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be reached not automatically but by
promotion. By a suitable number I mean
a number which on the one hand will bear
a reasonable relation to the duties assigned
to senior officers, and on the other hand
will be sufficient to ensure that fully
efficient officers will be able to pass to
the higher scale without undue delay at the
maximum of the lower.
(a) Probation. I suggest that all
officers should be appointed in the first
instance on probation, and should be
eligible for confirmation (subject to the
passing of prescribed tests) after a fixed
time. I leave it to your discretion whether
this time should be two years (as in East
Africa) or three (as in West Africa).
(e) Super-scale posts. I leave it to you
to make proposals for any revision of the
salaries of super-scale posts. I note, however,
that several heads of departments are on
incremental
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