ORDINARY CIVIL DEPARTMENTS.
5. Police Customs and Treasury.
Candidates for appointment to these
Departments are not expected to have the same
qualifications as candidates for appointment to the
Administrative Service, and they do not attend a
In the existing
University course of instruction.
system recognition is given to these factors by fixing
the initial salary of the "ordinary civil" scale at
a lower figure than that of the Administrative scale,
the increments in both cases being the same. It is
considered, however, that a lower initial salary
than £350 a year would probably be inadequate in some
dependencies to enable officers to maintain themselves
in a manner suitable to their position in the Service,
and might seriously affect the standard of candidates
offering themselves for appointment. It is, therefore,
proposed that the initial salary of the "Ordinary
Civil" scale should not be reduced below that figure,
but that the distinction between the "ordinary civil"
and the Administrative scales should be marked by a
somewhat reduced rate of incremental increase.
Under the existing system the point at which
the first promotion bar in the "Ordinar, Civil" scale
is fixed varies in different dependencies and in
different departments. The most generally accepted
point for the bar is at present £720; but some increase
is desirable in this respect in order to compensate
officers partially for the reduction in prospective
pension. On the other hand, it has to be borne in
mind that the reduction made in the initial scale of
salary in these departments is much less than the
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