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'File [1/39 I] Major T Hickinbotham, OBE (Private File)' [42er] (118/836)
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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(ii) In the ease of regimental, company and hospital gardens,
when the supply is made from a source other than an M. E. S. irri
gation water supply system, the expenditure involved will be debited
as under :—
regimental gardens \ T) .
company gardens j hegimental
Funds.
hospital gardens “ Miscellaneous and incidental expenses ”
grant of the hospital concerned.
2. Where piped domestic water is supplied, the policy should be to
use it only when there is sufficient water to allow of this being done
without having to curtail the supply of water for normal domestic re
quirements, and when the expenditure involved on the extension of
'^e installation or of the distribution system solely for the purpose
of supplying water to gardens and|or compounds is small.
The supply should in each case be restricted to absolute require
ments as fixed locally under orders of the Station Commander.
3. AH past cases in which the supplies were made otherwise than
in accordance with these orders are hereby regularised.
4. This supersedes all previous orders on the subject.
Case No. 51056 |E. 4|D. 5.
F. A., M. F., u|o No. 2413|Q. B. of 1938.
263. Age of compulsory retirement in the case of ministerial
Government servants.
An extract from Finance Department letter No. F. 6 (24)-R. II;
38, dated the 20th May 1938, is published as an Appendix to this
Instruction. The orders contained therein will be applied to civil
lian personnel paid from the Defence Services Estimates.
A ministerial Government servant must not be retained after
the age of 55 years, except on public grounds, which must be re
corded in writing, and he must not be retained after the age of 60
years except in very special circumstances. The power to sanction
-retention may be exercised by the authority competent to fill the
^JJipointment (if vacant) of the officer who is required to retire or
Oe retained in service.
Case No. B.|510S6jA. G. 14|D. 5.
F. A., M. F., Dy. No. 3348 |P. B. of 1938.
APPENDIX to ARMY INSTRUCTION (INDIA) No. 263 or
1938.
Extract prom Finance Department letter No. F. 6 (24)-R. IljoS,
DATED THE 20TH May 1938, TO ALL CHIEF COMMISSIONERS. I
I am directed to say that the Central Government have decided
Cmt ministerial Government servants should, like non-ministemal
servants be compulsorily retired on attaining the age of 55. Tnese
148
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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)
- 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 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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- 'File [1/39 I] Major T Hickinbotham, OBE (Private File)'
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