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Coll 30/132 'Persian Gulf. Importation of Indian Labour to Bahrain by Petroleum Concessions Ltd.' [14r] (27/32)
The record is made up of 1 file (14 folios). It was created in 14 Sep 1936-10 Dec 1936. 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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6
M.T. drivers, to handle Chevrolet trucks
or
cars, probably under difficult conditions.
2
of these should be reliable mechanics as
well as drivers.
p*
( 4 )
2
cooks.
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cess-boys or personal servants.
For
the
senior clerk we should expect to have to pay
Ba .225 or upwards, but normally not exceeding Rs. 275 * Ex
perience outside India, and especially a tcnowledge of Persian
or Arabic, would be valuable. Junior clerk-typist*s pay
would be Es.200 to Rs.220. Drivers* pay Rs .90 to Rs.120 per
mensem, and slightly more in the case of driver mechanics.
Cooks* pay R &.60 p.m., and mess-boys Rs .45 to Rs.55«
Tcs should provide quarters (probably tentcge,' or, failing
th£t, an allowance in lieu based on the custom of the place.
Free food would be supplied to personnel working on the main
land, i.e. not on Bahrain Island.
The two clerks are definitely for our office on Bahrain
Island, end would therefore receive a house allowance (since
there are ct present no Company quarters available). They
would feed themselves. Of the other personnel, one driver,
one cook and one boy would be for Bahrain Island, the re
mainder at least intermittently for the mainland.
Saagagement would be for a minimum of six months, subject
to termination by either side of one month*s notice. Per
sonnel who are satisfactory could, however, expect a longish
term of employment* This applies particularly to the clerks
and to a proportion of the other personnel. We understand
that vaccination against small-pox and T.A.B. inoculation
would be necessary as well as a medical examination, which is
no doubt your routine.
The personnel detailed above should, if and when re
cruited and despatched by you, proceed to Bahrain by B.I.
mall and report there to the Manager of this Compcny, Mr.
E.*. Packer, who will be there on anu from October 20th.
Should they arrive at Bahrain in advance of him, our temporary
Acting Agent is the A.I.O.C* Agent, Haji Yusif Kanu. It Is
undesirable, however, that they
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This file contains correspondence sent to the 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. by Stephen Hemsley Longrigg, General Manager of Petroleum Concessions Limited, regarding the company's desire to hire a number of Indian personnel for employment in Bahrain, Qatar and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 16; 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.
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- Coll 30/132 'Persian Gulf. Importation of Indian Labour to Bahrain by Petroleum Concessions Ltd.'
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- 3r:3v, 6r:8v, 12r:15v
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- Longrigg, Stephen Hemsley
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