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SCHEDULE III.

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Office Coolies and Attendants.

Office Coolies and Attendants and all others not already specified should have the following increases :-

Office Coolies and Attendants now receiving up to $12, increase of $2 per month.

Office Coolies and Attendants now receiving over $12 and not exceeding $20, increase of $3 per month.

Good Conduct and Quarters Allowances to continue.

Passages for Government Servants proceeding on leave.

Free passages to be granted to all Government servants of European domicile when proceeding on long leave whether to Great Britain, Australia, Canada, or South Africa, and to Indians born in India.

Europeans of Higher Grades to be granted 1st class passages and junior staff 2nd class passages up to a maximum of 4 passages.

Europeans eligible for 1st class passages :—

All Cadet Officers and those graded with them.

Medical Officers, Veterinary Surgeon, and Analysts.

The Director, Assistant Directors of Public Works, Executive and Assistant

Engineers, and Land Surveyors.

The Manager, Kowloon-Canton Railway, and the Engineer in charge.

School Masters and Mistresses not below the rank of Assistant School Mistress. Clerical Staff of the 1st Grade, Matrons and Nursing Sisters in the Medical

Department.

Indians. Those officers drawing salaries of $480 per annum or over and Senior Warders in Victoria Gaol to be granted 2nd class passages to Calcutta without food.

The Indian Gaol Staff other than Senior Warders and officers drawing less than $480 per annum to be granted deck passages to Calcutta without food.