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have been made at Siccawei and the University of Hong Kong, and it has been found that a trained Chinese Observatory Assistant is unobtainable. The question of training up a school or university graduate, with an aptitude for the work, is being explored. It may be stated however that past
experience in other places shows that it has been difficult
to obtain Chinese sufficiently reliable in this class of work,
FIRE BRIGADE: No comments.
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE:
It is proposed to effect an
economy not mentioned by the Commissioners by replacing the Assistant Attorney General by a Cadet Officer with legal
training in 1932.
REGISTRY, SUPREME COURT, CROWN SOLICITOR, LAND OFFICER,
OFFICIAL RECEIVER:
Paragraph 2. The recommendation regarding the
Deputy Registrars has been adopted and the necessary
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amending ordinance to the Supreme Court Ordinance, substituting the words "one or more for "two" Deputy Registrars passed its
third reading on the 3rd September last. There are no vacant Senior Clerical & Accounting Staff posts. One is filled by
the Accountant, one by the clerk to the Chief Justice, and the
stenographer has been replaced by a Confidential Assistant and Stenographer.
Paragraph 5 The Commissioners do not appear to have taken into account the important work done by the Official Receiver as Registrar of Trade Marks. The revenue from this is in the neighbourhood of $11,000 per annum, and is
expected