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APPENDICES.
The vaccine depôt staff comprises—
(1) A clerk on a salary of Rs. 50 per mensem. His duties are to carry on the work
of vaccinating calves, collecting vaccine lymph and preparing vaccine paste therefrom,
and to distribute the vaccine paste to stations where it is required. It has also been a part
of his duties to assist in the clerical work of the hospital office. The present occupant
of the post is a young Buman, Maung Pe Hla, aged 24. He was appointed to the post
at the end of January 1899, and has filled it continuously up to the present time. Before
taking up this appointment he had had very little experience of work in a Government
office, having been for some few months only employed as an Assistant Postmaster in
Burma, work which he found so uncongenial that he resigned the appointment. During
the 14 months he has spent in his present appointment he has learnt to perform his duties
satisfactorily. But I do not consider him suited to the rather responsible charge in which
he is placed. Owing to his youth and want of a regular training in a subordinate position
in a public office, he had not up to the time of joining this depôt assimulated those
principles of discipline and assiduous application to his work which are an essential part
of the early training of a clerk. He is also somewhat slow in performing clerical work and
has not proved himself able to give so much useful assistance to the Hospital Assistant
in the clerical work of the hospital as was expected of him. He has shown some marked
improvement all round of late, and as regards his performance of his special duties in the
vaccine depôt, these have been carried on by him to my satisfaction.
(2) An " attendant " (referred to above), whose duties are to convey vaccine paste to
the district vaccinators and to assist in the work of the depôt when not so employed.
Salary Rs. 15 per mensem.
(3) A servant who looks after the calves and brings grass and water for their use.
Salary Rs. 12 per mensem.
Both the above (Nos. 2 and 3) are Shans entertained locally.
4. Expenditure.—The
total expenditure for the year under review was Rs. 1,207-1-4.
The following table gives a comparative view of the expenditure on the institution for
the three years 1897-98, 1898-99 and 1899-1900, under the heads of " Establishment"
and " Contingencies."
Year.
1897-98... ...
1898-99... ...
1899-1900... ...
Establishment.
Rs.
363
690
810
A.
12
8
12
P.
7
9
10
Contingencies.
Rs.
200
220
368
A.
0
9
1
P.
2
9
4
Total.
Rs.
603
841
1,178
A.
12
1
14
P.
7
9
2
The total expenditure for each of the last two years has exceeded that of the year pre-
ceding it, and for the last year of the triennial period is about double that of the first year
of the period.
This increase of expenditure has been due chiefly to increase of cost of " Establish-
ment".
In 1897-98—
The clerk received pay for 6 months and 16 days
...
...
The servant received pay for 11 months and 22 days ... ...
Total cost of Establishment ... ... ...
In 1898-99—
Clerk's salary for 12
months...
...
...
Servant's salary for 12 months less a few days
...
...
...
Total cost of Establishment... ... ...
In 1899-1900—
Clerk's salary for 12 months raised to Rs. 50 per mensem from 1st
April 1899... ... ...
Servants' salary for 12 months... ... ...
Attendant (Vaccine depôt) entertained from September 6th at Rs. 15
per mensem : salary paid to him... ... ...
Total cost of Establishment ...
Rs.
221
142
363
480
210
690
590
140
80
810
A.
5
7
12
0
8
8
0
12
0
12
p.
4
3
7
0
9
9
0
10
0
10