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28. EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
146. We consider that the scales in the Education Department generally should be increased beyond the normal 15%. The scale for European Masters was raised slightly last year at the lower stages; we have increased the increments from £25 annually to £30 and by the introduction of the marriage increments improved the scale considerably. We recommend that their scale should be £500, rising to £950 per annum by 5 annual increments of £30, 2 of £60, and 6 further increments of £30. There is at present one post only of Senior Master though the Staff has expanded greatly since that post was made. We consider that there should be three posts of Senior Masters on a fixed salary of £1,050 per annum. There remain above these posts the two Head Masters of Queen's and King's Colleges and the two Inspectors of English Schools. For these posts we recommend a scale of £1,100 per annum, rising by £50 annually to £1,300.
147. The Senior Inspectors of Vernacular Schools are at present on the same scale as the European Masters. We consider these posts carry a greater responsibility than the junior Masters and recommend therefore that their scale should be £600 per annum, rising by 12 annual increments of £30 and 1 of £40 to £1,000. For the junior Inspectors of Vernacular Schools we suggest that a scale of $3,200 rising by $200 annually to $3,600, would be adequate.
For Students in Training we suggest a salary of $480 per annum, and for the Chinese Mistress teaching at the Maternity Hospital $720.
The Office Attendants should be on scales, 1 on $252 to $300 and the other on $192 to $240, by $12 in each case after 3, 6, 9 and 12 years; the Messengers' scale should be $156 to $204 by $12 after 3, 6, 9 and 12 years.
148. The European Mistresses are on one scale commencing on £300 per annum and ending, after 25 years' service, at £600. There are at present no senior posts and no posts of Head Mistresses to which they can aspire. We consider that in this respect the position of the Mistresses compares unfavourably with that of the Masters and that provision should now be made for Senior posts and for a post of Head Mistress of Belilios Public School, a position of considerable responsibility. For the Junior Mistresses we con- sider a suitable scale would be £360 per annum rising by £20 annually to £700; we recommend that there should be four Senior posts on a fixed salary of £750, and that the Head Mistress of Belilios Public School should be on a scale of £800 per annum, rising by £30 annually to £950.
The Mistresses on dollar salaries, who are locally engaged, have made representa- tions to us to the effect that as they are trained and qualified teachers they should be placed on the same scale of salary as the Mistresses recruited in England. These ladies, we submit, owe their appointment solely to the fortuitous circumstance of their presence in the Colony and not to any desire on their part to pursue a career of teaching in Hong Kong. While recognising that these ladies are often as well qualified as those appointed from home we consider they should remain on the temporary staff with a special scale of salary. We recommend $4,000 per annum, rising by $200 annually to $5,000. For those who perform part time duty only in the mornings, we consider the present scale of $2,400 rising by $240 annually to $3,600 to be adequate.
For the locally trained Mistresses we recommend a scale of $2,400 to $3,600 by $200 annually.
The Boxing Instructor, Carpentry Instructors, Pianist and Teacher of Singing are presumably in part time employment only; we have no recommendations to make re- garding their salaries.
149. Non British Staff. For Anglo-Chinese and Vernacular Masters we recom- mend a scale of $900, rising to $6,000 by 5 annual increments of $150, 2 of $300, 5 of $150 and 15 of $200 and for University Trained Graduate, Teachers $1,800 to $6,000 by 8 annual increments of $150 and 15 of $200.
The Gymnastic Instructor should receive as before $1,200 per annum while the Chinese Teacher at the Central British School should, we consider, receive $360.