CO129-364 - Public Offices & Others - 1909 — Page 28

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:

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rate

of pay in

lur Phelipo

is

of the general Hangkang. greatly

of

over-paid & hope that

the salon will to materially

a vacancy orums.

reduced when a va

BEJ.

1719

I think the introduction of the local audit of

expenditure will be a great improvement, and that

#ith this alteration the system of control by the

C. and A.Gen. should be retained.

It appears that the share of Home expenditure

under the new system will be much larger than t

Retrencament Committee anticipated about £48F

as compared with their estimate of £200, or £249

including transport. This will sweep away the

saving anticipated from the change. But, at any

rate the new system whilst greatly improving

toe work will not cost much more than the present.

and the Sov. But that the

Committee st

dos not com

My hart

7674

It is clear that we must give Mr. Phelips some additional

pay for the extra work entailed. But it does not follow

that we need recoup him in full for the loss of the allowance

from Naval funds, which he would probacly lose in any case.

If on the other hand he loses it as a direct result of our

requiring him to do extra work, we might give him a full

equivalent non-pensionable alloance, having regard to the fact

A

that the Naval pay was taken into account in fixing his emolu-

gents (this should be verified from our papers ). I would

not give a pensionable increase of salary to Mr. Fhe lips,

and 1

the agree with Mr. Stubbs that when he goes

fixed scale

of pay should be re-considered

is made

but before a material reduction

we shall have to take into account the amount of work

and responsibility entailed by the proposed new system.

I would certainly not interfere with the present ar-

rangement for auditing WHW., accounts.

Proceso

forogined hot ack Sov. Io consider the to above considerations salary fustion _ "having répand

AC

alome

Nr. 21

(1390), Wt, 20024-26, 6000, 11/08, A, & E, W,

(8327).

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1081-7. 6000, 4/09.

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