your information the en- closed copies of statements regarding the expenditure
incurred in connection.
with the Plague.
The men who volunteered
from the Army reseived vari ous rates of pay according to their position and usefulness in the work of searching and cleansing houses and otherwise assisting the Govern ment officers, the rates rang- ing from 60 cents to #1.74
per
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Enclosu 11th Febry.
18957 A+B.
324
per day and the Medical~ officers whose services were lent by the Military
and
Naval Authorities received
salary and allowances at the rate of about $350 per
mensem.
Of the Civil Officers who received special remuneration, subordinates in the Police
were
and Sanitary Departments generally.
paid half their salaries extra during
the period they
were
re engaged.