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PAY OF MEDICAL OFFICERS.
[SECT. VII.
A p p o i n t m e n t s .
SALARIES.
S u r g e o n - M a j o r .
S u r g e o n
A s s i s t a n t S u r g e o n a b o v e 5 y e a r s . A s s i s t a n t S u r g e o n u n d e r 5 y e a r s .
Surgeon of the Lunatic Asylum, Madras..
As 1st Class Civil Station.
Surgeon to the Governor with Medical
charge of the Body Guard ...
...
Rs, 1,000
Superintendent General of Vaccination...
1,250 1,050
850
700
Superintendents of Vaccination
...
950
750
550
400
Medical charge of 1st Class Civil Stations
1,050
850
650
500
Do. 2nd Class Civil Stations
950
750
550
400
Residency Surgeons
...
... As first or Second Class Civil
Surgeons.
Allowances for Additional Charges.
In cases where no portion of the Staff salary of the absentee is available.
Medical charge of an extra Native Regiment
...
. . .
Rs. 100
"
" of an extra Wing of a Native Regiment, or of a
Detachment consisting numerically of not
less than a Wing ...
...
...
„
7 5
"
" of a Civil Station by a Regimental Medical
Officer, or of a Regiment by a Civil Surgeon,
in addition to his own duty ...
. . .
„ 100
"
" of a Central Jail where the Civil Surgeon is not
Superintendent ...
...
...
„ 100
" " Governor's Body Guard (when the Surgeon to
the Governor is absent on duty)
...
„
50
Allowances for Extra Charges.
Payable wholly to the Officer in actual performance of the duty.
Charge of a Medical Store Depôt
...
...
...
Rs. 100
Medical charge of a Stud Depôt
...
...
...
" 50
Medical charge of Divi-
sional Staff
At Stations where there is no " Gar-
rison Surgeon " .or " Garrison
"100
"
" of Brigade
or Station Staff
Assistant Surgeon" or " Staff Sur-
geon and Medical Store-keeper"...
"
3 0 *
* This allowance is admissible only at Brigade stations, or at stations once the head-
quarters of a Brigade, at which the allowance has been authorizedly continued on its ceasing
to be the head-quarters of a Brigade ; or at those in regard to which the special sanction of
Government to its being allowed has been, or may hereafter be, accorded.
SECT. VII. PAY OF MEDICAL OFFICERS.
123
Medical charge of a Lock Hospital ... 1st Class ... ... ... Rs. 100
2nd Class ... ... ...
_"
50
18. Unemployed Pay.—Medical Officers of the Indian Medical Depart-
ment, when unemployed in India, draw the pay of their rank as follows :—
If in the service
before 7th No-
vember 1864.
(Full batta.)
If joined the ser-
vice subsequent
to 7th Novem-
ber 1864.
RS. A. P.
RS. A. P.
Surgeon-Major
25 years' service ...
1,093 2 0
888 12 0
Do.
20 „
"
...
1,056 9 7
852 3 7
Surgeon
15 „
" ...
825 11 5
677 6 11
Do.
10 „
,,
...
789 3 0
640 14 6
Assistant Surgeon 10 „
"
...
451 14 5
410 9 5
Do.
6 „
"
...
433 10 2
392 5 2
Do.
5
"
"
...
335 12 2
304 14 2
Do. under 5 „
"
...
. . . ... . . .
286 10 0
19. Medical Officers who entered the service prior to 7th November 1864,
have the option of drawing the full batta pay of their
rank in lieu of the consolidated salaries fixed for the
appointments they hold, and Medical Officers who entered
the service subsequent to that date, have the option of choosing between the
consolidated Civil salaries laid down in para. 17 and the unemployed, or
half batta pay of rank, as given in the second column of the foregoing table.
20. Presidency House-rent.— M e d i c a l O f f i c e r s h o l d i n g a p p o i n t m e n t s
at the Presidency, and not provided with public quarters, will be granted Presi-
dency house-rent, according to relative rank, and on the scale granted to
Officers of the Staff Corps holding appointments at the Presidency towns,
viz.:—
Surgeon-Major ...
