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'File 28/14 Labour employed by the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited, Bahrain' [‎16r] (31/525)

The record is made up of 1 file (258 folios). It was created in 1 Nov 1935-9 Dec 1938. 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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FORM OF AGREEMENT IN RESPECT OF CLERKS AND OTHER
SPECIAL CLASSES OF EM^Ti
fTDemoranbum of Hgreement made on the f
day of 19
between Anglo-Persian Oil Company Limited and its associated Companies resi
dents of Mohammerah hereinafter called the "COMPANY of the one part
and hereinafter called the
4< EMPLOYEE" of the other part, whereby it is agreed as follows:—
1. The Company hereby engages the Employee and the Employee hereby agrees
to serve the Company as.a in connection with the opera-
tions of the Company in Persia and/or Iraq for the period of years
from the date of his engagement in India and during such time the Employee shall be under
and shall obey the orders of his superior Officers in the Employment of the Company.
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2. The Employee shall proceed to Persia and shall serve the Company in any
part of that Country and/or Iraq as the Company may direct and when ordered to do
so shall move from place to place either by land or by water. The Company shall
provide for the Employee when travelling on the business of the Company by land the
necessary horse or mule transport free of charge and by water with a second class passage
to his destination, and in either with free food or an allowance of Rs. 3/- a day in lieu of
food at the option of the Employee.
3. The Company shall provide the Employee with a free passage from the /
place of recruitment in India to Persia and shall supply him during the journey with /
food or an allowance of Rs. 3/- a day in lieu of food, at the option of the Emplovee.
Passages means, for journeys by train a second class ticket, for journeys by
sea or river a second class passage.
4. Provided that the Employee shall perform his duties diligently and to the
satisfaction of the Company and shall observe all the conditions of this Agreement, he
shall receive a salary at the rate of:—
Rs. a month for the first vear.
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Rs. a month for the second year.
Rs. a month for the third year.
Such salary to be paid at the latest on the 15th day of the month succeeding that in
which it was earned.
The salary of the Employee shall commence from the date on which he is
engaged in India and except in the event of his dismissal or as is stated in Clause 10
read with Clause 11 shall cease on the date of his return to the place of his recruitment.
5. The Employee shall be entitled during illness or other forced idleness to a
minimum wage of not less than half of the monthly pay on which he is engaged
6. The Employee shall be entitled to free accommodation and free Medical
attendance and a Senior Officer of the Company of rank corresponding to that of a
gazetted Officer in Government service shall have the right of satisfying himself by
personal inspection, after giving reasonable notice, that the quarters of the Employee
are in a sanitary condition and free from disease.

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The file contains correspondence between the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) representative, the Adviser to the Governement of Bahrain, 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. at Bahrain and 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. on the employment of Bahrain, Indian, British and American labour by BAPCO for the construction of the Refinery in Bahrain, and on the working conditions in the BAPCO camps. The file includes draft contracts and correspondence on cases of unlawful emigration from India and Persia to Bahrain and on the working conditions of Indian labour.

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1 file (258 folios)
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The documents in the file are arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the file (folios 231-259). The notes refer to documents within the file; they give a brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the file.

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The main foliation, which should be used for referencing, is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the last folio of writing, on number 259. There is another foliation sequence, not circled and incomplete.

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