İbrahim Ethem Efendi

İbrahim Ethem Efendi was born in Bosna. The first salary was 100 kuruş a month. The annual lists begin in 1872/73 (AH 1289), with İbrahim Ethem as Sancak baytarı in Zvornik, where the entries run to 1878. Alongside, the lists for 1878 give a second post, in Trikala as Sancak mümeyyizi. At the same time, from 1887 to 1892, the lists also place İbrahim Ethem in Aydın as Vilayet baytarı. Alongside, the lists for 1891 to 1895 give a second post, in Konya as Vilayet baytar müfettişi. Alongside, the lists for 1894 to 1899 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Ankara vilayeti ve Eskişehir kazası baytar müfettişi. The lists have no entry for 1899 to 1905. Alongside, the lists for 1897 to 1899 give a second post, in Bandırma as Muayene-i hayvaniye memuru. The last posts were in Tekirdağ from 1905 to 1907. Six provinces on two continents in all, a number reached by fewer than 4 per cent of the 6,605 officials with a place of service.

The salary went from 300 kuruş a month in 1872/73 to 1,500 in 1891/92, the peak, in Konya, when 88 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over 21 years pay ended below where it began, 0.3 kuruş against 300. The last annual entry is for 1906/07.