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'File 1/16 II Clerical Staff: Establishment, Proposals for Increase or Decrease; Rulings Regarding Pay and Allowances, and Promotion' [‎18r] (35/140)

The record is made up of 1 file (70 folios). It was created in 9 Jul 1945-10 Jul 1947. 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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!• v /hen 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. was last In Bahrain he said that
to support any proposals wo mi^ht put forward to the Government of
India for increased establishments in the Gulf it would be useful
if we could show that the revenue accruing to the Goveminent of
India had increased during the last few y^ars*
I have therefore compiled some figures which may be of
interest.
2« Revenue accrues from our Consular, Notarial and Judicial
duties and in the following table I have giv*n figures for the
\ /
first two items together because, in practical notarial receipts
are very small compared to those from passport /rork.
3.
I have separated fines from Judicial.
The relevant figures are as followsi-
Year.
Consular <&
Notarial,
at anro 3.
Judicial,
Fines.
1937
Rs. 17679-14-0
Rs. 3094—8-0
1938
18706-6-0
2660-13-0
1939
17778-14-0
i
6611-6-0
1940
22630-9-0 . .
4139-9-0
1941
19306-8-0
2847-13-0
1942
16273 —4 *0
4734-3-0
1943
11030-0-0 6141-14-0
17171-14-0
18716-12-3
1944
22660-4-0 *74830-0-0
97480-4-0
26476-13-9
1946
42697-12-0 13177-0-0
66774-12-0
26068-16-6
♦ Includes Court fees of Rs«62543/- in one estate case.
4. The revenue from our Consular duties for the last two years
exceeds the total revenue from Consular and Judicial activities
together in pre-war years by a large figure - in 1946 it was more
than double that for any pre-war year.
%
In 1938 Consular receipts for visas issued to subjects of the
U.S.A. amounted to Ks.1806/- and in 1946 to fis.234-30/-
tfith the opening up of ths Arabian American Oil Compnay's field In

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The file contains papers relating to the following subjects:

  • proposals by the Government of India for reductions in the numbers of temporary staff as a consequence of the end of World War Two, June to September 1945;
  • allowances for clerks making enforced halts at Karachi or Bombay when returning from leave, October to November 1945;
  • pay and dearness allowance of Third Clerk, October to November 1945;
  • monetary receipts of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain for the years 1937 to 1954, January 1946;
  • continuation of special pay to Confidential Clerk, February to April 1946;
  • summary of duties of members of temporary establishment at the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain, with statistics of work, 1939 to 1946, covering letters, telegrams, export permits, and passport and consular work, January to December 1946;
  • request for grant of shorthand allowance to Confidential Stenographer, February to March 1947;
  • creation of post of Passport Clerk, February to March 1947;
  • other papers relating to the clerical establishment, including pay, appointments, composition, and numbers.
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1 file (70 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 71 on the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil (except for ff.3-4, which are written in red crayon, and ff.21-23, which are written in blue crayon) and appears 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. ff.19 and 20 need to be folded out to be read. Foliation anomaly: ff.1A, 1B. Numbers forming part of the foliation sequence, but which are used as pagination numbers: 10, 54.

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'File 1/16 II Clerical Staff: Establishment, Proposals for Increase or Decrease; Rulings Regarding Pay and Allowances, and Promotion' [‎18r] (35/140), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/2/1003, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023312099.0x000024> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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