File 50/1914 Pt 10 'Persian Gulf: Lighting and Buoying; Supply of Lighthouse Tender; the Nearchus' [‎43r] (90/470)

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Extract para. 16 of an Army Despatch from the Government op
India, No. 105, dated 26th November 1915.
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16. In paragraph 15 of onr Army despatch No. 50, dated theh 26th May—
1915, we stated that a sum of Es. 78 on account of overtime allowance
for the first operator on board the E. I. M. S. “Nearchus” should he
added to the estimate of cost of the provision of a wireless telegraph installa
tion on that vessel. It appears from Sir A. Hirtzel’s letter, dated the 17th July
1915, to the Foreign Office, that a moiety of this additional charge will he
borne hy the Imperial Exchequer only for the period of the war. We would,
however, point out that wireless ^operators, employed on hoard Eoyal Indian
Marine vessels are entitled to an overtime allowance whenever they work beyond
two hours on a Sunday. The grant of this allowance to the first ^ operator on
the “ Nearchus” is not, therefore, a war emergency measure as it will have to be
continued after the termination of the war. (With reference to Political
despatch No. 102, dated 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. , the 3rd September 1915.J
We have the honour to he,
Sir,
Y our most obedient, humble Servants,
(Signed) SYED ALI IMAM.
„ W. H. CLAEK.
}J W. S. MEYEE.
„ 0. H. A. HILL.
„ C. S. NAIE.