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Show Salaries of Legislators. Congressmen ot the United States are better paid than any othor legislators, legis-lators, receiving $5,000 a year, mile-ago mile-ago and stationery funds. Australia allots its senators and members of tho houso of representatives $2,000 a yoar without distinction. Now Zealand Zea-land differentiates. The duties ot tho lower houso being of a more exacting description than thoso of tho upper, Its mombors rccoivo $1,200 annually, as against ?750 paid to thoso ot tho othor assembly. Senators of the Canadian Can-adian parllnmcnt aro rewarded with $1,500 a year salary and oxpeuscs at the rate of $10 a day during tho session, ses-sion, with a maximum of $1,500. Cupe Colony is not so open-handed. Its legislative leg-islative council and houso of assembly drawing $5 n day per man. |