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69. It would not materially increase the amount paid from the consolidated revenue ?—Not tor some years, but it would eventually, of course. 70. Did I understand you to say that the contributions paid by the railway servants were less than those proposed in this Bill?-Yes, at the younger ages. Up to the age of fifty I think they are about 2 per cent. less. J „, 71 ; Do you consider the risks much greater in the railway service than in the Civil Service ?— lne risk of death may be, but that does not come under this; it comes under the Workers' Compensation for Accidents Act. 72. Mr. J. Allen.] Do the High School Boards' staffs and the University professors and the BUI 8 °° me Un me ?_I ° annot teH y ° U Whether the y have a ri S ht to come in under 73. What about the masters of the High Schools ?—I am sure they are not in.