APPENDIX No. 2. Explanatory Statement Showing the provision in Estimates, 1927, for Scientific Research and Technical Development corresponding to the provision made for these services in 1926. APPENDIX No. 3. RATES OF PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF OFFICERS AND AIRMEN AT HOME STATIONS. A. OFFICERS: PAY. The rates of pay of all officers are liable to revision. The standard rates of pay were drawn up on the basis of the high cost of living in 1919, and twenty per cent. of each of the standard rates is detachable and subject to alteration either upwards or downwards as the cost of living rises or falls. Under this provision the current rates in force as shown below represent a reduction of approximately five and a half per cent. on the standard rates. The next revision will take effect from 1st July, 1927, when the current rates will be reduced to approximately six per cent. less than the standard rates; subsequent revisions will be made at intervals of three years. *In addition, Command pay of 5s. a day is payable to Wing Commanders in Command of certain units and to Air Commodores in Command. The rates in italics apply to certain officers of the ranks indicated who were commissioned before 1st October, 1925. |