Aclosure 3
54
Overseers' comparison would be nearer the mark if it was between Overseer, Second Class, and Sergeant: Overseer, First Class, and Sub-Inspector: Overseer, Special Class, and Inspector: Electrician and Chief Inspector.
Paragraph 21 refers to free furniture, which
is being supplied to the Overseers, as the men knew when they prepared the memorial.
6.
I consider that the emoluments of the Over- Beers are quite sufficient. It appeare from the Crown Agents' telegram of the 28th May, 1920, that an initial salary of £260 is not at present sufficient to attract qualified men, but for the reasons given in paragraph 2 of this despatch I should prefer to wait before making any change in the scale. If it is found necessary to engage men from home at a higher rete, the men now employed must be paid accordingly. The immediate vacancy which led to the telegram quoted has been filled by transfer from the Police.
6.
I have marked two passages in the Land Bailiffs' memorial, to which I may make reference.
(i).
£250-£270.
The rate was raised in 1915 from £210-£250 to
(ii). Mr. Dillon joined the service as a Gaol Warder and Mr. Mackay as a Police Constable. They had no technical knowledge before appointment. They are entitled to earn allowances of from £5 to 815 a month for knowledge of Chinese.
I enclose a copy of a report by Mr.
Hollingsworth, Acting Director of Public Works, with regard
to the men's qualifications generally.
I am unable to recommend any increase in the
emoluments of the Land Bailiffs.
7.
I may take this opportunity to refer to a point to which insufficient attention has been drawn in connection with the question of salary revision, namely the
entire
Page 60Page 61
1