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Paragraph 174 - 102. Rent of Government Quarters,

Rent and Lodging Allowances.

Farverach 174. It has been ascertained that the recommendation

regarding officers occupying their own houses in outlying districts ms based on the rule adopted by the Treasury for ratingssessment in cases of this nature, where no guidance on bc obtained from any general level of rents. But in a calculation of this naturc for rating purposes it is the net it.com of the ner thich is sought and allowance has to be made for his cxpenditure on repairs and insurance and for depreciation. In the case of the officers mentioned

all these charges fall on the occupier and to award rcnt allowance on the basis of 6% only of capital outlay Zoos not, therefore, give the officer a fair return for his enterprise in providing his own housing accommodation.

It is, therefore, recommended that & bc adopted as the

basis. This proposal has been laid before the Chairman of the Commission an' has received his concurrence. It should be obscrved that 6% not return on capital is by no means a high figure in this Colony.

B. OBSERVATIONS.

(i) In applying the new scales to existing staff it has, with a fox cxccptions, been assumed that the officcr

carrice with him into the nc scale the scrvice in his post, class or grade which he actually has and indeed it is only reasonable that, if a certain time-and salary-scale is found

appropriate