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taken to put the salaries of the assistant District
Officers on an incremental saale.
This recommendation will involve little if any
increased expenditure in the Estimates for 1911 bocause
no cadet who had the option elected to take a bterling Salary with the result that the higher rates will as a matter of course be voted for the Cadet appointments
whose incumbents an on Lollar Salaries.
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It is to be noted that the gradual disappear nee
of the old privilege rates of leave pay and pension has already effected and will continue for some time
to effect a considerable saving in the cost of
administration.
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The existing dispority between Dollar
and Sterling Saluries for Cadet appointments had pro- duced grave dissatisfaction among sterling officers and this dissatisfaction will increase with the in-
creasing number of Calet Officers on storling Salaries.
No roference is made to appointmenta
other than those appropriated to the Cadet Service because in the case of some of these appointments the Sterling Salaries approximate to the Dollar Salaries, and the salaries of the majority of the remainder have been increased since the introduction of the Sterling Salaries scheme. For European appointments other than
Cadet appointments certain technical qualifications are usually required, and the possession of th.se commands for the holder a recognised market rate, which within certain limite fluctuates from time to time. Thus it has been found necessary from time to time to re- adjust the salaries of the Overseers in the Public Works Lepartment of certain of the Inspectors in the
Sanitary