✨ Public Service Salary Scales
1836
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 77
SCALES FOR GENERAL DIVISION.
NOTE.—Where increments of less than £10 are granted, double increments may be granted in special cases.
| Department and Position. | Yearly Rate of Pay. | Annual Increments. | Department and Position. | Yearly Rate of Pay. | Annual Increments. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum. | Maximum. | Minimum. | Maximum. | ||||
| AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND COMMERCE. | CUSTOMS. | £ | £ | £ | |||
| Apiary Instructor | £170 | £220 | £10 | Lockers | 165 | 180 | 10 and 5 |
| Assistant Agriculturist | 280 | 300 | 10 | Locker (Palmerston North) | 190 | 220 | 10 |
| Beekeeper | 100 | 150 | 5 | Locker at manufacturing warehouse (2) | 190 | 220 | 10 |
| Caretaker, Quarantine-station* | 180 | 200 | 5 | Locker at manufacturing warehouse.. | 190 | 200 | 10 |
| Caretakers, Rabbit-fences | 140 | 150 | 5 | Messenger— | |||
| Caretaker, Wallaceville† | 145 | 165 | 5 | 1st Grade | 150 | 170 | 5 |
| Cheese Instructress | 160 | 180 | 10 | 2nd Grade | 110 | 140 | 10 |
| Cheesemaker (1) | 200 | 225 | 10 and 5 | 3rd Grade | 50 | 100 | 10 |
| Cheesemaker | 150 | 176 | 5 | Watchmen | 145 | 170 | {2 of £10 |
| Dairy Herdsmen | 120 | 140 | 5 | Searchers | 170 | 200 | {1 of £5 |
| Dairy Instructors, and Dairy-produce Graders— | 10 | ||||||
| 1st Grade | 315 | 350 | 10 and 5 | DEFENCE. | |||
| 2nd Grade | 250 | 300 | 10 | Foreman, Defence Stores | 190 | 220 | 10 |
| Despatchers (same as Messengers). | Assistant Foreman | 160 | 180 | 10 | |||
| Farm-managers (Experimental Farms)—‡ | Clothing Storeman | 190 | 220 | 10 | |||
| 1st Grade | 360 | 400 | 10 | Assistant Clothing Storeman | 160 | 180 | 10 |
| 2nd Grade | 310 | 350 | 10 | Caretakers of Drill-halls¶ | 145 | 175 | .. |
| 3rd Grade | 260 | 300 | 10 | Caretaker, Rifle Range | .. | 110 | .. |
| 4th Grade | 220 | 250 | 10 | Saddler (Military) (1) | .. | 190 | .. |
| Farm-manager’s Assistant | 170 | 200 | 10 | „ (Ordinary) (1) | .. | 180 | .. |
| Farm Mechanic | 145 | 165 | 5 | Labourers— | |||
| Farm Hands— | 1st Grade | 145 | 160 | 5 | |||
| 1st Grade | 140 | 150 | 5 | 2nd Grade | 135 | 140 | 5 |
| 2nd Grade | 120 | 135 | 5 | Magazine-keepers | 160 | 190 | 10 |
| 3rd Grade | 105 | 115 | 5 | & house | |||
| Fields Inspectors— | Assistant Magazine-keepers | 145 | 170 | .. | |||
| 1st Grade§ | 310 | 330 | 10 | Sailmaker and Tentmaker | 150 | 180 | {1 of £10 |
| 2nd Grade§ | 280 | 300 | 10 | {4 of £5 | |||
| 3rd Grade§ | 230 | 270 | 10 | Arms-cleaners and Store Hands | 140 | 170 | {2 of £10 |
| 4th Grade§ | 180 | 220 | 10 | {2 of £5 | |||
| Fields Instructors | 260 | 350 | 10 | Assistant, Ammunition-factory | 160 | 190 | 10 |
| „ Assistant | 150 | 220 | 10 | Storekeeper | 180 | 220 | 10 |
| Fields Supervisors.. | 310 | 350 | 10 | Assistants to Storekeepers | 140 | 180 | 10 |
| Fruit Inspector | 170 | 220 | 10 | Chairman, Head | 165 | 175 | 5 |
| Grain Grader, Chief | .. | 260 | .. | Carpenter (1st Grade) | 185 | 190 | 5 |
| Hemp Grader, Chief | 310 | 370 | 10 | ||||
| Hemp Graders | 250 | 300 | 10 | EDUCATION. | |||
| Horticulturist | .. | 315 | .. | Attendants and other female employees not otherwise specified— | |||
