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4.
It has been clear for a considerable time that the old
establishment would not bear all the demands which immediate commit-
ments would make on it, but in the hope that the progress of post-
war reconstruction would gradually reduce these commitments, my
predecessor and I have deferred addressing you on the subject until
it could be ascertained in the light of more normal conditions what
establishment should be recommended as the minimum consistent with
efficiency. I have also been reluctant to accept the necessity of
requesting the appointment of more than two or three probationers
in any one year, fearing that such a step while upsetting the age
balance of this service would tend to reduce the standard of recruit
provided.
5.
I now consider that there is no likelihood of the demands
of the public service on the Cadet Establishment ever falling below
thirty posts. Although it may become possible at some future date
to disband the Supplies, Trade and Industry Department, the saving
thus effected will be offset by the need of providing one or more
Cadet assistants for the Superintendent of Imports and Exports; and
although the necessity of providing a Cadet Officer for the post of
Public Relations Officer, except to provide leave replacements, will
lapse on the arrival of an officer appointed substantively to that
post, it is expected that any reduction thus occasioned will be offset
by the demands of the Development Secretariat and the Labour Office
Xand the need to provide for the registration of co-operative societies.
Requests, to which the present establishment position has made me unable
to accede, have been received from technical departments for the
appointment of Cadet assistants to relieve the senior technical
officers of the burden of purely administrative work. It is also
impossible at this stage to say whether the new Municipal Council