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Head 2. Cadet Service shows a disproportionate increase

over 1930 owing first to the accidental fact that a

larger number than usual of Unpassed Cadets (six as

against a normal two) are expected to pass their

final examinations during 1931, and secondly to the

increase, on the recommendation of the Salaries

Commission, of the number of Class I posts from five

to seven. One retirement is anticipated and one

new Cadet has been asked for in the forthcoming

competitivo examination as it was too late to cancel

the advertised vacancy when the Retrenchment Commission

had begun i's work. Hon. Members will, in the case of

these and other sterling salaries, bear in mind that

the 1930 figures as printed under the various Heads

were considerably supplemented from the Miscellaneous Services vote "High Cost of Living Allowance" which no longer appears in the 1931 Estimates.

STAFF

shows as

Head 3. Senior Clerical and Accounting Service

regards the graded staff no change in the total number

of posts. But a reference to the Personal Emoluments

sub-head of the Imports and Exports Office (Head 12)

and of the Supreme Court (Head 16) will show a

reduction of two posts: against that reduction however

two additional posts of stenographer who are urgently

required