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14. A matter which came to the notice of the Commissioners
is the payment of overtime in connection with surveys of ships
and emigration work. They would point out that the system is
one very liable to abuse. Supervision should be exercised to
keep it down to the minimum.
15.
As
Summarised the reductions amount to eight Europeans out
of a total of thirty three, or about 24%. This does not
include the reduction in the Senior Clerical and Accounting
Staff, which would bring the figure up to 31%. The reductions
in the Asiatic Staff are confined to the clerks, this being
the only branch in which there has been any increase.
16. The Harbour Department is a revenue producing one.
already indicated all its separate sub departments, Marine
Surveyors, Junk Inspectors, the Slipway, etc. should be
separately price costed so as to show the true relation
between receipts and expenditure, in order that it can be seen
from direct and reliable records exactly how money is received
and expended.