CO129-526-3 Harbour Department staff- preliminary training of marine surveyors 16-4-1930 - 5-1-1931 — Page 21

Enclosure No. 2.

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Government Marine Surveyor,

We beg leave to express our regret that the

Secretary of State has not granted an increment in respect

of the period of our training, and would point out that

the decision has placed us in a considerably inferior

position to that of officers sent out untrained to the

Colony. These officers subsequently go home for a period

of training which counts for pension, increment and senior-

ity. We regret that in making our original applications

for increments we neglected to bring this comparative

position to your notice.

At the time of our interviews we were aware that

Board of Trade Surveyors holding similar appointments at

home were allowed increments etc. in respect of the year

spent in training. We assumed, that in the Colonial

Service, the same treatment would be accorded us, and

therefore we did not raise this question; nor was it

mentioned by the Selection Committees.

(Sd.) W. Sprague,

T. C. Stiff,

J. Hunter,

Assistant Government Marine Surveyors,

17th September, 1930.

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