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I therefore make the following recommendations
(a) The creation of a new post of Deputy Harbour Master
on a scale of salary of £850: £40: £1050; the post
of Assistant Harbour laster to be retained with
salary of £550: £30: £820.
(b) The appointment of a 4th Boarding Officer at a salary
of £350: £10: £450, and the increase of the salary of
the post of 3rd Boarding Officer to £350: £10: £450:
(see paragraph 5 below).
(c) The appointment of two additional Marine Surveyors
on the scale £460: £20: £700.
(d) The appointment of one additional Junk Inspector on
the scale £320: £10: £360.
5.
A considerable amount of revenue is collected
in fees and licences by the Junk Office and an additional
Junk Inspector should do more than pay his way by exercising
closer supervision and preventing evasions in the collection
of this revenue. Should the post of additional Junk
Thor Inspector be approved, I propose to transfer Mr. W. Hillyer
from his present post of 3rd Boarding Officer to this new post. Mr. Hillyer is not a qualified Master Mariner as all Boarding Officers should be; and, in order to replace him by a Master Mariner, it is necessary to raise the salary of the 3rd Boarding Officer to £350: £10: £450 as proposed in (b)
above.
6.
The additional cost under Personal Emoluments
in 1927 of the foregoing proposals would be £2,290, and there also would be extra cost of passages and house allowances, etc. I do not anticipate that the increase in revenue which will result from the greater efficiency of the Harbour Office will at once fully cover this extra cost, but
as the Colony depends so much on its harbour and its shipping
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