[See p.
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addition. Notwithstanding the fact that the Economis te
who prepared (b) did so without having first seen
(a), the correlation turned out to be close overall;
and the resultant synthesis, which now forms Table B,
is, I submit, as good an assessment of relative
we are likely see
responsibility as it is possible to make.
LM 12/8.
7. I now turn to the differential between the
Governor and the highest paid member of his staff.
This is susceptible of direct assessment and is
clearly visible locally. That there should be an
adequate differential is manifestly of overriding
importance to status and morale; and there is, I
submit, a very strong case for uniformity of differential
on a percentage basis, of course, and not on an
absolute basis. Table C sets out the present
differentials. These are self-evidently unsatisfactory,
partly for their lack of uniformity and particularly
in the cases of the Western Pacific and Fiji where,
as
a result of the latest 0.S.A.S. "Notional grossed-
actually up" technique, the Governor is worsé off than some
of his subordinates.
8. In an endeavour to find a rational and justifiable
basis for calcula ting a proper differential, I have
1953
gone back to 4938, the latest year when the Colonial
Service existed on what might be described as a
normal basis. I have taken the mean differential
which then applied and have related it to the
Responsibility/G.N.P. Scale which appears as Table B.
I believe that this approach is justified in so far
as the combined existence of Staff Associations and
0.S.A.S. has enabled the salaries of subordinate
staffs in colonies to keep at least partly in pàce
with events in a way which the Governor's salary has
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