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Enclosure No.3
PARTICULARS OF THE OFFICE OF ASSISTANT HARBOUR MASTER NOW
VACANT IN THE HARBOUR DEPARTMENT, HONG KONG.
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Duties or Office and qualifications required for their performance.
To assist une Harbour Master and Deputy Harbour Master generally in the administration of Harbour, Light- house services, Duoyage, dangerous goous ordinance, conventions for the salety of life at sea and other similar enactments.
Mercantile Marine Certificate of Com- petency as Master or similar qualiii- cation.
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Salary.
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Conversion of salary ino local currency.
£750 per annum rising by annual increments of £50 to £900 then by amual increments of £50 to £1,000
Salary is paid in local currency while one Officer is serving in the Colony, at a rate of exchange Iixed from time to time by Government. This rate is at present 1/sd. - Hong Kong $1.00 so long as the Treasury rate 01 dollar, wased on une average monthly rate of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, remains al of welow chat rate,
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Contribution under Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Ordinance.
Allowances, quarters and other circumstances affecting the value of the office, including grant or free or assisted passages LO the orricer and his family on 1ırsɩ appointment and on leave
Nature, number and amount OI securities required, and mode of giving them.
An abatement of 4 is made from salary under the Widows and Orphans' Pensions Ordinance.
Residential allowance on basic salary:- Basic salary Allowance.
£700
£800
£900 £1,000
£40
£60
£80
£100
If vovernment quarters are provided, a rent or 12% of salary is charged in the case of umurnished quarters an 13% in une case of partially furnished quarters.
First Class B passage.
Nil
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Whether house accommodation is available or readily procuraole, whether furni- ture, etc., should be brought from England, and any other particulars or a like nature likely to be userul for the informa-
tion or candidates.
Not at present.