'File 1/16 II Clerical Staff: Establishment, Proposals for Increase or Decrease; Rulings Regarding Pay and Allowances, and Promotion'

IOR/R/15/2/1003

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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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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.
Extent and format
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.

Physical characteristics

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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English in Latin script
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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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Unrestricted

Archive reference
IOR/R/15/2/1003
Former external reference(s)
English Office files: 1/16 II

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Date(s)
9 Jul 1945-10 Jul 1947 (CE, Gregorian)

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