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(4) Payment arrangements

(a) My tax code at present is D.2.

Tax ref. P 545 1034 Oxford.

(b) N.I. No. KM 337431A

While I am being paid fees by the F.C.O., I assume that the F.C.O., (and not the College), will make all Class 1 N.I.

deductions. They are now (monthly): ERC Basic £13.26; ERC Reduced £64.12.

(c) May I assume that the fee payments (net of tax and N.I.)

will be paid in, say, two instalments-end October and end November unless three instalments prove more con- venient?

(d) I shall wish to know, as soon as possible, what deductions

the P.G.O. 's office may judge it necessary to make to my C. S. pension.

(5) I note paragraph 11 about death, injury or ill health and must

assume that arrangements are satisfactory. I also note paragraph 8 about "incidental travel expenses".

I apologise for an inescapably bureaucratic letter. Given the uncertainties about the assignment, and the extra costs that temporary commitments normally involve, I feel that it is only prudent to look closely at the 'small print'!

Yours ever,

Patrick Nairne

(Patrick Nairne)