Coll 29/45(3D) 'Conditions of service of personnel serving in the Persian Gulf: Major A C Stewart' [‎29r] (58/67)

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Major Stewart made it plain to me before be left for Muscat
tliat he dres- sudi iorxjrtanoe to the fixing of his starting salary
at a roint i the Male not belw; £1^000 per annum that he had made
an express reservation on this point in conveying his acceptance to
the Civil Service Corxiissloners* lie added that he would seriously
consider recig ing if he ?/ere not met*
The figure of £925 is admitted^ an arbitrary one* I au. ^ ;sst
that consideration should be given to the following factors:-
lajor Stewart is aged and has bad 14- years* scxvice in
the I radian Political Service* Ilia pay in that Service on 2nd Jasnag
last was Rs*l6(X) per immii, plus £30 Sterling Overseas Pay* He
has held a senior post since 194-3 when he was appointed His Majes
Consul, IChorramsh'riir, and has been P*A*,M(UGoat,since 1st December
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I should have thought that it would be reasomble to regard
Major Stewart ^3 entitled to enter the tscale at a point 'viiich would
;ive iiim the £i,020 x&t annum, i*c* vrith 4 increment a reckoned from
the date of his Consular appointment in 19^ •
As regards date from which his pgy starts^ we shall be bearing
yeor 1947^ • I should, t! ref ore, prefer that v/e should go on
paying him until the end of the year ani let him start his Foreign
Service career from the 1st A ril next. Ho :oult., however, be
subject to all Foreign Seivice conditions as from the 15th August
though he would be on our pay-roll. His incremental date should,
X suppose, ce fixed from the time he takes up duty or his return to
his post, but perhaps this could be settled later when we consider
other officers in a si viler osition* ■—
the cost of his salary on the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Vtl during the whole
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