in respect of that injury.
38. Where a person who has sustained a qualifying injury refuses to
undergo medical treatment or an operation calculated to restore his health
or to cure or reduce a disablement caused by the qualifying injury and
a competent medical authority certifies that such refusal is in the circum
stances unreasonable, then: —
(a) if the person dies, and a competent medical authority certifies
that the death was due to the refusal to undergo medical
treatment or an operation, no family pension or chlid’s
allowance shall be awarded;
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The file comprises copies of correspondence, memoranda and reports relating to the military defence of Bahrain’s oil refineries and oil fields during the Second World War. The principal correspondents in the file are: 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 (Hugh Weightman; Major Reginald George Evelin William Alban); the Chief Local Representative of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) (John S Black; Roger Anthony Kennedy; Milton H Lipp; Ward P Anderson).
The file includes:
- a copy of ‘General Instructions for the Defence Organisation of the Bahrain Petroleum Company’, dated December 1939 (ff 9-52), with sections focusing on: 1) the internal and external areas of the refinery; 2) the personnel camps at Awali and Zellaq; 3) fields and wells; information on inventories of equipment, and specific instructions for patrols and guards;
- correspondence from BAPCO representatives to 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. relating to: the perceived threat to Bahrain and to Company property, and defensive measures to be taken; assessments of the threat of internal sabotage, local uprisings, bombardment from sea or air (ff 68-71); questions of responsibility for and efficacy of defensive measures being taken in Bahrain; questions of the legal aspects (liability, compensation, War Risk Insurance) of damage to Company property from enemy attack, and volunteers who become casualties while defending Company property, including printed copies of the Gazetteer of India War Injuries Ordinance , No. VII of 1941 (ff 235-237) and the War Injuries (Amendment) Ordinance , No. I of 1942 (ff 238-249);
- correspondence exchanged, and the notes and minutes of meetings held between senior Government officials (including 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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Air Vice Marshal at Air Headquarters in Iraq) on the provision of resources for the defence of Bahrain, including discussion of the availability and use of manpower supplied by BAPCO;
- a number of monthly progress reports in 1941 on the Bahrain defence scheme, prepared by the Defence Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (ff 143-144, ff 146-147, ff 162-164, ff 177-179), referring to: defence force recruitment; the volunteer defence force; general morale and attitude of recruits; equipment supplies; anti-aircraft defence measures;
- in 1941, plans for the control of telephone exchanges and lines during emergencies, with lists of telephone links to be maintained during an emergency (ff 182-183);
- plans and proposals for the protection of BAPCO property in the event of enemy action, including: in 1942, BAPCO proposals for the protection of the oil field in case it falls into enemy hands, by the sealing of wells with concrete (ff 270-294); a military report on Passive Air Defence (PAD) at the BAPCO refinery, dated 28 April 1942, focussing chiefly on plans to construct protective sheathing around the refinery tanks (ff 304-323).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (340 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 326-341) mirror the chronological arrangement.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 342; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 3-341; these numbers are also written in pencil, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/2/661
- Title
- ‘File 28/1 K I Defence of oil field and refinery’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:6v, 52v:56v, 59r:67v, 72r:87v, 91r:91v, 93r:98v, 100r:115v, 117r:127v, 129r:150v, 152r:153v, 157r:175v, 177r:184v, 187r:187v, 189r:190v, 193r:193v, 195r:200v, 204r:207v, 209r:211v, 213r:217v, 220r:220v, 222r:270v, 272r:276v, 279r:298v, 301r:309v, 311r:341v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence