HKA 364/1 RECEIVED BY REGIST
SATRY NO. 51
23 JUN 1978
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FN GOVERNOR ST HELENA 2110902
UNCLASSIFIED
Please
TO ROUTINE FCO TELMO 254 OF 21/6/78
follow
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-up This should maintenance & finiture & not
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YOUR TELNO 181 OF 8 JUNE. MAINTENANCE OF GOVERNMENT HOUSES. 1. COSTS AS FOLLOWS PRIOR TO RECENT SALARIES REVIEW
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all the other gall like mentions.
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(A) ST HELENA. STAFF WAGES £5675 UNIFORMS £400 UTILITIES £1750 TRANSPORT £1950 TELEPHONE £60 UPKEEP (CLEANING MATERIALS ETC) $456 GROUNDS £1650 BUILDING MAINTENANCE €1500 FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS £600. PLEASE NOTE BUILDING MAINTENANCE FIGURES ARE AVERAGE AND LARGE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES NECESSARY FROM TIME TO TIME ALSO £5000 SPENT IN LAST YEAR ON RENEWAL SOME FURNISHINGS AND FABRICS. PLANTATION IS LARGE GEORGIAN HOUSE OF HISTORIC.IMPORTANCE AND ONE OF ST HELENA'S PRINCIPAL ASSETS WHICH MUST BE MAINTAINED VIS-A-VIS FRENCH NAPOLEONIC PROPERTY AT LONGWOOD. HOUSE IS FULL OF HISTORIC TREASURES AND VIRTUALLY A MUSEUM, COST OF UPKEEP (CLEANING MATERIALS AND INCIDENTALS AS ENVISAGED IN STEWARTS PARA 5) SHOULD NOT FALL ON OCCUPANT. LARGE OLD HOUSES WITH LARGE STAFF ARE EXPENSIVE IN ALL WAYS AND IN MY EXPERIENCE OF GOVERNMENT HOUSES DATING BACK TO 1958 THESE COSTS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN BORNE BY GOVERNMENTS. LEST HOUSE AND CONTENTS BEGIN TO DETERIORATE BUT IF DECIDED OTHERWISE ADEQUATE INCREASE IN PERSONAL ALLOWANCE
WOULD BE REQUIRED TO COVER SUCH EXPENDITURE.
(B) ASCENSION. STAFF 24133 UNIFORMS £100 UTILITIES WATER £500 ELECTRICITY £1500 TRANSPORT £1350 TELEPHONE 6110 GROUNDS £1514 BUILDING MAINTENANCE £4552 FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS £300 SHARE
OF LUC COMMON SERVICES UNKNOWN BUT SAY £2000, ADMINISTRATOR HOUSE IS LARGE, REMOTE AND CANNOT BE CHEAPLY MAINTAINED. IT HAS ONLY SMALL GROUNDS MAINTAINED BY CARETAKER/GARDENER WHO ALSO
HELPS IN HOUSE BUT WHOSE WAGES SHOWN ABOVE AS GARDENER. LUC COSTS
OF MAINTENANCE AND SHARE OF COMMON SERVICES EXORBITANTLY
HIGH BUT UNAVOIDABLE.
(C) ADMINISTRATOR TRISTAN REPORTS AS FOLLOWS: STAFF WAGES
ORDERLY £443 OTHER STAFF WAGES PAID PERSONALLY £386 UNIFORMS NOT
FROVIDED ELECTRICITY PAID PERSONALLY £370 WATER FREE NO TELEPHONES
/ GROUNDS