"ملف 42/1 مستشار حكومة البحرين" [و‎‎٤‎٧] (٣١٨/٩٣)

I enclose a copy of a demi-officijrL letter dated the
18th I'eceml^er 1934 from Beigrave about the proposed improvement
in his terms of service, v.hich we discussed during your recent
visit to Bahrain*
7 *. Y.e agreed that the conditions of ^ .grave’s a. pointment
have so changed and the responsibility so increased that an
improvement is fair* In vie* of the signing of the lining uease
it is reasonable to think that the Btete will be able to bear
the cost*
3* Beigrave asks for improvement in (a) his pay, (b) his
passage concession, and (c) his x-revident *und.
4. After discussion we agreed on the following views:-
(i) That an improvement in the Provident Fund
on the ground put forward by Beigrave would
be difficult to support and would be likely
to give rise to similar demands from else
where which it would be hard to resist: it
was therefore decided to recommend an
improvement only in the form of pay.
(ii) That the proposed improvement in the Passage
Concession can be made with the result of a
small saving to the Itate and can be recommended
in the best interests both of the btate and
of the individual.
(iii) That it was undesirable to give the proposed
im. rovement In pay in the form of an immediate
increase of Hs*500/- a month as to do so
might ^ive an handle po propaganda against
the Adviser; and that the improvement had
betier be given by making the increment in
his time scale (at present y.800-50-^OO)
-.100/- with effect from the increment aue
at the beginning of this (Arabic) year. This
proposal has the further advantage of giving
a benefit v.hich increases as (it is to be hoped)
the oil royalties increase*
/(iv).
The Honourable
hieutemnt-Colonel T.C.Fowle, C.B*E*,
Political ^siaent in the Persian ^uif,
Bushire*