'File 28/14 Labour employed by the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited, Bahrain' [198r] (396/525)
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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Transportation. Ticket or fare on railroad, boat, motor or
caravan of the customary class and over the most direct route
as designated and selected by Company together with a food
allowance of
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
Three (3) per day^Travel Time provided meals
en route are not.included in transportation.
21
Arbitration.
IF any difference or dispute shall arise as to the true
intent of this agreement or any part thereof or
in any way connected with or arising out of the
same, the decision of which is not hereinbefore provided for, the
matter shall be submitted to the arbitration of the British
Government Officer exercising judicial powers in
and the decision of such Officer in the point shall be final and
conclusively binding on both parties.
In witness whereof the parties to this agreement have
set their respective hands on^the day and year first mentioned
above.
Signed and delivered
in the presence of
Signed and. delivered on
behalf of the SAID
3Y
(Signature of Agent)
Signed by the said Employee
Protector of Emigrants,
Bombay.
In the presence of
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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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- IOR/R/15/2/1717
- Title
- 'File 28/14 Labour employed by the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited, Bahrain'
- Pages
- 42r:51v, 106r:115v, 130r:137v, 190r:198v, 200r:200v
- Author
- Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO)
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