مجموعة ٢٩/ ٢٢ "بدلات تعويضية بدلاً من الإعفاء الجمركي للمسؤولين العاملين في بلاد فارس والخليج الفارسي" [و‎‎١‎٨‎٠] (٣٩٦/٣٦١)

There are 3* nurnher of furtner minor increases .niiicn
nave occurred, -go enumerate which would be to un
necessarily labour the point, but it may not oe out
of place to mention that consequent on ill-wealth of
many Europeans in !3ista.v\> samples oi water at Duznap
and Sistan have been analysed and found totally
unfit for dirnking by Europeans. All water for this,
and culinary purposes, must now be distilled, at a
cost of, ?.t the very least, Rs. 20 per mensem.
6. Taking into consideration the figures referred
to above I estimate! that the minimum net increases
in cost of living in the case of European officers,
living on a scale which I can assure Government is
by no means extravagant and the minimum consistent
with the upkeep of the dignity of his -fay esty * s Representa
tives, amounts to Rs. 177 plus Rs. 52/4 plus Rs. 20
- Rs. 249-4-0. Should Government of India be disposed
to grant to officers serving in Sis tan some alleviation
in respect of this unexpected and unavoidable increase
in expenditure, the question arises of tae form such
alleviation should take.
I had at first considered tne possibility of
a percentage increase in pay, but I an convinced that
this would operate most inequitably, for tne increase
in cost of living at a particular post cannot materially
vary for different incumbents and a percentage allowance
would result in the officer with low basic pay, on w ion
the increased cost would relatively bear more heavily,
receiving less compensation tnan a higher paid officer
appointed to the sane post, who could better afford tne
increase•
I would therefore submit that any allowances
which Government may be pleased to grant should take
the form of a fixed local or compensatory allowance
for each appointment, irrespective of tne incumoents
salary. Tnis would have a further advantage in eliminat-