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Science Master, Royal College.This post, to which a salary of £350-£25-£450 was attached, having been vacant since Mr. P. E. Evans left in 1917, a successor was applied for in April last on a salary of £400-£25-£500 per annum. appointment has yet been made.
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Classics Master, Royal College. The present incumbent (Mr. Sampson), who was appointed in 1909, on a salary of £350-£25-£450 per annum, having remained on his maximum for seven years, the salary has been raised to £500-£25-£800 per annum, with effect from 1st October, 1920.
Vice Principal and Master of Method, Training College. Mr. Harding, who was appointed in 1916, on a salary of £300-£25-£400, and attained the maximum on 1st January, 1920, has applied for an increase of salary in view of the increased importance of the post, and Director of Education has recommended fixing the salary at £400-£25-£500 per annum, and giving Mr. Harding £450 at once.
Lecturer in Mathematics and Science, Training College. Mr. Bleakley, who was appointed in 1912, on a salary of £300-£25-£400 per annum, has been on his maximum for nearly four years, and Director of Education has recommended raising his maximum to £500 per annum.
In both the foregoing cases it is recognized that the salaries are inadequate, but, as there are many similar cases in other departments, it has been decided that all these cases must be held over for the proposed Salaries Commission.
Irrigation Department.
Seven temporary Irrigation Engineers were applied for in February last on the standard salary of £300-£25-£480 per annum, but, no candidates being forth- coming, the initial salary has been raised successively to £360, £375, and £450 per annum, plus the temporary increase in each case, but so far only five Engineers have been secured. The Department has recently lost the services of Messrs. "Hemsworth and Brindley, who have received better appointments elsewhere.
Public Works Department.
Six District Engineers were indented for in September last, with instructions, in the event of the standard salary of £300-£25-£350 per annum proving insufficient to attract candidates, to offer any figure up to a limit of £450, plus temporary increase (as in the case of Irrigation Engineers).
Survey Department.
Eleven Assistant Superintendents of Survey were indented for between May, 1919, and March, 1920, on the standard salary of £300-£25-£400 per annum, but there has been great difficulty in obtaining suitable candidates owing to the better salaries offered elsewhere, and the scale of pay has therefore been increased to £350- £35-£420, plus temporary increase. Only one officer has so far arrived,
Department of Agriculture.
Economic Botanist. This is a new post carrying a salary of £400-£25-£550 and £550-£50-£700 per annum, with temporary increase, but no quarters or allow- ance in lieu. Lieutenant-Colonel F. Summers, who was appointed to it in January last, on a three years' agreement, has, after working seven months, aaked that the salary and future prospects be reconsidered, as he finds that the present salary of £400 per annum, plus temporary increase, thirty-three and one-third per cent., is totally inadequate to meet even his immediate necessities, while it is also below what his qualifications and experience deserve and would command elsewhere. He asks that he be allowed to commence at the salary of the fifth year of his scale, i.e., that his salary be raised from £400 to £500 per annum, and, with the commencement of the second year of his service, on 28th January, 1921, to £525.
Director of Agriculture says Mr. Summers is fully worth what he asks for, and even more, and that it will be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to replace him. He therefore recommends that Mr. Summers's request be granted, but warns Govern- inent that this will lead to similar and justifiable requests from other members of the Department, in view of rates paid in India and elsewhere. Government has replied that a general revision of salaries cannot be undertaken at present.
Railway.
Assistant Accountants.—Application has been made for appointment of three Assistant Accountants on £500-£25-£600, plus temporary increase, as against the normal scale for such appointments in the Railway, viz., £300-£25-£500, with
three years' halt on £400, plus temporary increase, as it is unlikely that qualified Accountanta could be got on the latter rate.
Engine Drivers-In connexion with an indent for ten temporary Engine Drivers, on five year agreements, it was found difficult to get men on the standard scale, viz. :--
1st year, salary £128 and good conduct pay £24, with temporary increase of thirty-three and one-third per cent. on salary only.
2nd year, salary £144 and good conduct pay £32, with temporary increase of thirty-three and one-third per cent, on salary only.
3rd to 5th years, salary £160 and good conduct pay £32, with temporary increase of thirty-three and one-third per cent on salary only.
And therefore the following enhanced scale was offered :-
1st year, salary £160 and good conduct pay £24, with temporary increase of thirty-three and one-third per cent. on salary only.
2nd year, salary £176 and good conduct pay £32, with temporary increase
of thirty-three and one-third per cent. on salary only.
3rd to 5th years, salary £192 and good conduct pay £32, with temporary increase of thirty-three and one-third per cent on salary only.
Out of the ten applied for, four have arrived, and four are on the way, leaving two still to be engaged.
Medical Department.
A Malariologist to study and advise upon the question of the prevention of malaria (and eventually to form one of the staff of the proposed Medical Research Institute) has been applied for on a salary of £1,000 per annum, plus temporary increase, with an instruction, if this is not sufficient, to offer an increased rate up to a limit of £1,200 per annum. No officer in the Medical Department, except the Principal Civil Medical Officer, receives a salary of over £900.
Accountant.-It having been shown that, under the operation of the existing scale for Accountants, viz., £400-£25-£500 and, after completing ten years' service (ie., a halt of six years on £500), £550-£30-£700 per annum, Mr. Tripp, who was forty-five years old when appointed, would not attain the maximum until age fifty- seven (i.e., two years past the retiring age), he has been treated on the basis of a three-year halt on £500 and allowed £610 from 15th July, 1920.
Forest Department.
In connexion with a scheme for reorganization of the staff of the Forest Depart- ment, the salary scale for Assistant Conservators of Forests, which was £300-£25- £500 has been revised by raising the maximum to £600. The Director of Agricul ture has now recommended that the initial pay be raised to £400 in order to attract suitable officers.
The Forest Department has recently lost the services of Messrs. Kilmartin and Jones, who were dissatisfied with their prospects in Ceylon.
Police Department,
In October, 1919, it was reported that great difficulty had been experienced in recruiting men for the European Police Force owing to the low rate of salary offered here for Sergeants (£100 per annum) as compared with the rate paid for Constables in England (£182 per annum) and elsewhere; and the Inspector-General of Police submitted a scheme for improving the pay of the European Police, giving practic- ally the same initial salary as in England (£180 per annum) and taking them through six grades to a maximum of £400 per annum, the average increase involved being 60 per cent. as against 100 per cent., already granted in England. The scheme was calculated to give a good man an increase of 50 per cent. of his starting pay in sixteen and a-half years, and of 100 per cent. in twenty-six
years.
No immediate action was taken on this report as sufficient men had been obtained on the sanctioned rate of pay to fill all existing vacancies, and the Inspec tor-General of Police was merely informed that the matter would be brought up for consideration in due course.
In August, 1920, nine months later, European Police Sergeant A. H. King, drawing Rs. 208 per mensem, after two years and seven months' service in Ceylon, tendered his resignation, having been offered a post in Colombo at Rs. 360 per men- som and commission. The Inspector-General of Police, in recommending accept- ance of his resignation, urged the necessity for early revision of salaries in Ceylon, and asked for a definite statement as regards the appointment of a Salaries Com- mission, stating that he anticipated further resignations.