JOWETTasked the Postmaster-General the average annual increase of received by each officer who has entered his Department by means of the first division examination since 1st January, 1903?
§ HERBERT SAMUELThe average annual increases, including allowances, are as follows:—
£ £ £ 1 … 15 13 … 17 25 … 73* 2 … 47 14 … 47 26 … 15 3 … 53 15 … 15 27 … 23* 4 … 15 16 … 37 28 … 23* 5 … 57 17 … 15 29 … 23* 6 … 57 18 … 15 30 … 35* 7 … 15 19 … 15 31 … Nil 8 … 15 20 … 18* 32 … 70* 9 … 15 21 … 15 33 … 50* 10 … 17 22 … 15 34 … 70* 11 … 41 23 … 18 35 … 70* 12 … 67 24 … 15 36 … Nil * The rate of increase in these cases is affected by a recent addition of £50 to the minimum of the scale for second class clerks (higher division), secretary's office. Officers who have not yet served one in the Post Office, or who are no longer in the service of the Department, have not been inserted in the list.