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grant of three months' leave on full pay in respect of two
years' service and General Order No. 173 (former No.146 (1) )
allowed a further grant of four weeks' half pay leave in
respect of each year. It was thus possible for a lady steno-
grapher to obtain seven months' leave on full and half pay
after four years' service.
5.
The revised form of General Order No.172 as set
out in my despatch No.468 of 11th September, 1933, and
approved in Lord Plymouth's despatch No. 50 of 1st February,
1934, provides, in the case of locally recruited officers with
less than ten years' service, for the grant of seven days full
pay leave only in respect of each year. Under the new rules
therefore the maximum leave which could be granted after four
years' service would be four weeks on full pay and sixteen
weeks on half pay.
6.
I do not consider that officers domiciled in Europe
can reasonably be required to serve indefinitely on such terms.
At the same time I should be reluctant to grant to these
officers locally engaged and on a dollar salary - the full
privileges of a sterling paid officer. Except in the case of
certain posts of a confidential character their value to the
Government cannot well be assessed as high as that.
I propose therefore, subject to your approval, to
adopt the following suggestions which are in the nature of a
compromise.
7.
Lady stenographers domiciled in Europe, Canada,
Australasia or South Africa, who have been recruited locally
and are paid in local currency will be eligible for the grant of leave after five years' resident service at the rate of