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Firms will not in future exceed

as a rule $150.

4.

In

drawing up

up the

enclosed schedule I have not made

any

hard and fast distriction between Portuguese Clerks and those of other

nationalities, but have endeavoured merely

so to apportion the pay of the various clerical officers that it may as far as possible.

te

shevedily.

increase curing a period of 34 years.

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With this

object I have

divided the service into six classes,

the lowest of which (F) would be

highest(A)

For

vequiners, while the be

would be reserved for the few who

reach the most responsible posts. I

have so distributed the

pary

that a world at Buthent

clerk if rising steadily would at

the es

of about ten years

be

in receipt of &96 a mouth, after

that stage

many rise milit Дей к за

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I have divided the twenty few.

four

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the

four years

complete 344

which remains to

ars service infos

years.

periods of eight years each.

6.

As regards class B it

the

may be objected that in certain departments even wost 4 Junior officers cannot be obtained, for less than $40 rising steadily to 360 or xgo, as for example in the case of the 5th and 6th Clerks in the Ere

very

I be

gotiver

but this difficulty might by allowing such clerks to pass on into Class & after three

ee yo

years

ears without the recurrence of a

for

waiting for vacancy.

7.

it

It is quite possible that not be found practicable

away

may

to do

altogether

with personal allowances even if this scheme be

introduced, as blocks will occur at the hand of cach class, more especially. as the higher classes are reached,

but