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are that there should be a 15% addition to existing
nominal salaries, plus the payment (at the discretion
of Government) of High Cost of Living Allowances to
officers not exceeding 15% of the nominal sterling salary
of married officers and 7% of the nominal sterling salary
of unmarried officers, and that sterling salaries should
be paid at the current rate of exchange, (the average
for the preceding month).
The Commissioners expressed the opinion that "there
is some probability that the dollar will remain in the
region of 2/-", and worked all their examples on the basis
of a 2/- dollar. It was shown in the case of a married
man receiving £1,000 per year that he now receives $1,120
per month, and would receive under the Commissioners' plan
at a 2/- dollar approximately $1,102.10 per month. We
desire to point out that such an officer would to-day,
when exchange is standing in the region of 1/5d., receive
approximately 1,555 per month. An unmarried officer
receiving £1,000 a year now would, under the Commissioners'
plan, receive approximately $1,030.20 per month, but at
present rate of exchange his monthly pay would amount,
approximately, to $1,454.
While it is true that, since the Commissioners'
report was presented, local costs of living have gone up
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