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(ii) Whether the Post Office staff of Superintendents of Mails etc., should be
included in the Staff :
(iii) Whether any other posts should be included or excluded.
44. As regards (i) we consider that, apart from the Special Appointments where the duties of the posts and qualifications required of officers differ widely, a classification of individual officers is preferable to one of posts. We note that this system works satis- factorily in the case of the Junior Clerical Service. It would, moreover, be very difficult, without a most exhaustive enquiry, for a Commission like ours to determine the relative importance of the various posts included in the Senior Clerical & Accounting Staff, for the purpose of classifying them
45. As regards (ii) we consider that the Post Office Staff of Superintendents of Mails etc., with specialised duties, should be separate from the Senior Clerical & Account- ing Staff. We have dealt with them therefore under the heading "Post Office".
46. As regard (iii) we have in a subsequent paragraph suggested the inclusion of one additional post among the Special Appointments; but as we have adhered to class- ification by individuals and not by posts in the lower classes it is unnecessary for us to state what the establishment in each class should be.
47. We recommend, therefore, the following salaries :-
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Special Appointments :
Secretary to D.P.W.
Accountant, Post Office
Chief Clerk, C.S.O.
Supt. of Accounts & Stores, P.W.D. First Clerk, Magistracy
Accountant, Treasury
Chief Accountant, Railway
£820 to £1050 by 7 annual increments of
£30 and 1 of £20.
£700 to £950 by £25 annually.
£700 to £825 by £25 annually.
We consider the post of First Clerk at the Magistracy to be of sufficient importance to be made a "Special Appointment", if the present practice of the occupant acting for long periods as a Magistrate is to be continued.
These Special Appointments have been grouped here but they are also entered separately under the Departments to which they are attached.
48. For the remainder of the Senior Clerical & Accounting Staff we recommend three classes as follows:-
Class I
Class II
Class III ...
£600 to £700 by £20 annually;
£460 to £560 by £20 annually;
£250 to £445 by 6 annual increments of £15, 2 of £30 and
3 of £15;
with Probationers at $1,200, rising by annual increments of $120 to $1,560. In the case of three officers of the Senior Clerical & Accounting Staff in receipt of dollar salaries, we recommend a scale of $6,800 rising by $200 annually to $8,000.
49. For the Confidential Assistants and Stenographers we suggest a salary of £350, rising by £20 annually to £470 per annum.
For Stenographers on the local or temporary staff we consider that the present scale of $2,400 rising to $3,600 by $200 annually is adequate; should it be considered desirable to place these ladies on the permanent staff with leave and pension privileges after a certain probationary period, we think a suitable scale is £275, rising by incre- ments of £20 annually to £335 per annum.