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Typo: A Monthly Newspaper and Literary Review, Volume 5
[An Australasian Scale of Charges]
An Australasian Scale of Charges.—However desirable an Australasian scale of charges may be, the Council are of opinion that at present, and for some time to come, one scale for the whole of Australasia would be found to be impracticable. The working scale should be largely governed by local circumstances—the importance of the city or town, and the amount of work there performed; the strength of the local society, &c.—and, as these vary to some extent in almost every district, it would be a matter of great difficulty to make one scale fit all round. For example, the scale of cities like Melbourne and Sydney could not be applied and insisted upon at Launceston or Hobart, or Western Australia; and so also the scale of these latter places would not be suitable to Sydney or Melbourne. These considerations induce the Council to the belief that an Australasian scale of charges would, upon application, be found to be unworkable.