therefore minimised, instead of practically eliminated as under the London system.
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20 With regard to the recommendations now made, viz, that two Examining Supervisors should be sent out from England and a detective employed locally, the salary I venture to suggest for the former is $1,440 a year rising by annual increments of $120 to $1,800. The man should be encouraged by the grant of teachers on the usual terms to learn Chinese, and on passing the regulation examinations in the vernacular and character be entitled to a pensionable allowance of $240 a year; without some such inducements men would not undertake the labour of learning the language. Interpreters would then be unnecessary,
21 Men of the superior postman class with not less than eight years service could, I believe, be obtained for these wages £12 a month rising to £15.
22 These salaries are practically the same as that of the Chief Clerk, but the latter's pay and that of the Accountant will very shortly have to be increased if capable men are to be obtained and retained.
23 Increased numbers of European employees are being engaged in the Public Works and Sanitary Departments, and it is very desirable that a larger number of Englishmen should be provided for the Post Office.
24 That the clerical staff should be interchangeable throughout the Colony is quite practicable, except, however, with the Post Office, where the work is different. In other Departments, whether in the Treasury a clerk is giving a receipt for a Crown rent, in the Police Office filling in a jinrickshaw license, or in the Harbour Office issuing a junk Clearance, the differences are more or less formal and in routine. In the Post Office the work is entirely different to anything the average clerk has been prepared for either by education or experience; further, the usual hours in Government office...
therefore minimised, instead of practically eliminated as under the London system.
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20 With regard to the recommendations now made, viz, that two Examining Supervisors should be sent out from England and a detective employed locally, the salary I venture to suggest for the former is 1,440 a year rising by annual increments of 120 to $1,800. The man should be encouraged by the grant of teachers on the usual terms to learn Chinese, and on passing the regulation examinations in the vernacular and character be entitled to a pensionable allowance of $240 a year without some such inducements men would not undertake the labour of learning the language. Interpreters would then be unnecessary,
21 Men of the superior postman class with not less than eight years service could I believe be obtained for these wages £12 a month rising to £15.
22 These salaries are practically the same as that of the Chief Clerk but the latter's pay and that of the Accountant will very shortly have to be increased if capable men are to be obtained and retained.
23 Increased numbers of European employees are being engaged in the Public Works and Sanitary Departments and it is very desirable that a larger number of Englishmen should be provided for the Post Office.
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24 That the clerical staff should be interchangeable throughout the Colony is quite practicable except, however, with the Post Office, there, the work is different. In other Departments, whether in the Treasury a clerk is giving a receipt for a Crown rent, in the Police Office filling in a jinrickshaw license, or in the Harbour Office issuing a junk Clearance, the differences are more or less formal and in routine. In the Post Office the work is entirely different to anything the average clerk has been prepared for either by education or experience further the usual hours in Governmen:
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