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‘16/23-III Miscellaneous – Payments of Military Pension from the Bahrain Treasury and other Correspondence regarding’ [4r] (7/736)
The record is made up of 1 file (366 folios). It was created in 13 Aug 1938-19 Mar 1945. It was written in English, Persian, Hindi, Punjabi and Tamil. 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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2, The covering lists for each class- of pensioners referred to in
statement "A" should be prepared in the following forms specimens of
and shown in the lists. To ensure the correct preparation of the
covering lists according to the headings given therein, the words
"Before or after 1,4,37" should be written at the right hand top
if each individual voucher (excluding vouchers relating to the
by schedules of payments on I,A,F,A,-380 together with sub-vouchers,
certificates etc, required under rules. For the correct preparation
of covering lists, separate muster rolls, one showing payments to
pensioners retired on or before the 1.4.37 and the other showing
endeavour to disburse pensions to any number of Indian Military Pen
sioners falling under one category through one muster roll only, so
that only one entry of the amount paid may be made in the particular
money column in the covering lists against the Treasury concerned.
In unavoidable circumstances, if Indian Mily. pensioners belonging to
one category are paid through more than one muster roll* all such
muster rolls should be collected, put together and the running total
taken for the purpose of a single entry being made in the r©l Q vant
column in the covering list against the Treasury concerned. In the
case of V.C. ,0.B.I. ,I.0 o M. etc. annuities and Jangi Inam allowances
paid along with the pensions the total amounts of each of these
allowances should be excluded from the total amount of the muster
roll concerned and shown in the relevant covering lists citing reference
to the muster roll conr»«rned.
The words "retired on or b^-^re the 1st April 19 37 u or "retired
after the 1.4.37" as the case may be should always be written on the
front page of the muster rolls together with the class of the pen
sioners. The individual schedules on I.A.F.A.-380-A in respect of
Indian Mily. pensioners whose payments are arranged for by the treasu
ries through the branches of the Imperial Bank of India located at
the respective stations should also be accompanied by the respective
covering lists. In this case the amounts of the individual vouchers
should be collected together on a separate sheet of paper and the
total amount arrived at shown on the proper column of the respective
covering lists against the treasury concerned.
which are attached herewith for guidance.
For classes 1(a),1(b)* 111(a) III(b),IX(a) andlX(b)
Form "B"
form "C",
Form "D"
For classes II and X
For classes IVa to VIII
3. The covering lists for classes I to III ,IX and X should be
supported by individual vouchers which should be numbered serially
xiu V w AJ . a j. Government pensioners) at the time of making payment.
^ 4. The covering lists for classes IV to VIII will be supported
payments made to pensioners retired after the 1.4.37 may be prepared.
In order to avoid too many entries in the covering lists, it is
requested that each pension paying officer will kindly make every
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Memoranda, statements, forms and other papers relating to military pension payments made from the Bahrain Treasury. The principal correspondents 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; the Controller (or Deputy Controller) of Military Pension Accounts [CMPA] in the Lahore Cantonment. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘Miscellaneous:– Payments of Military Pensions from the Bahrain Treasury and their Correspondence regarding’ (IOR/R/15/2/1519).
Papers in the file include:
- copies of monthly statements (submitted by the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ) of the names of pensioners transferred from the Bahrain Treasury to other Pension Disbursing Offices, and lists of pensions brought on the Check register of the Bahrain Treasury, for months covering period August 1938 to May 1944. Most statements and lists are marked ‘nil’;
- monthly statements of casualties amongst members of OBI, IOM, VC and MC (Order of British India, Indian Order of Merit, Victoria Cross, Military Cross) on the Pension Establishment in the payment of the Bahrain Treasury. Statements are marked ‘nil’;
- circular memoranda from the CMPA and other Government administrations, concerning various aspects of pension payments, such as procedure, policy, overpayments, fraud, pay increases, cases of Indian military pensioners convicted in criminal courts;
- correspondence relating to checks on the identity of individuals claiming pensions, including depositions made by pensioners and supporting statements (recorded at the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ) and certificates of verification, issued 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. ;
- papers relating to the transfer of pension payments.
The file also includes: fragments of a pension certificate (ff 131-134) and two complete pension certificates, dated 1933 (ff 283-285) and 1925 (ff 304-305) respectively, the former with an accompanying pension warrant and record of payments (f 286). The pension certificates include terms and conditions printed in English, as well as in a number of other languages used on the Indian subcontinent, including Punjabi, Hindi and Tamil.
An invoice is included in the file, dated 19 May 1932 (f 339), which has no obvious relation to surrounding correspondence, and was presumably included in the file in error.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (366 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 347-367) mirror the chronological arrangement.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 368; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-346; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Title
- ‘16/23-III Miscellaneous – Payments of Military Pension from the Bahrain Treasury and other Correspondence regarding’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:22v, 24r:26v, 29r:32v, 34r:97v, 99r:102v, 104r:105v, 108r:139v, 141r:146v, 148r:160v, 162r:175v, 177r:201v, 203r:242v, 245r:257v, 259r:260v, 262r:302v, 304r:338v, 340r:367v, back-i, back
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