Coll 29/11 'Tehran Legation: pay of munshis and menial staff; office accommodation' [‎42v] (84/525)

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In 1937 > owing to the increased cost of living,
the local allo'.vances of Messrs. Bishop and Gamble ( iiie
es'tablished Archivist and the Assistant Archivist^were
increased by £25 per annum and the salaries of the un- ^
established members of the clerical staff by the same
amount (P.Z«7183/j7) * this was discontinued in May of the
following year as it '.ms then possible to buy rials at
a very favourable black rateif at the same time, the local ^ fesj H\a^ i\o ■ 'ticJs (x> the.
allowances of Messrs. Bishop and Gamble were reduced by
£15 and £10 per annum respectively and the salaries of the
four other clerical members by £10. These rates were
liable to .review in event of an appreciable alteration
in the rate of exchange material variation in the
cost of living at Tehran. (P.Z«3333/38) •
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Arril 1940, in view of the increased cost
of living, the rate of bonus payable to the subordinate
native staff of the Legation was increased from AS/j
to 80h (P.Z. 2064/40) and in August of last year the bonus
of the Munshijgs was increased by 20)o (Ext. 379^/41 )•
H.M. Minister Tehran has now recommended that
since the cost of living has once more out-run currency
depreciation (the present rate of exchange is 140 rials
to the £, while the last published currency cost of
living figure was 209 * 5 ) married
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unable to agree to this and they A only approved an increase
of £25 per annum with effect from the 1st October last for
all the clerical staff. Their emoluments are still,
therefore, less than they enjoyed before 1938«
As the half of this increase, which will fall
on the Indian Hevenues, is less than £100* it is not^Su^T
necessary to refer the matter to the Government of
India. A draft letter to the Foreign Office is,
therefore, submitted.
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