CO129-291 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [5-6] — Page 340

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resort to the help of soldiers for postal work in times of

stress of work.

11-25 AM

I do not consider that many of the present

staff are too highly paid considering the nature of their duties

and the qualifications required from them, vide para. 51. I aver

that a youngster joining at $20 a month is not overpaid, that

junior clerks with service of three to six years to their names

are not overpaid on $49 or 60 a month, and that other clerks

with salaries ranging from $70 to $144 a month and with service

ranging from eleven to thirty years cannot be said to be too

highly paid, if due consideration is given to the question of

promotion within the Office and to the qualities of care,

method, intelligence, alertness and civility which a postal

Officer should possess.

I have already adverted to the question of

accommodation mentioned in paragraph 82 and quote paragraph 38

merely to support my scheme for the establishment of a separate

Local Delivery Branch

I wish to call attention to the immediate

necessity of providing adequate, not to mention improved, accom-

modation for the housing of the Chinese Staff of the

General Post Office. It has been brought to my notice that out

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334 resort to the help of soldiers for postal work in times of stress of work. 11-25 AM I do not consider that many of the present staff are too highly paid considering the nature of their duties and the qualifications required from them, vide para. 51. I aver that a youngster joining at $20 a month is not overpaid, that junior clerks with service of three to six years to their names are not overpaid on $49 or 60 a month, and that other clerks with salaries ranging from $70 to $144 a month and with service ranging from eleven to thirty years cannot be said to be too highly paid, if due consideration is given to the question of promotion within the Office and to the qualities of care, method, intelligence, alertness and civility which a postal Officer should possess. I have already adverted to the question of accommodation mentioned in paragraph 82 and quote paragraph 38 merely to support my scheme for the establishment of a separate Local Delivery Branch I wish to call attention to the immediate necessity of providing adequate, not to mention improved, accom- modation for the housing of the Chinese Staff of the General Post Office. It has been brought to my notice that out

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334 resort to the help of soldiers for postal work in tines of t stress of work. ic . * 12743 11-25 AM I do not consider that many of the present staff are too highly paid considering the nature of their duties and the qualifications required from them, vide para. 51. I aver that a youngster joining at $20 a month is not overpaid, that junior clerks with service of three to six years to their names are not overpaid on $49 or 60 a month, and that other clerks with salaries ranging from $70 to $144 a month and with service ranging from eleven to thirty years cannot be said to be too highly paid, if due consideration is given to the question of promotion within the Office and to the qualities of care, method, intelligence, alertness and civility which a postal Officer should possess. I have already adverted to the question of accommodation mentioned in paragraph 82 and quote paragraph 38 merely to support my scheme for the establishment of a separate Local Delivery Branch I wish to call attention to the immediate necessity of providing adequate, not to mention improved, 80- copmodation for the housing of the Chinese Staff of the General Post Office. It has been brought to my notice that out of

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