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period of some years, to these senior posts. The
Colonial Secretary must clearly be substantively
appointed and I think the same is true of the Secretary
for Chinese Affairs and the Financial Secretary, who are
'ex officio' members of Executive Council; but I strongly
advise further consideration of the desirability of
including in the schedule the following posts at present
normally held by administrative officers.
Post
Proposed Salary.
Superintendent of Imports and
Exports
£1600
✅ Chairman, Urban Council
£1600
Director of Education .
£1600
Postmaster General
£1500
First Police Magistrate
£1350
Principal Assistant Colonial
Secretary
› Chief Assis tant Secretary for
£1350
£1300
Chinese Affairs
Senior Assistant Colonial Treasurer
£1300
3. My chief ground for objecting to the inclusion
The
of these eight posts is that of public convenience.
duties of five of them, viz. those of Superintendent of
Imports and Exports, Director of Education, Postmaster
General, First Police Magistrate and Senior Assistant
Colonial Treasurer, are technical or semi-technical in
nature; but there can be no certainty in view of the
multifarious duties which fall to the lot of the junior
administrative officers that the officers nearest the top of
the time scale list will have had training in the technique
of the department the head-ship of which may become vacant
or that the officer selected to fill such a post will prove
a success. The system which has existed here hitherto of a