10. The Director of Public Works should receive £1,000 rising to £1,200 per annum (triennial increments of £100). The rest of the Department might be graded as follows:-
Assistant Director,
Executive Engineers and Superin-
tendent of Accounts,
Assistant Engineers and Principal
Land Surveyor,
(Junior) Assistant Engineers (en-
gaged locally),
J £600 per annum rising to £720 by triennial increments of £60.
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triennial increments of £40.
£360 per annum rising to £480 by
triennial increments of £40.
£270 per annum rising to £330 by
triennial increments of £30.
11. I agree to the Principal Civil Medical Officer being given a salary of £800 per annum rising to £1,000 by triennial increments of £100.
As there is only one grade of medical officer (Assistant Surgeon) and oppor- tunities of promotion are consequently very few, I think it will be best to place the salary of the Assistant Surgeons (including the Medical Officer of Health and the Health Officers of the Port, if not allowed private practice), on a scale of £480 per annum rising to £720 by triennial increments of £40, so as to give them a wider range of increments than in other Departments. The sterling salary of the present Port Health Officer, so long as he enjoys private practice, should only be £360.
The salary of the Veterinary Surgeon and Superintendent of the Vaccine Institute might be placed on a scale of £480 per annum, rising to £600 by triennial increments of £40.
The salaries proposed for the European Nurses should, as at the Straits Settle- ments, begin at £110 per annum, and rise by increments of £20 to £150. The same rates should be adopted for the Wardmasters and the Matron of the Venereal Ward.
12. I agree to the salary proposed for the Apothecary and Analyst, and as you have been informed an Assistant Apothecary has been appointed on the terms proposed in your despatch No. 107 of 21st March, viz., £250 a year rising to £275 if he is placed on the permanent establishment at the end of three years, with a further increment of £25 after three years' service on the permanent establishment.
13. I agree to the Harbour Master's salary being fixed at £780 per annum rising to £900 by two triennial increments of £60; and I think that the Assistant Harbour Master might be given the same salary as the Deputy Master Attendant, Singapore, viz., £480 per annum rising to £540 by two increments of £30. Similarly, the Government Marine Surveyor's salary should correspond with that of the similar official at Singapore, viz., £540 per annum rising to £660 by four increments of £30. For the Assistant Government Marine Surveyors and the remaining appointments in the Harbour Master's Department, I accept the rates which Sir H. BLAKE proposes.
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14. I am prepared to agree to the salary suggested for the Headmaster of Queen's College, viz., £660 per annum rising to £720 by two increments of £30. I agree to the salary proposed for the Second Master, viz., £540 per annum to £600 by £30. The increments of the Senior Masters might ibe carried up to a maximum salary of £480 per annum, and those of the Junior Masters to a maximum of £360 per annum.
15. The Headmistress of the Belilios Public School might similarly be allowed ncrements of salary up to a maximum of £480 per annum, and the same scale should be granted to the Head of the Kowloon School. Mr. JAMES would then on
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