CO129-511-6 Salaries and conditions of service of government staff 27-4-1928 - 2-11-1928 — Page 47

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thereafter by 350 a year to £1100. In May 1927 I received

a petition fra sane of the Junior Superintendents a copy

of which I enclose. The present salary scale does not permit

of an officer marrying until after he has at least ten years

service, and it is not in my opinion adequate to the duties

and responsibilities of the work.

As with the Civil Service Cadets, the

question of salaries has also an important bearing on the

problem of recruitment, and it will be false economy from

that point of view to continue to offer inadequate

remuneration.

I recommend that the revised scale shown in

the enclosure be adopted, with effect from 1st January, 1929,

pending consideration by the proposed Commission, and that

provision should be made accordingly in next year's estimates

Officers senior to lir. Perdue would not be

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affected, as Mr. Wodehouse and lir. King are already on the

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maximum of £1100, and lir. Burlingham would be allowed to

benefit by the special concessions granted him on the introduction of the 1920 scale and would proceed to his

maximum of £1100 by increments of £50.

The cost of this concession for the year 1929

would be under £200.

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European Schoolmasters.

One reason for the great difficulty which has

been experienced in obtaining recruits for this branch of the service is undoubtedly the low initial salaries offered and the slow rise of the present scale, $400 to £600 by £20

annually and thereafter to £800 by £25 annually.

I recommend that a scale of $425 to £800 with

annual increments of £25 be substituted, with an efficiency

bar as at present at £600.

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