B.-PAY AND PERSONAL ALLOWANCES OF AIRMEN-contd.

Interpreter and Schoolmaster Allowances are paid in respect of the actual days on which an airman is employed on these duties.

Signalling Instructors' Allowances are paid at the rate of 18. a day to airmen qualified as visual signalling instructors.

Submarine Pay is issued at naval rates and under naval conditions to airmen selected for duty in submarines.

Field Allowance is granted to Sergeant-Majors, Classes I and II, at the rates of 18. and 6d. a day respectively towards extra expenses caused to them when accommodated under canvas, or in temporary hutments, &c., not equipped at public expense in excess of the scales laid down for warrant officers' tents in standing camps, or when in bivouac or on active service in the field.

The decreased provision for Colonial Allowance in Iraq, due to a reduction in numbers and in the rate of the allowance, is offset to some extent by increased provision for Aden, for additional numbers borne for training, and for badge pay.

C.-MARRIAGE ALLOWANCE.

Marriage allowance is normally payable to the wives and in respect of the legitimate children and step-children of married airmen who have attained the age of 26 years.

The present scales of marriage allowance are shown in Appendix 2. The rate of the allowance is subject to annual revision in April of each year in accordance with variations in the cost of living index figures.

The allowance is subject to a maximum deduction of 7s. a week where the family is living in public quarters or where an allowance at married rates in lieu of such quarters is granted.

The number of airmen entitled to the allowance is increasing.

D.-MISCELLANEOUS ALLOWANCES AND PAYMENTS.

1. Outfit Allowance to Officers.

A grant in aid of the purchase of uniform is issued to officers appointed to commissions in the Royal Air Force. The normal grant is 50l.

2. Other Allowances.-Provision is here taken for defraying, under certain conditions, the funeral expenses of officers and airmen.

A Library Allowance is granted for the provision and upkeep of books, newspapers, etc., and as a contribution towards the expenses of units' libraries and reading rooms.

3. Capitation payments to Dominion Govenments for training of officers. With a view to securing closer co-operation with the Dominion Air Services, agreements have been reached which provide inter alia for pilots trained by the Dominion Air Services to be seconded to the Royal Air Force with short service commissions. They will return to their parent Service on completion of their term of duty with the Royal Air Force. An agreed proportion of the cost of training will be borne by Air Funds and provision is taken in this item for a payment to be made to the Australian Government in respect of officers joining the Royal Air Force under this scheme.

1. Salaries. Provision is made under this subhead for the following:(a) The salaries of the clerical and supervising staffs at the Store Depôts at Kidbrooke, Altrincham, Milton, Ruislip and Ascot, and of the staff of the Air Ministry Publications Depôt.

The establishments and the rates of pay are fixed by the Treasury. (b) A number of miscellaneous appointments including certain Civilian Assistants for administrative duties who have been appointed in substitution of Royal Air Force officers, etc.

2. Wages. Includes provision for wages of civilian employees at home and abroad, including the pay of Indian and native civilians attached to the Royal Air Force in the Middle East, Palestine, Iraq and Aden, but excluding those employed in Recruiting Offices (Vote 1.G), Air Ministry (Vote 10), Experimental and Research Establishments (Vote 3), Civil Aviation (Vote 8), Educational Establishments (Vote 6), Meteorological Services (Vote 9), Medical Services (Vote 5), and in Royal Air Force Laundries (Vote 2).

The rates paid are those obtaining locally for similar classes of labour.

The increase due to the substitution of airmen by civilians, to additions consequent on the taking over of the military administration of Aden, and to the transfer to this subhead from Vote 10, Subhead A, of the staff of the Air Ministry Publications Depôt, is largely offset by reduced provision for Iraq and certain Stores Depôts.

VOTE 1.-PAY, &C., OF THE AIR FORCE-continued.

(a) The rates and scales of pay of civilian staff shown in brackets (except where shown as inclusive) carry an addition in respect of cost of living bonus payable in accordance with the scheme set out in Appendix 4, page 127. The money provision for each item represents the total remuneration including bonus where payable.

(b) Some of these posts are filled by unestablished Ex-Service Clerks.

(c) One Foreman receives 5s. a week in addition while directly responsible to the Officer in charge of the workshops.

Some Clerks are in receipt of Navy, Army, or Air Force Pensions varying from 541, 12s. to 1021. a year.

VOTE 1.-PAY, &C., OF THE AIR FORCE-continued.

(a) In regard to rates and scales of pay of civilian staff see footnote (a) on page 9. (b) Some of these posts are filled by unestablished Rx-Service Clerks.

Some Clerks are in receipt of Navy, Army, or Air Force Pensions varying from 541. 12s. to 1021. a year.

VOTE 1-PAY, &C., OF THE AIR FORCE-continued.

(a) In regard to rates and scales of pay of civilian staff see footnote (a) on page 9. (b) Some of these posts are filled by unestablished Ex-Service Clerks.

(c) Provided under Vote 10, Subhead A, in 1927.

(d) Two retain personal rate of 45s. a week.

(e) Subject to an overriding maximum of 49s. a week inclusive.

Some clerks are in receipt of Navy, Army or Air Force Pensions varying from 54 12s. to 1021, a year.