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Show Salaries of Legislators. Congressmen of the Unltod States are better paid than any other legislators, legis-lators, receiving $6,000 a year, mileage mile-age and stationery funds. Australia allots Its senators and members of the houso of representatives $2,000 a year without distinction. Now Zealand Zea-land differentiates. The duties of the lower houso being of a more exacting description than those of tho upper, lta membors receive $1,200 annually, as against $TB0 paid to those of the other assembly. Senators of the Can. adlan parliament aro rewarded with $1,500 a year salary and expenses at the rate of $10 a day during tho session, ses-sion, with a maximum of $1,B00. Cape Colony Is not so open-handed, Its legislative leg-islative council and house ot assembly drawing $S a day per man. |