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Under the ola rule, which has certainly been in force
most of 1902 an ungassed cadet drew the whole of his
salary, while acting in an appointment, in addition to
any half pay he could get from the appointment.
now a cadet like Mr Messer acting as Registrar General,
won't do badly drawing half pay as Passed Cadet (1900)
✦ half pay as Registrar General (78,000), = £685 a year,
about.
If these cadets have elected for the sterling
scheme, as they have if they are wise, they will get £300
a year when they become Passed Cadets and £350 after
remaining three years in that capacity. (The salary of
Class V of the Ceylon Civil Service, counting exchange
compensation, is £285.7.)
Mr Seth, Mr Kyshe and Mr Hazeland are none of
them young men: the two former, especially, must be
within two or three years at most, of retirement,
Cap-
tain Lyons is about 46. I do not, therefore, think the
immediate outlook is as bad as these cadets say;
they should understand that the efficiency of the public
service is the paramount consideration and that when
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the alternative lies between cadets of less than five
years service as in cases (1), (2), (4), (6), (8),
above - and men of long service and experience in Hong
Kong or elsewhere, we cannot admit that cadets have a
preferential claim.
The Hong Kong service has in the past done very
well for itself.
I have drawn up the following table, which roughly shows the length of service of the staff officers
and