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remained a Medical Officer, which on the 1st of
January, 1930 would have been £900.
We consider
therefore that his salary as Second Health Officer
of Port should be £900 from the 1st of January, 1930
(the salary actually allotted) but that his incremental
date should be advanced to the 5th of July, the
date on which he obtained the diploma.
38. A similar application has also been made
by one of the Chinese Medical Officers. Here again
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the position turns to some extent on an interim
revision, the old scale of $3120 $120 - $4800
having in 1929 been raised to $4320 $240 - $7200.
In 1929 existing staff of this branch were
started at the minimum ($4,320) of the int or im scale.
except in one case where a special increment was
given on engagement and salaries under the present
revision have been allotted at one increment above
the 1929 point, representing the year served. new salaries of European Medical Staff were in some
cases similarly allotted and there we have recommended
that full value should be given to past service.
But in the case of the Chinese Medical Officers there
is a material difference in the facts. For whereas
European increments were only raised from £25 in the
interim to £40 in the present revision = 60% those
of the Chinese staff are increased from $120 to
3300 = 150%。 We cannot think that it was the
intention