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were probably further influenced in their allotment of salary by the fact that the appointment of the present holder, which had

to be madc hastily in unforeseen and unfortunate circumstances,

carried a considerable incrcase in his cmoluments. He has,

however, shown himself more than fully capable of maintaining

the high standard set up by his predecessors and his clevation to their status is therefere as justifiable on pcrsonal as it is desirable on administrative grounds.

The question of the salaries to be allotted to the

Accountant and Cashier, Treasury, should await the arrival of

the new Deputy Treasurer, in the meantime the awards of the Report

should stand. The Cashier is now in Class I of the Senior Clerical

and Accounting Staff,

Similarly the question of the First Clerkship, agistracy, should stand over until the return of the First Magistrate from

lcero. The post will not fall vacant until the end of August,

1930.

Faragraphs 5^ 54: Junior Clerical Staff:

Protests against the award of the Commissioners were received from many members of this cadre in different departments,

the chief burden of their complaint being the through time-scale awarded to Chinese Masters in the Education Department. It is, however, obvious that a through scale could not be granted to so

large and various an establishment as the Chinese clerical staff

without placing a charge on the public purse out of all proportion

to value received and the Government is satisfied that, when due allowance is made for the principle of valuation by maximum capacity enunciated in Paragraph 18 of the Report, there is no unduc

stagnation