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to Er. Duncan.
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I joined the Colonial service as an Assistant Engineer
on June 1st 1907 with a salary commencing at £360 per annum and arrived at the maximum of 2450 on January 1st 1914.
(a). kr. Duncan joined on May 22nd 1911 at a salary of
it £360 per annum and being temporary employed has received no
increase.
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r. Duncan was given a special allowance of 2140 per
it anmum because he was temporary engaged, which fact was explained to me when in October 1912 I pointed out to the Hon; Director of Public works that this extra remuneration was hardly fair to other members of the staff,
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In view of the fact that neither special allowances nor duty pay are pensionable I respectfully contend that it is most unjust for the Government to consider in any way special allowances in preference to length of service in detemining seniority, more especially when men are on the temporary staff and if this principle is carried into execution it might so - seriously effect the members of the civil service, that there would be little chance of some of them ever gaining promotion.. It is admitted that LT, Duncan is junior to me in point of total length of service. His appointment therefore over the
(So for as I nem awarat) heads of the permanent members of the staff is/without
Therefore if allowed, would create an precedent, and I submit, unsatisfactory precedent, as the members of the permanent staff would lose at one stroke all guarantee of promotion in due course. If one person holding a special appointment, and having held that special appointment for a less period than the period during which the permanent staff have held their positions on
these that is no the permanent staff, is promoted over their heads, guarantee that others will not also be so promoted. The certainty of promotion in due course is one of the
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