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(5) If Mr. Duncan be regarded as senior in point of
service in the grade of lat. rado Astiftant EnginJers
be would, under the above quoted Genu. :1 Order and by
virtue of the precedents referred to in (2) and (3), ba
selectad to fill the first vacancy in a higher rank.
(6) There would appear to be no object in having
Camierity unless it be that seniority plnovs an officer
in a more favourable pozivien za rugarda promotion.
(7) I cannot think that är. Duncan would have desired
weniority had he not expected to deriye köpö advantage
from it, and the Government, by granting seniority, would
appear to have unintentionally encouraged his expecta----
-tions as regards promotion.
When a vacancy in the grade of Assistant Enginour is filled
the new officer usually ontors into an agreement for three years, on
the termination of which period he is transferred to the permanent
staff. His seniority is determined from the date he first entured
the service of the Government.
Covarngant undur & -
Mr. Duncan came into the service of the
special agrement, his appointm-nt being one which had no connection whatever with tho porannent etaff. On completion of the period
provided for in the agreement if he come on to the permanent staff
his seniority can, I submit, only be determined from the date he
joined the service.
Hr. Duncan entered the Larvice of the Government on the 22nd.
May, 1911.
I entered the service of the foverment on the le. January
1910.
8.
By the granting to ar. Duncan of the seniority in question, I shall love a considerable degree of seniority which must prove to be to my great detriment; and the lose that I shall thereby be subjected to will have been couled by the promotion of a man who in
3 years my junior in age and nearly one and a half years my junior
in the service.
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