'Précis of correspondence regarding the affairs of the Persian Gulf, 1801-1853' [‎54r] (107/344)

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Part IV— Chap. XXIV.
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11. The result will be nearly the same if we assume as a standard of comparison the
establishments which we understand the Hon'ble Court to have authorized, viz., the
Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. at Muscat with the allowances which you have stated and that of Bushire on its
original footing—
Salary of the Resident at Muscat
Salary of his Assistant . •
Contingencies . . • • _
Allowances of the Resident at Bnshire
Ks.
. 1,500
400
170
600
T otal . 2,670
Scale of allowances solicited by Mr. Bruce
Saving
1,800
870
Bs.
Proposed 3,450 Whereas the allowances which you have
Authorized . . • • • 2,670 proposed exceed the expense authorised by the
~ Hon'ble Court in the sum of 780 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. per
Excess , 780
mensem.*
Dated Bombay Castle, the 21st October 1812.
From— S ib E van N eplen , Governor in Council,
To The R ight H on'ble G ilbebt L obd M into , Governor-General in Council at Fort William.
1. We have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the despatch from Your Lordship in
Council of the 7th August communicating your sentiments on the recent arrangement by the
late Government of an establishment for the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. of Abushire.
2. On referring to the proceedings which had taken place connected with those arrange
ments, Mr. Brown delivered in a minute explaining the grounds on wliich the conduct of the
late Government had been regulated in respect to the scale of establishment on which the
\bushire Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. was proposed to be placed, and in expressing our regret at the misconception
entertained of the intentions of Your Lordship in Council, we have deemed it necessary to
transmit a copy of Mr. Brown's minute, and to intimate to Your Lordship, that disposed as
we are, to assume the entire responsibility of regulating the internal arrangement of that or
of any other Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. that may be immediately dependent on this Government with the
view of relieving Your Lordship from the consideration of details which are more immediately
connected with"this Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. , we feel at the same time the indispensable necessity of
observing the strictest economy in the public expenditure on all occasions, but particularly
during the present exigency.
8. Under the influence of this conviction, combined with a consideration of the expediency
of affordino- to the British Resident at Abushire the means of maintaining the respectability of
his representative character, as so essential to the promotion of the credit and interests of
the Hon'ble Company in the dominions of the King of Persia, we conceive the sum of eighteen
hundred rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. a month was the lowest that cuuld be allotted for salary and establishment and
every other charge with the exception of presents, which will be confined within the narrowest
scale and not toexceed the amount to which the Resident has hitherto been limited ; under
this 'arrangement it will appear that the actual receipt of the Resident after providing for the
expenses oi the establishment, necessary to the due execution of the duties of this station
would not exceed the sum of (1,690) one thousand six hundred and ninety rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. per month.
4. In reference to the 6th and 17th paragraphs of Your Lordship's despatch we have the
honour to inform you that Mr. Flower of the
A, will appear by the following statement- Civil Service on this establishment having been
appointed to the situation on the 10th ot July and
B ushiee . R s . subsequently consenting to proceed on the reduced
Linguist 30 a ]i owance 0 f Rs. (1,800) one thousand and eight
Broker Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation. . . . • • , * . R ~ hundred per mensem, we are concerned that the
Salary and allowance to the Resident . 1,690 ^ r. .i ,• ,
Including Establishment, peons, occa- circumstance or the case combined with the
sional expenses of this assistant on forcible reasons assigned by our colleague Mr.
visiting Muscat .... 1,500 Brown, preclude us from nominating Lieutenant
To u wh * ch - mu ! t be added the 8alary of ran Bruce to the situation of the British Resident
the Assistant ^ Abushire, the orders of the Hon'ble Court and
2,3 00 the claims of the Civil Service are a bar to whatever
—" expectations Mr. Bruce may have formed of being
advanced beyond the station of an assistant at Bushire, and it is only out of consideration to
the length of his services in that capacity that we are restrained from abolishing the situation
of assistant at that Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. .
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