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Exhibit No. 7. Railways Department's Statement. Estimated Cost of adopting the Scale submitted by the Railway Officers' Institute, worked out on the Basis of Figures submitted by the Institute.

In fifteen years the cost, based on the figures above, would be 29,935 + 11 + 87,135 = 416,420 To provide for the promotions on basis stated in institute's table, fifteen years, taking their lowest basis .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. 61,665 £478,085 This is without taking into consideration the tenth grade, who must go up and would be at the top in less than fifteen years. The Department's estimate of the cost of giving effect to proposals based on past fourteen years' experience is £1,082,095. .•

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Extra Cost. Number Grade No. in Grade. First Second Third Fourth T . , Year. Year. Year. Year. oto e £ £ £ £ £ 1 .... 1 25 25 25 25 100 2 .. .. 4 265 365 465 565 1.660 3 .. . . II 375 650 i>25 925 2,875 4 ... 6 360 510 510 510 1.890 5 .. .. 27 1,125 1,665 2,070 2,070 6.930 6 .. .'. 41 1,580 2,400 3.220 3,220 10,420 7 .. .. 75 2,655 3.780 4.905 5,655 16,995 8 .. .. 122 2,660 4,490 6,320 7,510 21,010 9 .. .. 278 2,660 6,830 10,970 i 11.330 31,790 1 11.705 20,715 29,410 31,840 93,670 Less scale increases Department 1,245 1,580 1,805 1,905 6,535 already committed to ■—■—— ■ —— 29,410 1,805 31,840 1,905 93,670 6,535 10,460 19,135 27.605 29,935 87,136 [__ Note. —The institute's statement gives the total cost for four years as £30,260 : their statcmeir is therefore inaccurate and misleading, and understates the position on their own showing by no lesi than £56.875. X*