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'File 1/4 Personal File of Captain H D H Rance' [‎291v] (593/936)

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The record is made up of 1 file (472 folios). It was created in 27 Aug 1943-11 Nov 1950. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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by a personal declaration by the subscriber that he
intends to reside in a country in which the rupee is
not legal tender, and the Accounts Officer will take
steps to seek the sanction of the Government of India,
War Department, to .payment of the deposits in Sterling.
(c) Subscribers residing in Dominions and Colonies
will address their applications, which should be acconv
panied by the personal declaration referred to above-
in the case of subscribers to the Sterling Branch who
desire to receive payments of their deposits in sterling,
to the Local Colonial Paymaster, who will transmit them
with details of recoveries made by him on account of
subscriptions, etc., to the Accounts Officer at the same
tine informing the Accountant-General 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. , of
the amount.of recoveries made. Colonies which,are in
direct accounts with India will not inform the India
Office of the amount of recoveries.
(d) In the case of subscribers to the rupee branch
of the Fund, the Accounts Officer will sanction payment
of the deposits.
The Controller of Military Accounts and Pensions, Lahore,
may sanction in urgent cases interim payment up to !.•> .
the actual balance standing to a subscriber 1 s credit, on
the books in the Controller 1 s Office on the 31st March in
the year prior to the subscriber retiring, proceeding on
leave preparatory to retirement, or being invalided, etc«, _
if delay is anticipated in making payment in full. Any
debits in the accounts subsequent to that date should also
be taken in account. The balance will be paid to the
subscriber as soon as all particulars as to subsequent
subscriptions have been received by the Controller from
Accounts Officers concerned and requirements of the rules
have been satisfied.
Officers transferred to the special un-employed
list and those officers in categories (I) to (III) of the
semi-effective list who do not expect to return to the
Active List will be permitted to exercise the option of
withdrawing the amounts standing to their credit in the
Fund. If recalled to duty officers who have exercised this
option, and officers of the Indian Regular Reserve of
officers, will be permitted to rejoin the fund in^the \
same manner and under the same conditions as original
subscribers; officers of the Indian Medical Service recalled
under the Royal Warrent for the Indian Medical Service
dated the 12th Anril 1937, will be similarly treated.
1 ,
Rule 9(vii) s- A subscriber who has been granted leave
^ preparatory to retirement or who xvhilo on leal?e is either
permitted to retire or is declared by a medical board to
be unfit for further service, may withdraw the amount standing
at his credit in the Fund at any time between the
commencement of the leave, or the date of such permission,
or of such declaration, as the case-may be, and the ^datc
of actual retirement subject, however, to the condition
that he may be required, should he return to duty at the
end of his leave, to repay to the fund the whole arrunt;
withdrawn by him with interest thereon. The Controller cf
Military Accounts and Pensions may however sanction, ir
urgent and special circuiastances, interim payment as -icicl
down in clause (iv) above, prior to the commencement c 1 -vn ^
officers leave preparatory to retirement. The Government * f
Indip/n the War Department as the case may be, may ord^r
recovery in full or in part, in caeh and/or in securities,
and at their discretion by instalments.
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The file covers the service of Hugh Dunstan Rance as Assistant 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, 1943 to 1947, and includes papers relating to pay; travel; leave; the transport of personal effects; transport; certification for personal arms, ammunition and swords; National Savings Certificates; service records; personal details; papers relating to awards and decorations; insurance; subscriptions; pensions; war gratuity; medical bills; personal letters; and miscellaneous matters. The Arabic language content of this file is confined to a few receipts.

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1 file (472 folios)
Arrangement

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 f.1 on the second folio after the front cover and continues through to the back cover (f. 471). The foliation sequence appears written in pencil 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. The following foliation anomalies occur: ff. 98, 98A; ff. 105, 105A; ff. 168, 168A; ff. 219, 219A; ff. 250, 250A; ff. 265, 265A, 265B; ff. 285, 285A-G; ff. 372, 372A; ff. 426, 426A. The following folio numbers are not used: 58-60; 64; 69; 92-94; 102; 116; 180; 206-207; 306; 311; 315; 318; 334; 338; 343. The folllowing folios need to be folded out to be read: ff. 166-168 and ff. 182-184. A second foliation sequence has been crossed out. A third foliation sequence starts at 1 on f. 434. There are occasional additional numbers in red and blue crayon.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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