3.
Standard Est
actual daught
It will be seen from Appendix C that 360 men
out of a total of 719 officers drew maximum salary
Of these 360 men there
on 1st January, 1938.
were 86 who had no increase of salary for four years or more. In January 1929 the number of officers drawing maximum salary was 11% of the
total Establishment. Since then the percentage
has increased nearly five-fold as follows
:
441
19% in 1930 and 1931
(c)
? and before.
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Presumably the
are
drawing mere
month,
Than $100.
a
35% in 1932
34% in 1933
40% in 1934 and 1935
47% in 1936
51.7% in 1937
51.8% in 1938
The following figures show how the existence of eight classes (instead of the usual four or five classes) has resulted in men drawing salaries
which offer them little or no incentive beyond
that of necessity to remain in Government Service:- (i) Taking the Establishment as consisting of
719 men, there are only four persons who, after six years' service are receiving more than $100 a month, i. e. 31/3d a week (at exchange $1 = 1/3d, which exchange rate will be used throughout this Petition).
(ii) There are 209 men who have completed six
years' service and are receiving less than $100 a month (i.e. 31/3d a week).
(ii) There are 332 men with six years' service, drawing less than $150 per month or 47 shillings a week.
(iv) There are 248 men with eight years' service,
drawing less than $150 per month or 47 shill- ings a week.
(v) There is no officer with less than six years
service drawing more than $150 per month or 47 shillings a week.
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