"Ratepayer" will forgive us if we point out that in his manner of compiling his list of allowances made to municipal employees he tends to create the incorrect impression that all employees are entitled to all the benefits he enumcrates. Further, with regard to some items he is somewhat at sea. For instance, second class hospital accommodation is granted to all employees: those who go into first class accommodation receive an allowance of Tls. 3 per diem towards their hospital expenses. The language bonus is not obtained by all employees, only those who quality in Chinese receive it.
lething allowances ave granted in lieu of uniform in those services where, ordinarily, uniform would be used, but where special duties necessitate the wearing of plain clothes—such as the detective branch of the police force. Again, as has already been explained, the term "house allowance" is a misnomer and a man drawing Tls. 300 per month remuneration would not feceive a further sum as_ house allowance, but for certain purposes, an assessment of the cost of lodging a municipal _servant being necessary, the d sion of his remuneration into house allowance and net salary has been made. For example, a single assistant master living on municipal premises would, though the gross commencing salary recommended the Salaries Commission is Tls.
receive only Tls. 280, the sum of Tis. being deducted for the accommodation he used. But. for the purpose of superannuation his salary would be taken as Tls. 280, plus Tls. 35, which in fact he is spending as rent.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.