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Engineers of the Public Works Department, for which, the General Manager of the Railway sees no justification. (The District Engineers' scale is £300-£25-£800, with three-year halts on £350, £400, and £500.) General Manager of the Railway understands that the Director of Public Works is addressing Government regarding the halts on the District Engineers' scale, and asks that the Railway District Officers may be allowed whatever the District Engineers may be allowed.
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(c) Colombo Station Allowance-He asks that this may be allowed with- out any limitation as regards salary. At present, officers drawing over £900 per annum are excluded.
(d) Leave, Pay and Pension.-He asks that officers on leave or on pen- sion in England may be allowed, if they so desire, to draw their salary.or pension in rupees in Ceylon.
No. 2.
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received 5.2 p.m., 21st February, 1921.)
19TH FEBRUARY.
TELEGRAM.
[Answered by No. 3.]
Your despatch 10th January, No. 22;* am communicating with Wood Renton. Head of Department, Technical, requests that an engineer of high standing, and not connected with Ceylon, should be included in personnel of Salaries Commission. I agree this is desirable. If no objection, please request Institute of Civil Engineers to nominate suitable person and to quote fee. I also recommend local appointment of one Ceylonese Commissioner. Despatch† follows.- MANNING.
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No. 5.
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
(Received 24th March, 1921.)
[Answered by Nos, 6 and 9.]
Ceylon, 24th February, 1921.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Viscount Milner's despatch No. 22, of the 10th January, 1921, in connexion with the appointment of Sir A. Wood Renton, as a Salaries Commissioner to inquire into the salaries of public officers in this Colony. As suggested by him, I am communicating with Sir A. Wood Renton, through the Government of Egypt, as regards the details of the arrangements for his forthcoming visit to Ceylon.
2. I now enclose a copy of a letter, dated 9th February, 1921, which has been received from the Heads of the chief Technical Departments of the public service, asking that steps may be taken to ensure that one member of the Salaries Commis- sion should be an Engineer of standing nominated by the Institute of Civil Engineers. I am in full agreement with this suggestion, and, if you see no objec- tion, I shall be glad if you will be so good as to cause the Institute of Civil Engineers to be asked to nominate a suitable engineer for appointment to the Com- mission and to make a recommendation as to the fee which should be paid to him. 3. A telegram to this effect was despatched to you on the 19th February.† 4. I also propose, subject to your approval, to appoint locally one member of the Salaries Commission. After careful consideration, I am of the opinion that the interests of the large number of Ceylonese officers in the service of Government should be taken into consideration in making this appointment, and that these will be most effectively represented by the nomination of Dr. H. M. Fernando, who has expressed his willingness to serve. I shall be glad if I may be informed by telegraph whether you agree to this suggestion.
I have, &c.,
W. H. MANNING,
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Governor, &c.
No. 3.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR. (Sent 12.45 p.m., 25th February, 1921.)
TELEGRAM.
[Answered by No. 4.]
YOUR telegram of 19th February,‡ Salaries Commission. As Wood Renton was appointed on the understanding that he would be sole Commissioner, I assume that you will ascertain that he will have no objection to proposals. Pending reply am inquiring into possibility of obtaining Engineer.-CHURCHILL,
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No. 4.
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
15th March, 1921.) p.m.,
TELEGRAM.
15TH MARCH. Your telegram 25th February,§ Salaries Commission. Wood Renton prepared to leave Egypt end of May, and agrees to addition of Engineer and Doctor Fernando. Would be glad if you would select Engineer.-MANNING,
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No. 8.
SIR,
Enclosure in No. 5. SALARIES COMMISSION.
AT a meeting of the Heads of Technical Departments of Government Service
9th February, 1921. held this day to consider questions likely to arise in connexion with the appoint- ment of a Salaries Commission, it was unanimously agreed to ask that His Excellency the Governor would be pleased to secure that one member of the Salaries Commission be an Engineer of standing nominated by the Institute of Civil Engineers in view of the fact that some 200 members of the engineering and allied professions are in the Ceylon Government Service, and that the interests of technical men can only be adequately judged of by a technical man of experience and standing.
2, We are further of opinion that the Commission should consist of persons unconnected with the Colony.
We are, &c.,
T. H. CHAPMAN, D.P.W. W. C. S. INGLES, S.G.
G. P. GREENE, G.M.
H. F. TOMALIN,
W. W. WOODS.
A. D. PROUSE.
The Honourable
The Colonial Secretary.
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