'Naval & Marine 3/2 Warrant Officers & Ratings - Reported sick on H.M.S. Ships - General Correspondence' [‎5r] (9/108)

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Extract from letter No.374-M # dated the 8th
April f 1926, from the Government of India, Marine depart
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x n cases of sickness or injury, all warrant officers
and ratings serving afloat on Royal indian Marine vessels
are ordinarily treated on hoard their respective vessels,
hut it is sometimes necessary to send the patients to
hospitals on shore* 7his is liable to occur at ports
where there are no commissioned officers in Royal Indian
Marine employ to deal with the patient on discharge from
hospital, and it is also possible that while in hospital
the patient’s ship may leave the port. S 0 long as the
patient’s ship remains in port, the Commanding Officer of
the vessel arranges for the man’s disposal on discharge
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from hospital and also for the disbursement of His pay*
When, however, the ship leaves the port before the patient
is discharged from hospital# it is proposed to adopt the
procedure shown in the accompanying draft correction to
m arind Regulations India, Volume I* This procedure will
be equally as suitable when the Royal Indian Marine is
converted into & naval force. In the event of it being
decided to introduce the system, the authorities
responsible for making payments to Royal Indian M arine
ratings at the ports in question will be as follows*-
Madras...... Marine Transport Officer ( Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent.
Port Officer).
Aden Marine Transport Officet (Port Officer).
Calcutta.... Port Officer.
Chittagong.• Port Officer.
Rangoon..... Marine Transport Officer (Principal
Port Officer).
Akyab Port Officer.
Moulmain.... Port Officer.
Andaman and Engineer and Harbour Master, Port Blair.
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Bushire 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. .
Bahrein 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. *
Bundar Abbas Vice-Consul at Bandar Abbas and Aesistant to
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