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'File [1/39 I] Major T Hickinbotham, OBE (Private File)' [‎42cv] (115/836)

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The record is made up of 1 file (420 folios). It was created in 31 Jul 1941-6 Sep 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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256. Conditions governing the grant of Passage Allowance
and conveyance to the port of embarkation.
257. Procedure for the delivery of cheques to contractors.
With reference to paragraph 536, Regulations for the Mili
tary Engineer Services, as a normal rule payments on account
of pre-audit bills and other bills for which payment is requisi
tioned by letter (as distinct from telegraphic demands) will be
made by the Controller of Military Accounts direct to contrac
tors’ bankers by means of crossed cheques.
In all such cases the bills should be receipted and stamped
where necessary by the contractors concerned before cheques m
payment thereof are actually issued.
2. In cases, however, where the contractor has no bankii%
account, or where advances are demanded by telegram, payments
will continue to be made by an open cheque through the Garrison
Engineer.
3. This does not affect the existing procedure in vogue in
tribal districts where payments to contractors may continue to be
made in cash.
4. Pending their next reprint, India Army Forms W-l / 1 9,
W-1779-A, W-1780, W-1815, W-1815-A, W-1821 and W-2159 will
be suitably amended before they are brought into use.
54350 (E. 1)|D. 5.
F. A., M. F., Dy. No. 4550 (Q. B.) of 1938.
258. Counting of former service rendered in the various sec
tions of the Indian Hospital Corps.
Men of the Clerical, Store, Nursing and Ambulance Sections
of the Indian Hospital Corps who, after discharge therefrom, are
permitted to re-enrol in the Corps in any of these sections, will be
allowed to count towards pension the whole of the previous pen
sionable service, subject to the condition that they have—
(a) completed since re-enrolment any consecutive period
of three years within which they have not bad two
red ink entries or a court-martial conviction ; £'\
(b) declared their former service and cause of discharge <5n
re-enrolment ; and
(c) refunded any gratuity they received on or since discharge
in not more than thirty-six monthly instalments from
their pay, commencing from date of re-enrolment.
Case No, B.|39967|A. G. 14|D. 5.
F. A., M. F., u|o No. 3290-P. B. of 1938.
259. Discharge—Reservists.
The following rules governing the discharge of reservists, super
sede those contained in Regulations for the Army in India,
Rule 278
Normally, a reservist will, on the completion of his engagement,
be discharged with all convenient speed, but in special cases an officer
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The file relates to the service of Major Tom Hickinbotham as 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. , Kuwait.

The papers consist of invoices, receipts, correspondence, telegrams, and personal letters, and cover the following topics: travel arrangements, expenses and allowances; cost of transporting personal effects; accommodation; provision of a guide to places of interest in Kuwait; the holding of a licence for a wireless/radio set, September to October 1941 and September 1942; leave; membership of the Magwa Club (for staff of the Kuwait Oil Company); invitations to events; invitations to dinner; medical fees; hiring of a cook; the whereabouts of a British officer; the ill-health of a friend in Kuwait; expressions of condolences; correspondence with banks; application for a military pass; Christmas and New Year messages; a complaint concerning a lack of co-operation from a member of the Kuwait Oil Company, December 1942; telegrams of congratulations; and invoices for books, clothes, wool, cloth, alcohol, cigarettes, tyres, automobile parts, ice, fruit, general provisions, and household goods.

The file includes correspondence in Arabic and printed invoices and letterheads in Arabic.

The last item of correspondence in the file is dated 20 October 1943. The overall date range is supplied by an entry in the notes at the rear of the file.

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1 file (420 folios)
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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 1A on the front cover, and continues through to 394 on the back cover. The 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. Foliation anomalies: ff. 1A, 1B; ff. 2A, 2B; ff. 11, 11A, 11B; ff. 13, 13A, 13B; ff. 32, 32A, 32B, 32C; ff. 36, 36A; ff. 37, 37A, 37B, 37C; ff. 42, 42A, 42B, 42C, 42D, 42E, 42F, 42G; ff. 59A, 59B; ff. 84, 84A; ff. 86, 86A; ff. 95, 95A; ff. 127, 127A; ff. 131, 131A; 131B, 131C; ff. 149, 149A; ff. 247A, 247B: ff. 253, 253A; ff. 350, 350A; ff. 385, 385A. The following numbers do not appear in the sequence: 166-169. The following pagination ranges occur: 78-79, 95A-95B, 118-119, 306-307. The following folios need to be folded out to be read: ff. 95A, 130, 347. A second, short foliation numbered 113-120 runs between ff. 16-23.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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