The following account of R. D. Oldham's appointments, promotions and salaries, and the timing of official leave, and temporary officiating appointments, is taken from the following 1901 Government publication: " List of Officers in the Survey and other scientific and minor departments subordinate to the Govt. of India in the Dept of Revenue and Agriculture corrected to 1 July 1901.  pp 328  Calcutta 1901 ". The publication includes the salaries of all the officers in India and makes interesting comparison. eg In 1900 the salary of the highest paid civil servants was three times more than Oldham and his fellow geologists.

 

 

Richard Dixon Oldham

6 Nov 1879 joined the Geol Survey of India, arrived 17 Dec 1879

17 Dec 1879        Assistant Superintendent 3 grade

14 June 1881                                Officiating assistant Superintendent 2 grade

1 Aug 1881 passed in vernacular (doesn’t specify which language but probably Hindi)
11 April 1883       Assistant Superintendent 2 grade
1st June 1883 privilege leave 1 month

1 July 1883          Assistant Superintendent 2 grade

10 June 1885 privilege leave 3 months

10 Sept 1885        Deputy Superintendent  2 grade  (On duty Australia after the expiration of aforesaid leave )

15 Oct 1885         Deputy Superintendent  2 grade

20 May 1886                                Officiating Superintendent

29 May-8 Aug 1886  on special duty in connection with the Tibet Mission (note, however, the Tibet visit was postponed)

9 Aug 1886                                  Officiating Superintendent

1 Nov 1886            Deputy Superintendent  2 grade

28 Dec 1887                                 Officiating Deputy Superintendent 1st grade

14 Jan 1888                                  Officiating Superintendent

9 July 1888 privilege leave for 2 months and 29 days

8 Oct 1888                                   Officiating Superintendent

26 Oct 1888                                 Officiating Deputy Superintendent 1st grade

22 june 1889         Deputy  Superintendent 1st grade

23 May 1890                                Officiating Superintendent

3 Nov 1899           Deputy  Superintendent 1st grade

12 Sept 1891         Deputy  Superintendent 1st grade

1 Oct 1891               Superintendent

7 Oct 1892 privilege leave for 2 months and 22 days

29 Dec 1892         Superintendent

18 July 1893          Furlough for 15 months

18 Oct 1894           Superintendent

8 May 1896           Officiating Director

24 Nov 1897         Superintendent

17 July 1898 privilege leave for 3 months (researching seismograms in London)

1-14 Oct. 1898 on duty in England (to collect books on earthquakes for the Geological Survey of India in Calcutta)

29 Oct 1898           Superintendent

11 July 1899 Furlough for 18 months

                   extension of furlough for 3 months (with his sister in Cornwall)

                   extension  of furlough for 1 week

                   extension of leave for 3 months

17 July 1901          Superintendent

Recorded works in the 1901 summary - literary works 5 memoirs, 33 Records, Bibliography and revised manual of Geology

 

1 July 1899   18 y3m 15d service   (1100 Rp/month  plus  60Rp in conveyance allowance )

annual salary 1899 1 July     14,796 Rp plus 1744Rp travelling alowance

annual salary 1900 1 July     5,211 Rp on furlough

annual salary 1901 1 july     6,600 Rp on furlough

1 July 1902   22y 6m 14d years service

annual salary 1902 1 July     12,619 Rp, plus 2396Rp travelling alowance

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Datta, Parvati Nath

27 April 1888      arrived 25 june 1888 and appointed Asst Supt 3rd grade

26 Aug 1892       privilege leave 1 month & 23 days

18 Oct 1892        asst Supdt

7 Sept 1893         privilege leave 1 month & 11 days

17 Oct 1894      Deputy Superintendent  (and still there 1901)

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Bose Pramatha Nath joined 13 May 1880  and arrived 30 July 1880.