Fiji Civil Servants
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[’S top civil servants stand to ain handsome increases in ilary as a result of a report I by Mr. W. D. Carew.
Carew was appointed in De sr, 1956, to review the salaries led to the senior posts of the ;ivil service, and the posts in 'iji Police Force, i recommended increases in the r posts range from £5O to £l,OOO r, Fijian currency. of the new salaries recommended are, le amount of the increase in brackets: Justice, £3,600 (£800); Colonial Secre £3,soo (£900); Financial Secretary, £3,200 (£2,400); Pusine Judge, of Medical Services, Secretary for Affairs, £3,100 (£800); Directors of ure. Education, Public Works, £3,000 Commissioner of Police, £3,000 I; Director of Lands, £3,000 (£900); onal scale, £9OO-£1,802 (£225-£661). lew rates recommended for police, with vious salaries in brackets, are: issioned Officers.—Deputy Commissioner, plus inducement allowance of £3OO ; Senior Superintendent, £1,775, ris £7s a year to £2,000 (£1,600); endent, £1,450, rising by £5O a year 700 (£1,300-£l ,500); Deputy Super t, and Assistant Superintendent, £B4O - ,300); Pay and Quartermaster :i,400 (£960-£l,200); Bandmaster, £B4O - promotion bar at £1,100; In £B4o-£l ,050 (£750-£960). nt and Non-Commissioned Officers.— ector, £6OO-£B4O (£4OO-£720); Sergeant :6oo (£360); Sergeant, £4lO-£550 (£312- Corporal, £305-£4lO (£252-£300), e, £lBB-360 (£l6B-£264), except that es with Senior Cambridge qualification quivalent should enter at £212 a year. his report, Mr. Carew went -he need for Introducing in ent allowances to allow Fiji to te in the overseas market for s. If the local or basic rate lary would not attract the lates from overseas, an added :ment had to be offered to him.
Government accepted the to pay the allowance (and t as a pensionable emolument), oposed that it should not de on the domicile of the in al officer holding the post, but be a straightforward allow ttaching to the post, irrespec ' the identity or origin of the lual officer holding the post.
Carew’s report, with modifica
prepared by the Government,
; submitted to the next meet )f the Legislative Council, lied for July 23. new salary rates approved perate from the month after re approved.