The material appearing on the following pages represents the justification for items of expense other than regular salary items. This material is overall in nature in that it presents in total the amount of these types of expense as they apply to all functions. The relation of "Adjustments to the base" and each "Program increase" to these total expenses may be observed in the tabulation entitled "Actual and Estimated Requirements, and Increases and Decreases, by Type of Expense."

Hardship post differentials

Hardship post differentials are paid to Foreign Service employees assigned to a post where extraordinarily difficult living conditions or excessive physical hardship prevail, or at which notably unhealthful conditions exist.

Chargé d'affaires

This differential is paid to officers who are in charge of Foreign Service posts during absences of the regularly assigned principal officer.

Overtime

The payment of overtime and holiday pay is authorized to compensate employees required to work more than the regularly scheduled work week. The increase in differential cost of $4,256 is comprised of the following: Adjusted lapse rate for new 1962 positions. Oversea wage and price increases_.

Within grade salary costs_.

+$1,756 + 1, 200 + 1,300

Post allowances are paid to those employees at posts with a cost of living higher than in Washington, D.C.

Separate maintenance allowances are paid to employees who are required to maintain their families elsewhere than at the post of assignment, either for the convenience of the Government or because of adverse living conditions.

Supplementary post allowances are paid to employees having two or more dependents for the higher cost of eating in restaurants while occupying temporary quarters where cooking facilities are not available. This allowance is payable for a maximum of 90 days or until permanent quarters are occupied, whichever is sooner.

The increase in cost-of-living allowances is comprised of the following: Adjusted lapse rate_____

$800