CO129-601-1 Salaries Commission- currency basis of emolument 9-1-1948 - 5-6-1948 — Page 69

4. I attach copies of extracts from Straits

Settlements and Federated Malay States General

Orders. From these it is clear that all.

officers on dollar salaries appointed since

the 1st August 1901 in the case of the

Straits Settlements, and since the 1st

January 1903 in the case of the Federated

Malay States, who draw sterling pensions, do

so at an "authorised rate". The relevant

passage in the "paper of particulars" used

at present in recruiting into the Malayan

Services runs as follows:-

(vi)

Currency. The currency of the Malayan

Union, Singapore and Brunei is based

on the Malayan dollar. All salaries are

fixed in dollars and are so paid while

officers are on service. For purposes

of paying salaries when on leave or

on pension after retirement dollars are

converted into sterling at the Government rate of exchange which is at present 2/4d to the dollar. This rate is liable

to alteration, but no change has taken

place since 1906.

(3) + (4)

It will be seen that this refers to the "Government rate of exchange" which I presume is the "authorised" rate referred to in both sets of General Orders. It will further be seen that leave salary as well as pension is covered.

5. It appears that both in the case of the Straits Settlements and of the Federated Malay

tates certain officers appointed before the

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dates