CO129-599-2 Salaries Commission- 1947 Report 1-1-1947 - 31-12-1949 — Page 77

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Salary Range

Suggested High Cost of Living

Allowance.

76

per month.

$150

8174

$100

175

8199

8135

$200

$224

$170

$225

8249

$195

$250

8274

$220

$275

$299

$240

$300

8324

$255

8325

8349

$270

8350

8374

$280

8375

$399

$290

$400

8449

8305

8450

8499

8320

8500

8549

8335

$550

-

$599

8350

$600

-

8699

8360

8700

$799

8370

$800

8899

$380

$900

$999

8390

$1000

$1499

8425

$1500 $1999

G

8460

$2000 and over

$480

193.

"The white collar" class has fared worse than manual labourers and we have therefore proposed a steeply rising high cost of living allowance on basic salaries between $150 per month and $400 per month, the point at which junior expatriate officers come in. It should be pointed out in this connexion that the increases in basic salary have been proportionately greatest in the lower grades and have tapered off considerably in the middle and lower ranges. The curve which we constructed aided us in assessing an even distribution of advantage for all grades based on what we consider to be essential expenditure at various points in the salary scales.

194.

At one point we have departed from the precedent set by the existing scale of high cost of living allowances which provides nothing for officers in receipt of £1750 per annum and over. This limitation has created ifficultic for the senior scrvants of the Colony by ronson of their position they are bound to spend on