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'File 1/16 II Clerical Staff: Establishment, Proposals for Increase or Decrease; Rulings Regarding Pay and Allowances, and Promotion' [‎67r] (131/140)

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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D.O. Ho. 1851-1/16
Dated the Slst May 1947
VYlll you please refer to your demi -official letter
No. 1171-30/30 dated the 19th May 1947.
o statistic* passport work done in this Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ,
and of the revenue accruing from consular functions have 3^
already been given to the Besidency in our expx'ess latte. ^
No. 4162-1/16 dated the 23ru Doceiaber 1946 and demi -official
letter No. C/119 dated the 31st January 1946. Consular revenues
amounted to Bs« 40|023-4-0 during l^MG.
3 # The Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. passport clerk is already heavily over
worked and can only keep up-to-date with his files by working
1 J X W
long after office hours ©very day, during office hours,
much of his time is spent in dealing with verbal enquiries
from the general public, a type of work which It xs not
possible to record in statistical form. If therefore pass
ports are to be issued from this Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at least one more
clerk will be required in the passport ofi. ice to prepare
^he accounts and returns concerned with them, in addition to
the actual preparation of the passports theiaselves; and later,
as the activities of ARAMCO and PCL continue to increase, it
is probably that further additional staff will be needed.
4 # Pelly has seen and approved the draft of this
letter.
Yours sincerely,
O/G •
16$
G.N. Jackson, iisquire, M.B.ci.,
Secretary to the xion f ble 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
Bahrain.

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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)
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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' [‎67r] (131/140), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/2/1003, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023312099.0x000084> [accessed 23 April 2024]

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