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officer on £250 per annum may receive a rent allowance of $130 per month representing nearly 40% of his salary. Ve suggest that a maximut to any rent or lodging allowance should be fixed of 10% of salary in the case of a married man and 5% in the case of a single man. We put forward in paragraph (6) of the at ched redraft of General Order 117 proposals for dealing with t ese matters. Apart from the limitation of 10% (or 5. for single men) the rent

allowances of officers on "old terms" salaries will not be

affected. As to lodging allowances we attach a comparative Statement (Table I) showly the effect of our proposals.

Finally we considered the question of the treatment of officers on the new terus who are required by the nature of their work to live in Government quarters, e.g. in Government hos is.13, or Police quarters. In the past such officers have been exempted from payment of the usual rent of 6%, such ever tion being regarded as an offset to the disadvantages of living on the institutions referred to. If, however, the usual rent is 12 instead of 5%, complete exemption from payment may be too great a compensation for these disadvantages. We recommend therefore that in such circumstances the rental to be paid should in all cases be reduced by 6%, preserving the present privileges of offers on the old terms and placing officers on the new term i. an appro:iately analogous position.

This matter in dealt with in the proviso to paragraph (5) of the rear fted General Order 117. The corresponding provision in the old General Order 117 (paragraphs 10 and 11) referred only to Police, Medical, Public Works and Railway officers but we see no reason to

restrict this privilege to those Departments.