... ... Rs. 125 per mensem.
Surgeon...
...
...
... "
100 "
"
Assistant Surgeon, 6 years' service ... "
75 "
"
Assistant Surgeon, under 6 years' service „
40 ,,
,,
21. The grant of Presidency house-rent is limited, however, to salaries
not exceeding Rupees 1,400 per mensem.
22. Deputy Inspectors General of Hospitals of the British and Indian
Medical Departments, attached to the Presidency Circle,
and who reside at the Presidency, are entitled to house-
rent of their rank.
23. TEMPORARY ABSENCE.—House-rent is allowable during temporary
absence on duty, provided the period of absence does not
exceed two months, exclusive of the months of departure
No. 1,723 Finl.
Dept., Govt. of India,
23rd March 1869.
G. O., No. 3,825 of
4th Oct. 1867, M. D.
G. O. No. 1,349 of
1867, Pub. Dept.
124
PAY OF MEDICAL OFFICERS.
[SECT. VII.
and return. Officers claiming house-rent under this rule must certify that
their previous rate of expenditure for a house at the Presidency continued
during their temporary absence.
24. pay on Leave. —Officers of the Indian Medical Department, holding
Staff appointments, will be on the same footing as Military Staff Officers as
regards pay and allowances to be drawn while absent on leave, under the
various furlough regulations the pay of their rank, as below, being in all
cases taken as the basis of the calculation of the moiety due to the absentee
and to the Officer officiating :—
Rank.
Years' Service.
Unemployed Pay.
RS. A. P.
Surgeon-Major
...
...
...
25
888 12 1
Do.
... ... ...
20
852 3 7
Surgeon ...
...
...
...
15
677 6 11
Do. ...
...
...
...
12
640 14 6
Assistant Surgeon ...
...
...
10
410 9 5
Do.
...
...
...
6
392 5 2
Do.
...
...
...
5
304 14 2
Do.
...
...
...
under 5
286 10 0
25. Medical Officers not in Staff or Civil employ will receive, while on
furlough, half the Indian pay of their rank under the regulations of 1868,
provided that in no case will an Officer, entitled to furlough, receive less than
250 -tier annum.
26. REGIMENTAL DUTY NOT STAFF EMPLOY. —The Medical charge of a
Native Regiment is not considered to be a Staff appointment, and cannot be
retained by a Medical Officer while absent from India on furlough. A Medi-
cal Officer in charge of a Regiment, appointed to officiate
in a Staff appointment during the absence on furlough
of the permanent incumbent, will not be required to vacate his Regimental
charge.
27. Civil Surgeons who take furlough under the rules of 1868, cannot
claim to return to the station they served in before proceeding on leave, but
they may claim on return to duty to be appointed to a station of the same
class, or of equal emoluments as the one vacated.
28. English Furlough Pay. —The following is the scale of English
furlough pay for Officers of the Indian Medical Department.
G. O. G. G. No. 97
of 1869. Med. Dept.
SECT. VII.]
PAY OF MEDICAL OFFICERS.
125
Rank.
A f t e r 3 0 y e a r s ' s e r v i c e
o n f u l l p a y .
A f t e r 2 5 y e a r s ' s e r v i c e
o n f u l l p a y .
A f t e r 2 0 y e a r s ' s e r v i c e
o n f u l l p a y .
A f t e r 1 5 y e a r s ' s e r v i c e
o n f u l l p a y .
A f t e r 1 2 y e a r s ' s e r v i c e
o n f u l l p a y .
A f t e r 1 0 y e a r s ' s e r v i c e
o n f u l l p a y .
A f t e r 5 y e a r s ' s e r v i c e
o n f u l l p a y .
U n d e r 5 y e a r s ' s e r v i c e
o n f u l l p a y .
£. s. d. £. s. d. £. s.d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
Inspector General ...... 2 5 0 2 5 0 2 0 0
Deputy Inspector General... 1 14 0 1 10 0 1 8 0
Surgeon-Major
...
