‘File 15/27 Revised Rates of the Travelling Allowances’ [‎1br] (3/235)

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The file contains mainly Government of India circular letters and memoranda issued mainly by the Finance Department, Foreign and Political Department and the Office of the Accountant-General, Central Revenues, New Delhi. The circulars provide instructions and guidance about the grant of travelling allowances to Government of India employees for journeys on transfer and journeys on tour. The main file contents are:

• ‘Travelling etc., Allowances of Civil Officers serving under the Secretary of State, Government of India, or the High Commissioner for India when on duty in Europe, including the Near East, or America’, 1931, reprinted 1934;
• Proposed revision of the Government of India Supplementary Rules relating to travelling allowances, 1933;
• Entitlement to daily allowance, for employees touring on duty, 1933-1934, 1944;
• Revised procedure for road mileage allowance claims, 1934
• Rules regulating the grant of travelling allowance for journeys by air, 1934;
• Rules regulating the grant of travelling allowance for accompanying family members, 1934;
• Rates of daily allowance permissible for Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. officers travelling on duty in Persia, Egypt and Iraq, 1945.

The file also contains a few notes, statistical returns and correspondence between 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. , 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 Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, the Department of External Affairs and the Foreign and Political Department. The correspondence discusses diverse topics, including:

• An individual claim for travelling allowance by 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 1934;
• Daily allowances for farrashes employed by the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , who accompany Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. officers on tours of duty in Iran and the Arab Coast, 1943-1945;
• Road mileage allowances for officers of the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , 1933;
• Nil quarterly returns submitted by the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for reimbursement of travelling expenses incurred by touring officers, 1945-1947;
• Transition from Government of India rules to British Foreign Office rules for the grant of travelling allowances, 1947-1948;
• Withdrawal of travelling allowance for the journey from India to places in Persia and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , by new recruits joining their first place of appointment, 1933;
• Permissible sea and road routes between Kuwait, Basra and Karachi for claiming travelling and road mileage allowances, 1934-1935;
• Reductions in the rate of mileage allowance permissible for officers in Iran and for officers in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. travelling to Iran, 1941-1942.

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1 file (116 folios)

Arrangement

File papers are arranged chronologically. They are followed by file notes (folios 103-115), which include a dispersed and mainly chronological list of documents in the file (folios 107, 110, 112-114 and lastly 103). The list records both their full document reference number and a simple running number from one of two sequences: S.No. 1 to S.No.17, followed by 1 to 25. These numbers in the list help to identify and locate the documents in the file.

Physical characteristics

The main foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil and are predominantly found in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A second incomplete foliation sequence runs between ff 45-84. These numbers are also written in pencil, have been crossed out and can be found in the same position as the main sequence. A third, very short numbering sequence runs through the index pages at the back of the file between ff 103-107. These numbers are also written in pencil and can be found in the same position as the main sequence. Circled index numbers written in ink and coloured crayon can also be found throughout the file. Foliation errors: 1A and 1B; 5A and 5B.

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