"ملف ‎34/2 I مدير التعليم في البحرين" [و‎‎١‎٠‎٧] (٤٤٧/٢٢٤)

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The British Council, ■ <- ^
3, Hanover Street,
•3/^ London, W # 1,
3423/46 « 13th May, 1946,
Dear Harrison,
Will you please refer to your letter of 13th April
(EXT /2503A6).
(2) We note that the candidature of Downes for the post of
Director of Education, Bahrein has fallen through. We are
ourselves attempting to find a suitable man for the post for
next autumn. We had been intending to nominate one of our Iraq
officials but the man we had thought of is not available. We
may now nominate another of our present officials or may propose
a fresh appointment.
(3) A great difficulty is that the present emoluments
attached to the post are insufficient to attract a man of the
necessary attainments. This tends to exclude the possibility
of a transfer from our staff in Middle Eastern countries as
the present allowances for our staff in these countries are
higher than those which would be enjoyed by the man filling
this post under present arrangements, and as, further, our
Middle Eastern staff are well aware of the disadvantages of
service in the Persian Gulf,
(4) The rate of Local Allowance -which since 1943 we have
applied to determine the salary of an official of the British
Council seconded to the Bahrein post is 56 per cent tapered.
(We have a tapered system of Local Allowance, hereafter referred
to as T. L, A. ) This would give a G -rade III bachelor official
of age 30, with a basic salary of £490, total emoluments of
£737* Together with that he would receive the free partly
furnished quarters provided by the Bahrein G-overnment, If
the post were upgraded to II, a bachelor official would receive
£997, a married and accompanied official would receive £1,204,
in addition to free quarters.
The/
k..K. Harrison, Esq, ,
India Office,
Whitehall, S ,W. 1.