مجموعة ١/١ "المقيم البريطاني في عدن: تعيين خليفة للسير ج. س. سايمز" [و‎‎٥‎١] (٢١٢/١٠١)

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No.P-208-D. i
Political Department.
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To
C.W.A.Turner, Esquire, C.I.E.,
Secretary to the Government of Bombay ;
Political Department.
The Accountant General,
India Office,
Whitehall,
London, S.W.1,
Subject:- Divisible Aden expenditure
for 1931 - 32 .
Sir,
With reference to your letter No.A.G.1 3753 ,
dat ® d th ® 5th January 1932, regarding the two dis
allowances made by the Colonial office from the amount
claimed by the fcdia Office on account of Aden expendi
ture, I am directed by the Governor in Council to state
that the objection of the Colonial Office to accept a
moiety of the full pay of Lieutenant Colonel B.R.Reilly
for the period from 26th March to 17 th April 1931 seems
to have been based on the assumption that during this
period he was doing duties as Resident and Commander-in-
-Chief, in addition to his own duties as First Assistant
Resident. This however is not the case. Lieutenant
Colonel K.M.Wightwick received charge of the duties of
First Assistant Resident from Lieutenant Colonel Reilly
on the forenoon of 26 th March 1931 from which date -
Lieutenant Colohel Reilly has been doing the duties of
Resident, Aden,alone. m the circumstances he has drawn
full pay as Resident vis. Rs.jOOO per-mensem plus overseas
pay of £ 15 - 6-8 per mensem during the period from 26 th
March to 1 7 th April 193 I and a moiety thereof is -
correctly-