3.
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such average demand rate is 2/- or less than 2/- and
therefore this rule stands notwithstanding the present fall
in exchange and will apply if the Commission's recommendations
are put into effect.
(5) For the purposes of record I set out the
following. A Government employee, married, in receipt of
£1,000 per annum will receive at date on the Government's
present scale $1,180 per mensem. Increasing the sterling salary of £1,000 by 15% as recommended by the Commissioners
s.d. and taking the average demand rate for a month at 1/5.5/16, (the lowest sterling rate that exchange has so far declined to) and giving the same employee a high cost of living allowance of 15% he would receive $1,527.80 per mensem.
no high cost of living allowance were paid he would then receive $1,328.52 and not $1,527.80.
17.56%.
s.d. s.d. The drop in exchange from 1/9 to 1/5.5/16 =
If
(6) I notice that the Report of the Chamber states
that the present emoluments of senior Officers including senior Cadets are considered adequate with a few exceptions which might be considered specially. If the Government were prepared to act upon this suggestion it would be necessary
for them to request the members of the Committee to state which of the senior Officers should be specially considered. The Report does not indicate for example whether the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, the Treasurer, or the Colonial Secretary are those selected for special consideration.
consider that the comment is helpful and I confess it leaves me with a feeling of exasperation.
I do not
(7) Seven senior positions in the Cadet service were recommended by the Salaries Commission for salaries of £1,500 rising by £50 annually to £1,800 per annum, and,
at
the