Osman Hilmi Efendi

Osman Hilmi Efendi was born in Varna in 1863/64 (AH 1280). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Memuru.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The official was then about 14 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 95 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1879/80, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1879/80, shows Eşya Kalemi in Istanbul, with 95 kuruş a month. In 1885/86 the record shows Posta Memuru in Yeni camii postanesi, the salary going from 95 to 250 kuruş a month (before: Eşya Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1890/91 the record shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Yeni camii postanesi, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Yeni camii postanesi). In 1891/92 the record shows Evrak Kalemi in Yeni camii postanesi, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebe Kalemi in Yeni camii postanesi). In 1901/02 the record shows Başkitabet in Yeni camii postanesi, the salary going from 700 to 750 kuruş a month (before: Evrak Kalemi in Yeni camii postanesi). No annual entry is recorded for 1880 to 1885.

The highest salary, 850 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Başkitabet. 82 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 29 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 10 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 155 kuruş, is seen in 1885/86. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 6.67 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1911/12, when 41 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.