CO129-493 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [6-8] — Page 172

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8th July, 1926.

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I have the honour to refer to the proposals

put forward by my predecessor for the more systematic organisation of the European Clerical and Accounting Staff

employed by this Government. These proposals were first

Ashiqloyed by this Goverment.

made in Sir R. E. Stubbs' despatch No.398 of the 29th October, 1924, and were further elaborated in his despatch No.423 of the 17th November, 1924.

2.

In your despatch No.414 of the 29th December,

561924, you approved the scheme but enquired how it was

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proposed to group existing appointments in the new classes

and what rate of increment was intended in the case of

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Learners. To these questions no reply has hitherto been

sent, and so far no action has been taken to put the

approved scheme into effect. I concur fully in the reasons advanced by Sir R. E. Stubbs in favour of such a scheme, and I propose to make provision in the 1927 Estimates on the lines already approved.

3.

follows:-

The classification approved by you is as

Special Appointments

£600 to £800 by £20 annually.

Class I

Class II

Class III

Learners.

E RIGHT HONOURABLE

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£500 to £590 by £15 annually.

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£400 to £480 by £10 annually.

£200 to £350 by £10 annually.

$75 to $100 a month.

LIEUTENANT COLONEL L. C.H. S. AMERY, H.P.,

&C.,

&c.

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