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of $900 to $1,500 by $150 annually, while they are
still probationers seems adequate, but the prospects
of an officer in Class III are not sufficiently
attractive.
The present scale of Class III is £200
£10 -
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£350 so that unless an officer gets early
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promotion to Class II at £400, or is granted special
increments (a procedure which is liable to lead to
jealousy and discontent among others not so favoured)
he tends to become dissatisfied and, if opportunity
offers, to accept employment outside, in which case
his training is lost to Government. I shall,
therefore, be glad if I may have your authority for
altering the scale of Class III from £200 £10 - £350
to £250 £15 £385, and giving the benefit of this
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revised scale to officers at present on salaries
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below £250 per annum as shown in Enclosure I.
would involve additional cost of say £600 in 1929 on
account of the higher salaries of officers named in
Enclosure I, allowance being made also for the
probability of an increase of two or three posts in
this Class in 1929.
4. I also consider that the incremental rate
in Class II is not sufficiently steep, and I should
be glad to have your permission to substitute a
scale of £400 £15 £490 for the present scale of
£400 - £10 - £480, and as regards existing staff to
make such adjustments as may be necessary to fit
officers into the new scale. This would involve an
additional cost of £30 for 1929.
5. There is a consideration of another nature
to