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'File 28/14 Labour employed by the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited, Bahrain' [‎89r] (178/525)

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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Oopy of letter No# 1341/r4»A dated the 21st
August 1936 from the OfficiatlTig Chief Secretary to
the Oovernmont of Bombay, Political and Reforms de
partment, to the Protector of Emigrants, Bombay#
SuhJ ^ct:- Application of the Bahrain
Petroleum CJompany f Limited,
for permission to recruit
skilled emigrants.
>
With reference to the conespondence ending with
your report No# B-134 dated the 11th August 1936, I am
directed to state that Uovernment agree with you that
the terms of the agreements drawn up hy the Bahrain
Petroleum Company, Limited, are very unfair to the
emigrants, and to request that you will "be so good as
to inform the Company's Agent in Bombay that permission
cannot he granted to the Company to recruit the emigrants
unless the following provisions are Inserted in the
agreements:-
ll) A provision for free passages to all Indian
employees with free food or an allowance of He, !/• per
day in the case of artizans anfi Es# 3/- per day in the
case of the Clerical employees, in lieu of food, at the
option of the employee from the place of recruitment in
India to t.he place of destination;
(2) A provision for the payment, on application,
of an advance to the employee "by the Company, not
exceeding half a month's salary, "before the employee 's
departure f rom India;
13) A provision to pay the employee from the date
of engagement in India;
14) Insertion of an overtime clause, similar to the
one approved hy Government in the prescribed form;

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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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