CO129-503-11 Leave and passage- lodging and rent allowance for European officers 6-1-1927 - 26-10-1927 — Page 78

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their service) will pay 1% of salary if occupying furnished quarters. If the quarters are occupied conjointly by more than one officer entitled to free quarters, the charge will be made on the salary of the highest paid officer only.

(4) (a) Except with the permission of the Colonial Secretary, no person other than an officer and the members of the officer's household shall regularly occupy Government quarters.

(b) An officer who refuses to occupy Government quarters when allotted to him will forfeit his claim to Rent Allowance or Lodging Allowance.

(5) An Officer who with permission of the Colonial Secretary rents or owns a tenement either for sole occupancy or for occupancy jointly with one or more other officers shall receive a rent allowance as follows:- viz. an amount equal to the difference between % of salary and the sum paid (when the tenement is rented) or assessed (when the tenement is not rented) in respect of rent unfurnished, together with the taxes paid for such tenement provided that such sum, including taxes, shall not exceed the following maxima:

(a) In the case of an officer whose salary exceeds £1,200 per annum, $250 per mensem.

(b) In the case of an officer whose salary exceeds £900 but does not exceed £1,200 per annum, $200 per mensem.

(c) In the case of an officer who se salary exceeds

£600 but does not exceed £900 per annum, $175 per mensem.

(d) In the case of an officer whose salary does not

exceed £600 per annum, $150 per mensen.

(6) Only one rent allowance shall be payable in

respect of any tenement.

(7)