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officer on probation or on the provisional or temporary establishment, except as pro_ vided under instruction 17

is entitled to the allowance

and the salary of an assist ant master of the second

was in view of that

grade

of that

fact fixed at $1,620 during the first year of probation instead of at $1440 ( with exchange compensation) as originally

recommended by Dr Wright.

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In reply to the s!!

paragraph of your despatch, I have to state that Dr Wright has in no w

way pledged the Government to any partion- lar candidate for the further

vacancy among

the masters

of the second grade, but I should be glad if preferen ce could be given to any

candidate recommended

by the Vice-Chancellor of Exford University seeing that Dr Wright attaches

much