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result that he was required to attend the meetings
of that body on many afternoons when the Anomalies
Committee might have sat. The routine duties of our respective offices would not permit of morning
meetings.
B.
3. We will now proceed to deal with the cases presented to us under the Sections of the Report
involved. Some of the se have for various reasons
been treated as urgent and approved by Government ad interim, subject in certain cases to the approval
of the Secretary of State. These are marked with
an asterisk.
Except where otherwise stated it is intended
that our recommendations shall take effect from the
1st of January, 1930.
The Refort is in Ion 7279
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GENERAL.
Paragraphs 25 and 26.
labourers.
4. It will be clear that the reversal of policy in the matter of increments (or Good Conduct Allowances) for this class of employee recommended in paragraph 25 of the Report must involve serious curtailment of
prospects. On the other hand the grant of an extra month's salary by way of bonus at Chinese New Year recommended in the next paragraph will more than redress this loss. For as the minimum revised
wage