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inconsiderable advantages which have been alloted to the officers of the Audit Department.
11.
We humbly submit that it may be argued that the
increase to cadet salaries was necessitated owing to the
fact that the salaries were not adequate before the war:
this, we submit was not the case, and would respectfully
refer you to Sir Fredrick Lugard's speech in the Legis-
lative Council on the 6th July, 1911.
12. Again we beg to submit that it might be argued that
the salary assigned to the Auditor has only been increased by approximately 11% because it was sufficiently large before, but should this be the case, which we most respect-
fully are not prepared to admit, we find it difficult at
the same time to reconcile it with the increase of nearly
45% to the Class II cadet ofiicers, and with the large
increases on the already large salaries of:-
13.
(1) The Chief Justice, £2,000 per annum increased to
£2,400 per annum an increase of 20%.
(2) The Colonial Secretary £1,600 per annum in-
creased to £2,000 per annum an increase
of 25%.
(3) The Attorney General, £1,500 increased to £1,800
per annum an increase of 20%.'
(4) The Pulene Judge $8400 or £1,300 increased to
21,600 per annum or an increase of nearly
24%.
We also most respectfully beg to bring to your notice
what in our opinion is the anomalous position as regards
this department to the audit of the accounts of the
Government of Wei-Hai-Wei. The audit of these accounts
is conducted partly in Hong Kong and partly by the Auditor