'Précis of correspondence regarding the affairs of the Persian Gulf, 1801-1853' [‎54v] (108/344)

Part IV— Chap. XXIV.
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5. In reference to the remarks eontaiced in the 9th and subsequent paragraphs of Your
Lordship's despatch, we be^ leave to observe that
1810, from the correspondence with the Supreme Govern-
lOth January. ment under the dates mentioned in the margin
I3th „ it will appear that the scale of allowances on
23rd February. which the Residencies of Abushire and of Muscat
28th ^ Larcl1 * have been placed have not yet been accurately
detailed.
6. From the documents to which we have had reference, it will be found that General
Malcolm in his letter of the 7th of January 1810 recommended the abolition of the Establish
ment at Muscat as a separate 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. , and that the Resident at Abushire should be vested
with general powers as the Agent of Government to maintain the intercourse with the Imaum
of Muscat and all the petty Arab Chiefs with the Gulph and suggested a suitable establishment
in assistants, etc., calculating upon a saving being effected by that arrangement on a
comparison with the expense of maintaining a separate 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.
7. The Right Hon'ble the Governor-General then at Fort Saint George approved of the
arrangement proposed by the General "as a permanent system for the conduct of political affairs
in the Gulph founded on a conviction of its expediency " and. called upon this Government for
its opinion in regard to the additional allowance which it might be expedient and practicable
to grant to Mr. Smith on the principle of confining the whole of the increase of expense
attending the proposed arrangement within the amount to be saved by the abolition of the
distinct office at Muscat.
8. Mr. Smith's salary as Resident at Abushire, as fixed by the Supreme Government
instructions of the 11th of December 1806 was Rs. (1,500) one thousand five hundred and (1,200)
one thousand two hundred a month in lieu of all the charges. The Acting Accountant-
General in in his report of the 17th of March 1812 suggested the additional Establishment of
the united Repidcncies at Abushire and Muscat as far as related to Mr. Smith's personal remu
neration alune 10 lis. (1,300) one thousand three hundred per mensem.
9. This Government deemed the proposed additional allowance to be made to Mr. Smith as
too considerable, and fixed the sum of Rs. (500) five hundred instead of the (1,300) one thousand
three hundred above mentioned making together the sum of (2.000) two thousand rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. per
month; this arrangement was referred to Y our Lordship then at Fort Saint George in a letter,
dated the 20th of March 1810, but no reply was made to that,
10. Mr. Smith in consequence of what had been arranged by this Government drew up
to the date of his resignation of that appointment on the 29th of March 1H11 as his
personal allowances Rs. (3,200) three thousand two hundred per month instead of Rs. (2,700)
two thousand seven hundred as mentioned in the 9th paragraph of the despatch now under
reply.
11. The permanent system therefore for the maintenance of a political control in the
Gulph was then placed on the following scale:—
lis.
The Kesident's salary ...••••• 2,000
For all other charges ......»• 1,200
Two Political Assistants . . . . • • • .850
Commercial Assistant . _ • • • • • • 400
Commercial Establishment at the United Station . . . 460-2-08
By the plan proposfd bj the Government of 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. the
permanent system for the maintenance of our control in the
Gulph was fixed at . . . . • ... 3,450
Difference ....••••• 1»400
and on comparing it with Mr. Smith's personal receipt the result will be as follows
Rs.
Mr. Smith's salary .... 2,000
, „ Allowances for other charges . . . 1,200
Mr, Smith's receipts .... 3,200 0
Linguist and Broker Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation. .... 100
— 3,200
Mr Flower i.too Proposed to be granted to the Resident . 2,950
1 ' 510 Difference in favour of the proposed plan 250
and if we assume as a standard of comparison the sum at which the personal receipts of the
Resident including the Linguist and Broker Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation. 's salaries are now to be fixed, the saving will be
Rs. (1,510) one thousand five hundred and ten which will admit of a salary of Rs. (500)
five hundred for an assistant and yet realized a
saving of Rs. (1,010) one thousand and ten per
Mr. Flower's allowances • . mensem, being rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. one hundred and ten more
Broker Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation. at Muscat *. *. ioo than that contemplated by Your Lordship, whilst
• the whole of the expense of maintaining a political
2,400 control in the Gulph will aggregate Rs. (2,400)
two thousand four hundred per mensem.