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on salaries, emoluments and conditions of service affecting directly the financial circumstances of officers we should first concentrate on these matters, leaving other questions within our terms of reference for consideration at a later date.
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All written representations received by the Secretaries were circulated to members of the Commission. Preliminary discussions were held on cach representation received and points which would require clarification or elaboration when the writers attended before the Commission in person were noted. Whon oral evidence was heard, verbatim records were kept by the Commission's stenographers and copies of these records wore circulated to members and where necessary to the persons who gave evidence for checking. The Commission was practically in continuous session and the hearing of the oral evidence which commenced on 12th May was almost completed by 23rd June.
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We decided that we should exclude from our consideration any questions of departmental reorganisation, any proposals for the creation of now posts and any personal grievancos. As a general rule we decided to ignore obsolescent scales and to base our proposals for revision upon the scales introduced in 1938. Wo focussed our attention upon what we considered such posts morited at the present time in the way of emoluments. doing so wo have in certain instances reached the conclusion that it is necessary for us to recommend certain measures of reorganisation of the public service in order to implement the policy laid down in White Paper Colonial No. 197. In the case of certain posts and departments created since the re-occupation of the Colony we have made no specific recommendations for the rovision of salaries, since the extent to which these departments will develop is not yet cloar and since certain of the salaries in those departments appear to us to have been fixed in relation not to the salaries in force prior to 1941 but in relation to post-war conditions. It should not be a difficult matter for Government eventually to assign appropriate salaries to such posts in keeping with the new salaries scheme.
Sub-Committees.
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All oral evidence was heard by the full Commission. It became clear at an early stage that the issues facing us were so numerous and so complex that we decided to appoint Sub-Committees to investigate or
deal with particular problems. A Sub-Committee consisting of Mr. T. Megarry, (Chairman), Mr. J.R. Jones, Mr. A. Pollard and the Joint Secreteries was appointed to discuss with
Heads of Departments the comparativo grading of
staff. A Sub-Committee consisting of the Chairman, Mr. T. Mcgarry, Mr. M.K. Lo, Hr. A. Pollard and the Joint Secretaries was set up to draft model salary scales for the main classes of public officers in accordance with principles already settled by the full Commission... Tho Chairman, Mr. T. Mogarry and Mr. P.C.. Sedgwick formed another Sub-Committee to draw up buchodules of salaries for all posts shown in the 1947-48 Estimates, The cost of living problem was investigated by a sub-Committee under the Chairmanship of Mr. M.K. Lo, and consisting of lir. J.R. Jones, Mr. A. Pollard, and Mr. I.S. Wan, assisted
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