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of Provident Funds obtains in the case of employees
of business firms and is infinitely more advantageous
and equitable than the Pension Fund of Government. Moreover, free medical treatment is also provided by many European Firms. On the question of leave, subordinate officers, as a rule, are precluded from taking full advantage of the leave to which they are
entitled because of the difficulty in obtaining such leave, and the insufficiency of their salaries prevents
them from doing so. Therefore, the benefit accrues
to Government as far as service is concerned.
4.
Faragraph 4 of your letter makes reference
to a programme providing for annual increasing of
We believe posts in the higher grades in the Service. that 64 new posts have been provided among the Junior
Clerical Service in the Estimates for 1929 out of
a total of 624. of the 64 new posts half the number
are higher class appointments and the other half
are only new appointments with an initial salary
attached to the lowest grade. The creation of more
new posts makes for the better efficiency of the
working of the various Departments and is rendered
necessary by the requirements of a larger adminis-
trative service and bears no relation to an all-round
increase of salaries. A certain number of men will
benefit by being promoted to a class higher, but
the highest grade men of long service will remain
unaffected.
5.
The scheme of exchange allowances recently
granted is stated in paragraph 5 of your letter as
a temporary allowance to officers on sterling salaries,
and this has been granted owing to the fall in the
exchange value of the dollar.
We respectfully venture to
point