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considered this experience insufficient for such a
responsible position.
4. The present Senior Revenue
Officer,Mr.Grimmitt, is now on long leave, and we
have been given to understand that no acting appoint-
-ment will be made during his absence. We have also
heard reports that it is not proposed to fill the
post when Mr.Grimmitt leaves the service. The under-
-signed feel bound most respectfully to place on
record their protest against this injury to their
already poor prospects, and they humbly request that
they be given an assurance at least that abolition
of this senior post for which they are eligible is
not contemplated. Furthermore they ask respectfully
that they may be informed as to the reasons why no
acting appointment has been made during fr.Grimmitt's
absence. They cannot credit the possibility that not
one of their number is competent to fill the post,
and they see in this a confirmation of the report
that abolition of the post is under consideration.
5. The undersigned have been
impelled to address the Government because the act-
-ing appointment has not been made, but they feel
now that they must apprise the Government also of
their concern at the continued expansion of the staff
of Revenue Officers without any corresponding in-
-crease in their prospects.
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