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'File 5/1 XIV Kuwait Oil Company' [200r] (409/570)
The record is made up of 1 file (281 folios). It was created in 23 Dec 1936-4 Oct 1939. 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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T»r J£*£ C £ TT S VIEWS COHiJECTTON WITH
LABOUR WOTCH HE PROPOSES TO PUT B.EPORE THE
DlRiSCTOHS WHEH HE GOES HOME.
Contract Labour«
At preeent the woric of the Company is in ita
infancy, if it increaaaa more and more work will be done
by contract beoanae this method enablea payment for work
on the busia of work done and relieves the Company of the
neceseity o*. having to provide excessive auperviaion to ae#
tliat labour doer not slack about* Also when a rush of work
is in hand or fluctuationa in the amount of work occur theae
can still be coped with to a great extent without alterations
to Company»s supervisory staff.
Contract work may quite soon be enlarged consider-
ably and will probably soon entail employment by the contractor
of skilled tradesmen who can read drawings and carry out work
by measurement etc#
One of the greatest handicaps so far, has been the
ignorance of contractors of measurement practices and Kuwaiti
contractors should obtain information of how contracting for
Companies in Iraq, India, etc# is carried out, in order that
they can carry out work efficiently on the same lines# Other
wise they may lose many opportunities that may offer in the
near future* Hoad work, building work, excavation, filling,
foundations, pipe screwing, tank eroction, transportation,
supply of building materials to sites, are all fields in which
contract work may develop* The standard of work done has also
got to improve«
I am mentioning these points so that E*H* can advise
his people as to how they can help themselves to take advantage
of opportunities which may arise in future*
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- Content
This file contains correspondence and documentation relating to the initiation of oil operations in Kuwait by the Kuwait Oil Company. The majority of the papers relate to operational matters from workers contracts, buoying and navigation, to plans for the construction of refineries.
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- 1 file (281 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 283; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 6-278; these numbers are also written in pencil but, where circled, are crossed through.
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/249
- Title
- 'File 5/1 XIV Kuwait Oil Company'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:7v, 20r:24v, 29r:29v, 31r:37v, 40r:57v, 69r:70v, 72r:78v, 80r:85v, 87r:90v, 92r:95v, 99r:99v, 102r:105v, 107r:109v, 125r:131v, 135r:135v, 137r:140v, 142r:149v, 151r:154v, 156r:158r, 158r, 159v, 159v:180v, 197r:198v, 200r:214v, 217r:244v, 246r:255v, 258r:258v, 263r:272v, 275r:275v, 277r:282v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence