determined in great measure in the light of
purely local circumstances - raised general
considerations on which guidance should be
available to Governors. With this purpose in
view some observations on Public Service
Commissions were included in a paper on the
Colonial service which was discussed át. the
Conference of African Governors in November
last. A copy of the relevant section of this
memorandum is enclosed. The conclusions which
were reached by the Conference and with which
I agree are æt out in the accompanying extract
from the minutes of the Conference.
3. Some of the recommendations of the Salaries
Commission involve the assignment to a Public
Services Commission of wider functions than were
suggested in that Memorandum. While, therefore,
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I do not or course wish to suggest that the views
expressed in the lemorendum should be taken as
precluding the assignment of such wider functions
I feel sure you will agree that it is advisable
that those recommendations should be examined
further in the light of the Memorandum. The points
which I invite your consideration are discussed in
the following comments on the recommendations of
the Salaries Commission:-
(a) Paragraphs 171 (last sentence) and 173(v) und (vi).
Apart from the recommendation in paragraph 173 (v)
and (vi), as to which see below, it is not clear to
what extent it is proposed that the Public
Services Commission should be concerned with the
interpretation and application of conditions
of service. These matters are generally
regarded as functions of the authority which
determines the conditions of service, that is,
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