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128 Part II.
Pr receding! No. 399 of General B„ May 1891, Noi. ld7. On Mr. Plowdcn joining tho Agcn-
Proceedings No. 113 of General B„ September Cy, that is} ill 1831, llO obtained sanction
1881, Not. 112-118. to the following establishments:—
{a) English Office.
Its. It8.
1 Nativo Agent 200
1 Dragoman 150
1 Senior Clerk 100
1 Junior Clerk 80
1 Translator 125
1 Treasurer 70
1 Third Clork 20
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(Tbe Treasurer drow alio Ri. 70 from tho Dcicrt Po»t Fond and Ri. 30 from the Iudinu
Postal Di-pai tment.)
(6) Otnlahs—Vernacular Establishment.
1 Turkish writer • M • •• 86
YRg. 850
1 Persian writer 30
1 Arabic writer • •• 24
1 Shroff • •• • •• 15
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(e) Post Office—Paid by the Postal Department.
Its.
1 Postmaster (duties performed and pay drawn hy tho 3rd Clerk
of the Agency) ... 60
1 Munshi (duties performed and pay drawn by the Treasurer of
thoAgenoy) ... eee Me in 30
Total m 90

148. Subsequently (in 1883) tho Officiating Political Resident in Turkish
Arabia submitted two proposals, whereby
A., General E., Juno 1983, Noi. 20-22.
A., General E., November 1833, Nos. 23.31. savings of Rs. 20 and 30 in each case were
to be effected. Hut theso proposals were
* A., General E., April 1884, Noi. 1-2.
referred to Mr. Plowden, who submitted
and obtained sanction* to the following scheme, that tho arrangement under
which the Postal Department pays the Treasurer of the Residency Rs. 30 per
mensem, and tho Political Department pays the Postmaster (otherwise called
3rd Clerk of the Residency) Rs. 20 per mensom should ccaso, each Department
paying the entire salary of its own clerk; that the Treasurer, Mr. G. Thaddeus,
should also be made an Accountant, and draw a salary of Rs. 150 per mensem,
and that the Desert Post Fund should pay Government Rs. 35 monthly for
work done for the Desert Post by Mr. Thaddeus.
149. The effect of these arrangements was to make Government pay an addi-
r,. r,. tional sum of Rs. 25 monthly as shown on
Increase to Treasurer
Deduct • Pay of 3rd Clerk - 2Q 80 the margin on account of theso establish­
Contribution from Desert Post Pond ... 35 ments. But this additional charge was borne
—65 ^ by Government for about two years only,
Coil to Government ... 25 as in Juncf 1866, a saving of Rs. 74 per
~ mensem was effected by the abolition of tho
f External A., July 1836. Kos. 120-181.
post of second clerk who drew Rs. 80
monthly, and by tho addition of Rs. 6 per mensem to tho pay of tho Arabic
writer of the Vernacular Office, which raised tho latter’s pay from Rb. 24 to
Rs. 30 a month.