386
Head 25.-ROYAL OBSERVATORY
113
Approved Estimate, 1939.
Estimate, 1940-41.
Head 25.-ROYAL OBSERVATORY
$
$
Sub-heads —
1 Personal Emoluments
83,557
120,784
Other Charges.
2 Electric Light and Power
3 Gas
4 Incidental Expenses
5 Maintenance of instruments and plant
6 Postage
7 Printing
8 Rent of Public Telephone.............
9 Subscription to International Meteorological Organisation (£10)..
10 Transport
11 Uniforms
12 Upper-air Investigation
Total Other Charges
Special Expenditure.
13 Two Anemographs
14 Conference (Batavia)
1,100
1,375
150
188
440
563
2,000
3,125
(2)
200
275
3,000
3,750
117
147
163
326
(3)
150
188
150
213
(1)
25,000
7,470
35,150
5,200 1,820 (6)
(5)
Aerological Investigation (England)
Steel Cupboard
250 163
Total Special Expenditure
413
7,020
Total Royal Observatory
91.440
162,954
Personal Emoluments.
NUMBERS.
Details of the foregoing.
1939 1940-41
i
Director,* (£1,000 to £1,200 by £50 annnally)
19,200
24,000
Assistant Director,† (£600 to £900 by £25 annually)....... Professional Assistants. (£500 for 1st 2 years, then £570 to £910 by 4 of £25, ! of £90 and 5 of £30 annually)
14,400
18,000
19,692
37,856
(8)
Do.,
Residential Allowances.
3,096
Office Assistant, ($2,400 to $3,600 by $200 annually. Class I Head Computer, ($3,500 to $4,500 by $200
annually)
2,520
3,420 (9)
4,500
5,625
1
Class II Computer, ($2,700 to $3,300 by $150
annually)
2,850
3,788
(9)
Class III Computers, ($1,900 to $2,600 by $100
i
annually)
11,200
14,600
(9)
Class IV Computer, ($1,500 to $1,800 by $100
annually)
1,583
2,117
(9)
Class V Computers, ($1,100 to $1,400 by $100
annually)
2,546
3,400
(9)
1
Lithographer
1,440
1,800
Printer, ($300 to $420 by $24 annually)
420
525
Do..
Rent Allowance
48
60
Assistant Lithographer & Stone-polisher, ($300 to
$420 by $12 annually)
216
378
(10)
Do., Rent Allowance
48
60
1
Office Attendant, ($192 to $240 by $12 triennially)
240
300
Do.,
Rent Allowance..
24
30
1
Watchman, ($156 to $204 by $12 triennially)
168
210
Do., Rent Allowance
24
30
Coolies, ($16 to $204 by $12 triennially)
540
703
(9)
Do., Rent Allowances at $24 each....
72
90
Attendant at Au Tau Magnetic Station ($504 to
$744 by $24 annually)
444
636
1)
Do.,
Rent Allowance
48
60
Acting Pay
1,334
(12)
83,557
120,784
Total Personal Emoluments
(1) Considered necessary.
(2) Higher cost of hydrogen.
(3) Yearly subscription paid in January.
(4) Advanced cost of blue serge.
(5) For Gap Rock and Cheung Sha Wan.
(6) Second triennial meeting of Regional Commission
II (Far East).
(7) Non-recurrent.
(8) New scale of salary. One new post.
(9) Stipulated increments.
(10) Title changed from Stone-polisher. Revised scale
of salary.
(11) Revised scale of salary.
(12) Not required.
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