Natives' Wages
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Attempt at Classification In Papua-N. Guinea
RATES paid to natives employed by the Papua-New Guinea Administration are set out in detail in the Territories Gazette of August 6.
There is a large number of classifica tions. Pay for unskilled labourers is the minimum of 15/- per month (which rises to 30/- per month in third year). Semi skilled labour (rubber tappers, medical orderlies, machinists, messengers, store assistants, saw-mill workers, etc.) starts at about £1 per month, and goes up to £3, £4, and £5 per month, according to circumstances.
Skilled labour includes machinery operators, clerical workers, medical assis tants, all classes of trained tradesmen, seamen, cooks, teachers, interpreters, and their wages run according to circum stances. They can start as low as 15/per month, and they range up to £lO and £l2. A cook can get £8 per month; a teacher £l2/10/0; a carpenter. £10; and so forth.