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for the post is £250 to £585 by £15 annually with existing
conver. privileges and it is recommended that the revised salary shall be that of Class III, Senior Clerical & Accounting Steff, namcly £250 to £445 by varying increments.
Faragraph 117:
It is recommended that the Gardener at Tai Fo should be
paid at the rate of $192 to $240 by $12 triennially (see para 144).
An efficient man cannot be obtained for less.
Faragraphs 124 - 138. Medical Department.
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The Director of Medical and Sanitary Services has entered a strong plea for better terms for the Senior Staff of his Department mainly on the ground that the scales in the Report compare unfavourably with those of similar staff in other Colonies, especially in Malaya. A copy of his represent-
ations is annexed. All the main facts of his case, were,
however, before the Cormissioncrs and their dictum in paragraph 40 regarding pccuniary competition with richer colonics is as true of the Medical as of the Cadet Servicc. Also due rogard
must be had to the balance of the Report as a whole. Any general incr asc in the awards to onc Scetion of the Servicc can hardly fail to call forth or revive requests from other sections
for similar concessions. Apart, therefore, from the itcms sct
out below, the Goverment is unable to recommend departure from
the Report. It is nevertheless most important that the Colony should possess a thoroughly efficient Medical Service, and if,
suitablc