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have been in Class IV of the Colonial Audit Department;
but in practice the holders of the higher grade posts
have been graded personally in Class III by virtue not
of their office but of their length of service in the
Colonial Audit Department.
6.
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The present general revision of Hong Kong
salaries appears to afford a convenient opportunity to
bring the Hong Kong Audit Posts more into line with the
general scheme of the Colonial Audit Department.
therefore strongly recommend that the following
establishment should be approved temporarily instead of
that contemplated by the Hong Kong Government :-
1 Auditor
£1,350 with free quarters
reckoned at £150 a year for pension.
Two Senior Assistant Auditors on £800 £30
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£920
with local allowance at the rate of
£50 (or $840) a year rising to £100
(or $1,680) after one year on £920
salary.
One Assistant Auditor on £460, £460, £520, £570 £25
£670, £700, with local allowance of
£50 (or $840) a year from £520
inclusive.
7. If this is agreed to, then I recommend that
when a vacancy occurs in the Senior Assistant Auditor
grade, the number of Senior Assistant Auditors should be
reduced to one, the number of Assistant Auditors being
then fixed at two, which would give a more suitable
organisation for the Department as well as produce an
economy. In that case, the pay of the one Senior
Assistant