CO129-297 - Governor Sir Blake - 1900 [1-3] — Page 283

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Widows and Orphans Fund) are not sufficient to attract the class of men that we have been getting in the past, nor are they adequate in the ranks above that of Lance Sergeant to meet the enormous increase in the cost of living which has taken place in this colony in the last few years, and which is still going on.

I would like to point out that when the present Chief Inspector joined in 1872 his pay in sterling as a constable was equivalent to £210 per annum, and that his emoluments now compare as follows with those of his immediate predecessors in office.

Mr. Horspool's salary in 1886 as C.I. was:

$1,440
Good conduct allowance: $120
Total: $1,560
Allowance to remit $720 at 4/2 = £150
Balance $840 at 3/4 = £140
Total: £290

Mr. Corcoran's in 1897 as Chief Inspector:

$1,680
Good conduct allowance: $120
Compensation on medal: $30.96
Total: $1,830.96
Allowance to remit $840 at 4/2 = £175
Balance $990.96 (including Compensation of medal money): £273.1
Total: £273.1

Chief Inspector Mackie's salary:

$1,680
Good conduct allowance: $180
Compensation: $418.68
Total: $2,278.68
Value in Sterling at 1/11: £320.10

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