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4.

Heads of Departments, enquiring what reductions, could in their

opinion be effected in the num

bers of their staff.

ow

the occur

of rancancies. Replies

have been received from all

he

the officers except four and the Colonial Secretary says could dispense with his chief

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some extent feasible, will re- quire time and the cooperation

of the Heads of Departments to effect.

ever

of

the

The approval how-

general scale of

clerical salaries is not depeud-

ent on the question of the reduc-

tion

of

the

bers

of

the staff.

that it

urge

may

cleak and with

one

other clerk

if authorized to employ

extra clerk from time.

lime as

aw

to

occasion might wrise,

All the other officers who have

that they are

and would

not be delayed pending

a

settlement of that question.

for it will enable retrenchment

to be made in the expenditivre of several Departments at an

ved to the question regard

of possible reductions in the

and numbers of the

salaries and

answered say,

early date.

unable to advise

алу

reduc-

5

der

tions. The desired reduction

which I

arv

satisfied is to

Some

higher