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'File [1/39 I] Major T Hickinbotham, OBE (Private File)' [42ev] (119/836)
The record is made up of 1 file (420 folios). It was created in 31 Jul 1941-6 Sep 1950. 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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12
orders will, however, apply only to those persons under the rule
making control of the Governor General-in-Council :—
(1) who enter Government service on or after the 1st April
1938 or
(2) who being in Government service on the 31st March
1938 did not hold a lien or a suspended lien o n a
permanent post on that date.
264. Counting of temporary service rendered in the Munitions
Board and the Board of Industries and Munitions under Article-
370, Civil Service Regulations.
Finance Department office memorandum No. F. 11 (9)-R. II|38,
dated the 22nd June 1938, is published as an appendix to thi^
Instruction.
2. The provisions of this memorandum will apply to the
civilian personnel paid from the Defence Services Estimates.
No B.|51230 (A. G. 14) |D. 5.
F. A., M. F., Dy. No. 3537|P.,B. of 1938.
APPENDIX to ARMY INSTRUCTION (INDIA) No. 264 of
1938.
Finance Department Office Memorandum No. F. 11 (9)-R. 11(38,
DATED THE 22nD JUNE 1938.
The Finance Department have had under consideration the ques
tion whether temporary service rendered in the Indian Munitions
Board or the Board of the Industries and Munitions should count for
pension under Article 370, Civil Service Regulations in the case of
persons transferred therefrom to other Departments of the Govern
ment of India, etc. In view of the fact that among the activities of
the Board were certain functions previously performed by Depart
ments of the Government of India, etc., and that on the dissolution
of the Board, those functions were re-transferred to the Departments,
the Governor General in Council has decided that the requn-f''
ments of Article 370 would be satisfied in cases which fulfil tm
following conditions :—
(i) that there was no essential change of duties on transfer ;
(ii) that service in the appointment held immediately on
transfer from the Board was one qualifying for pen
sion ; and
(iii) that there was no break between the service rendered in
the Board and the service in the departments qualify
ing for pension.
2. The undersigned is to request that persons concerned who
satisfy the above conditions should be allowed to count their conti
nuous temporary service in the Board for pension.
149
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The file relates to the service of Major Tom Hickinbotham as 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. , Kuwait.
The papers consist of invoices, receipts, correspondence, telegrams, and personal letters, and cover the following topics: travel arrangements, expenses and allowances; cost of transporting personal effects; accommodation; provision of a guide to places of interest in Kuwait; the holding of a licence for a wireless/radio set, September to October 1941 and September 1942; leave; membership of the Magwa Club (for staff of the Kuwait Oil Company); invitations to events; invitations to dinner; medical fees; hiring of a cook; the whereabouts of a British officer; the ill-health of a friend in Kuwait; expressions of condolences; correspondence with banks; application for a military pass; Christmas and New Year messages; a complaint concerning a lack of co-operation from a member of the Kuwait Oil Company, December 1942; telegrams of congratulations; and invoices for books, clothes, wool, cloth, alcohol, cigarettes, tyres, automobile parts, ice, fruit, general provisions, and household goods.
The file includes correspondence in Arabic and printed invoices and letterheads in Arabic.
The last item of correspondence in the file is dated 20 October 1943. The overall date range is supplied by an entry in the notes at the rear of the file.
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- 1 file (420 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Circled serial numbers (red for received correspondence; blue/black for issued correspondence) refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1A on the front cover, and continues through to 394 on the back cover. The sequence appears written in pencil in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. Foliation anomalies: ff. 1A, 1B; ff. 2A, 2B; ff. 11, 11A, 11B; ff. 13, 13A, 13B; ff. 32, 32A, 32B, 32C; ff. 36, 36A; ff. 37, 37A, 37B, 37C; ff. 42, 42A, 42B, 42C, 42D, 42E, 42F, 42G; ff. 59A, 59B; ff. 84, 84A; ff. 86, 86A; ff. 95, 95A; ff. 127, 127A; ff. 131, 131A; 131B, 131C; ff. 149, 149A; ff. 247A, 247B: ff. 253, 253A; ff. 350, 350A; ff. 385, 385A. The following numbers do not appear in the sequence: 166-169. The following pagination ranges occur: 78-79, 95A-95B, 118-119, 306-307. The following folios need to be folded out to be read: ff. 95A, 130, 347. A second, short foliation numbered 113-120 runs between ff. 16-23.
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- Title
- 'File [1/39 I] Major T Hickinbotham, OBE (Private File)'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1br:1bv, 2ar:2bv, 3r:6v, 8r:9v, 11r:13v, 13ar:13bv, 14r:29v, 31r, 32r:32v, 32ar:32av, 32cr:32cv, 33r:36v, 36ar:36av, 38r:42v, 42ar:42gv, 43r:44v, 45v:54v, 57r:58v, 59ar:59bv, 60r:68v, 75r:78r, 80r:84v, 84ar:84av, 92r:92v, 97r:102v, 103v:105v, 110r:110v, 111v:114v, 115v:118v, 120r:120v, 121v, 123r:123v, 128r, 131ar:131cv, 132r:135v, 137r:138v, 142r:142v, 150r:150v, 153r:155v, 157r:159v, 162r:162v, 165r:165v, 171r:171v, 172v:174v, 175v, 178r:179v, 181r:190v, 192r:194v, 196r:196v, 198r:200v, 201v:202v, 205v, 207v, 209r:211v, 213r:214v, 215v:218v, 219v, 220v, 221v:222v, 225r:226v, 227v, 231v, 233v:234v, 235v:236v, 237v, 238v:241v, 245r:246v, 247av:247bv, 249r:249v, 252r:253v, 253av, 254r:255v, 257r:257v, 259r:261v, 263r:265v, 266v:269v, 272r:273v, 274v, 276r:276v, 277v, 278v:279r, 280v:282v, 287v:288v, 289v:290v, 291v:293v, 294v:295v, 296v:297v, 298v:301v, 303r:303v, 304v, 308r:309v, 310v, 312r:313v, 314v:315v, 316v:317v, 318v:321v, 322v, 323ar:323av, 325r:327v, 328v:329v, 331r:332v, 333v:334v, 337r:338v, 339v:342v, 344r:345v, 347v:348v, 350r:350v, 350ar:350av, 351r:351v, 352v:356v, 359r:363v, 371r:371v, 374r:375v, 380v:381v, 382v, 383v:385v, 385ar:385av, 386r:393v, 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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