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service and the fact that there are very few
appointments in the lower classes of the Gov-
ernment Service, as classified by Sir H. Blake
which are usually held by cadets. I have, in
fact been compelled to abandon any attempt to
arrange the cadet posts into the same number
of classes as in the Straits Settlements; and
I have, instead, divided them into three
classes,
which are made to cover the same
range of salaries as in the Straits Settle-
ments by providing in each class more incre-
ments and larger in amount.
8. I propose, in short, that the cadet
service shall be classified as follows:-
Class I.
Colonial Treasurer £800 rising to £1,000
by two triennial incre-
ments of £100
Registrar General
do
First Magistrate
do
Captain Superintendent
of Police.
do
Class II