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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
Abkri 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.