829
will
of
course be thus removed from the operation of any general scheme
of
increase which
may
be adopted
on account of a rise in the cost of living in the
Colony.
... to point out to your Lordship that in
when first submitted, the 1887 - increases proposed only raised our
Salaries to a level which compared favourably with the salaries received at that time, by officers in other Departments; and further it was
& naturally the idea that the Educational Department would share in any general increase just as other Departments.
9. Of the appended Tables, that marked "A" shews the amount of increase on salary with a house allowance; table "B" shows the increase by getting 35% increase on original salary, the house allowance remaining unaltered.
10. From the post-scriptum attached to Your Lordship's Despatch, April 18th 1890, it is evident that the question of any general increase proposed is doubtful. In the case of those of us who have arrived since the approval of the schemes, and of those who will hereafter arrive, the amount of salary granted to us was to be at the rate of $1800 per annum, after a term of three years probation, during which we become entitled to an annual increment of ... reaching a maximum increase of $480 per annum at the end of eight years.
11. We have always understood, and in a Book of Rules handed ... by the Head Master it is stated that