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five or ten years ever fall below $1.50 per day and that in the middle ranges of salaries an increase of 30% is justified. The increase should in our opinion be in the neighbourhood of 200% in the lowest salary range and should gradually fall to 30% on salaries of about $1000 per month; it should then taper to 20% on salaries of about $1500 per month. For salaries over $1500 per month we have proposed a flat rate of increase of approximately 300 per month. To apply these increases evenly to the whole service we constructed a graph which was used as a guide to determine the minima and maxima of many of the rates of pay which we recommend. In putting forward these proposals, we wish to emphasise that, in our opinion, these incrensos in basic salarios are of a conservative nature and will not result in inflation, since they will in the majority of cases be below the total emoluments at present being received by Government officers and since in our opinion it will bo necessary for some time to pay in addition to those rovised salaries a temporary high cost of living allowance which will gradually disappear as conditions become more stable.
Basis of recommendations in the case of officers in the Unified Colonial Services.
22.
In the case of salaries for members of the Unifiod Colonial Services, we have calculated our proposed rates of increnso upon the so called African scales introduced between 1937 and 1939 and have ignored obsolescent scales. The result is that although in the mejority of cases officers on pro-African scales will benefit slightly, the rate of incrense for such officers is considerably less than for officers appointed after 1st April, 1937. Where the proposed new scales do not give my immediate financial benefit in nett emoluments (exclusive of high cost of living allowance), we recommend that such officers should be allowed to choose within a limited time whether to remain on their presont conditions of service or whether to come on to the now scales. This question in dealt with in greater detail in Chapter XI.
Regrading.
23.
In cortuin enses wo have recommended scales which will result in an incroase considerably in excess of the percentages mentioned in paragraph 21 above. We are of the opinion that several classes of Government servants were considerably underpaid before the war and we have endeavoured to rectify such anomalies. We have, however, ondeavoured to avoid being influenced in our recommendations by the temporary scarcity value of certain categories of officers. If it is impossible in the near future to obtain suitably qualified candidates at the rates wo proposc, we recommend that Government should adopt a policy of temporary appointments on short term contracts at higher stages in the salary scales and that candidates should, on the expiry of their contracts, be offered, if satisfactory, permanent and pensionable cployment on the scles we have suggested.
Grading of Deputy and Assistant Heads of Departments.
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