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Inspector are much heavier than those of the Head Blaster.
c. The increases in Salary recently granted in this Depart-
ment range from 30% to 50%: in my case the increase is
12%, exclusive of the Personal Allowance (£60 p.a.) which
is not Salary and is not pensionable.
d. Masters many years junior to me may and will obtain a
larger income, and yet enjoy easier conditions of service.
e. The Allowance as Director of the Technical Institute is
smaller than the Salary paid at any similar Institution,
as far as I have been able to discover.
I was in Siberie when the Salaries Commission sat and there-
fore had no opportunity of placing the foregoing facts before
that Commission. The impression prevails generally in the
Service that I enjoy the same privileges as to hours and
vacations as do Schoolmasters; I have reason to believe that
at least one dember of the Salaries Commission was under that
impression.
Adopting the ratio obtaining under the London
County Council, the Salary of the Inspector of English Schools
should be £1246, exclusive of the Technical Institute.
I beg to suggest that it is only equitable that my
salary be raised from £900 plus £60 to £1200, in accordance
with the London County Council ratio, the salary of the Tech-
nical Institute (£540 in London) to be included in the £1200,
which will thus be the salary for the combined posts,- Ins-
pector of English Schools and Director of the Technical Ins-
titute. This represents an increase of 50 per cent. on my
original salary, - a ratio of increase which has been granted
in many cases.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient servant +
Kalpho