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recommendation that

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the salary of the Assistant

Colonial Secretary should be somewhat higher than that recommended by the Com- mittee was based upon the

obvious advantage of having officer of some experience

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in that appointment, and on

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the fact that the necessary ex perience -only be attained after several years employment in the chief department of - the Government. The rate of

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salary suggested by the Retrench ment Committee and approved by Your Lordship is hardly suf! ficient in my opinion to deter the holder of the office from seeking promotion in other departments, whereas that suggested by me would probably induce him to forego the immediate advantage of of acting for the Head of other Department in the hopes of ultimately qualifying for appointment as Colonial

Secretary

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