Mustafa Hilmi Efendi

Mustafa Hilmi Efendi was born in Thessaloniki (Selanik) in 1880/81 (AH 1298). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as telgraf muduru.

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 Thessaloniki in 1897/98 (AH 1315). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1898/99, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1898/99, shows Tahrirat Kalemi in Thessaloniki, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1901/02 the record shows Tahrirat Kalemi in Edirne, with 300 kuruş a month (before: Tahrirat Kalemi in Thessaloniki).

The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1898/99 as Tahrirat Kalemi. 19 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 4 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with no rises and no cuts. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1901/02, when 20 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.