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We are at some loss to clearly understand how this condition of affairs has arisen, but are forced to the conclusion that it is a reflection of precedent in the British Army, where pay for officers was notoriously bad and quite inadequate to sustain a poor man; hence additions crept in from time to time in the guise of allowances. These seem to have been discovered, and more or less ingeniously introduced in New Zealand one by one as opportunity has occurred. In fact, one officer remarked that in certain quarters the man who discovers a new allowance is regarded as entitled to merit, just as the chef who invents a new sauce, or the German who produces a new sausage. The following is a schedule showing rates of pay and allowances which many officers receive, and this will give a coherent idea of their relative importance:—■

Annual Pay and Allowances of Officers employed in New Zealand.

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Additional Pay. Cash Allowano ». Indirect Allowance. Rank. Pay, Professional and Field, flroomage. Adjutants. Rations issued or ('ash paid. Paid to Moss. Total. (1) 1 (2) (3) (4) (81_ __ (6) (7) N.Z. Staff Corps. Colonel Lieut.-Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant C £ s. d. 700 0 0* 550 0 0* 450 0 0* 350 0 0* 250 0 0* Officers employed on Camp Staff. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 91 5 0 27 7 6 91 5 0 27 7 6 91 5 0 27 7 6 63 17 6 27 7 6 54 15 0 27 7 6 £ s. d. 36 10 0 36 10 0 36 10 0 36 10 0 36 10 0 £ s. d, 36 10 0 36 10 0 36 10 0 36 10 0 36 10 0 £ s. d. 891 12 6 711 12 6 641 12 6 514 5 0 405 2 6 Expeditionary Force. Lieut.-Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Chaplain] | 456 5 0 383 5 0 319 7 6 219 0 0J 91 5 0 27 7 6 91 5 0 27 7 6 63 17 6 27 7 6 54 15 0 27 7 6 36 10 0 36 10 0 36 10 0 36 10 0 36 10 Of 36 10 Of 36 10 Of 36 10 0| 647 17 .6 574 17 6 483 12 6 374 2 6§ Medical and, Dental. Lieut.-Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant 456 5 0 383 5 0 319 7 6 219 0 0 182 10 0 91 5 0 182 10 0 91 5 0 182 10 0 63 17 6 182 10 0 54 15 0 36 10 0 36 10 0 36 10 0 36 10 0 36 10 Of 36 10 Of 36 10 Of 36 10 Of 803 0 0 730 0 O 638 15 0 529 5 0 Adjutants. 91 5 0 91 5 0 27 7 6 91 5 0 63 17 6 27 7 6 36 10 0 36 10 6 36 10 0 36 10 0 666 2 6 574 17 6 Major Captain 383 5 0 319 7 6 Officers o rther than those employed on Camp i Staffs. N.Z. Staff Corps. Surgeon-General .. ! Major-General Chief of General Staff .. Colonel After 2 years Lieut.-Colonel After 2 years Major After 2 years Captain After 2 years After 3 years Lieutenant After 2 years After 3 years 1,500 0 0 1,200 0 0 800 0 0 700 0 0 750 0 0 550 0 0 600 0 0 450 0 0 475 0 0 350 0 0 375 0 0 400 0 0 250 0 0 275 0 0 300 0 0 so 6 on 36 10 0 36 10 0 36 10 0* 36 10 0 1,536 10 0 1,236 10 0 866 10 0 736 10 0 * 36 10 0 586 10 0 36 10 0 486 10 0 36 10 0 386 10 0 36 10 0 286 10 0 Territorial Force. Lieut-Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant . . 456 5 0 383 5 0 319 7 6 219 0 0 36 10 0 36 10 0 36 10 0 36 10 0 492 15 0 419 15 0 355 17 6 255 10 0 * Minimum. t allowanco, £54 15s. § allowance, ** Also rci |- Payable only ti § With wifo, £421 )ceives £286 10s. io officers attached to Camp Headquartci 8 17s. 6d. || Pay of rank, with alio motor allowance. •s staff. J Also wi: lor officers, He's separation Forage iwanoes as otl