185 (37)
The number of Chinese clerks, coolies, &c., will presumably be the same as at present, if our proposal be adopted, but experience might shew that a saving here could be effected,
334.
Sanitary Department.
Secretary,
£ 585
Two Assistant Medical Officers of Health,
Assistant Secretary and Principal Clerk, ............. Medical Officer of Health,
Colonial Veterinary Surgeon,
Two Sanitary Surveyors,
Seven Senior Inspectors,
970-
630
1,105
520
855
2,096
Three First Class Inspectors,
740
Eleven Second Class Inspectors,
2,065
Five Third Class Inspectors,.
900
Five Plague Inspectors,.
One Market Inspector.
Two Market Overseers,
Seventeen Interpreters to Inspectors,
1,404
215
Three Inspectors holding acting posts,.....
768
218
1,040
£ 13,411
Building Authority's Staff.
Executive Engineer,
£ 480
Assistant Engineer,
270
Three Overseers,
765
180
£ 15,106
auces.
One Draughtsinan,.
The above figures are the actual salaries at present paid, exclusive of allow-
335. The following table shews the staff which we consider would be necessary for carrying out our proposed scheme.
In framing this, we have experienced some difficulty to making a fair comparison between the salaries of the various grades, and we have therefore taken an average of existing salaries as a basis for our calculations.
336.
Staff under New Scheme.
Secretary,
£ 630
Assistant Secretary,
400
Medical Officer of Health,
630
Four Assistant Medical Officers of Health, at £550
2,200
Inspectors: Ten Victoria, two Kowloon, at £250, Five Plague Inspectors at £275,
.
3,000
1,375
Prosecuting Inspector,
.(to be abolished).
Inspector in charge of cemeteries,
250
Inspector in charge of burials,
250
Two Inspectors in Charge of Disinfecting Stations,...
500
Executive Engineer,
630
Three Assistant Engineers at £400,.
1,200
Five Overseers at £250.
1,250
One Draughtsman,..
180
Colonial Veterinary Surgeon,
630.
Two Market Inspectors,.
(to be abolished).
Two Sanitary Surveyors,
(to be abolished).
Two Cattle Depôt Inspectors,
500
Interpreters for the whole Department. Fifteen at
£61......
915
£14.540
shewing an estimated saving of some £570 per annum.