il Service Board give information with respect to
salaries in the Philippine Islands, as compared with salaries paid
in surrounding British and Dutch colonies:--

"The salaries paid officials in all branches of the service of
the Straits Settlements are generally lower than those paid in the
Philippine civil service. In this connection, however, it is only
just to state that the population and extent of the territory under
British control, and the expenses of living, are less than in the
Philippines, while the difficulty of the problems to be solved is
not so great. The salaries paid to natives who fill the lower grade
positions in the civil service of the Philippine Islands are three
and four times as great as the salaries paid to natives in similar
classes of work in the civil service of the British Malay colonies.

"A study of the colonial civil service of the Dutch in the islands
of Java and Madura gives us somewhat different results....

"The matter of salaries is peculiarly interesting. The comparison made
above of the compensations received by the high officials in the civil
service of the English colonies and by those in the Philippines does
not hold good when applied to the Dutch in Java. In fact, the salary
of the Governor-General of Java is somewhat remarkable in contrast
with that of the Civil Governor of the Philippines. As is well known,
the latter receives $20,000, while the salary of the Governor-General
of Java amounts to 132,000 gulden or something over $53,000. The
American official is given, in addition, free transportation on all
official investigations and free use of the governor's palace, but
not the cost of maintenance. On the other hand, the Dutch governor
is granted 51,000 gulden (about $21,500) as personal and household
expenses and travel pay.

"The general secretary of the government receives 24,000 gulden
($9648), as compared with the executive secretary of the Philippine
government, whose salary is $7500. [489] The seven heads of departments
in the Javanese service each receive a like compensation of 24000
gulden. The Raad, or Council, of the Dutch colonial government
is composed of a vice-president and four members--the former
receiving about $14,500, the latter slightly over $11,500 each. In
the Philippine government the executive functions of heads of
departments are exercised by four members of the legislative body,
each of whom receives $10,500 for his executive services and $500