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'File [1/39 I] Major T Hickinbotham, OBE (Private File)' [42gr] (122/836)
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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(c) for children not travelling at the expehse of their passage
accounts :—
10 years of age and over
between 1 and 10 years
under 1 year . . . ,
(d) for children travelling
accounts
12 years of age and over
between 3 and 12 years
under 3 years ....
full rates,
half rates.
• • • . free for one child
and quarter fare
for each additional
child.
at the expense of their passage
full rates,
half rates.
free for one child
and quarter fare
for each addi
tional child.
2. The above rates are for single passages only. Soldiers pro
ceeding on payment furlough will be required to deposit double the
single fare to cover the cost of their homeward and return passages
by transports. .
No. 46465IQ. M. G. 2jD. 5.
F. A., M. F., No. 7578|Q. A. of 1938.
268. Inadmissibility of signal or engineer pay to Viceroy’s Com
missioned Officers, Indian Warrant Officers and Indian other ranks
during leave, including casual leave, or furlough of the Indian
Army.
Engineer or signal pay is not admissible to Viceroy’s Com
missioned Officers, Indian Warrant Officers and Indian other ranks
of the Indian Army during leave, including casual leave, and fur-
1 ough.
2. This has effect from 1st January 1938. Rule 784 (i) and (ii)
(b) and (c) ibid, will be amended in due course. No recovery will
be made in those cases where engineer or signal pay has already been
admitted.
M. A. G.’s Case No. 6316|At|A.|D 5.
F. A., M. F., u|o No. 5120[P. A. of 1938.
269. Delegation of powers in respect of stores in unusual and
exceptional contingencies, if not otherwise provided for satisfac
torily.
The authorities mentioned below may, subject in each case to the
limits indicated against them, sanction the issue of stores or regularise
previous issues of stores, in any cases whatever which are either not
provided for at all in the regulations or which, in the opinion of the
sanctioning authority, are insufficiently provided for by the existing
152
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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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- Title
- 'File [1/39 I] Major T Hickinbotham, OBE (Private File)'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1br:1bv, 2ar:2bv, 3r:6v, 8r:9v, 11r:13v, 13ar:13bv, 14r:29v, 31r, 32r:32v, 32ar:32av, 32cr:32cv, 33r:36v, 36ar:36av, 38r:42v, 42ar:42gv, 43r:44v, 45v:54v, 57r:58v, 59ar:59bv, 60r:68v, 75r:78r, 80r:84v, 84ar:84av, 92r:92v, 97r:102v, 103v:105v, 110r:110v, 111v:114v, 115v:118v, 120r:120v, 121v, 123r:123v, 128r, 131ar:131cv, 132r:135v, 137r:138v, 142r:142v, 150r:150v, 153r:155v, 157r:159v, 162r:162v, 165r:165v, 171r:171v, 172v:174v, 175v, 178r:179v, 181r:190v, 192r:194v, 196r:196v, 198r:200v, 201v:202v, 205v, 207v, 209r:211v, 213r:214v, 215v:218v, 219v, 220v, 221v:222v, 225r:226v, 227v, 231v, 233v:234v, 235v:236v, 237v, 238v:241v, 245r:246v, 247av:247bv, 249r:249v, 252r:253v, 253av, 254r:255v, 257r:257v, 259r:261v, 263r:265v, 266v:269v, 272r:273v, 274v, 276r:276v, 277v, 278v:279r, 280v:282v, 287v:288v, 289v:290v, 291v:293v, 294v:295v, 296v:297v, 298v:301v, 303r:303v, 304v, 308r:309v, 310v, 312r:313v, 314v:315v, 316v:317v, 318v:321v, 322v, 323ar:323av, 325r:327v, 328v:329v, 331r:332v, 333v:334v, 337r:338v, 339v:342v, 344r:345v, 347v:348v, 350r:350v, 350ar:350av, 351r:351v, 352v:356v, 359r:363v, 371r:371v, 374r:375v, 380v:381v, 382v, 383v:385v, 385ar:385av, 386r:393v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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