... ... 1 5 0 1 2 0
Surgeon
...
...
...
... ...
18 0 15 0
Assistant Surgeon ...
... . . .
. . . ...
. . .
. . . 13 0 11 6 10 0
29. LODGING MONEY.—Medical Officers of the Indian Medical Depart-
ment serving in the Straits Settlements, are granted
lodging money, or Colonial allowance, according to their
relative Army rank.
30. Medical appointments, Military or Civil. —The appointment of a
Medical Officer is regarded as a Military or a Civil charge,
according as he may be nominated to it by the Military
or Civil Department, his emoluments being audited and
adjusted in the former case, in the Military Department,
under Military rules ; and in the latter, in the Civil
Department, under Civil rules.
31. Administrative Officers unemployed.—Inspectors General and
Deputy Inspectors General on vacating office at the expiration of their five
years' tour of duty, will be permitted to draw, respectively, an unemployed
salary of Rupees 1,200 per mensem in the former, and Rupees 900 in the
latter case, for a period of six months, from the date of their vacating office,
after which they will be placed, while unemployed, on the rate of pay laid
down in paragraph 28. These sums, deducted from the consolidated salary,
will regulate the moiety of Staff salary to be drawn by Officers of those grades
during absence on Sick Certificate.
32. ALLOWANCES WHILE IN TRANSIT.—Medical Officers in Civil employ, on
consolidated salaries, shall, during periods of transit
from one Civil appointment to another, which are to be
limited by the Civil rules for joining time, draw the
salary of the lower paid appointment of the two, such
salary, as well as the allowances admissible to these Officers during absence
on leave, shall be disbursed in, and charged to, the Civil Department.
G. O. No. 3,915 of
1865, M. D.
Resoln. of Govt. of
India.
Fin. Dept. No. 4,117
of 1864, in G. 0. No.
88, of 1865, Pub.
Dept.
Resoln. of Govt. of
India, Finl. Dept.,
No. 1,909 of 1867, in
G. O. G., No. 382 of
1867.
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PAY OF MEDICAL OFFICERS.
[SECT. VI
I.
Warrant Officers.
33. PAY CONSOLIDATED.—The pay of the members of the Apothecary
class is a consolidated sum, to cover all expenses, except those especially
noted below.
34. FREE QUARTERS.—When on Regimental or corresponding duty.
Station Hospitals, Depots, Sanitaria and Medical Store
Depôts, Indian Marine, and Telegraph Departments, all
subordinates will be supplied with free quarters, or, when marching, with
camp equipage.
35. HOUSE-RENT.—The sums noted below are fixed as compensation
to be allowed to Medical Subordinates, when not supplied
with free quarters, or camp equipage. The compen-
sation is chargeable against the public works grant.
Per mensem.
Rs.
Honorary Assistant Surgeons and Senior Apothecaries ... 50
Apothecaries
...
...
. . .
... 30
Assistant Apothecaries
. . . ...
... 20
Passed Apprentices ...
...
. . .
... 12
Apprentices
...
. . .
. . .
... 7½
36. HOSPITAL APPRENTICE'S RATION MONEY.—Hospital Apprentices until
promoted to the Warrant grade are entitled to full Hos-
pital diet in the Hospital or Medical College to which they
may be attached, and if not so dieted receive money compensation at the rate
of Rupees ten per mensem.
37. FURNITURE, BEDDING, AND UNIFORMS.—Hospital Apprentices occu-
pying public quarters will be provided with barrack furniture as allowed for
Medical Subordinates. They are also entitled to the same allowance of bed-
ding and compensation as European Soldiers, and to three suits of uniform
clothing annually,—one for cold weather, and two for summer wear, free of cost.
38. Consolidated Pay.—The consolidatedmonthly rates of pay willbe
—
RS.
Senior Apothecary ...
...
...
...
...
... 400
Apothecary
Above 5 years' service in that grade
... 200
Under 5 do.
do.
...
