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‘File 16/50 Correspondence with Messrs Gray, Mackenzie & Co., Ltd.’ [‎88r] (179/260)

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The record is made up of 1 file (126 folios). It was created in 10 Mar 1937-27 Aug 1949. 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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(i) in the case of an adult in receipt of
monthly wages falling within limits shown
in the first column of Schedule TV - of the sum
shown against such limits in the fourth
column thereof, and
(ii) in the case of a minor - of one-half of his
monthly wages, subject to a maximum of
thirty rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. :
Provided that
(a) there shall be deducted from any lump sum
or half-monthly payments to which the workman
is entitled the amount of any payment or
allowance which the workman has received from
the employer by way of compensation during
the period of disablement prior to the receipt
of such lump sum or of the first half-monthly pey»€
payment, as the case may be; and
i
(b) no half-monthly payment shall in any case
exceed the amount, if any, by which half the
amount of the monthly wages of the workman
before the accident exceeds half the amount of
such wages which he is earning after the
accident.
2. On the ceasing of the disablement before the date on
which any half-monthly payment falls due, there shall be
payable in respect of that half-montht* a sum proportionate
to the duration of the disablement in that half-month.
SCHEDULE - I
List of injuries deemed to result in permanent partial
disablements .
Injury .
Percentage of loss of
earning capacity.
Loss of right arm above or at the elbow.
Loss of left arm above or at the elbow.
Loss of right arm below the elbow.
Loss of leg at or above the knee
Loss of left arm below the elbow.
Load of leg below the knee
Permanent total loss of hearing
Loss of one eye
Loss of thumb
Loss of all toes of one foot
Loss of one phalanx of thumb
Loss of index finger
Loss of great toe
Loss of any finger other than index finger
70
60
60
60
50
50
50
30
25
20
10
10
10
5
NOTE : Complete and permanent loss of the use of any limb
or member referred to in this Schedule shall be
deemed to be the equivalent ihf the loss of that ,
limb or member.

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Correspondence, timetables and other papers relating to the activities of the shipping agent Gray, Mackenzie & Company, in Bahrain, the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and wider Middle East region. Correspondence and papers relating to other transport operators are also included in the file: Imperial Airways (ff 18-23); Nairn Transport Company (f 13).

Papers issued under a number of different company names or letterheads are stamped ‘Gray Mackenzie & Co. Ltd.’ These include: the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited (dissolved in 1937 and replaced by Gray, Mackenzie & Company); Mackinnon Mackenzie & Company; and the British India Steam Navigation Company Limited (BISNC).

Amongst the routine correspondence (accounts, travel and transport arrangements, changes in office personnel), the file also includes:

  • details, including timetables, of steamer services operated in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and wider region by Gray, Mackenzie & Company, BISNC, Peninsular and Oriental (P&O);
  • a photographic postcard of the BISNC vessel Dwarka (f 57);
  • a brochure for the new BISNC vessels Dumra and Dwarka (f 73), with photographs of the vessel’s first- and second-class facilities;
  • baggage labels, issued in May 1948 by BISNC to employees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (f 77-78).
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1 file (126 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 116-127) mirror the chronological arrangement.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 128; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-61; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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