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24.
The Land Surveyors of this Department have two inter-
mediate posts of Assistant S. C. L. at £950 to £1,050 and the
Marine Surveyors have one or more similar posts of assist. M.S.
at £1,000 to £1,100. There are no corresponding posts for
Engineers.
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Executive Engineers have to proceed through a 5 year
time scale to reach the same maximum of £1,250 as the S.C.L.,
Assessor, G.M.S. and G.V.S. who have no time scale. The
Executive Engineer has hitherto been considered of higher status
than all these officers except the S.C. L. & S. with whom he
ranked as an equal.
25.
The relative values of promotion on the proposed
scales are as follows:-
Engineer to E. E.
+£100
Asst. Assessor to Assessor +£300
26.
Assist. S.C.L. to S. C. L. +£200
Asst. Analyst to Analyst
+£300
+£150
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+ £310
Asst. G.M.S. to G.M.S.
C.V.S. # C.V.S. C. Observations
We pointed out in para. 10(c) of our letter of 25.2.38.
that in the Colonial Service generally there exist three, and in
Malaya 4, grades of Engineers below the rank of A.D.P.W. and
that the two lowest correspond to our one grade of Engineer,
there being a proficiency bar and not a promotion bar between
them, The present proposals to limit the Engineer's scale to
£950 result in the elimination of the upper part of the scale
general to other Colonies and this omission appears to have been
utilized to lower the scales proposed for Executive Engineers and
A.D.P.W. 'S. If this is not an oversight on the part of the
Anomalies Committee we can only assume that an attempt is being
made to lower the Engineer's scatus. This we submit again is
an entire reversal of values acknowledged by Government both
before and since 1929.
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