!
a 20 per cent rise on
their gross
emoluments
1875
X.
I approve the
proposal
in your
despatch No. 34 that the
Extra Interpreter in the Harbour Dept. should have his
salary raised from
$420 to $504.
14. Mechanical and
Afforestation department.
The
DRAFT.
570
The salary of the
Superintendent in 1875
was
$1392,
but to this
may be added the $600
granted in 1881 for
afforestation work,
$1992 may
be regarded
as what would
have been the salary
of the combined parts
if the afforestation
work had existed
at