C.
A.
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1 Gov.
conf.
Ref. 2+3/-/38. Recommends E.! Wynne-Jones
H.R. Butlers for vacancie
1.
caused
by
28/12/38
and
Z
retirement of O. R. Layer and W. Schofield
We are asked to approve the promotion of
Mesas-Wynne
Mesas - Wyne - Sones &
in
They
Buffers to the vacancies
Class I Trade of the Administration Service.
an both next in order of seniority on the list Class II offiers; they have considerable exprime
acted in posts usually filled by
& han alady
edy ass
Class I oftters; their annual
reports are
satio/factory.
confidential
? Approve both promotions.
AN Galswortly
27/1
These vacancies should be filled by
selection from the Colonial Service as a whole:
but
we do not know which of the posts in Class I is vacant, and therefore we do not know what qualifications are
required. Mr. Sayer's retirement caused one vacancy:
he was the Director of Education and we know that that
post is held by Mr. Sollis in an acting capacity.
other vacancy is vice Mr. Schofield, who was the first
Police Magistrate: According to the 1939 Staff List
and
The
that post is now held by Mr. Forrest, Cadet, Class I.
The real difficulty is that the posts in Class I are never filled substantively but permanently; It is the habit in Hong Kong to have a "general post" on
the occurrence of a vacancy (see para. 2 of No.1 on the
1938 file).
But the Governor was asked, in the last
para. of No.3 on the 1938 file, to consult the
Secretary