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Paragraphs 139 to 142. Sanitary Department.
Faragraph 139. The salary recommended for the Colonial
Veterinary Surgeon is for a post without private practice
and in-23-much-25 the present holder will be entitled by reason
of the shortened range of the new scale to its maximum of £1,200
s against his present £25 it is considered that he should
forego the allowance he now receives for the loss of a private
practice which he always of a rather nobulous naturc.
Paragraph 140. It is recommended that the present system of
bonus increments to Inspectors for possession of ccrtain technical
and linguistic qualifications shall be continued.
Paragraph 142 The Commissioners were misinformed as to the
prosent cmoluments of the Dust Station Foreman. He already
rcocives a rent aliumance of $48 per annum, and a salary of
$324 to $384 by $12 anually with rent allowance is now recomm-
ended.
Faragraph 143 - 145.
Botanical & Forestry Department.
While satisfactory material for training into gardeners
and foresters may be obtainable at $156 pcr annum, the increases
(four triennial incrcments of $12 cach allotted in the Report
arc insufficient to retain men with any rcal aptitude for the
class of work, the outside market rate for this scrvice being
considerably better. It is therefore recommend cd that the
scales of these cmployees shall be $156 to $228 by two increments.
of $24 cach after three and six years and tro of $12 cach after
nine and tclve years.
Paragraphs.