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PAY AND ALLOWANCES

BRITISH AND NEW ZEALAND RATES AN INTERESTING COMPARISON An amended scale of separation allowances for wives and children of members of the British Expeditionary Force was issued in Goneral Orders during April, and it is. interesting to.conipuro the figures -with the corresponding Now Zealand rates. Tho comparison has to bo made cautiously, since the basis of payWient is not tho same in New Zealand - and the United Kingdom. Tho British 'soldier receives-very little pay, tho rate for a private being about Is. a day. But the allowance made his family by the State is relatively large. Tho New Zealand soldier is paid ss. a d:iy, while tho iwparation allowances in bis case aro re-. Jativoly small. A. further factor in ajay comparison is the difference in the wages standard and the cost of living inßritain «nd Now Zealand. The married private in the British Expeditionary Force is required to allot $5. 6d. per'vroek from his pay to his wife. The separation allowance is on a graduated scale, according to the number of children. The following table shows the amount of the separation allowance and the total income, the allotment being ■included in tho second columns- . ' ' Allow- Total ance. Income, s. d; s-d. "Wife only '. Jf « « Wifeandh child ......... IB " 'J» « Wife and 2 children .... 21 " r j* <> Wife and 3 children ... 24 R 28 0 Wife and 4 children ;.. 27 fi 31 J Wife and .". children. ... 30 6 . 3-t 0 Wife and C children ...; 33 h 37 0 Wife and 7 children ...' 30 6 40. 0 The allowance is increased by 3s. per nveek for each additional child under the ,oge of fourteen years. When there are no children under four'teen years of age, the allowance is. fe. lor one child, Bs. 6d. for two children, and 2s. for each additional child, weekly in each case. . '. . In the case of a mixed family, 3s. 6d. Ss allowed for, one child under fourteen years, with 2s. for each child over that ,age. If there are two or raoro children under fourteen, the allowance is 3s. for sach child under fdurteen and 25.-for each child over fourteen. The mother receives the 9s. in all these cases. . The separation allowance paid in i\ew Zealand is'ls. a day for the -wife and Sd. a.'day for each, child, under sixteen ■veare of age up. to a maximum of five children. The soldier decides what allotment be will make from his pay, though Sf his allotment is obviously insufficient the Defence authorities may increase it in the interests of tho family. Many New Zealand soldiers have allotted is. a. day. to their wives, but for purposes of comnarison an allotment of 3s. Gd. a day may be taken. The figures indicate that the New-Zealand wife is substantially better off than the British wife:— s - Total income (allowance and allotment). British. N.H. s.-'d. s. d. Wife only : '. 12 6 31 6 Wife and 1 child •™ fi ?fi fl Wife and U children. ... U 6 43.0 Wife and 3 children ... .28 0 \i i 3 Wife and 4 children ... 31 fl 53. 6 Wife and S children ...• 34 0 hi 3

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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3111, 15 June 1917, Page 7

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PAY AND ALLOWANCES Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3111, 15 June 1917, Page 7

PAY AND ALLOWANCES Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3111, 15 June 1917, Page 7

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