... 150
Assistant Apothecary
Above 5 years' service ...
... 100
Under 5 do.
do. ...
. . .
75
Passed Hospital Apprentice
...
...
...
...
50
Hospital Apprentice, 1st year ...
...
...
...
16
Do.
do.
2nd year ...
...
...
...
20
Do.
do.
when in College, 1st year ...
...
20
Do.
do.
2nd year ...
...
...
...
25
Do.
do.
3rd year ...
..•
...
...
30
G. O. No. 298 of
1869, M. D.
G. O. G. No. 366 of
1868.
G. O. No. 298 of
1869, M. D.
G. O. No. 2,044 of
1869, M. D.
SECT. VII.]
PAY OF MEDICAL OFFICERS.
127
39. FORFEITURE ON LEAVE.—One-fourth of the above salaries to be forfeit-
ed during absence, whether on general leave, or Medical Certificate.
40. Field Allowance. —In addition to the ordinary rates of pay, a field
allowance of Rupees 30 per mensem will be granted to all the Medical
Warrant grades, when marching, or in the field.
41. A similar amount will be granted, as a staff or employed allowance,
to those grades when senior with, or in subordinate Medical charge of, the
Hospital of a British Regiment,or detachment of British Troops, or of a Battery
of Artillery, or a Depôt, or Sanitarium, or when attached to a General Hospital
or Medical Store Depôt. The allowance will also be given to the senior mem-
bers of the Warrant grades when attached to, or in
charge of, a Garrison Hospital, Dispensary, Arsenal, or
any large Military Survey, and other Establishment, to which a separate Dis-
pensary for medicines is authorized.
42. PAY ABSTRACTS.—The pay of Medical Warrant Officers attached to
European Corps will be disbursed by Circle Paymasters
on the separate abstracts of the Warrant Officers, and
recoveries on account of the Apothecaries' Fund made as hitherto, under
G. O. G., No. 50, dated 22nd February 1831, and paragraph 70, page 461, Pay
Code. It will be distinctly understood that Medical Warrant Officers are not to
draw their dues from Local Treasuries, except on Circle Paymasters' cheques.
43. Independent charge of Civil stations.—Honorary Assistant
Surgeons and other members of the " Apothecary" class, when employed in the
independent Medical charge of Civil stations, will receive pay according to the
scale laid down in Financial Department's Notification, No. 2,295, dated
25th April 1867. viz. :—
Under 5 years' service in independent
civil charge...
...
...
... Rupees 350 per mensem.
From 5 to 10 years ...
...
... „
450
do.
From 10 to 15 years ...
...
... "
550
do.
Above 15 years
...
...
... „
700
do.
Length of service to count from the date of entry on the pay of such ap-
pointment.
44. Acting Civil Appointments.—A Warrant Medical Officer officiat-
ing in the absence of a Civil Surgeon, in the Medical charge
of a 1st class, or 2nd class, Civil station, shall receive an
extra allowance of one hundred Rupees a month, besides the pay and. allowances
of his rank.
45. No Honorary Assistant Surgeon, or member of the Apothecary class,
will be permanently appointed to the charge of a Civil station, who has not
.gone through the regulated course a study in a Medical College.
G. O. G. G. No. 931
of 1868.
Cir. No. 927 of llth
March 1867.
G. O. No. 284 of
1869, Pub. Dept.
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PAY OF MEDICAL OFFICERS.
[SECT. VII,
46. Medical charge of Native Regiment. — I n
t h e e v e n t o f a n H o n -
orary Assistant Surgeon, or member of the Apothecary class, being placed in
temporary independent Medical charge of a Native Regiment, or a detach-
ment of European or Native Troops, constituting the ordinary charge of a
covenanted Medical Officer, he will, if he holds a diploma, be entitled to a
salary of Rupees 450 per mensem, or, if he has no diploma, to an addition of
Rupees 50 per mensem to his departmental pay, together with any additional
staff or marching allowance to which he may be entitled.
