'Précis of the Affairs of the Persian Coast and Islands, 1854-1905 By J A Saldanha, BA LL B' [‎40r] (79/212)

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CHAPTER V.
Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. appointments, establishments, guards and buildings on
the Persian Coast and Islands.
XXX.—The Resident in the Persia Gulf and his salary.
339. The earlier records of Government show that the salary of the Resi
dent in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , then designated u Commercial Resident at Bushire," as
fixed in 1801, was Rs. 784 per mensem ; but that Officer received in addition
half the net profit on the sale of the goods shipped by the East India Company
from London.
330. In the year 1806 the salary of the Resident and his Office Establish
ment appears to have been fixed at Rs. 2,700 per mensem, but the details of
this item are not forthcoming on the records. The pay then appears to have
fluctuated between Rs. 800 and Rs. 1,200 per mensem, till the latter end of the
year 1823, when, on the appointment of Lieutenant-Colonel Stannus as Resident
in the Gulf, in succession to Lieutenant Macleod, the salary of the Officer was
fixed at Rs. 1,500 per mensem in addition to a table allowance of Rs. 600 per
mensem; establishment and house rent including boat's crew Rs. 600 per
mensem; contingencies, Rs. 150 per mensem ; besides a travelling allowance of
Rs. 500 per mensem when absent from Bushire on duty. This table allowance
was afterwards increased by Rs. 500 (the pay continuing the same). Thus the
records show that prior to the year 1831 the Resident received—
Rs.
Pay ... ... ... ... ... 1,500
Table-money ... ... ... ... 1,000
House Establishment and house rent ... ... 600
Contingencies ... ... ... ... 150
Making a total ... 3,250 per mensem.
with an Office Establishment besides at a cost of Rs. 900.
231. This scale continued in force down to the year 1831, when the salary
and allowances of the Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. were fixed as follows :—
Rs.
Personal allowances (to cover all expenses) ... ... 2,400 per mensem.
Office Establishment... ... ... ... 300 „
Total ... 2,700 „
232. In the statements of the General Expenditure of the Bombay Presi
dency for the years 1839 to 1844 the pay of the Resident is entered at Rs. 2,278-
4, but no information connected with this reduction can be traced on the records
of those years.
233. In 1845 the salary attached-to the Bushire Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. was again raised
to Rs. 2,400 per mensem, and continued at this figure till the year 1862.
234. On the 9th December 1862 the Government of India was informed that
Captain Felix Jones, I. N., Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , having left for Europe,
on leave, the Bombay Government had had under consideration the subject of
adjusting anew the salaries of the Political appointments at Aden, Bushire,
Maskat and Zanzibar. After stating the salaries of the Political Officers as they
then stood, the Government of India was informed as follows
H It appears to His Excellency the Governor in Council that British interests on the
Persian shores of the Gulf will be amply represented by the appointment of a Political