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It would be better to abolish all these allowances and fix the salary at $2,040 as proposed.
The ration allowance of the Probationers has been amalgamated with salary on the Estimates for 1901 and the salaries fixed as follows:-
3 Probationers (Europeans) at $360 rising to $480 by $60 yearly.
1 Probationer (Chinese) at $288 rising to $408 by $60 yearly. These salaries seem sufficient.
The Committee evidently intended to increase the salaries of the Sisters by $120 per annuın. The new rate should be fixed at $780 rising to $1,020 by $60 yearly.
The new rate of pay at which Wardmasters have recently been engaged in England ($866 to $1,046 by $60 yearly) should be a lopted for all Ward masters in the Medical Department including the Assistant Wardmaster at the Lunatic Asylum.
The Wardmasters would then, as recommended by the Acting Principal Civil Medical Officer, be all interchangeable which would render the work of each less
monotonous.
Gaul Department.
The clerk and storekeeper and clerk do not require uniforin.
The pay of the Hospital Warders should be the same as that of the other warders $840 rising to $1,080).
I agree that the class of Warders on $720 with no increment should be abo- lished,
Mrs. Collins is entitled to exchange compensation.
Sanitary Board.
I see no particular reason why the Secretary should reach is maximum salary next year or why the salary of the Assistant Sanitary Surveyor (now Sanitary Surveyor should be disturbed.
The Committee recommend that the house allowance of the Chief Inspector of Nuisances be increased from $35 to $40 a month. I see no objection to this.
It seems sufficient if the maximum of the Portuguese clerk's salary were fixed at $840
Mr. Harteem may be left to be dealt with under the Interpretation Scheme. The authorised staff of Inspectors of Nuisances is with the addition of 3 First Class Inspectors and 2 Second Class Inspectors inade this year as follows:-
8 1st Class Inspectors.
8 2nd do.
6 3rd do.
do.
do.
There were, when the list of Inspectors was drawn up for the consideration of the Committee, 6 vacancies (2 of which had been newly sanctioned) for 1st Class Inspectors.
The Committee practically recommend that the pay of the Inspectors of Nuisances should be as follows
1st Class $1,440 rising to 2nd Class 1,00 rising to 3rd Class 900 rising to
$1,560 in 2 years, 1,320 in 4 years, 1,200 in 5 years,
and the Board r commen1 (as already explained in Your Excellency's despatch No. 416 of the 12th instant) that the staff should be reconstituted as follows:-
3 Senior Inspectors at $1.800 rising to $2,040 per annum.
5 1st Class Inspectors
7 2nd do.
6 3rd do.
do. do.
at the rates recommended by the Committee.
Your Excellency has recommended to the Secretary of State that this be done. The Committee recommend that the Inspector in charge of the Animal Depôts (and Slaughter-houses) and the Inspector of Markets should receive the pay of a 1st class and 2nd class Inspector of Nuisances respectively, and I think this should be done.