| Inspector of Dairies | 230 | 270 | 10 | 1st Grade** | 120 | 130 | 5 |
| Inspectors of Stock— | 2nd Grade** | 105 | 115 | 5 | |||
| 1st Grade§ | 310 | 330 | 10 | 3rd Grade** | 85 | 100 | 5 |
| 2nd Grade§ | 280 | 300 | 10 | 4th Grade** | 70 | 80 | 5 |
| 3rd Grade§ | 230 | 270 | 10 | Attendants (male) not otherwise specified— | |||
| 4th Grade (Assistant)§ | 180 | 220 | 10 | Special** | 210 | 230 | 5 |
| Matron, Ruakura | .. | 70 | Fixed. | 1st Grade** | 160 | 180 | 5 |
| Matron | 110 | 120 | 5 | 2nd Grade** | 135 | 155 | |
| Meat Inspectors— | 3rd Grade** | 100 | 130 | 5 | |||
| 1st Grade | 210 | 250 | 10 | Bootmaker Attendant | 160 | 180 | 5 |
| 2nd Grade | 180 | 200 | 10 | Clerk and Head Attendant.. | .. | 220 | .. |
| 3rd Grade (Assistant) | 150 | 170 | 10 | Clerk Attendants | 70 | 160 | 10 |
| Milk-testers | 200 | 225 | 10 and 5 | Cooks (female)— | |||
| Orchard Instructors— | 1st Grade** | 95 | 115 | 5 | |||
| 1st Grade | 270 | 300 | 10 | 2nd Grade** | .. | 82 | Fixed. |
| 2nd Grade | 230 | 260 | 10 | Cottage-home Keeper** | .. | 50 | .. |
| 3rd Grade | 170 | 220 | 10 | Farm Hands | 110 | 125 | 5 |
| Overseers— | Farm Overseers— | ||||||
| 1st Grade | 180 | 200 | 10 | 1st Grade** | 200 | 220 | 10 |
| 2nd Grade | 160 | 175 | 10 and 5 | 2nd Grade** | 180 | 195 | 10 and 5 |
| Photographer | 185 | 220 | 5 | Gardener Attendants (see Gardeners, “General Scale”). | |||
| „ Assistant | 140 | 180 | 5 | Instructors and Teachers of Physical Education | 200 | 250 | 10 |
| Plant-breeder, Assistant | 160 | 180 | 10 | Laundresses— | |||
| Ploughmen— | 1st Grade** | 95 | 115 | 5 | |||
| 1st Grade | 140 | 155 | 5 | 2nd Grade** | 60 | 90 | 5 |
| 2nd Grade | 120 | 135 | 5 | Matron—†† | |||
| 3rd Grade | 105 | 115 | 5 | 1st Grade** | 135 | 150 | 5 |
| Poultry Instructor, Chief | 310 | 350 | 10 | 2nd Grade** | 120 | 130 | 5 |
| Poultry Instructors | 180 | 220 | 10 | Assistant Matrons** | 120 | 130 | 5 |
| Rabbits | 9/ per diem | 10/ per diem | .. | Sub-Matrons** | 105 | 115 | 5 |
| Shepherds | 140 | 155 | 5 | Visiting Nurses | 130 | 160 | 10 |
| Storeman | 140 | 160 | 5 | Seamstresses** | 85 | 105 | 5 |
| Vine and Wine Instructor | 260 | 300 | 10 | Storeman (Wellington) | 180 | 220 | 10 |
| Winemaker and Vineyard Overseer | 170 | 220 | 10 | Storeman (same as Attendants, not specified). | |||
| Working Housekeeper (Moumahaki and Weraroa) | 110 | 120 | 5 | School Nurse | 150 | 150 | |
| Working Housekeeper (Arataki) | .. | 80 | .. |
- £20 per annum to be deducted from salary for quarters.
† £10 per annum to be deducted from salary for quarters.
‡ Deduction from salary to be made for quarters, &c.
§ Salary to cover expense of obtaining and keeping a horse where necessary.
¶ With quarters.
** Deduction made from salary in accordance with scale.
|| To pay £30 p.a. for board and residence.
†† Where a Matron is the wife of the principal officer of the institution salary is to be £30 less than that shown, but no deduction is to be made.
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NZ Gazette 1917, No 77
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NZ Gazette 1917, No 77
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