+
CONE LENTTAL
not, though their comparative economic position has,
in common with professional staffs everywhere, of
course, been eroded.
eaf this acceptance
9. Against the foregoing background, I believe that
the historic relationship between the salaries of one
Governor and another is largely irrelevant. (Some
Governors, however, do not see it that way. For
example, Sir R. Foster, the outgoing High Commissioner
for the Western Pacific, on being offered the
Governorship of Fiji, sought to make it a condition
that, in any changes in emoluments which might be
made, the present percentage differential between
the emoluments of the Governor of Fiji and those of
the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific should
be preserved.)
10. This leaves only the question of the local cost
of living. It is, of course, a material element in
considering what should be the proper "take-home"
pay; though it ought not, in our view, to be an
element in calculating pensionable emoluments.
have therefore not taken this factor into considera-
tion at this stage, except in so far as it is
mentioned in paragraph 12 below.
We
11.
I accordingly submit below a table setting out
the "responsibility" scale as at Table B together
with the Recommended Salary, which is based on the
application to the "responsibility" scale of the
1953
4936 mean percentage differential with the most
highly paid subordinate.
CONFIDENTIAL
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