MORE PUBLIC SERVICE STATISTICS. CHRISTCHURCH.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 14, 3 April 1902, Page 2

MORE PUBLIC SERVICE STATISTICS. CHRISTCHURCH.

Prisons Department (Lyttelton Gaol).— Th 3 following are the particulars regarding salary and religious belief of the officers of the Lyttelton Gaol : Governor £400 per year, chief warder £180 head warder £155, 3 warders £150 each, 2 do at £145 each, 5 do £135 each, 3 do £125 each, 1 do £l2o,m a tron £110, sub-matron £70 The total staff consists of 19, of whom 5 are Catholics, or about 1 in 4. In referring to the list we find with one exception that the Catholic officers have a length of service ranging from 12 to 30 years and that of the 10 officers appointed within the past 12 years only lis a Catholic. This is a branch of the public service which was not much sought after in the past when times were much more prosperous than they are now, consequently Catholics had no difficulty in obtaining employment. Defence Department —Volunteer Force: Officer commanding district £300 per annum, officer commanding sub-district £100, adjutant £275, assistant do £200, drill instructor £200, 5 do 7s per day each, 2 clerks 10* per day each. All of these are non-Catholics. Permanent Militia (Lyttelton station) : Sergeant-major 11s 6d per day, do 8s Ci, sergeant 83, corporal 7s 6d, acting bombardier 8s 6d, 2 artificers 8o Cd per day each. All of these are non-Catholics. There are 7 gunners at 63 6d per day each, of whom 4 are Catholics, 10 do at 6s, two of whom are Catholics, and 4 at 5s 6d, 3 of whom are Catholics. It will be noticed that in the lower grades where the pay is not sufficient to create competition Catholics are in excess of their proportion in the population. In the Torpedo Corps thre are 8 men, of whom 4 are Catholics— viz., sergeant-major afc 8s 6d per day, 2 sappers at 7s per day each, and a storeman at 10s per day.