CO129-523-2 Appointment of Colonial Auditor 30-1-1930 - 7-7-1930 — Page 6

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when dealing with Second Class European Officers,

and when he was transferred to Hong Kong lack of

tact was again obvious from the reports sent home

by the Auditor.

He is undoubtedly industrious and fairly

able; and, as I told him when he saw me last year,

I hope to be able to recommend him for some

appointment elsewhere - though the fact that his

emoluments are more than those of many Auditors

and are fairly high even when allowance is made

for the cost of living in Hong Kong - as compared

with most of the senior posts in the Colonial

Audit Service limits seriously the number of

posts which he could be expected or required

to accept.

I am unable to attach any importance to

Sir C.Clementi's suggestion that long experience

of Hong Kong and its currency and exchange

questions is specially desirable in an Auditor.

A new broom is likely to get into the corners of

such matters better than a 20 year old one; and

our experience here has been that we have had to

direct the attention of the Hong Kong Audit Office

to various points about the Exchange Account and

the Adjustment of Exchange Account, which they

should have taken up on their own initiative.

There is nothing in these matters which cannot be

picked up in a short time by any intelligent

Auditor who will take the trouble to do so.

A recommendation for filling the post of

Auditor will be sent in in due course when it has

been ascertained which of the officers whom I

consider the most suitable are desirous of the

appointment.

The fact that the emoluments of

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