CO129-448 - Governor Sir May - 1918 [4-6] — Page 466

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probationary period I did not feel justified in pressing the point, but since my appointment was confirmed, as my frequent applications have been refused I now feel compelled to press my

claim for Duty Pay from the date of the institution of that

Soheme.

4. Appendix H (drawn up in 1902) which deals with the

Sterling Salary Scheme does not include the Railway poste; the

Railway did not exist. With the introduction of Duty Pay the

inclusion of the poet of Manager of the Railway promised in the

paragraph I have quoted has been overlooked, indeed no altera-

tions whatever have been made; and it is possibly on the se

grounds that Duty Pay is refused me; if such be the case I feel

that your attention should be drawn to the omission; and I

submit that the Government have already recognised the right of

inclusion of Railway Officers to the benefita of the Scheme in

that with your sanotion in 1918 they graded the post of Engineer

of Waye and Works with that of Executive Engineers of the Public

Works Department.

5. Reviewing the conditions of Railway Service by itself

I have the honour to point out that all officers with two

exceptions had their position improved by the concession of

Free Quarters in 1915. This privilege was not extended to the

Engineer of Ways and Works or myself who are probably the only

Railway Officers of our standing in the Far East and China who

are denied the benefit, and has created a somewhat unfair

disparity in the emoluments of the two officers concerned. They

have however recently been included in the new House Allowance

Scheme, under which they benefit only to the extent of $54 and

$10 a month respectively.

6. I venture to hope that the case I have laid before

you may have your favourable consideration and that you will

aanotion the payment to me of £150 Duty Pay from the date of