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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
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Assistant Registrar-General *Deputy Registrar and Accountant *Deputy Registrar and Appraiser *Secretary to the Sanitary Board *Assistant Postmaster-General Assistant Superintendent of Police *Assistant Superintendent of Police
£420, rising to £540, by three triennial increments of £10.
9. I am aware that the majority of the posts in Class III. have not, hitherto, been considered to belong to the cadet service. They are, however, posts which cadets can fairly be called upon to occupy, and the duties of which they will, in all probability, be qualified to fulfil. On this point Sir Henry Blake, whom I have had the advantage of consulting, is inclined to agree.
In future, therefore, a vacancy in one of these posts should preferably be filled by the selection of a cadet, if a cadet can be found who is qualified to hold it.
10. The Director of Public Works should receive £1,000, rising to £1,200 per annum (triennial increments of £100). The rest of the Department might be graded as follows:-
Assistant Director, £600 per annum, rising to £720 by triennial increments
of £60.
Executive Engineers and Superintendent of Accounts, £480 per annum, rising
to £600 by triennial increments of £40.
Assistant Engineers and Principal Land Surveyor, £360 per annum, rising to
£480 by triennial increments of £40.
(Junior) Assistant Engineers (engaged locally), £270 per annum, rising to £330
by triennial increments of £30.
11. I agree to the Principal Civil Medical Officer being given a salary of £800 per annum, rising to £1,000 by triennial increments of £100.
As there is only one grade of medical officer (Assistant Surgeon) and opportunities of promotion are, consequently, very few, I think it will be best to place the salary of the Assistant Surgeons (including the Medical Officer of Health and the Health Officers of the Port, if not allowed private practice), on a scale of £480 per annum, rising to £720 by triennial increments of £40, so as to give them a wider range of increments than in other Departments. The sterling salary of the present Port Health Officer, so long as he enjoys private practice, should only be £360.
The salary of the Veterinary Surgeon and Superintendent of the Vaccine Institute might be placed on a scale of £480 per annum, rising to £600 by triennial increments of £40.
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The salaries proposed for the European nurses should, as at the Straits Settle- ments, begin at £110 per annum, and rise by increments of £20 to £150. The same rates should be adopted for the Wardmasters and the Matron of the Venereal Ward. 12. I agree to the salary proposed for the Apothecary and Analyst; and, as have been informed, an Assistant Apothecary has been appointed on the terms pro- posed in your despatch, No. 107, of 21st March,† viz., £250 a year, rising to £275 if he is placed on the permanent establishment at the end of three years, with a further increment of £25 after three years' service on the permanent establishment.
13. I agree to the Harbour Master's salary being fixed at £780 per annum, rising to £900 by two triennial increments of £60; and I think that the Assistant Harbour Master might be given the same salary as the Deputy Master Attendant, Singapore, viz., £480 per annum, rising to £540 by two increments of £30. Similarly, the Gov- ernment Marine Surveyor's salary should correspond with that of the similar_official at Singapore, viz., £540 per annum, rising to £660 by four increments of £30. For the Assistant Government Marine Surveyors and the remaining appointments in the Harbour Master's Department, I accept the rates which Sir H. Blake proposes.
14. I am prepared to agree to the salary suggested for the Head Master of Queen's College, viz., £860 per annum, rising to £720 by two increments of £30, if you are satisfied, which I confess I am not, that this is sufficient salary for the officer occupying this position, especially in view of the fact that he has no free quarters. I agree to the salary proposed for the Second Master, viz., £540 per annum to £600 by £30. The increments of the Senior Masters might be carried up to a maximum *(The appointments marked thus are not at present held by cadets, but should for the future be generally given to cadeta if any are qualified for them.)
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salary of £480 per annum, and those of the Junior Masters to a maximum of £360 per annum.
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The Headmistress of the Belilios Public School might similarly be allowed increments of salary up to a maximum of £480 per annum, and the same scale should be granted to the head of the Kowloon School. Mr. James would then, on the completion of his probationary period, be placed on a scale of £360 per annum, rising to £480 by triennial increments of £30. The salary to be assigned to the Head- mistress of Kowloon School may remain on the scale proposed in your despatch, No. 25, of 18th January last. The Master of the Belilios Reformatory might be given the same salary as a third grade master in the Straits Settlements, viz., £225 per annum, rising to £285 by two triennial increments of £30; and his assistant should receive a salary of £150 per annum, rising to £200 by two triennial increments of £25.
16. The salary proposed for the Postmaster at Shanghai seems adequate, except that I am inclined to think that the increments attached to the post should continue up to a miximum of £480 a year, in view of the desirability of retaining in the appointment an experienced postal official. Similarly, I am doubtful whether the maximum salary provided for the Accountant and the Superintendent of the Money Order Office is quite enough; and I incline to think that a further increment of £25 should be given. The examining Supervisors have, as you are aware, been appointed on salaries of £200 per annum, rising to £245, but placed on the scale now proposed, viz., £230 per annum, rising to £280 by triennial do not object to their being increments of £25.
17. In agreeing to the salaries of the various postal appointments referred to in paragraph 7 of the despatch being fixed in sterling, I must not be understood to express any opinion as to whether or not these positions should hereafter be filled by officers selected from this country. No definite proposal to that effect has as yet been submitted.
18. As regards the police appointments, I propose to adopt for Hong-Kong rates similar, mutatis mutandis, to those which I have approved for the Straits Settlements, viz.:-
One Chief Inspector, £300 per annum, rising to £360 by triennial increments
of £30.
One Chief Inspector, £240 per annum, rising to £300 by similar increments. First Class Inspectors, £220 per annum, rising to £240 after three years' service
in that grade.
Second Class Inspectors, £180 a year.
Third Class Inspectors, £170 a year.
Sergeants, £140 per annum, rising by triennial increments of £10 to £160. Lance-Sergeants, £120 per annum, rising after three years' service in that grade
to £130.
Constables, £100 per annum, rising to £120 by triennial increments of £10. These rates have been promised to candidates for the post of constable, who are being selected by the Crown Agents in accordance with the Colonial Secretary's letter of the 6th February last.
You are aware that the Armourer-Sergeant has been engaged on a salary of £225 a year.
19. I accept the salary proposed for the Assistant Superintendent of the Gaol. In order to assimilate the remaining salaries to those in the Straits Settlements the Chief Warder should be given £240 a year, rising to £300 by triennial increments of £30; the Principal Warders £168, rising to £204 by triennial increments of £6; Warders £96, rising to £144 by four annual increments of £12.
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20. The salary of the Land Officer should begin at £600 per annum, and rise to £780, in order to compensate for the few opportunities for promotion which are likely to fall to the holder of the post. Moreover, the existing salary, converted into sterling at 3s., is as much as £810 per annum.
21. The Director of the Observatory might be placed on the same level as Class III. of the cadet service. The importance of the Botanical and Afforestation Department is increasing, and I am not sure that the scale of salary which Sir H. Blake proposes is sufficient to secure an officer of high scientific attainments.
22. I would allow the First Assistant in the Observatory and the Assistant Superintendent in the Botanical and Afforestation Department, a further increment of £30 to a maximum salary of £360 per annum.
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