Enclosure No. 2.
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Government Marine Surveyor,
We beg leave to express our regret that the
Secretary of State has not granted an increment in respect
of the period of our training, and would point out that
the decision has placed us in a considerably inferior
position to that of officers sent out untrained to the
Colony. These officers subsequently go home for a period
of training which counts for pension, increment and senior-
ity. We regret that in making our original applications
for increments we neglected to bring this comparative
position to your notice.
At the time of our interviews we were aware that
Board of Trade Surveyors holding similar appointments at
home were allowed increments etc. in respect of the year
spent in training. We assumed, that in the Colonial
Service, the same treatment would be accorded us, and
therefore we did not raise this question; nor was it
mentioned by the Selection Committees.
(Sd.) W. Sprague,
T. C. Stiff,
J. Hunter,
Assistant Government Marine Surveyors,
17th September, 1930.
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