CO129-524-1 Reports of Salaries Commission 31-12-1929 - 27-10-1930 — Page 112

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the option of the Government, a high cost of living

allowance.

Is it the Chamber's considered opinion that

It is

these posts will be overpaid at this figure?

difficult for me to believe that this can be so taking into

account the scale of remuneration paid to certain men in

commercial employ. Considering the training required by

the Cadet officers it seems to me that if the Government

are to continue to attract recruits of the required

standard the pay mentioned, which is reached only after

many years of service, cannot be considered too high.

(8) As regards salaries which are suggested

for Cadets under paragraph 41, it might be helpful for the

general purpose of comparative standards if I advised you

what young men recruited from England for the Office of

the Union Insurance Society of Canton, Ltd., receive.

The following salaries are paid during the first, second

and third years of their Eastern service, £420, £456 and

£492. In these figures I have included the amounts which

are placed to the credit of their Provident Fund Accounts

so they do not receive the whole payment in cash.

actual cash received is £332.10.0, £361, and £389.10.0.

These salaries are drawn upon the basis outlined under

paragraph 12 of the Commission's Report.

The

The men come out

East usually from 20 to 24 years of age and are previously

trained for a few years in the Society's London Office.

Taking into account the training which the

Cadets receive I do not consider that the scale laid down

by the Commission can be considered excessive.

(9) As regards servants of the Government

receiving Dollar salaries there are, owing to the decline

in the sterling value of the Dollar, additional reasons

why the recommendations of the Salaries Commission should

be put into effect. I merely mention this in passing and

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