Mehmet Sadık Efendi

Mehmet Sadık Efendi was born in Balıkesir in 1857/58 (AH 1274). The first annual entry, for 1873/74, names Mehmet Sadık as Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı, with no place. At the same time, from 1882 to 1886, the lists also place Mehmet Sadık in Balya as Tahsilat kâtibi. Alongside, the lists for 1885/86 give a second post, in Giresun as Tahrir ve vergi kâtibi. Alongside, the lists for 1885 to 1890 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Tahrir ve vergi kâtibi. Alongside, the lists for 1889 to 1893 give a second post, in Bigadiç as Mal muavini. Alongside, the lists for 1892 to 1901 give a second post, in Balya as Tahrir ve vergi kâtibi. Alongside, the lists for 1899 to 1901 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü üçüncü kâtip vekili.

The salary went from 250 kuruş a month in 1879/80 to 500 in 1889/90, the peak, in Bigadiç, when 56 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over 22 years the salaries add up to 84,600 kuruş, 79 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1900/01.