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11. I knew nothing about the rules and
regulations distinguishing temporary from permanent appoint-
ments, but, having held a purely temporary appointment in 1888,
I proposed, in accepting my present appointment, to ask for a
definate assurance that it should be a permanent one, I was
advised, however, that new appointments were always' probationary :
but when the officer appointed gave satisfaction to the Govern
ment he was duly confirmed in the permanent appointment,
12. I accepted my present appointment under
these impressions, and very soon I saw a good number of new
comers appointed to premanent positions,ona higher scale of
· pay than mine. Mr.Mudie who, like myself, was recruited locally,
was given a permanent appointment,without even a day's pro-
bation, with a salary of $276 per mensem.
13. It was when these new appointments were
made that the term "Executive Engineer" was first introduced
to the HongKong Service. Although I was gazetted "Assistant
Engineer" I have always performed the dities now understood
to be those of an "Executive Engineer".
14.
My position on the Praya Reclamation is
analogous