Clark should be revived and that the Officer should also be Clerk of Councils. The Assistant Colonial Secretary has more than enough to do without the latter appointment.
I believe that a Clerk from the Registry at the Colonial Office would be the best selection for the post.
He might begin in Class II and be promoted to Class I if he gave satisfaction hereafter.
I don't know what Mr. Thomson's views were as to the Chief Clerkship but he was not in favour of getting a man from home.
Mr. Thomson recommended that Mr. Carvalho, the Cashier, should draw the maximum in his class on account of his long and faithful service.
As Mr. Carvalho fills the most responsible Clerkship in the Service, I agree in the recommendation.
Public Works Department.
Mr. Food, the Accountant, considers that his appointment should be taken out of Class I as long as he holds it, and the Director of Public Works supports him.
I see no reason for making the change. If it were made, the fact that the appointment belongs to Class I would on the next vacancy probably be lost sight of.
Neither Mr. Thomson nor I agree with the Director of Public Works in his recommendations to change the classes of First and Second Clerks in his Department.
General Post Office.
We agree that the Deputy Superintendent Money Order Office should on the next vacancy be placed in Class IV. The Officer now recommended for the post is already drawing $1,560 and is recommended for an increase to $1,680.
The other recommendations of the Acting Postmaster-General have been adopted.
Supreme Court.
The first clerk and clerk to the Chief Justice has been placed in Class III.
Attorney General's Office.
Mr. Thomson and I consider the salary sufficient.
Police Department.
The 4th Clerk is placed in Class VII.
The Acting Treasurer has prepared the enclosed schedule showing what increased expenditure would be entailed by the original and new scheme of classification.
I am also indebted to Mr. Messer for making the final copy of the scheme of Classification at a time when I have been extremely busy.
27th March, 1901.
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