Gen.Orders No.109(7).
enable the Secretary of State or a member of
the Legislative Council to work out (even if
it is not "shown clearly") the "total estimated
cost of that Department during the year"
rate approximately.
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And, as regards the Education Department
post, the position is that the Subhead:- Personal
Emoluments is divided up into sections. The
first section termed "Director of Education"
includes the Administrative and Inspecting staff.
The other sections:- "British staff" and "Non-
British staff" include the staff of the
Government schools of various kinds. Mr.Brawn
is a "Master" provided for under "British Staff",
but he was not being employed as a master or in
a school but as a member of the Administrative
and Inspecting Staff. If it is necessary to
employ one of the "Masters" on such work, he
should be shown in the appropriate section of
the Estimates otherwise they are misleading.
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As regards No.2 lodging allowance, I
agree that the payment was not in accordance
with the strict intention of the lodging
allowance scheme. At the same time, so long
as the General Order on the subject is worded
as it is at present, it is difficult to contend
that Mr.Price is not eligible for it. He is
"an officer who with the permission of the
Colonial Secretary does not reside either in
Government quarters or in a tenement in respect
of which a rent allowance is payable under
paragraph 5". As such, he "shall receive a
lodging allowance as follows". In my view the
General
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General Order is badly worded, since it
does not express the intention and does not
leave a discretion to the Government to
refuse to grant the allowance in cases
within the letter of the rule but outside
its spirit. In the case of rent allowance
G.0.109(5) restricts the amount of the
allowance to the difference between 6% of salary
and the rent or assessed annual value of the
tenement occupied; but the paragraph about
rent allowances contains no such restrictions.
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Director of Colonial Audit.
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