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Government his revised salary would have been improved for reasons similar to those advanced in Sir C. Clementi's despatch No. 37. of the 22nd January, 1930, in the case of the Executive Engineers (See enclosure No.2. to that despatch under paragraphs 153/4). It appears that his claim to a charge allowance was placed before the Governor in connection with the estimates for 1929 but that no
decision was reached as the Salaries Commission then in
contemplation was considered to be the most suitable judge of the merits of the case. Unfortunately for Mr. Anderson when the Commission came to deal with his department he became seriously ill and after undergoing an operation had to proceed forthwith on leave with the result that he had no opportunity of arguing his case in person.
On the other hand the language of the Commissioners in dealing with Charge Allowances (Salaries Report, paragraph 164) leaves no room for doubt but that no application for an additional allowance of this nature would have been entertained by them and Mr. Anderson has, apart from this question, been singularly fortunate in the rapidity of his advancement having risen from the scale £400 - £10 - £600 in 1925 to the scale (unrevised) £600 - £20 in 1928 on which his revised salary £700-£25-£950 gives more than the standard 15% increase. Moreover any further increase would add considerably to the advantage already
somewhat
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