= 1/3d.), to $50 a month (i.e. 15/6d), owing
to the rising cost of living and in particular
the increase in house rents. In paragraph 11
of their petition they recommend a new scale of
salaries based on a division of the Junior
Clerical Service into four classes (see note
attached).
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From enquiries made with the
naval and military authorities and important
commercial houses, the Governor is satisfied
that the salary scales, incremental rates,
prospects and pension facilities of the Junior
Clerical Service compare very favourably with
outside employment. The result of these
The
enquiries forms enclosure 2 to the despatch.
general tendency is for naval and military
Clerical salaries to begin at a higher initial
rate, but the Junior Clerical Service rates
soon overtake them in the middle stages; and
of course prospects and the existence of a pension
scheme are factors of tremendous importance in
favour of the Junior Clerical conditions of service
and quite offset any advantages of the naval,
military or commercial schemes in the initial
stages.