'File 1/5 Menial staff: Pay and Allowances'

Title:

'File 1/5 Menial staff: Pay and Allowances'

Date:

1945/1950

Description:

Abstract: The file relates to the pay and allowances of the menial staff of the Bahrain Political Agency (including those holding the positions of farrash/farash [ferash] (also referred to as peon), sweeper, gardener, launch driver, nakhuda [nakhoda], khalasi, member of hospital staff, sweeper, dhobi, guard, office boy, car driver, car cleaner, and others).The papers include office orders recording leave, change of staff and pay rises; requests for pay increases from individual members of the menial establishment; papers relating to the payment of gratuities; applications for employment; papers relating to resignations arising from 'inadequacy of pay'; comparative statement of showing rates of pay etc of drivers and cooks in Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO), British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) and Naval Base, October 1945; list of prices of commodities for March 1945 and October 1947, with percentage increase; statement of salaries of Adviserate peons, 1946; statement showing present basic pay and dearness allowance of the menial establishment of the Political Agency, Bahrain, with covering letter dated 13 January 1948; notes on disciplinary matters; personal letters; and list of members of menial establishment (giving names, designation, and date of joining service) with details of total emoluments when His Majesty's Government (HMG) assumed responsibility for pay, and present total emoluments, c. 1950.Includes letters in Arabic, letterheads in Arabic, and thumbprints overwritten with signatures in Arabic.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation system in use commences with 1A on the front cover and continues through to 88 on the back cover. The sequence appears written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. The following foliation anomalies appear: ff. 1A, 1B. The following folios need to be folded out to be read: ff. 6, 30, 78.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Bahrain Political Agency, Menial Establishment

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0001e0_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0001e0_en
IOR/R/15/2/977
IOR/R/15/2/977

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