CO129-444 - Governor Sir May & Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1917 [10-12] — Page 92

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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

1 5th. Grade Shroff to "Accounts, Correspond-

-ence & Stores".

1 3rd. Grade Clerk

To Waterworks.

1 3rd. Grade Meter Reader

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KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.

1 Tinsmith at 92 cents per day

3 Apprentice Carpenters

1

2

At 10 cents

Electrician) ench per

day.

Painters

To Locomotive, Carriage & Wagon

Expenses, on tem- -porary establish. -ment.

1 Station Inspector at £240 to £270 by

£15 triennially, in place of 1 Hend Guard (£150 to £180 by £15 biennially)

on temporary establishment. 16th. Grade Telephone Clerk on temporary

establishment.

7.

From the Recapitulation of the Abstract

of Differences it will be seen that a considerable number of posts have been abolished so that the net increase in Personal Emoluments due to new posts is roughly $30,000, while the net incrense in Personal Emoluments from all oauges

is approximately 857,000 of which 851,000 is due to

Stipulated Increments.

In my address to the Legislative Council

8.

I have dealt so fully with the principal items under "Other Charges" and "Special Expenditure" that it is unnecessary to recapitulate them, but I would remark that the large expenditure contemplated on main roads has met with universal acceptance in the public press and I gather among the community generally. Improved means of communication are essential to the development of the Colony which continues

to