File 4097/1914 Pt 2 'Mesopotamia: administration; personnel; appointments of civilians [from India] to the Civil Administration' [‎45r] (94/362)

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The Right Honourable AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN,
Mis Majesty’s Secretary of State for India,
Simla, the 29th June 1917,
Sir,
We have the honour to refer to the correspondence ending with your
telegram, dated the 23rd March 1915, relating to the employment of Mr.
R. W. Bullard, C.I.E., of the Levant A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Consular Service, under the orders of
Sir Percy Cox, in connection with the civil administration of the occupied
territories in Mesopotamia.
2. Mr. Bullard, as you are aware, was permitted to draw salary at the
rate of Rs. 550 a month, together with a remunerative allowance of Rs. 300
a month, with effect from the 1st January 1915. Sir Percy Cox, however
now represents that, hut for his employment in Mesopotamia, Mr. Bullard,
on the termination of his appointment as acting British consul, Basrah,
would have reverted to his permanent appointment of vice-consul on the
cadre of the Consular Service, on a pay of £470 rising to £550 a year,
and would in that case have been entitled on the 1st January 1917 to
a salary of £530 a year (or Rs. 662-8-0 a month). With a view to
improving Mr. Bullard’s position, Sir Percy Cox has suggested that he may
be permitted to draw pay at the rate of Rs. 650 a month, with effect from the
1st January 1917, together with the remunerative allowance of Rs. 300 a
month which he already enjoys.