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as Land Officer for 4 years he would during three years draw £300 plus £420 plus £50 (increment) plus £54 (house allowance) minus £14 (Widows and Orphans contribution) = £810 per annum
during the 4th year he would draw £390. His average for the years would be £783. He has, however, been promoted to the permanent appointment and his salary is £420 - £17 (Widows and Orphans contribution) = £403 per annum. He is at present acting as Deputy Superintendent of Police and his salary is £493 (£420 plus £2600 - £17†). If he were still a Passed Cadet acting as Deputy Superintendent of Police his salary would be £540 (£300 plus £2600 plus £50 plus £54 - £14†), so that he is actually losing £47 a year at the present time by his promotion.
The grievance then of the Sterling Cadets is not that dollar cadets are undeservedly fortunate but that their own prospects under the sterling scheme are most discouraging. I have been so fortunate as to obtain an increment same position and for three years I shall be in much the same financial position as I have enjoyed as a Passed Cadet. Mr. Orme on the other hand must serve for three years more before he can regain the salary which he has enjoyed as a Passed Cadet, and after that for three further years he will be financially only in the position of a Passed Cadet.
With regard to 8 (b) of Mr. Orme's letter the Secretary of State in his Confidential Despatch of the 29th August