CO129-524-1 Reports of Salaries Commission 31-12-1929 - 27-10-1930 — Page 203

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In view of the fact that these

appointments are part of the re-organisation of

this Department, and are held by men of consider-

able Seniority, we bag Your Lordship to rule that

they are entitled to a higher acɛle of salary than

the Surveyors.

We would again emphasize the point

raised in our original letter forwarded to the

Honourable Harbour Master, wherein we drew

attention to the fact that there is only one

senior post for which an assistant surveyor is

eligible, namely, that of Government Marine

Surveyor, and this with a staff of fourteen

results in the majority having no opportunity

for advancement beyond their present office.

We would invite Your Lordship's

attention to an examination of the Commission's

proposed scale of Salaries, in their effect upon

our pensions, and to humbly submit that the

comparatively poor allowance for which Surveyors

will be eligible upon retirement emphasizes in a

marked degree our claim for special consideration.

A comparison is given below.

(a) The average age of Public Works Engineers

upon joining the 3ervice to the year 1928 is

28.1 years.

(b) For European Schoolmasters this is 28.6 years. (c) For Assistant Government Marine Surveyors is

33.4 years.

On a retiring age of 55 years and the salaries

based on the Commission's recommendations it is

found that:-

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