47. Should an Honorary Assistant Surgeon, or other member of the
Apothecary class, holding a diploma, be allowed to retain independent Medical
charge of a Native Corps for upwards of five years, his salary will be increased
to Rupees 600.
48. The time served in the permanent Medical charge of a Regiment by
an Apothecary or Assistant Apothecary, who is after-
wards appointed to the permanent Medical charge of a
Civil station to which the pay of Uncovenanted Medical Officer (para. 43) is
attached, will be allowed to count as service towards the periodical increments
of that pay.
Hospital Assistants.
49. The monthly pay of this class is consolidated, and on the following
scale :—
For those qua-
lified in the
English lan-
guage.
For those not
qualified in
the English
language.
Rs.
Rs.
1st Class Hospital Assistants of above 14 years' service ...
60
40
2nd Class do. do. of above 7 years' service ...
40
30
3rd Class do. do. under 7 years' service
...
25
20
Native Medical pupil, 1st year ...
...
...
7
5
Native Medical pupil, 2nd year ...
...
...
8
6
Native Medical pupil, in College or Medical School, 1st
year ...
...
...
...
...
9
7
Native Medical pupil in College or Medical School, 2nd
year ...
...
...
...
...
10
8
Passed Medical pupils ...
...
...
...
16
12
The foregoing allowance to Medical pupils includes ration money.
50. FIELD BATTA.—Hospital Assistants will draw as field batta—those
of the 1st class Rupees 10, and the rest Rupees 5 per mensem, when march-
ing, in the field, or on foreign service.
51. ALLOWANCES ON LEAVE.—When on general or sick leave they will
forfeit one-fourth of their salaries.
52. Accommodation will be furnished for Medical pupils in Hospitals
G. O. No. 1,180 of
1868, Pub. Dept.
SECT. VII.]
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129
and also in College, if required. One suit of uniform clothing will likewise
be supplied to them annually.
53. Qualification in English entitling to increased rate of Pay.
—The qualification in the English language entitling to
the higher rate of pay is as follows :—
(a.) The ability to read fluently and intelligently ordinary English
Prose : for instance a page of any standard History of England or India.
(b.) A fair knowledge of Orthography, and the ability to write from
dictation with a reasonable amount of correctness.
(c.) A competent knowledge of Arithmetic as far as the Rule of Three.
(d.) The ability to read and write English prescriptions intelligently.
54. The qualifications of unpassed pupils must be judged of by the
Medical Officers under whom they are placed, and should be such as to afford-
the prospect of their being qualified as above on passing their professional
examination.
55. To KEEP UP KNOWLEDGE OF ENGLISH.—The increased rates of pay after
seven and fourteen years' service can only be drawn on a certificate that the
Hospital Assistant has not only maintained his previous knowledge, but that
lin has made fair progress in his acquaintance with the English lanauage.
56. Special foreign Services.— M e d i c a l S u b o r d i n a t e s s e r v i n g i n t h e
Andamans are allowed 50 per cent. in addition to the
ordinary pay and allowances of their permanent grade,
besides rations on payment, and the option of being
relieved after three years of duty, should the exigencies
of the Service admit of it.
57. LODGING MONEY, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.—Lodging money of Rupees
50 per mensem, is allowed to Assistant Apothecaries of
the Madras Establishment serving in the Straits.
58. Native Medical Pupils.—The rule by which the department em-
ploying a Medical Subordinate is liable for his pay, is to be
followed in regard to the pay of Native Medical Pupils.
They will draw pay in the Hospital or department in which they are employed.
59. Barrack furniture.—Medical Subordinates
occupying public quarters are entitled to Barrack furni-
ture as below
Boxes, kit, with padlock
and key.
1 per unmarried Subordinate.
2 per married
do.
Chairs, Barrack ..
2 per Medical
do.
Cots, Barrack pattern.
1 per unmarried
do.
2 per married
do.
Tables. small 5 x 2" 10' 1 per Medical Subordinate.
G. O. G.G. No. 945
of 1868.
Resolu. of Govt. of
India, Fin.Dept., No.
405, of 1869 in G. O.
