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Some reduction in the other Railway

Officers is I think also possible, but I would prefer that

the Governor should consider the matter and I will make no

recommendations at present.

The Commissioners have placed a number

of very different posts under the heading "derical Staff". Whatever meaning the word "clerical" may have in mercantile

offices, it is not used by the Government to describe most

of the posts so designated by the Commissioners and I think

it preferable to deal with them in their proper departments.

Police Department.

9.

The Commissioners placed the posts of

Deputy Superintendent of Police, Assistant Superintendent of Police and Second Assistant Superintendent of Police in the second, third, and fourth classes of the senior Service respectively. These appointments are practically confined to Police Probationers and the salaries allotted to them will no

doubt be settled in conjunction with posts of a similar standing in the other Eastern Colonies and Dependencies. Having regard to their relative importance and responsibility

I would suggest the following rates of pay:-

Deputy Superintendent, £900 to £1,000 by £20 annually.

Assistant

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£700 to

£800 by £20

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Second Assistant Superintendent

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£500 to £600 by £20

In view of the abolition of certain

allowances with which I am in favour, I think the pay proposed for other ranks of the Police Force is fair.

The Station Engineer's duties will be increased in importance and responsibility by the building of the Fire Station in Kowloon and I consider that his salary might be £350 rising to £450 by annual increments of

£10.

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