CO129-558-8 Revision of salaries 19-8-1936 - 11-2-1937 — Page 122

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

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Year of

Srvice.

TABLE A.

ADMINISTRATIVE

Existing Hong Kong rate with- out rent allow-

anoes.

£

450

West African Rate: free quarters.

£

બે

400

SERVICE.

Proposed Residential New new Hong allowance Kong rate:

no free

quarters.

£

Total

Emolu-

ments.

£

£

ગ્

1

400

400

2

475

400

3

525

150

4

575

500

22:2020

400

520

570

570

10

5

625

525

595

50

645

6

675

7

750

8

850

9

900

10

950

༄ཅུ

550

€20

50

670

575

645

50

695

600

670

50

720

630

700

50

750

690

800

100

900

11

1000

720

830

100

930

12

1050

750

860

100

960

13

1100

780

890

100

990

14

1150

810

920

100

1020

15

1200

840

9.50

100

1050

16

1250

880

1000

150

1150

17

1300

920

1050

150

1200

18

1350

960

1100

150

1250

19

1400

1000

1150

150

1300

Note 1.

Cadets during their two years' probation will continue to be given free quarters.

Note 2. The proposed reduction in the emoluments of the Cadet Service is far greater than in the case of other time-scales. It will take time for the public, long accustomed to the Indian con- cept of a definitely senior service, to grow accustomed to its diminished comparative status. The higher rates of Residen- tial Allowance are believed to reflect a higher degree of personal responsibility attaching to administrative posts in a Colony where international and political questions loom so large,

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