Appendix C

 

P.34/63/1.                                                                                            HEADQUARTERS,

                                                                                            THE PALESTINE POLICE FORCE,

                                                                                                            JERUSALEM

                                                                                                12th April, 1947

ALL SUPERIOR OFFICERS

AND INSPECTORS.

 

Subject :-                        EVACUATION ALLOWANCES - Superior Police Officers and Inspectors.

 

            The following extract from an announcement recently made by the Government is quoted for your information :-

 

 

1.      In the light of the Government of Palestine’s recent decision to evacuate British wives and children and of the effect of this decision on those wives and children already outside Palestine at the time of the evacuation and intending to rejoin their husbands there, consideration has been given to the question of assisting Government officers to meet the additional financial commitments with which they are faced in maintaining two establishments in the present exceptional circumstances as a result of this decision.

 

 

2.      Married expatriate officers (other than British Sergeants and Constables of the Police Force in respect of whom a separate announcement has been made) whose families are outside Palestine will be paid compensatory allowances at the following rates:-

 

(1)           £17 per mensem for wife,

 

(2)           £8 per mensem for each child under 18 years.

 

3.      These allowances will be paid to the officers concerned in Palestine, and will be payable for a period of four months from the 1st March, 1947.

 

         The question of their extension beyond this period will be reviewed in the light of circumstances then prevailing. In each case these allowances are intended to cover all additional expenses, which the officer concerned may have to meet as a result of the enforced separation from his family. The allowances are subject to Palestine Police Income Tax.

                                                                                                            [signed]

                                                                                                            (A. F. Giles)

                                                                                                            For INSPECTOR-GENERAL.

[stamped]            Deputy Superintendent of Police

                           19 APR 1917

                        Divisional Headquarters

                        Jerusalem Urban Division