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(3)
of Estate Duty Commissioner by a person with legal
training.
(D)
Although the lion. Er. k. J. Breen is the
of
de jure Assessor Rates, Collector of Stamp Revenue
and Estate Duty Commissioner as well as Colonial
Treasurer, the latter is a full time post.
Hattoria Tho
manning of the kanaasor's office qui the Estate
Duty Commissioner's has therefore to be delogated
to his assistanta, viz. Mr. Ring in the case of the Assessor's office up to April 26th last and myself
in the case of the Z.D.C's. office. It is submitted
that the fact that I am not the de jure holder of
these two offices should not invalidate my clain as
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in actual practice I perform the work of the two posts.
It is admitted that Colonial Regulation 54
(a)
init:-
"If an office be vacant in a Colony for any
reason other than the absence on full pay leave of the
holder"
Conflicts with Hongkong 0. 0. 92 (1) (whose
effect is carried over into 0. 0. 93)*-
"If an office be vacated in the Colony by
the sùsance on long loave of the bolder'
however the aŭsunde on long leave of
Ma, hẳng makes the double werk I am required to do more arduous than his absence on short leave would
make it I submit that I should be allowed the benefit
of G. 0. 93.
5.
Since making my application to the Hon. Colonial Booretary I have been unofficially given to
understand that it may be held that 0. 0.93 does
not apply to Gades officers.
Gades Officers. The implication involved
that a Cadet Officer may be called upon to submit to the strain of filling two full time posts at once