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4,000-Tons — One Clerk's Wages

29th December 1950
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

T°provide the wages of a class 4 (M) clerk earning £305 a year, a British Road Services depot would have to caTry some 9,000 tons of traffic. This category of employee may earn between £120-£320 a year. In the case of a class 1 (M) clerk, some 6,400 tons would have to be carried to pay him his £960-£490 per annum.

These figures are given in the latest issue of " British Road Services Magazine." Out of every pound earned, 6s. 6d. goes to the driver in wages, 3s. 6d. is spent on fuel and oil, 5s. on maintenance and depreciation, and about Is. 3d. is absorbed by the pay of a clerk. For every ton carried, something over £1 is earned.

The question is asked: "Why are there more clerks employed by the Road Haulage Executive than were employed before nationalization?" The, magazine answers this by mentioning the wives of hauliers who kept the books at home, the clerks in the professional accountants' offices, and the staffs of solicitors and others who advised the hauliers on various matters.

The Executive is now self-contained,_ employing its own clerks, accountants and advisers. In a depot embodying six former individual operators three or four people in an office would do the work done by the families of the former hauliers.

In addition to this normal routine, monthly trading returns must be compiled for circulation among members of the management. Statistics must also be provided for the B.T.C.

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