17
D.
SINGAPORE.
LIST of Clerks in receipt of salary not exceeding 840 dollara per annum.
Settlement.
Singapore
Penang
810
780 dollars. dollars. dollara.
640
420
300 dollars. dollars.
Total.
18
15
28
17
21
102
10
13
18
38
21
100
Remarks.
Two in the 540 dollars grate
not in the cleri- cal line.
LIST of Clerks in receipt of salary exceeding, 840 dollars per annum, but less than 1,980 dollars
Singapore
Penang
37988
Settlement
:
per annum.
1,681 1,320 dollars. dollars.
1,070 dollars.
Total.
Bemarks.
6
14
14
31
One Proof-reader in the
1,320 dollars grade.
4
9
6
19
9 appointments at 1,980 dollars per annum
10
TT
23
"
#
1,680 1,320
*
14
#2
=
»
20
"
1,020
24
=
28
840 ""
"
=
17,820 dollars.
16,800 11
30,360
19
20,400 "
= 23,320 "
28
780 "#
#
=
21,840 "
46
1
"
510
"
55
*
H
420
"
**
=
45
800
11
"
*
= 24,840
23,100
13,500 "
19
Total
No. 4.
192,180
"
SIR,
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.
MR. CHAMBERLAIN to ACTING-GOVERNOR SIR J. A. SWETTENHAM. (No. 366.)
Downing Street, December 1, 1900.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 403, of the 26th October last,* enclosing copies of Memorials from the Clerks in Singapore, Penang, and Malacca, asking for an increase in their salaries.
2. I approve of your action in appointing Committees to submit schemes for the revision of the salaries of clerks in the three Settlements, at a cost not involving an addition of more than 15 per cent. to existing salaries. I will await, the reports of these Committees, and consider them with any further recommendations you may wish to make.
3. If it is not too late, I see no objection to a lump sum being placed upon the 1001 Estimates in advance of the reports of the Committees, to cover the cost of these increases.
4. I presume that you have taken into consideration Mr. Egerton's alternative proposal for improving the position of the Clerical Service by re-classifying the appoint- ments, and placing the salaries on an incremental basis.
19189
• No. 3.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference :-
PELLICO. 882
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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
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