74027
17.
Post Office.
375
With regard to the salaries proposed for
the Superintendent, Money Order Office, Accountant, General Post Office, Superintendent of Mails, and Superintendent of Registration Branch, General Post Office, I should prefer to make the minimum salary of the two former posts £500. The Post Office has always been, and probably always will be, to
some extent self-contained. The work is of such a nature that
the efficiency acquired would probably be of little use in another branch of the service, and it is, therefore, desir- -able to aim at having as few changes as possible 'in the
permanent holders of posts.
18.
Imports and Exports Department.
In this Department also it is desirable
to maintain continuity in the offices not open to Cadet
Officers, and I would increase the salary proposed for the
Supervisor and Accountant by making it £450 to £650 by annual
increments of £10. The post of Office Assistant should no
longer be required if a Cadet is appointed to the Department,
as recommended in paragraph 16 of my Confidential Despatch of the 15th. April.
As regards the Revenue Officers I consider
that with the higher salaries proposed for the Police Force
it will no longer be desirable or necessary to recruit from
that force. The great temptations to which Officers of the
preventive service are exposed of yielding to corrupt
practices makes it of the first importance that a good stamp
of man should be obtained for the European branch. I consider
that it would be well to aim at having a few men of experience
who, while thoroughly efficient, would also maintain the
credit of the service, and with this object in view I would
make the prospects such as to attract junior officers of the
Customs
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