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C. C. 33
Enclosure 220720
Hon. Colonial Secretary,
3 AUG 25
It will be seen that, under the dollar
arrangement, the salaries of officers in this Department were on
a regularly progressive scale, thus:-
Assistant Engineers.
.$2,400 - $8,000.
Junior Executive Engineers Senior
3,000 3,600.
do.
4,200 - 4,800.
Assistant Director of Public
Works
4,800 - 5,400,
The following statement shows the above
amounts converted into sterling at 3/- to the dollar, (the rate
at which dollar salaries are paid), and, for purposes of compari-
son, the sterling salaries fixed under the Sterling Scheme:-
Salaries converted Salaries under at 8/- to the Dol- Sterling Scheme.
lar.
Assistant Engineers...
Junior Executive Engineers
Senior Assistant Director of Public
do.
£360 450
450 540 630 - 720
£360 - 480
480
600
Works
-
720 810
600 - 720.
It will be seen that, whilst the salaries
of the two Junior Grades have been improved under the Sterling
Scheme, those of the two Senior Grades have been seriously
diminished.
In view of the improvement made in the
salaries of the junior grades and in salaries of officers under
other Departments the Assistant Medical Officers of Health
and Assistant Surgeons, whose maximum salaries were fixed at
$4,200, having been given a Sterling maximum of £720 I submit
Mr. Jones' application for favourable consideration. As set
forth in his letter, under the present arrangement, he is at a
serious disadvantage compared with officers junior to him, a position of affairs which can scarcely be in the interests of
the