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Robinson, recozzended that the salary of the Assistant colonial Beoretury should be aufficient to retain his at the Golonial Secretury'a office and to "cosponante hip for loss of acting appointenta in the headship of other departmente”.
5. With regard to the last point, it is very clear that the presont salary dose not compensate the holder for the
No better instance could be found louo of aoting appointmonto. than the case of kr. Gompertz, my immediate predecessor së Revistunt Colonial Georotury. Kr, Gompertz was appointed Assistant Colonial Secretary on the lot. Jaratery, 1900, and was promoted from that post to be First Police Magistrate on the 29th. October, 1207. He was, therefore, assistant Colonial Beoretary for almost sight years, but during the whole of that time he never, even for one day, assumed the duties of his substantive post, as he was always acting in more lucrative
Moreover, it was in view appointments in other departments.
of his service in these acting appointments that he was re-
commended for, and obtained, promotion first to be Police lagi-trate and soon afterwards to be fulsne Judge,
i desire also to call attention very briefly
to the following facte:-
(a) in the Straits Settløwonts, the salary of lat. Assistant C.lonial Cecrotary is 2900 rising to £1,920 per annum, and that of And. Assistant Colonial secretary le £080 rising to £780 per annum. Both these officere, therefore, drew higher sterling salaries than the Aaristant Colonial Secretary at Hongkong, who is single handed.
(b) The salary of Audistent Colonial Decrutary, when compared with that of the colonial Bocretary is proportionately such lower then the salary of other a.airtant heade of depart- monte, when compared with that or the heads of their respect-
ive departmente; for example -
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