"المباني. رقم ١٣/٤ I مراسلات بخصوص مقر الجرّاح." [و‎‎٣‎٦] (٥١٠/٧٢)

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?* After H'ttefc corre^ponfl^nce Du*>litre the '
Politieel In his Sooretary f a letter Ho«1361 dated 20th
Jrsne 1^27 authorised the Political Agent to lease a decent house
for the Medical Officer, but ordered that he rhould pay the rent
fron Ms Office Allowance as beet he could, and suggested his
trying to sub-let the old quarters to the local Post and tele
graph Department, and so assist his Office Allowance to meat
the new expenditure#
The Political Resident apparently was averse to
going up to Government as he felt they would only ask for the
incresed expenditure to be met from re-appropriation which he
was averse to agreeing to*
4* Acting on the Political Residents instructions
first one, then a second more suitable house, was taken for the
Medle&l Officer, and since then a steady laiOO/- per annum
rental has been paid for same out of our Office Allowance* In
addition approximately E<80/- was annually found for the Medical
Officer also out of Office Allowance to assist him in maintain
ing such things as Bathrooms, wire gause on doors and windows,
s?un blinds, painting etc., which the owner refused to consider
as coming under the heading annual repairs etc., and which could
not be found out of this Agency # s low Central Contract Grant.
5* Farther acting on the Handle the Political Resident
suggestion ay predecessor managed to sublet to the Post and
Telegraph Office the evacuated Medical Officer f e quarters on a
rental of £350/- p*m* This meant receiving fe360/- per annua as a
set off against the P9480/- expended from our Office Allowance,
thAs leaving a balanes of approximately E& 20 /- to be found from
our Office Allowance each year,
d* While steady and continuous economies since 1927 has
made it increasingly difficult to find this sum it lias now beoom
quite impossible for me to do so, under the recent drastic outs
in my budget estimates*
7 * -o add to ray anxieties I have recently had two warn-
Inga from the looal Postmaster to the effect that unless I can