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'File 1/43 Personal File: Captain Murphy, Political Officer, Trucial Coast' [‎55r] (109/264)

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The record is made up of 1 file (131 folios). It was created in 12 Jun 1945-5 Jul 1948. 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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F. R. 5,
Information required hy the Audit Officer before the leave-salary certificate
can be drawn up.
(This form should be returned duly filled up to the Audit Officer one clear
week before the date of making over charge.)
1. On what date do you intend to make 1—IS"t >—1946—(Fox ^HOOn)
over charge of your office ?
2. Before or afternoon ?
2..
3. At what port do you intend to embark ? 3,
4. By what ship will you sail ; and on what
date ?
5. In what country do you wish to draw
your leave-salary during leave on
average pay for a period not exceed
ing four months, if any, at the com
mencement of your leave ? I f in
India, at what treasury ?
5A. In what country do you intend to
spend vacation holidays ? If
out of India, in what country do
you intend to draw your pay (and
allowances) during vacation
holidays ?
6. "What is your address in England or in
India or elsewhere to which your
leave-salary certificate, to enable you
to draw your leave-salary, may be
sent, in case it is not handed over to
you before you go on leave ?
7(a). What advance, if any, do you require
now ?
7(J). Do you desire to adjust the advance
in India or in England ?
8. Do you intend to pay your
Familv Pension Fund subscriptions
(specify the name of the Fund or
Funds) in England or in India by
deduction from your leave salary (sea
paras. 8 to J1A of F. R. Form 5A) ?
9. Do you wish to subscribe to the
General or any other Provident Fund ?
If so, to which and for what period
of your leave and at what rate? Do
you propose to refund during leave
the advance, if any, withdrawn from
the fund ?
.goc^ay
4.
lint kTLOv/n. Ke y Leave P assage being
arranged.
- England
5A, England
C/0
Messrs Grindlay & Co.,
Parliament btTeet,
London* S.W.I
Ltd.
7(a)..
7(£)..
Nos. 3 and 4 are for Goverument servants to whom the leave rules in sections I to '\ of Chapter X of the Funda
mental Kules are not applicable.
No. 5 Leave-salary due for the first four months of the period of leave on average pay, il any, at the commence
ment of any periotl of leave out of India can he drawn in or out of India at the Government servant s option. In
India it can be drawn only on the first of each month in arrears by an authorised agent under a guarantee bond or on
production of a life certificate. The allowances for a broken period of a month may be drawn any time after the
expiration of the leave.
No. 6A. The words within brackets in question 5A should be scored out by the Audit Officer in al! cases in
which allowances are not payable out of India.
No. 7((i) is for Military Officers subject to the .Military Leave Rules and for Chaplains only.
No. 7(6) is for Military Officers subject to the Military Leave Rules only.
No. 8 is for members of the Indian Civil Service only.
Note 1. — In the case of non-gazetted Government servants to whom Note 11 to F. R. Form 2 or Note 4 to Porm
No. I under the Supplementary Rules applies, an additional question should be inserted to obtain the information required
under that Note.
N ote. 2. —With the exception of privilege leave earned in a Civil Department whioh should be taken first, a
Military Officer in Civil employ may set off the leave he takes against the civil leave or military leave at his credit
as he likes. When Form 5 is sent to such an officer question 10 should be added in manuscript. "Is the leave to
' set off against the military leave or against the civil leave at your credit T" The answer should be noted on his
ve-salary certificate.
• N ote 3.—Where subscriptions or recoveries relate to Sterling Branches, this should be indicated clearly against
estion 9.
Dated at Bahrain
]
(Signature).
{Designation)
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The gVtt ty April, 19^ 3
To the Accountant General,
Central Rev enues 9
MFP—805 Audit- (M.1565)—21-11-38—2,000.
tTTTrnTTyT' Capt.
Political Officer, Trucial
bliar J an.
New Delhi.

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The file relates to the service of Captain (later Major) R C Murphy, Political Officer, Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , who reported to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain.

The papers, which consist of correspondence, telegrams, forms, certificates, and notifications, cover the following topics: pay and allowances; leave; travel arrangments; appointment and transfer; correspondence with banks; papers concerning Murphy's request to purchase rifles and ammunition from the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , Bushire, November 1945 to January 1946; Murphy's confirmation in the Indian Political Service The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47. , March 1946; payment of bill from the Officers' mess, RAF Sharjah, July 1946; transfer and insurance of personal effects; and papers concerning an incident in which items of cargo, including five packages of personal effects belonging to Murphy, together with some Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. office equipment, had been jettisoned by the Nakhuda of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. launch during a storm, with subsequent correspondence, July 1946 to May 1947.

The Arabic language content of this file consists of a letter, with separate English translation, from the Nakhuda of the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. launch, 29 May 1947; and a signature and letterhead.

The correspondence in this file dates from 12 June 1945 - 22 June 1948. The overall date range is supplied by an entry in the notes at the rear of the file.

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1 file (131 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 1 on the front cover, and continues through to 131 on the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, 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. A second, incomplete foliation sequence begins at the first document after the front cover. This is also written in pencil, but is uncircled, and appears in the same position as the main sequence.

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