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Sloss proposals for women expatriate officers of the type referɛed to. In the second place, as the Governor points out, the Matron, Grade I, Hong Kong corresponds generally to the Matron, General Hospital Singapore, not to a Katron, Grade I, in Malaya.
A
On the above basis the comparison is:-
(1) Principal Matron, Hong
Kong
(ii) Matron, Grade 1, Hong
p.a. (expatriate)
1126
Kong
993
(iii) Principal Matron, Malaya)
938
(iv) Matron, General Hospital
Singapore.
When the different arrangements for deduction of rent for Goverment quarters proposed by the respective Commissions are taken into account (11) and (iv) differ litle from each other and can, I am informed, be supported by Rushcliffe emoluments in this country.
There is no comparable Rushcliffe salary for the administrative post of Principal Matron, but it should clearly be higher than that for Matron, Grade I. It is not clear why the post
of