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P. 1649/28. C.O.
toI.O. 59270/28,
3 April 1928. 1.0.
to C.O. 7 April
1928.
■11 w tV ,P Service from which the vacancy would normally be filled will b 9
responsible foi the ider on its merits the name of any officer submitted by
prepared, ho ^® r ' , j ther Service. Should two consecutive Residents be
Secretary the prior claim to the ensuing vacancy will faU^
appointejHiom^ nomiuee £rom either Service is subject, to the approval of boll,
the other Service
Governments.
UVcl Uiiiciibo.
30 The appointment is made by His Majesty the King on the recommendation ol
TT- nvBrnmeut and with the concurrence of the Government of India
lbs Ma jl e ^> ? " j K; wi ji ^ m ade by the Secretary of State for the Colonies,
«*-" m r- '"it i'" «?*
Notification will appear in the Gazette of India. Arrangements will be made to
ensure simultaneous Press publication in this country m India, and m Aden m the
terms " H.M. the King has been pleased to approve, &c. No mention of the advisor,
Secretary of State will be made.
31 The first Resident under the new regime, Lieutenant-Colonel Sa G. Stewart
Symes, K.B.E., C.M.G., D.S.O.* was received in audience by His Majesty the Eag
prior to taking up his appointment.
39 it was agreed (at the 12th meeting of the Standing Aden Committee) that tie
conditions genea-allv under which the Resident served should be the conditioM
appertaining to the service to which he belonged, whether he was appointed by His
Majesty's Government or by the Government of India.
Pay.
33. The Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. and General Officer Commanding under the adminis-
tratioii of the Government of India had received pay at the rate of Rs. 3,000 per
mensem with a sumptuary allowance of Rs. 500 per mensem, and was liable for
pavments of approximately Rs. 84 per mensem house rent, Ls. 4 per mensem sanitary i
tax, and Rs. 80 per mensem for electric light up to 200 units per mensem and at I
current rates thereafter. He was provided with a residence, but the iurnishing (see
para. 53) was his own responsibility.
p. 970/28. Treasury Colonial Service Resident.
r 66825. 8 ' 34. The post under the new regime was classified by the Colonial Office as a
p. 966/28. Treasury Third Class Governorship, and the pay of the appointment was fixed, in consultation
e. 19712 7 ^axro 8 ' with the Treasury, at Rs. 30,000 (£2,250) per annum, with an entertainment allowance
Treasury, 23 Feb. of Rs. 6,000 (£450) per aUUUm.
1928, 59270/28. v / ^
P. 1037/28. Tel.
from Viceroy to
S. of S. for India
3 Mar. 1928.
1.0 to C.O. 15 Mar.
1928.
P. 1435/28. C.O. to
Treasury 23 Mar.
1928, 59270/28.
P 2-477/28.
Treasury to C.O.
14 April 1928,
E. 19172.
P. 4376/29, C.O.
I.O. 25 June 1929.
p. 169 3;30, letter
from G. of I. to
G. of 15o. 16 Feb.
1930.
F.-4S3-A./ 29
to
Indian Service Besident.
35. The Government of India, in agreement with the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. ,
recommended that the pay for an Indian Service officer appointed to the post shouM
be that of a Resident of the Second Class in the Indian Political Departmeiit,
viz. Rs. 3,000 per mensem plus overseas pay £13 65. Sd. per mensem with a
sumptuary allowance of Rs. 500 per mensem (converted at I*?. Gd. = £2,700 per |
annum, pins £160 overseas pay and sumptuary allowance of £450). These recom
mendations were accepted by the Secretary of btate for India and His Majesty's
Government.
36. Pay, sumptuary allowance, and travelling allowances are shared equally
between Home and Indian revenues, irrespective of the Service from which the
Resident is drawn. The entertainment or sumptuary allowance is transferable to
the officer acting as Resident in the absence of the Resident on leave, &c.
37. Residents from either Service are now exempted from the payment of bouse
rent, lighting and sanitary charges.|
^ Sir Stewart Symes was succeeded as Resident, on his appointment in March 1931 to be Governor of
langanyika, by Lieutenant-Colonel B. R. Reilly, C.I.E., O.B.E., Indian Political Department (formerlj
First Assistant Resident, Aden).
t 1 be exemption from lighting charges was subsequently deOned as extending to 200 units p®
mensem only, and any additional units consumed over and above that figure must be paid for by tie
Resident. 1 he lighting of the guard house outside 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. , hitherto included in tbe charges for
lighting 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. , became a public charge with the cost of lighting 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. office and other
public buildings.
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