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Was to be devoted to the accounts of the Admiralty etc. for which he received separate remuneration, his total emoluments at that time were slightly in excess of the minimum salary of a 1st Class Officer in the Hongkong service. In 1908 at the time of the amalgamation of the Colonial Audit Branch with the Exchequer and Audit De- partment the emoluments of the Local Auditor to be paid by the Hongkong Government were fixed at £650 to £800 per annum whereas a Clase II Cadet officer's salary at that time was only £600 to £720 per annum. In 1910 on the
reorganization of the Colonial Audit Department, the Auditor was granted a further allowance of £100 per annum to compensate him for the loss of the remuneration he had
received from the Admiralty. In 1911 the Duty Pay scheme was instituted in the Colony and duty pay of £120 par annum was alloted to Cadet 011icers of Class II making
their maximum emoluments £840 per annum or less than the
emoluments paid by the Hongkong Government to the Auditor
by £50 per annum. In December 1910 the Director of
Education, (a cadet appointment) whose emoluments were
£885 per annum, and the Auditor were raised to the rank
and status of 1st Class Officers by Sir Fredrick Lugard,
who was at that time the Governor of the Colony. This
fact was reported to the Director of Colonial Audit in
letter No. 31/50 of 31st December, 1910.
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We beg to submit that it will be observed that it
has been recognized by sucessive administrations in the
past that the office of the Auditor has been considered
to be one of considerable importance, and if we desired
to state this matter at greater length we could quote
many instances in other Colonies and protectorates.