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in accordance with the recommendation contained in
Enclosure No.2 to Sir Cecil Clementi's despatch No.37
of 22nd January, 1930. I propose that Mr. King, if appoint-
ed, should be placed on that scale. Through an oversight
the commencing salary of the post is shown as £1,500 in the final Ex draft Estimates for 1935.
4.
At the meeting of Legislative Council on
27th September, 1934, in the course of his speech on the
Estimates for 1935 the Hon. Mr. W.H. Bell, with the support
of the Unofficial Members of Council, referred to this
question of salary, and asked for reconsideration of the
matter. In effect his proposal was that the salary of the
Inspector General of Police should be placed on an equality
with that of other technical officers such as the Director
of Medical and Sanitary Services and the Director of Public
Works. I enclose a copy of the part of his speech dealing
with this question.
5.
After careful consideration I am of the
opinion that a case has not been made out for raising the
pay of this post to that of Class I, namely, £1,500 to
£1,800. Such a maximum would appear to be in excess of the
salary drawn by any head of the Police in the Crown Colonies
including Malaya and Ceylon and for this reason I consider
that the scale approved in 1930 must be regarded as adequate;
moreover, Mr. King, in common with other members of the
commissioned staff of the Police recruited prior to 1924,
was appointed under conditions which showed the post of
Head of the Police Force, then known as Captain Superintendent,