?221 A.-Allowances of officers deputed to Plague Duty- continued. Class of officers. Particulars. Allowances. B. Medical officers wholly em- ployed on plague duty - cont. (vi) Civil Assistant Surgeons. Rs. 2 a day. (vii) Civil Apothecaries Rs. 25 * a month, or in the case of men, who, at the time of their deputation, were in in- dependent charge, the full charge allowance of their grades. (viii) Hospital Assistants Annas 8* a engaged on plague day. duty involving per- In addition to sonal risk, such as house-rent or attending on plague free quarters, patients. but in lieu (ix) Hospital Assistants Rs. 10 * a of charge engaged on light Month. allowance. plague duty, such as inspection of pass- engers. C. Medical officers, (1) Commissioned officers Such local allowance, not ex- doing plague ceeding one-fifth of the work in addi- salary, as may be fixed in tion to their each case by Government. ordinary The allowance should be duties. given only to officers whose additional plague work, such as that of medical in- spection of passengers by (2) Medical subordinates road or railway, is entirely separate from, and outside the sphere of, their ordinary duties and not to officers whose ordinary and legiti- mate work, such as that of attending on the sick in hospital, has been increased (3) Nurses or Midwives owing to the occurrence of plague. D. Plague super- (i) Appointed in non-munici- Allowance of 25 per cent. of visors belong- pal areas. the salary + Rs. 30 fixed ing to the Salt, travelling allowance + Rs. 15 Abkári and horse allowance, provided the other Depart- permanent pay + 25 per ments. cent. thereof does not fall below Rs. 80. (ii) Appointed in municipal Same as in the case of D (i), but towns. minus the fixed travelling allowance. E. Compounders on …… Allowance of 20 per cent. of ambulance the salary, to be granted staff. only when the ambulance staff is on active plague duty. * These allowances are admissible only to officers who have been deputed to a dis- tance from the scene of their ordinary work to duty solely connected with plague.