No. 806 of 1869 M. D.
G. O. No. 1,293 of
1869, M. D.
G. O. G. G. No. 203
of 1869, Med. Dept
G. O. No 1371 of
1869, M. D.
SECTION VIII.
LEAVE.
British Medical Service.
1. APPLICATIONS FOR GENERAL LEAVE.—The application for leave of absence
for a Medical Officer can be proper only when, the Regiment being healthy,
the attendance of one of the Medical Officers can for a time be dispensed with,
or when the indulgence of leave of absence to any particular Medical Officer
is an object of most material importance to his private concerns, or to the
state of his health. Madras Military Form 465 is to be adopted for all appli-
cations for leave of Officers in British Regiments. Applications, before being
forwarded to the Adjutant General, must receive the recommendation and
signature of the Deputy Inspector General of the Circle, and of the Inspector
General, as well as of the Military authorities of the Division, District, or
Brigade.
2. CERTIFICATES.—The following certificates are required to be attached
to applications for leave :
—
To accompany applications for leave on private affairs out of India.
(1.) I do hereby declare, that I will rejoin, at my own expense, my regi-
ment, within the period for which leave of absence may be granted me ; and
I further declare, that if, during the period of my leave of absence, I should
retire from the service, exchange to another Regiment, or to the half pay, I
will hold myself responsible for the payment of the expense of the passage of
the Officer who shall be ordered out to re-place me in the service Companies
of my regiment.
(2.) I do declare, that I will, if possible, rejoin my regiment, at or before
the expiration of the leave that may be now granted me ; and that I will not
apply for an extension of it, except under circumstances of extreme urgency
In the event of any unforeseen circumstances rendering it necessary for me to
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131
apply for an extension of my leave, I am aware that the application must be
forwarded to the Commander-in-Chief in India, and not to His Royal High-
ness the General Commanding-in-Chief, except under most peculiar and
pressing emergency.
To accompany all applications for leave, out of India.
I certify that I have been made acquainted with the rule that I am to
report my arrival at, and departure from, the port of embarkation to the local
Military authorities.
To accompany all applications for leave in India.
I am aware, that it is my duty to report my arrival and departure at
all Military stations, including hill stations, at which I may be temporarily
resident during my leave of absence.
No demand Certificate.—All Officers of the British Medical Service,
applying for leave to England with the intention of retiring or exchanging,
must furnish, with their application for leave, a certificate of " No demand"
from the Military Accountant, for which application is to be made, in the first
instance, to the Paymaster of the Regiment, who will transmit it through the
Divisional Paymaster.
3. DEPUTY INSPECTORS GENERAL, PRIVILEGE LEAVE.—Deputy Inspectors Gene-
ral, previous to availing themselves of privilege leave, must obtain the sanction
of their Inspector General.
4. PRIVATE AFFAIRS.—Leave on private affairs to Medical Officers is
restricted to one year.
5. MEDICAL CERTIFICATE TO EUROPE.—The route by which a Medical Officer
of the British Service is to proceed to Europe, is to be decided on professional
grounds, by the Medical Board before which he appears, and their recommend-
ation on this point is to be recorded on their proceedings.
6. MEDICAL OFFICERS IN STAFF APPOINTMENTS.-All Officers of the British
Medical Service holding Staff appointments in India, and retaining their
appointments while on leave in Europe, must obtain such leave from the
Government in Government Orders, and must, like Officers of the Indian
Department, appear before the standing Medical Board at the Presidency.
7. LEAVE ON MEDICAL CERTIFICATE RESTRICTED TO SIX MONTHS.—Leave on
account of ill-health is to be restricted to six months as a maximum period.
If extensions are granted, such extensions are not to exceed three months.
8. PRIVILEGE LEAVE.—All applications for privilege leave are to be dispos-
ed of by General Officers Commanding Divisions and Districts. Medical Officers in
Military employ are eligible for sixty days' privilege leave in the year, provided
that satisfactory arrangements are made for the conduct of their duties, during
their absence.