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G.N.P. Scale

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Recommended

Salary

£

Hong Kong

100

12,900

Fiji

78

9,900

Bahamas

73

9,300

British Honduras

66

8,400

Gibraltar

64

8,100

Western Pacific

63

8,000

Bermuda

62

7,900

Seychelles

49

6,200

Falklands

37

4,700

St. Helena

25

3,300

We also attempted for the purposes of comparison to establish an absolute point by taking the average Governor's salary in 1963, which was £3,290, and bringing it up to date by relating it to the increase in the gross national product of the United Kingdom at market prices, i.e. 2.35. The results,

as

shown below, show a remarkable consistency with

*

those in the table above;

salary of £7,730.

they are based on a mean

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Salary

Hong Kong

12,700

Fiji

9,700

Bahamas

9,100

British Honduras

8,200

Gibraltar

8,000

Western Pacific

7,900

Bermuda

7,700

Seychelles

6,100

Falkland Islands

4,600

St. Helena

3,200

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