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become moderately efficient in their own particular work they were removed, sooner or later, generally much against their own wish, or driven to retire on pension, when the work of training raw material recommenced. As this had the effect of removing the seniors to pension and, at the same time, the efficient juniors to other departments, it follows that we had nobody with the necessary knowledge and experience to promote from the lower grades, while the men sent to us from other departments had neither the knowledge, experience, or capacity required, having been chosen, almost without exception, from among those whom no head of a department would consent to employ. In other words, the best clerks were taken from the Harbour Department, and their places filled with the worst from other departments. This has been the practice since 1900.
I, as head of the Harbour Department, which is a technical and professional department, have been consistently ignored in matters vital to the department; I have been kept in ignorance of action taken in respect of the department; my recommendations on technical and other points have been consistently ignored, and on more than one occasion I have not been permitted to be heard in support of such recommendations. As a result of this treatment my usefulness in the post is seriously impaired, as I have not been permitted to perform the duties for which I am appointed.
Finally, I have been mulcted, since I entered the Colonial Service, of a sum in the neighbourhood of £300, made up as follows:
| Year | Description | £ | s | d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1899 | Salary as Assistant Harbour Master on passage out to Hongkong | 19 | 4 | 10 |
| 1906-7 | Salary as Harbour Master, November to March, 4 months | 37 | 6 | 0 |
| 1908-9 | Allowance due from Transvaal Government on account of work done, 22 months at $75 per month | 165 | 0 | 0 |
| 1911 | Fine on account of theft by shroff | 75 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | £296 | 14 | 10 |
This does not include the difference in fare paid by me in 1899, referred to in para: 3.
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become moderately efficient in their own particular work they were removed, sooner or later, generally much against their own wish-
or driven to retire on pension, when the work of training raw material recommenced. As this had the effect of removing the seniors to pension and, at the same tine, the efficient juniors to other departments, it follows that we had nobody with the necessary knowledge and experience to promote from the lower grades, while the men sent to us from other departments had neither the knowledge, experience, or capacity required, having been chosen, almost without exception, from among those whom no head of a department would con- -sent to employ. In other words, the best clerks were taken from the Harbour Department, and their places filled with the worst from other departments. This has been the practise since 1900. I, as head of the Harbour Department, which is a technical and pro- -fessional department, have been consistently ignored in matters vital to the department; I have been kept in ignorance of action taken in respect of the department; my recommendations on techni- -cal and other points have been consistently ignored, and on more than one occasion I have not been permitted to be heard in support of such recommendations. As a result of this treatment my useful- -ness in the post is seriously impared, as I have not been permit- -ted to perform the duties for which I am appointed. Finally, I have been mulcted, since I entered the Colonial Service, of a sun in the neighbourhood of £300, made up as follows
1899 salary as Assistant Harbour Master
on passage out to Hongkong 1906-7 salary as Harbour Master, November)
to March. 4 months.
1908-9 Allowance due from Transvaal Govern-)
1911
-ment on account of work done, 22 months at $75 per month Fine on account of theft by shroff....
6. $. d. 19. 4. 10.
.37. 6. 0.
165. 0. 0.
75. 0. 0. £296. 14. 10.
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this does not include the difference in fare paid by me in 1899, referred to in para: 3.
28. But above all, I would lay stress upon the fact that
my health has given way under the stress of the above treatment, in
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