p.

2.
is 3/6 a day, & that is regular. Field allowance, at 2/- a day
depends on where you are, & if you have a bed & furniture
provided. Here I do not have it - nor did I at the P.R.T.D
which is a pity. All my pay, I arranged to have paid into
Martins, at home. And that will have been going on all
the time, at 13/- a day. My Captaincy did not appear in
General Orders until last week, & then I have to do
3 weeks in the rank, then it is paid & the pay is
ante dated - in my case, it will be to Feb 1st
Captains pay is 16/6. And then there is the hpe of
Majors pay, which is 28/6 - but I feel now they are
going to make me do 3 months as a Captain, before
they move again. And then, of course, the rank goes with
this appointment - & I suppose I may easily be pushed
off somewhere again, & then my rank & pay would
drop to Captain again. So we must never live at a
Major's rate of pay, but just save the extra money.
So:- Association £325 per annum
Lieutenant £237
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£552 Marriage allowance £110
Colonial £64

Capt + 3/6 £64
or Lieut £ 626
Major + 12/-
or Capt. £219
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£845

And as you know, pay is taxable - & allowances are not.
If I get up to a Majors pay, we shall be positively wealthy
but, in any case, we are not too badly off, & should