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Commander Beckwith informs me that it would be difficult to get
a suitable Officer to fill the post of Chief Junk Inspector at
a salary of less than £240 rising to £270 by £15 triennially.
This is the pay now given to Revenue Officers in the Imports
and Exports Office and I am of opinion that an Officer appoint-
-ed to discharge such responsible duties afloat as those
attaching to the post of Chief Junk Inspector ought not to be
offered a lower salary.
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Mr. McIver is at present drawing
salary at the rate of £270 per annum with a language allowance
of $60 per annum and a House Allowance of $360 per annum. He
has 16 years good service as Junk Inspector: and I, therefore,
recommend that he should be transferred from the post of
Chief Clerk to that of the Chief Junk Inspector at a salary
of £240 rising to £270 by £15 triennially together with the
usual allowance of $180 per annum granted for the supervision
of boat painting, a language allowance of $60 per annum, and a
house allowance of £360 per annum. I may add that in a minute
dated the 16th. of last July, Commander Taylor wrote that, in
connection with the proposed Anglo-Chinese Customs Convention
of Hongkong it would be necessary to restore the post of
Chief Junk Inspector, who should be a Chinese-speaking
European.
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