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probationary period I did not feel justified in pressing the point, but since my appointment was confirmed, as my frequent applications have been refused I now feel compelled to press my
claim for Duty Pay from the date of the institution of that
Soheme.
4. Appendix H (drawn up in 1902) which deals with the
Sterling Salary Scheme does not include the Railway poste; the
Railway did not exist. With the introduction of Duty Pay the
inclusion of the poet of Manager of the Railway promised in the
paragraph I have quoted has been overlooked, indeed no altera-
tions whatever have been made; and it is possibly on the se
grounds that Duty Pay is refused me; if such be the case I feel
that your attention should be drawn to the omission; and I
submit that the Government have already recognised the right of
inclusion of Railway Officers to the benefita of the Scheme in
that with your sanotion in 1918 they graded the post of Engineer
of Waye and Works with that of Executive Engineers of the Public
Works Department.
5. Reviewing the conditions of Railway Service by itself
I have the honour to point out that all officers with two
exceptions had their position improved by the concession of
Free Quarters in 1915. This privilege was not extended to the
Engineer of Ways and Works or myself who are probably the only
Railway Officers of our standing in the Far East and China who
are denied the benefit, and has created a somewhat unfair
disparity in the emoluments of the two officers concerned. They
have however recently been included in the new House Allowance
Scheme, under which they benefit only to the extent of $54 and
$10 a month respectively.
6. I venture to hope that the case I have laid before
you may have your favourable consideration and that you will
aanotion the payment to me of £150 Duty Pay from the date of