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those allowances should be abolished, but if that is done it will be necessary to increase considerably the salaries which are suggested. The allowance for theatre duty alone amounts in some cases to as much as 830 in some months. There is a further consideration which appears not to have been present to the minds of the Commissioners. That is that such posts as those of Sanitary Inspectors and Revenue Officers have commonly been filled by trasfers from the Police Force and, having regard to the fact that the men so transferred are
as a rule obviously not those who have shown most aptitude for Police duties, it is inevitable that such a dispropor-
-tion between the salaries of these posts and those of the
Police as is proposed by the Commission must tend to foster
discontent among the Police, who are already inclined to
grumble at seeing former colleagues enjoying considerably
larger salaries for the performance of less exacting and
lese continuous duties.
I have given considerable time to the
investigation of this matter and have with the assistance of the Captain Superintendent of Police studied quantities of figures. I will not trouble you with details but will ask you to accept my assurance that the scale of salaries which I now propose, though it may seem high, is not excessive, having regard to the considerations which I have indicated.
The scale which I suggest is
Constables. ..$1,600 by 100 annually to 81,800
Lance-Sergeants...82,200 by 8100
to $3,000
Sergeants..
.83,200 by 100
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to $3,500:
Inspectors.
.84,000 by $250
to $4,500
to $6,000
Chief Inspectors..85,000 by 8250
(There are only two Chief Inspectors and I think that it is only right that man holding these posts which are very responsible and represent the prizes of the Police Force,
should be well paid). Special allowances should be
abolished