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28.
1,
Dependency and another; but they were able to indicate
certain fundamental considerations which are of general
application in all Dependencies, and on this basis to
prepare a scheme which, while providing a common general
framework for all Dependencies, is adaptable in detail
to the varying local circumstances of each. Their
report thus represents an exhaustive and reasoned study
of an important aspect of Colonial Civil Service
organisation, snä also marks a further step towards the
extension of the policy of unification.
I feel sure
that you will agree with me that in both respects it
will prove of material and lasting value to the whole
Colonial Service.
3.
It will be observed that the Committee
limited their en uiry, and the application of their
recommendations, to members of unified branches of the
Colonial Service and officers holding posts of
corresponding status. It does not follow that they
considered their proposals necessarily unsuitable for
officers who do not fall within this category: the
effect is merely to leave for separate consideration
the question whether, and if so to what extent, these
proposals should be applied to all or any such officers,
although the Committee indicated their view that the
fact that particular classes of officer are recruited
from outside a colony would be an important factor in
dealing with the matter.
The Committee contemplate that all officers
included in the category to which their recommendations
are directed should be troated alike in the matter of
leave