'3/12 Officials of the Public Works Department' [‎19r] (39/50)

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(n) The a do 11 tl on of the poet ocf Acoountant at present
provided by the Accountant General, Central Eevenues. (This
post will Decome unnecessary, as the special repairs and other
grants will "be administered as contract grants "by the Hesident.
The pay of the present incumhent of this post is Rs.200 plus /A
allowaooes of 8s. 150. Saving of Es.4,200 per annum. It is
suggested that in order to simplify accounts procedure, after
the abolition of this post, the grants - if any - for original
works should "be managed as a contract grant under my own
supervision,
(ill) The amalgamation of the P.W.D. office with the'
Besidency office. In detail, this involves
(a) The transfer of Messrs. Nawazish Ali (P.W.D.
accounts clerk) and Mukhtar Yasain (P.W.D. clerk)
to the Persian G -ulf clerical cadre. Their present
pay is Rs.150 plus allcwranoes of 1^.75, and it is
proposed that they should "be brought in as Lower
Division clerks at the level of L.160 plus the
standard Lower Division allowaaces of gs.65.
Subsequently, they nay "be promoted in the Persian
Oulf cadre in the same way as other clerks, subject
to their satisfying the Hesident of their
capabilities • This would necessitate the provision
of two Upper Jb (initially Lower) Blvision posts on
the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Beaidency cadre, in place of the
two present posts on the cadre of theP.V.D.
Tinancial effect, nil.
(h) The abolition of the P .V.D. travelling allowance
grant of fis.7,500 per annum, and Increase of the
Hesidency travelling allowance grant "by Es.5,000
per annum (cf. paragraph 9 below), producing a
saving of Es.2,500 per annum.
x (c) The abolition of the P,¥.!)• contingent allowa ice of
Ro.^,700 and. of the P.W.JD. office and petty estab
lishment grant of R s .11,500 and the increase of the
Besidencv Office Allowance by Js .6,000 producing a
nett saving of Rs.8,200*
(ir) The transfer of the present Assistant Engineer^
house from the P.W.D. to the 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. . The provision of a
house for the Vioe-Oonsul, Bushire, has been due for some
years, since the post was taken over from the Foreign Office;
and the present Assistant Engineer's house would be adequate.
No financial adjustment between the departiuents concerned need,
it is suggested, be made, as the rental value of the house will
be covered many times over by the cos ted value of the services
randered by the officers of the Bxternal Affairs Department
in the administration of P .W.D., funds. Also the house can,
if necessary, reveff-t to the Assistant Bngineer if the appoint
ment i9 rerlved after the war. No rent is at present paid by
the Assistant Engineer for the occupation of the house and the
financial result of the transaction will be nil.
(v) The post of Superviaor, Bushire, should, it is
suggested, by made a selection post, and should carry an
additional allowance of Rs.75 as in the absence of an" Assistant
Enrineer its incumbent will have increased responsibilities,
and will be primarily responsible for giving technical advice
to the Resident and Secretary. The post is at present suitably
filled. ' i i'f t- H
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(ri) The current expenses and income of the electric A
light plants at Bushire and Muscat, and of the water supply
organisation at Bushire as well as the income occasionally
derived from letting quarters in the Consulate building at Bush
ire, the rsnt of the pout office at iiuooat, and the tennis
co^nt