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Excha115e 7. Normally, the budget as compiled by the Mission will be made in ""' t11e currency ibf tl1e country and the Institute will remit according

to the rate of exchange prevailing. SalariesJ allowances, furlouµhs et~ •

• The salary of a n1arried n1issiona .. ry on the field shall be l:J~S. '1.tls currency $1800 a year (and is reckoned at the current rate of e/change. ( 1) The understanding is thc:tt the m.issionar·y is to have v1!1atever the gold salary prodlltces in ne ..tive currency and that in addition , -v1hen ~~ unusual conditions prevail and tbe - ld dollar is producing less thab the normal rate, the Board will guarantee a fixed rate, approximatel~ the normal rate, an such salary as is used on the field and there fore ~ffected ty exchange. On the portion of the salary expended outside of the country, the deduction is to be made in gold amounts, inasmuch as no question of exchan3e is involved. Charges going out to the field against salary accounts should be decucted eith 4D. in gold amounts or at the ar– bitrary rEtte fixed by the Boe ..rd. To this amount is added an allovv-ance for each child under twenty-one years of age, as stated below. A house is . provided, or house rent paid, for each married missionary . Sixty percent of a married man 's salary is provided as a rule 1 for unmarried ~en and \'VOff1en. To a rnissiona.r3r rema .. ining at his post v1hile his wife retL1rns to this country, the s alary of an unmarried missionary is allowed and to his wife tne usual home allowance of a single nissionary, with the usual children's allowances . ( 2) In case of the de:,,th of any missiona.ry , r.narried or single, or any child of a miss : onary , the full salary or allowance dhall be coLtinued for one month frorn date of death . {3) In the case of a missionary l eft a widower or wldo\ with childre n and keeoin 5 house, t .. J.e salary shall be especially ar·ranesed , in

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