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1892 "Nominal salary in dollars. Sterling value salary.
1900 in dollars Nominal salary Sterling value of salary
1908 Nominal salary Sterling in dollars value of salary
$9720 £1336.10. $10800 Chief Justice $12,000 £1650. $13500 £1697.10 $10,800 £1620 Puisne Judge $8400 £1155 $8400 £1050. $8,400 £1260 Attorney General $8400 £1155 $8400 £1050 * £1500 Police Magistrate $5184 £712.16. $6000 £750 $6,000 £900 Treasurer $4800 £660 $6000 £750 $7,200 £1080 Director of Public Works $6660 £915.15 $7800 £975 $7,800 £1170 Registrar General $6804 £935.11. $7,200 £1080 Principal Civil Medical Officer. $4800 £660 $5100 £637.10. $7,800 £1170 Harbour Master $5400 £742.10. $6000 £750 $6,000 £780 Postmaster General $4440 £610.10. $4800 £600 $5,100 £765 Captain Superintendent of Police $6000 £825. $6000 £750 $7,200 £1080In the figures for 1892 the sterling value of the salary has been arrived at by taking the average value of the dollar during the year (2/9). In those for 1900 the dollar salaries are converted into sterling, half at 2/- (the average exchange of the year) and half at 3/9, in view of the exchange compensation given on one-half of the salary.
In those for 1908, the dollar salaries are converted into sterling at the rate of 3/- to the dollar, (exchange compensation now being given on the whole salary) except in the three cases marked *. In these cases the salaries of the officers at present holding the appointments are fixed in sterling.
In 1892 officers received the actual number of dollars specified in the first column.
In 1900 they received in dollars 50% more than their nominal salaries.
In 1908, in those months in which the average value of the dollar does not fall below 2/- the number of dollars received will be ten times the number of pounds contained in the sterling sums specified in the second column. When the dollar falls below 2/-, the number of dollars received will be that required to provide the equivalent of those sterling sums at a rate of exchange in the manner shown in the body of this letter.
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1892 "Hominal salary in dollars.
Sterling value salary.
1900
in dollars
Hominal salary
Sterling value of
salary
1908
Nominal salary Stefling in dolls
value of salary
Colonial Secretary
$9720
£1336.10. A10800
Chief Justice
$12,000
£1650. $13500
Puisne Judge
$8400
£1155
Á 8400
£1350.
£1697.10
£1050.
$10,800
£1620
$ 8,400
* $2000
£1260
Attorney General
$8400
£1155
Á 8400
£1050
* £1500
Police Magistrate
$5184
£ 712.16.
$ 6000
£ 750
$6,000
£ 900
Treasurer
$4800
£ 660
$ 6000
£ 750
$7,200
£1080
Director of Public Works
$6660
£ 915.15
$ 7800
£ 975
$7,800
£1170
Registrar General
$ 6804
£ 935,11.
Post in abeyance, duties being performed by Colo- nial Secretary.
$7,200
£1080
Principal Civil Modical
Officer.
$ 4800
£ 660
Á 5100
£ 637.10. $ 7,800
£1170
Harbour Master
$ 5400
£ 742.10. $ 6000
X
£ 750
£ 780
Postmaster General
Ś 4440
£ 610.10.
Á 4800
£ 600
$5,100
£ 765
Police
Captain Superintendent of
$ 6000
£ 825.
$ 6000
£ 750
$ 7,200
£1080
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In the figures for 1892 the sterling value of the salary has been arrived at by taking the average value of the dollar during the year (2/9). In those for 1900 the dollar salaries are con- verted into sterling, half at 2- (the average exchange of the year) and half at 39-, in view of the exchange compensation given on one-half of the salary.
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In those for 1908, the dollar salaries are converted into aterling at the rate of 3/- to the dollar, (exchange compensation now being given on the whole salary) except in the three cases marked. In these cases the salaries of the officers at present holding the appointments are fixed in sterling.
In 1892 officers received the actual number of dollars specified in the first column.
In 1900 they received in dollars 50% more than their nominal salaries.
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In 1908, in those months in which the average value of the dollar does not fall below 2/p the number of dollars received will be ten times the number of pounds contained in the sterling sums specified in the second colum. When the dollar falls below 2/-, the number of dollars received will
determined
*
be that required to provide the equivalent of those sterling sims at a rate of e-xchange
in the manner shewn in the body of this letter.
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