CO129-524-1 Reports of Salaries Commission 31-12-1929 - 27-10-1930 — Page 200

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The Government Marine Surveyor is

the Principal Adviser to the Government on all

technical matters relating to shipping, and the

importance of his position should be acknowledged,

as increased responsibility has been placed upon

him consequent on our recognition by the Board of

Trade, and the growth of this Port which now ranks

as third in the world.

A Principal District Officer of the

Board of Trade who is the Surveyor in charge of a

port area such as Southampton, Liverpool, Glasgow,

or Newcastle (all, it should be observed, smaller than Hong Kong) is in receipt of a salary of £700

to 800 excluding cost of living bonus and we humbly

submit to Your Lyrdship that the duties and respons-

ibilities that devolve upon The Government Marine

Surveyor of Hong Kong are much more onerous than

those required from the above officers at Home, and

we would submit that the figures previously suggest-

ed by us for the post viz.1200 -1450 be recons-

idered, and a salary commensurate with the magnitude

of the appointment be awarded.

The Government Marine Surveyor is

assisted by a staff of thirteen surveyors, who,

after passing an examination at the Board of Trade,

London, are recognised as being fully qualified to

perform the duties a definite condition laid

down by the Board of Trade and under which our

foreign going Passenger Certificate is being accepted

by the Authorities in the United Kingdom as equal to their own, and recognised as such throughout the

world/

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