File 339/1905 ‘Koweit: - Political Agency. Expenditure. Steam Launch’ [‎145v] (295/368)

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6 Prior to the creation of the North-West Frontier Region of British India bordering Afghanistan. Province the Political
Department was organised as follows :—
Civilian
s.
Cadre posts*
Furlough reserve
18
2
Military Officers.
* Of these,
of Ks. 1,000.
38
carry a pay in excess
Cadre posts*
Margin and leave reserve
Probationers
Total
20
... 47
... 19
... 6
72
... 92
The number oi cadre posts is now 66, owing to alterations which have
smeebeen made m their details, certain appointmentshaving been created
and others abolished, namely : catou
Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Southern Baluchistan, abolished.
Assistant Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Zhob, abolished.
Assistant to our Agent in Khorasan, abolished.
General Superintendent, Thagi and Dakaiti Department, abolished.
Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Loralai, created.
Assistant Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Loralai, created.
Consulship at Kerman, created.
„ Seistan, created.
1 Assistant Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Mekran, created.
But the inclusion of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for Banswara, referred to in
paragraph 2, will render the appointment of an Assistant to the Resident n
Mewar unnecessary; we therefore desire to abolish the latter appointment
this arrangement would again reduce the number of cadre posts to 66. ’
The number of cadre posts in the North-West Province, excluding three
appointments in Dir, Swat and Chitral, which are provided for within the cadre
of our Political Department as at present constituted, is 31 param-inh 8
of »ur despatch No. 124, (Frontier), dated the 25th July 1901 and T nr!t ? fw 8
Ham,Hen’s despatch No. S9 (Political), dated the 2oth September l!? 01 of
which 18 are c assed as superior and 13 as inferior. This proportion of in erior
to supenor posts is m excess ot the proportion of 4-5 per cent usually observed
between superior aud inferior appointments in the regular Provinces 7 Such an
excess is, however, necessary as was explained in paragraphs 122 and 124 of the
scheme which formed an enclosure of our despatch above refereed to f As
was there pointed out the special nature of the work to be performed on the
frontier both involves a high degree of wear and tear and requires an unusuJllv
arge proportion of European officers in subordinate posts. Moreover the
calculations in the next paragraph will show that the general clstHudon of
the Department can be so arranged as to provide for these junior posts without
unduly retarding the flow of promotion. We therefore p ro po S e P to retein 34
:h1 r k P rTh-V ( ^ FrenLr pt r mee aPPOiDtmeUt8 “ ^ 8 ™‘-d Chitral) for
There must still be added (1) the 6f new Persian and Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
4 l P e ° 97 o Q i ei ? tS refe T rred t0 in our despatch f
N o. 270-Salaries, Establishments, Political,
etc., dated the 21st July 1904 ; (2) the
Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrein; ( 3 ) the
Besident at Indore; ( 4 ) the Political
Agent, tor Banswara, Partabgarh, etc.; ( 6 )
f Assistant to the Consul in Seistan.
Bundar Abbas.
Kermansbah.
Ah wax.
Koweit.
J See also our Despatch No. 165 (General) dated
24tb August 11)05.