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85. Mercantile Marine Office: The post of Deputy Shipping Master is one of considerable importance and we recommend that the scale be increased to £525, rising by £25 annually to £675 per annum. The Messenger should be on the scale of $156 to $204 by $12 after 3, 6, 9 and 12 years.
86. Marine Surveyors Office: For the post of Marine Surveyor we recommend a salary of £860 rising by £40 annually to £1,100. For the Assistant Surveyors and Nautical Surveyors we suggest £550 rising to £825 per annum by £25 annually. These officers join the service late in life as compared with others, and require special train- ing before appointment.
The Draughtsman at present receives the same salary as that fixed for Class III of the Junior Clerical Service. We consider he should receive a slightly greater salary than a clerk of the same grade and suggest a scale of $2,000 rising to $3,000 by $100 an- nually. For Tapemen we recommend $240 to $300 by $12 annually. The Messengers should receive $156 to $204 by $12 after 3, 6, 9 and 12 years.
87. Launch Crews: We recommend the following scales for the crews of Government Launches, after consideration of the wages paid to persons engaged in similar work in private employ:
Master (S. T. Stanley)
Chief Coxswain (Rescue Tug) Coxswains Class I
Engineers Class I
III
IV
V
$1,800 to $2,200 by $100 annually;
600
300
50
J
450
516
12
II
384
441
12
33
III
324
381
12
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Second Coxswains
2.10
300
12
34
3)
Coxswain (Special S.D. II)
400
550
25
Chief Engineer Grade
1,600
2.000
100
II
1,050
1,500
50
13
650 1,000
50
550
625
25
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456
516
12
31
27
384
144
12
95
324
384
12
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Quartermasters
324
384
12
Boatswains Class I
Sailors and Seamen Class I
384
144
12
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II
824
384
12
}
252
300
12
13
216
240
12
4
13
35
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Stokers and Firemen Class
252
372
12
II
252
312
12
21
III
216
240
12
11
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Carpenter (Rescue Tug)
324
384
12
17
Cooks Class I
II
240 156
300
12
204
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12 after 3, 6, 9 and 12 years.
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89. Gunpowder Depot: The Officer in charge should receive $2,500 per annum, rising by $150 annually to $3,400; and the Watchmen, 2 on $228 to $264 and 6 on $150 to $204 by $12 after 3, 6, 9 and 12 years.
90. Signal Stations: The post of Signalman at the Peak Signal Station has, we understand. been abolished. For the Assistant we recommend $252 to $312 by $12 annually and for the Coolie $156 to $204 by $12 after 3, 6, 9 and 12 years.
For the Signalmen at Blackhead's Hill and at Green Island Signal Stations, we recommend scales of $1,500, rising by $100 annually to $2,000. The Boatswain at Blackhead's Hill should receive $252 to $312 by $12 annually and the subordinate Signalmen $156 to $204 by $12 after 3, 6, 9 and 12 years. The Watchman at Green Island should be paid $156 to $204 by $12 after 3, 6, 9 and 12 years.
91. At the Government Coaling Depot we recommend that the Foreman receive $252 to $312 by $12 annually and the Coolies $156 to $204 by $12 after 3, 6, 9 and 12 years.
92. Government Slipway, Yaumati. The Boatswain, we consider, should receive £370, rising by £15 annually to £430. For the Motor Mechanic we consider a scale of $1,000 to $1,500 by $100 annually to be adequate, and for the artizans employed we recommend as follows:-
Boatswain Class II. Painters 1st Class
2nd Class
$324 to $384 by $12 annually.
$384 to $444
$324 to $384
Carpenters 1st Class $384 to $444 2nd Class $324 to $384
Sailmakers 1st Class $384 to $444
2nd Class $324 to $384
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The Messenger should receive $156 to $204 by $12 after 3, 6, 9 and 12 years.
88. Lighthouses and Lights: For the Sub-Inspector of Lighthouses we recom- mend a salary scale of £475 to £576 by annual increinents of £20, for 1st Class Light- house keepers. £370 to £470 by £20 annually, and for 2nd Class Lighthouse keepers £260, rising to £350 by 5 annual increments of £10 and 2 of £20:
The Lighthouse keepers on dollar salaries should receive $2,100, rising by $150 annually to $2,700, with Apprentice Lighthousekeepers on $1,400 to $1,800 by $100 annually.
For the Assistants at the Lighthouse we recommend two grades on $360 to $420 by $12 annually and on $300 to $348 by $12 annually.
The Boatmen should receive $168 to 216 by $12 after 3, 6, 9 and 12 years and the Mechanic $480 per annum. The Coolies at the Lighthouses should be graded as follows:-
1 at $228 to $264)
5 at $168 to $216) by $12 after 3, 6, 9 and 12 years.
and 3 at $156 to $204]
and the Watchmen receive $150 to $204 by $12 after 3, 6, 9 and 12 years.
14.—ROYAL OBSERVATORY.
93. The Director of the Royal Observatory is head of a Scientific department with important duties not only connected with shipping locally but also with interna- tional research. We consider the present scale of salary to be inadequate and we re- commend that in future the emoluments of the post should be £1,000, rising to £1.200 per annum by £50 annually. For the Chief Assistant we recommend a scale of £600 to £900 and for the First Assistant £500 to £800, rising, in both cases, by £25 annually.
94. The Lithographer represented to us that his pay was adequate but that in order to perform his duties properly he was compelled to engage, and pay out of his own pocket, an assistant. In accordance with expert advice we have received, we recom- mend that the Lithographer receive as before a salary of $1,440 per annum, the Printer $300, rising to $420 by $24 annually; and that a Stone Polisher be engaged on a salary of $192 to $240 per annum by $12 after 3, 6, 9 and 12 years.
95. The Office Attendant should receive $192 to $240 per annum, the Watch- men and Coolies $156 to $204 by $12 in each case after 3, 6, 9 and 12 years. For the Engine Attendant at Au Tau Magnetic Station we suggest a scale of 8384 rising by $12 annually to $444.
15. FIRE BRIGADE.
96. In the Fire Brigade the Captain Superintendent of Police is Chief Officer. He is in reality Inspecting Officer and the Superintendent performs most of the duties normally attached to the post of Chief Officer elsewhere. Similarly the Station Officers perform duties comparable with those of Divisional Officers. For these reasons we have augmented the present scales beyond the 15% we have awarded in the case of most other officers on sterling salaries.
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