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‘File 28/1 K I Defence of oil field and refinery’ [239v] (478/684)
The record is made up of 1 file (340 folios). It was created in 5 Dec 1939-3 May 1942. 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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36
THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY, JANUARY 1, 1942
Disability pen
sions.
Assessment of
degree of dis
ablement.
Rates of dis
ability pen
sions.
Commence
ment of
disability
pension,
revision of
award after
two years or
otherwise.
PART III.
Disability Pensions to Persons who have sustained injuries causing
SERIOUS AND PROLONGED DISABLEMENT.
12. Where a qualifying injury sustained by a person causes him
serious and prolonged disablement, he shall be entitled to be awarded m
respect of that injury a pension (in this Scheme referred to as a dis
ability pension), in accordance with the following provisions oi this
Scheme.
13. (1) For the purpose of assessing the rate of disability pension,
disablements shall be expressed in percentages as set forth in the Sche
dule II to this Scheme. Where there is more than one disablement the
total disablement shall be expressed as the sum of the disablements, so
however as not in any case to exceed 100 per cent.
(2) When the wound, injury or illness causing the disablement is one
not provided for in the Schedule IT to this Scheme, the disablement shall
be estimated by a competent medical authority at the percentage shown
in the said Schedule most closely corresponding to it.
14. (7) Where the disablement resulting from a qualifying injury is
expressed or estimated as 20 per cent, or over, a disability pension shall,
subject to the provisions of clause 82, be awarded at the following rates,
namely: —
Where the percentage
of disablement is
If the injury is one
for which relief
may be given on
the higher scale.
If the injury is not
one for which re
lief may be given
on the higher scale.
Rs. per mensem.
Rs. per mensem.
100
18
13 8 0
90
16
12 0 0
80
14
10 8 0
70
13
9 12 0
60
11
8 4 0
50
9
6 12 0
20 to 40
8
6 0 0
(2) Where the disablement is not more than 50 per cent., the Claims
Officer may, if he is satisfied that the injured person is not debarred from
all means of livelihood, substitute for the disability pension a lump sum
payment calculated at 70 times the monthly payment specified in the
foregoing sub-clause.
15. (7) If before the end of the sixth month from the date on which
the injury was received, the competent medical authority certifies that
the disablement caused to a person by a qualifying injury is permanent
and incapable of diminution, the Claims Officer may at once award to
that person, in accordance with sub-clause (7) of clause 14, a disability
pension payable for life, or in accordance with sub-clause (2) of clause
14, a lump sum payment.
(2) If at the end of the six months from the date on which the
injury was received, or at any time within those six months when the
injured person ceases to be entitled to a temporary allowance, it remains
uncertain whether the disablement is permanent and incapable of dimi
nution, the pension shall in the first instance be awarded for two years
only, and, on the expiry of those tw r o years, shall be awarded for life in
accordance with the assessment then made by the competent medical
authority of the percentage of disablement subsisting.
(3) Where a disability pension, but not a lump sum payment in substi
tution therefore, has been awarded, and thereafter the disablement in
creases to a higher percentage than that on which the award was based,
and such increase is certified by a competent medical authority to be
attributable to the original qualifying injury, the Claims Officer may in
crease the disability pension to the appropriate higher rate with effect
from the date on which the increased disablement is established by the
certificate of the competent medical authority.
(4) Where a disability pension, but not a lump sum payment in substi
tution therefor, has been awarded, and thereafter the disablement de
creases to a lower percentage than that on which the award was based,
the Claims Officer may decrease the disability pension to the appropriate
lower rate with effect from the date on which the decreased disablement is
established by the certificate of the competent medical authority.
About this item
- Content
The file comprises copies of correspondence, memoranda and reports relating to the military defence of Bahrain’s oil refineries and oil fields during the Second World War. The principal correspondents in the file are: 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. in Bahrain (Hugh Weightman; Major Reginald George Evelin William Alban); the Chief Local Representative of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) (John S Black; Roger Anthony Kennedy; Milton H Lipp; Ward P Anderson).
The file includes:
- a copy of ‘General Instructions for the Defence Organisation of the Bahrain Petroleum Company’, dated December 1939 (ff 9-52), with sections focusing on: 1) the internal and external areas of the refinery; 2) the personnel camps at Awali and Zellaq; 3) fields and wells; information on inventories of equipment, and specific instructions for patrols and guards;
- correspondence from BAPCO representatives to 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. relating to: the perceived threat to Bahrain and to Company property, and defensive measures to be taken; assessments of the threat of internal sabotage, local uprisings, bombardment from sea or air (ff 68-71); questions of responsibility for and efficacy of defensive measures being taken in Bahrain; questions of the legal aspects (liability, compensation, War Risk Insurance) of damage to Company property from enemy attack, and volunteers who become casualties while defending Company property, including printed copies of the Gazetteer of India War Injuries Ordinance , No. VII of 1941 (ff 235-237) and the War Injuries (Amendment) Ordinance , No. I of 1942 (ff 238-249);
- correspondence exchanged, and the notes and minutes of meetings held between senior Government officials (including 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. , Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Air Vice Marshal at Air Headquarters in Iraq) on the provision of resources for the defence of Bahrain, including discussion of the availability and use of manpower supplied by BAPCO;
- a number of monthly progress reports in 1941 on the Bahrain defence scheme, prepared by the Defence Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (ff 143-144, ff 146-147, ff 162-164, ff 177-179), referring to: defence force recruitment; the volunteer defence force; general morale and attitude of recruits; equipment supplies; anti-aircraft defence measures;
- in 1941, plans for the control of telephone exchanges and lines during emergencies, with lists of telephone links to be maintained during an emergency (ff 182-183);
- plans and proposals for the protection of BAPCO property in the event of enemy action, including: in 1942, BAPCO proposals for the protection of the oil field in case it falls into enemy hands, by the sealing of wells with concrete (ff 270-294); a military report on Passive Air Defence (PAD) at the BAPCO refinery, dated 28 April 1942, focussing chiefly on plans to construct protective sheathing around the refinery tanks (ff 304-323).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (340 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 326-341) mirror the chronological arrangement.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 342; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located 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. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 3-341; these numbers are also written in pencil, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/2/661
- Title
- ‘File 28/1 K I Defence of oil field and refinery’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:6v, 52v:56v, 59r:67v, 72r:87v, 91r:91v, 93r:98v, 100r:115v, 117r:127v, 129r:150v, 152r:153v, 157r:175v, 177r:184v, 187r:187v, 189r:190v, 193r:193v, 195r:200v, 204r:207v, 209r:211v, 213r:217v, 220r:220v, 222r:270v, 272r:276v, 279r:298v, 301r:309v, 311r:341v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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